Beware Rabbit Holes: Managing Bad Distractions and Good Temptations by Andromeda Romano-Lax
Tell me, what is it you plan to do / With your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver Today I want to talk ...
Here We Go Again: Getting On Top of Time, 2024 Groundhog Day Edition by Andromeda Romano-Lax
What’s your favorite Groundhog Day phrase—the thing you repeat ad nauseum as if expecting life to change when it won’t? Mine is: “Where did the ...
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On Freewriting by Rich Chiappone
Recently a writer friend mentioned how much she depends on freewriting to get her writing process out of the gate each day. This is a ...
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A Writer’s Happiness: Perspective Shifts In Search of Writerly Happiness by Andromeda Romano-Lax
With the New Year underway, you may be charging ahead with vigor or smelling the first smoky whiffs of resolution burnout. Either way, you may ...
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Going Big: Audacious Goals and Important Writing Lessons from the Ironman by Andromeda Romano-Lax
Many of us have goals that feel so big, they’re almost shame-inducing. Why should a goal cause us shame? Maybe because we don’t want to ...
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Spotlight on New Works: It’s a Crooked Road But Not Far To The House of Flowers by Wendy Erd
Return A lone tree white with blossom Mountains fall toward blue Ridges recede into evening sky Whose sable brush strokes this softly? I count ...
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From Writer to Author by Susan Pope
It’s a clear, calm October day in Chugach State Park. I’m climbing a trail that is new to me with my hiking group. It’s steep, ...
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A Hard Week with Lots of Reasons for Not Writing (Spoiler: I’m going to challenge you to write anyway) by Andromeda Romano-Lax
Today, I gave in. I admitted that this simply wasn’t going to be a very productive week for many reasons: Worry about the war in ...
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Staying In It by Sean Ulman
An awesome Autumn tumbles on auspiciously in Seward. I am on the verge of climbing back into a novel. Nesting up the desk. Preparing to ...
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