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Living Write
Living Write Melissa Giberson The pandemic was in its early stages; I was furloughed from work. With my excess time, I read books, watched Netflix, cleaned, caught up on scrapbooking, and revisited my old writing – stashed in a backpack in a closet and in electronic files in the deep recesses of my computer. In […]
A Palm Reader, A Dream, And Standing Naked
On a whim, I’d hired a palm reader as part of the evening’s joint birthday celebration for my husband and me. When she arrived, prim as a Midwest librarian, I lead her to the quiet seclusion of my bedroom which afforded her privacy. A line quickly formed outside the room. Barbie waited next to Lou […]
Edwardian Con Women by Laura Lee
Edwardian Con Women Laura Lee About ten years ago, while researching a book on Oscar Wilde, I stumbled upon the story of Maurice Schwabe, a member of the Wilde circle who went on to lead an extraordinary life of crime as part of a band of gentleman con artists who traveled the world cheating at […]
On Writing Humanizing the Remote Experience through Leadership and Coaching
The book, Humanizing the Remote Experience through Leadership and Coaching, is the product of a teacher without her classroom and a psychiatrist without her couch. We were mid-way through a global pandemic and several months into a total lockdown when we decided to write this book. Diane, a communication coach and university professor, was coaching […]
Writing The Elopement
Writing The Elopement Summer 2020 probably isn’t a time that most people want to spend time remembering. The first UK lockdown, isolation and anxiety… Like many people I found solace in the sunshine and my garden. As a writer, working from home was nothing new and I felt lucky to be able to continue to […]
Writing As Spiritual Practice
Writing As Spiritual Practice Yolanda Pierce, PhD As a womanist theologian, writing is a form of spiritual discipline for me. Like reading, meditating, or praying, writing is how I dare to engage in divine practice to better understand both myself and all that is sacred and holy around me. Theologians write about weighty matters: the […]
Kay A. Oliver: On Writing
The art of writing has always been a passion of mine as far back as I can remember. In the sixth grade I entered a speech contest at my elementary school. However, I only won second place because the teachers believed that my parents wrote the speech for me. That could not be further from […]
Libraries are Training Grounds for Writers by Kimberly G. Giarratano
Libraries are training grounds for writers by Kimberly G. Giarratano My publishing journey started alongside my librarian career. After five years of teaching in New Jersey public schools, I was burnt out. I loved my students, but hated the politics, so I got a master’s degree in library science, thinking I’d work in an archive […]
Writing When Hurt, Writing To Heal
Priscilla Paton It could have been the ideal conditions for writing non-stop: no running of errands with necessities delivered to the door, no interruption by visitors, no annoying events, simply solitude at home. For me and many others, however, the COVID pandemic shutdown didn’t work out that way. It was like a bad first draft […]
Creating Yoga Books Helped Me Stretch My Writing Voice
Creating Yoga Books Helped Me Stretch My Writing Voice By Holly Lebowitz Rossi “Write the book you want to read,” goes the classic aphorism. In my case, I persuaded my longtime yoga teacher to partner in writing two books I want to be able to pull off my shelf when I need to be reminded […]
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