Becoming a Writer by Dorothea Brande is an older read, published in 1934. It’s all about the creative writer’s journey. And while some of the...
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Books
Understand the Writer’s Journey: 4 Lessons from Thunder and Lightning
Natalie Goldberg’s Thunder and Lightning: Cracking Open the Writer’s Craft is a meditative look at the writer’s journey. Do not come to this book...
How to Use “Wired for Story” to Engage Readers
Lisa Cron’s Wired for Story encourages writers to come to the page with an understanding of how our brains interact with stories. This knowledge...
5 Valuable Books to Gift Writers this Holiday
Writers are not that difficult to shop for. As readers at heart, books can be a special, even personal gift for a writer. In today’s post, I’ll...
How Writing Contests Maintained My Motivation
What were you doing in April of 2020? Working from home? Zooming friends and family on the regular? Watching all the TV shows and overeating? Me...
How to Use The Desire Map to Achieve Your Writing Goals
Laporte's The Desire Map is a workbook that helps us we align our goals with our core desired feelings. From a young age, we’ve learned how to set...
Stephen King’s “On Writing”: Unlock Your Writing Potential
Stephen King’s book, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft blends memoir with advice for writing at any stage of your writing journey. I was gifted this...
Empower Your Writing Journey with “The Artist’s Way”
In her book, “The Artist’s Way,” Julia Cameron states that, “Creativity is our true nature” (introduction-xiii). It is innate within us. Yet, many...
A Poem
A poem- untitled and possibly unfinished, yet, it's time to start sharing tiny bits of my writing here and there. I don't write a lot of poetry but...
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I’m here to connect with storytellers, creatives, and dream-chasers. This blog focuses on creative writing, goal-setting, productivity, and mindfulness- all things craved by creative minds who want to bring their dreams into the present.
