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Mar 30, 20202 min read

Creative Writing with Photo Prompts

If you've ever struggled with what to write, whether in a journal, a poem, a story, a blog post, or even as part of a creative nonfiction...

Mar 26, 20201 min read

TODAY! Free Virtual Creative Writing Workshop!

I'm offering FREE virtual creativity events each week through March and April. There's one happening TODAY at 12 PM (Pacific)! Our topic...

Mar 23, 20201 min read

FREE Virtual Creativity Event Tonight!

Feeling disconnected? You're not alone! Join our creative tribe as we talk about the creative life together in the Early Week Evening...

Mar 18, 20204 min read

Journal Your Way to Creativity

Times are tough, making it hard to stay creative. Here are several ways you can journal your way back to creativity! How can journaling...

Mar 2, 20203 min read

The Creative Life: Morning Routines

Other people's routines and the processes behind their creative (and non-creative) work fascinates me. It always has. Including how...

Nov 19, 20193 min read

Lions and Tigers and Titles... Oh My! - Resources and Tips for Choosing a Title for Your Writing

It's NaNoWriMo and many of us are writing away at new stories and writing projects. If you're anything like me, you start writing because...

Nov 11, 20192 min read

Create a NaNoWriMo Book Cover!

It's the eleventh of November. And that means we're almost halfway through NaNoWriMo. No, you didn't read that word wrong and it's not...

Nov 8, 20193 min read

Writing exercise: Using Your Real-Life Antagonist

Over the past few weeks, I've been dealing with an unhappy person. This person is angry at someone else, and I got caught in the...

Oct 11, 20182 min read

Writing Prompt: Using Facebook to Craft Poems (and other types of writing)

Facebook and poetry may not seem like they go together - at least not from the perspective of using Facebook to generate poetry. But I'm...

Oct 7, 20182 min read

What to Write When Nothing Comes

Maybe you've been lucky and never drawn a blank when sitting down to write. But if you're like me (and most people), you've sat and...

Oct 5, 20182 min read

Writing Prompt: An Exercise in Perspective

One of the best things about being writers is that we get to play with reality. When we craft fiction, poetry, and even creative...