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Unlock creativity with my free calendar of writing prompts! Use these starters to jumpstart your writing this year.

Kickstart your creativity with these 3 writing prompts to ignite ideas and help you start your year strong!

Today I'm sharing some visual inspiration from my time at the Good Heart Artist Residency with 22 photo prompts!

Here in Silicon Valley, the incredible heat wave of last week has passed and the cooler breezes of autumn are here. I'm enchanted. As I...

When I lived on the East Coast, I looked forward to the abundance of fall leaves each year. My girls and I would gather them, creating...

Summer is almost over, and every year it's a bittersweet feeling. The end of a season, shadows growing longer, gold-tinted dusks--even...

Summer is often painted with a brush of adventure. There's something about this season, probably stemming from the time off school as...

After months of bone-dry weather, it’s raining here in Northern California. This means that my normally dusty trails are mud covered—and...

Writing every day requires coming up with ideas. Every day. Some days, the thoughts flow freely. Other days, it's like pulling teeth....

February is here. A short month with a lot on its shoulders. We have Valentine's Day, which, no matter your feelings on the holiday, can...

I’ve had a recurring nightmare since I was in kindergarten. The dream is inextricably linked to a trip my Brownie troop took. I don’t...

When your work involves being creative, it's hard to come up with new ideas day after day, hour after hour. To maintain a creative life,...

Today I had the privilege of spending time in one of my favorite places with my favorite people: a community creativity workshop.  This...

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...

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...

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

Some people swear by the messages in the stars, some find them amusing and harmless, and others find them offensive. No matter your take...

There are many parallels between writing and exercise. With both, it can be challenging to get started. We’ll swear tomorrow’s the day we...

Check out the original post on my Cupertino Poet Laureate website! It’s April, and that means it is National Poetry Month! Even though I...