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Writing
The Green Post-It Notes
I have a million and one excuses for why I have taken a break from blogging – and they’re all good. At first I was looking for a new job and that really drained more energy than I expected, but surely I’d be able to write once that pressure was off my plate.I started a … Continue reading The Green Post-It Notes
The Horror – and Exhilaration – of Deadlines
After my writing retreat a few weeks ago, we all sent around lovely emails to acknowledge what a gift our time together had been. And then the fateful email arrived in my inbox, jumbled up with the good wishes in such a way that I had no idea it was so dangerous. “Does anyone want … Continue reading The Horror – and Exhilaration – of Deadlines
Excerpt from The Labyrinth
A few weeks ago I was at a writing retreat in North Carolina and went for a walk among the beautiful leaves of a North Carolina autumn. While there, I felt a call to walk along the Pigeon River, which ran along a path near the big field of the camp. The path got smaller … Continue reading Excerpt from The Labyrinth
Burnt Orange
I am at a writer’s retreat in North Carolina and that seems like a great time to start writing blog posts again after a little hiatus. I’ve been doing some intensive discernment and might soon have some fun news to share more widely, but there’s now time again for writing. Burnt Orange I am … Continue reading Burnt Orange
Uninspired
I am so pleased to be writing to you this week. Really. Because for a while there it looked like it might never happen. I didn’t worry about it Monday. I had just written a post the Friday before. There was plenty of time to be inspired. Tuesday, I chaperoned a school trip. I spent … Continue reading Uninspired
The Power of (Someone Else’s) Prayer
My feelings have been hurt lately, but that’s to be expected – I think I’ve hurt other people’s feelings as well. I’m in the midst of a somewhat rough transition, and as much as I have tried to T.H.I.N.K.* before I speak, people inevitably feel hurt when things are changing, myself included. I have tried … Continue reading The Power of (Someone Else’s) Prayer
Words vs. the WORD
So I’m working with a wonderful writing coach in a class on memoir trying to give myself accountability on writing regularly. It’s supposed to be accountability for writing every day, but let’s be real here; it’s almost every day if we count blogging and sermon writing. But the memoir project is coming along too, albeit … Continue reading Words vs. the WORD
High School Revisited (part 2)
Many years ago, when I was in high school, I wrote a few chapters of a YA novel. I was sure at the time that my creative talent would soon launch my multi-million dollar/best-seller novelist career. And maybe it would have, if pre-calculus hadn’t taken up all my time my senior year. But probably not. … Continue reading High School Revisited (part 2)
High School Revisited
I spent the first few hours of my writing retreat on the beach reading my high school writing notebook. It has a couple of poems I didn’t write (think Thriller: circa 1983) and Patrick Henry’s “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” speech that I had to memorize for a high school humanities class. I … Continue reading High School Revisited
Openings: Let the Spirit in 