B Is For… Blocked!
Contributed by Nicole: I know that I am not a professional writer yet and this might be a radical thought on my part, but I don’t believe in Writer’s Block. Can you be stymied by a story, have your characters … Continue reading →
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Join Us For the Second Annual Spring Low Key Retreat!
Join us for the 2nd Annual Spring Low Key Retreat, March 11th through March 13th! Emphasis on the “low key” part – the world is chaotic right now, and we need to take a pause from the bustle to recharge, … Continue reading →
Fellowship Friday: Lettermo
February is the Month of Letters! Every year, there is a festival of postal mail called the Month of Letters. Like NaNoWriMo, whose objective is to write 50,000 words of a novel draft during the month of November, Lettermo is … Continue reading →
Mental Health Monday: Mindfulness, Compassion and MLK day
by Guest Contributor, JaeSage Good Monday to you! Today is MLK Day and when we think of mindfulness and Dr. King, how can we be in the here and now to observe the example of empathy, kindness and active compassion … Continue reading →
Happy New Year!
Welcome to the new year, Gardeners! I’m excited for the new year to start. We have a lot of ideas for content and good stuff to put out there, which I think is especially needed in today’s world. As … Continue reading →
New Workshop Starting June 14th: Finding Water | The Art of Perseverance (free)
This is your invitation to come back to your center, to find the water at the bottom of the well, to become your own divining rod for your creativity. Join me. Together, we will find a way through. In March … Continue reading →
Z Is For… Zygote!
A zygote is a fertilized egg. Or, a symbol of new beginnings. We are at the end of the A to Z Challenge, but that doesn’t mean the fun stops. We will keep writing. The world around us has changed, … Continue reading →
Last Day of FEARS Workshop
Today is the last day of my FEARS workshop. Did you miss it? No worries. You can still check it out on the Forum. You can continue to ask questions and I’ll ask them as they come through. Hope to … Continue reading →
Writer Wednesday – The Dangers of the Echo Chamber and Why Handwriting Is Important
We are surrounded more and more by media – social media, augmented reality games, television commercials at gas stations; the list goes on. I’m the first to admit that the internet can bring people together – I am, after all, … Continue reading →
Darla’s Writer Wednesday – Inspiration
Dear friend and gifted writer Nicole Gordon once gifted me an inspirational book. It’s called “Rip the Page! Adventures in Creative Writing” and offers all sorts of open-ended writing experiments, encouragement from writers and poets, and enough blank pages to … Continue reading →