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January: Best intentions head south. Sound familiar? Whether you are a writer or your creativity takes another form, it sure is easy to let it slide… This is the perfect time of year to share my favorite creativity secret weapon. It’s the magic little book entitled The War of Art, by Steven Pressfield. […] I did it this week—I started on book three! I opened the document, got it formatted, and began writing. I feel pretty mediocre about what I’ve written so far, but I began. Sometimes, simply beginning again is the hardest thing. As a creative person, you deal with this every time you finish a project. You […] Over the course of the last 10 days, I’ve had several conversations that have added up to a new possible twist for Piper Pan and Her Merry Band. A reviewer, a mentor, and a friend all told me (or implied) that these books are not really children’s books. One argued that the dark emotional tone […] “Have you written the third book, yet?” My husband asked me this out of the blue yesterday—surprising me, to say the least. While very supportive, he has never read my books himself. Why was he asking “What about Book Three?” I shook my head. “Not yet.” Here’s a “children’s” book with a light, bouncy tone stirred with flavors of friendship, insight, and growth. (You know by now that I believe good children’s books are written for all ages.) The Sugar Mountain Snow Ball, by Elizabeth Atkinson, brings a small dose of the mystical (or magic) into the quotidian lives of 13-year-old […] I’m reading an amazing and moving memoir by Madeleine L’Engle called The Summer of Great-Grandmother. Therein is a tiny childhood story about poppies—it’s perfect to remind you of the necessity to make time for dreaming. When Madeleine was twelve years old, she attended boarding school for the first time, […] Magical pathway in a magical forest Whether you are a writer or whether your creativity takes some other form, inviting inspiration is key for you, as it is for me. The best book I’ve read recently about the creative process is Big Magic, by Elizabeth Gilbert. (Click here to read the article […] |
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