Try these 3 writing and creativity exercises to help you move through the process of exploring, expressing, and integrating your pandemic experience. We’ve all experienced more than a year of this devastating COVID 19 pandemic. We don’t know what the future holds with COVID but it seems that things are moving at last in … Continue reading
By Tania Casselle and Sean Murphy, award-winning author, NEA Creative Writing Fellow and Zen teacher. My husband Sean Murphy often tells writers in our Write to the Finish write a book course that one of the most exciting points in his writing life was during a camping trip, when he got the idea … Continue reading
“The Times are Urgent. Let Us Slow Down.” This is a quote from Bayo Akomolafe, and it speaks perfectly to my heart. The message might sound counterintuitive, but for a writer — or any kind of creative or contemplative soul — this is exactly the heart of things. I had … Continue reading
If You Want to be a Writer: Action Expresses Priorities A few months ago a greetings card in a store caught my attention: An Asian statue of a dancer in a wheel against a sunset sky. Then I read the quote beneath the photo, “Action Expresses Priorities.” The quote rang … Continue reading
Five Reasons Why Writers Shouldn’t Hold Back I read, critique, and edit dozens of manuscripts a year for private clients and for agencies, conferences and writer organizations. I often tell writers not to hold back in their work… not to let fears of self-exposure or concerns about how others might … Continue reading
