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The inner critic is everywhere! But that won’t stop us, no!

Posted on April 5, 2018 | Leave a comment

Recently I had the pleasure of teaching at the Antioch Writers’ Workshop‘s Dive Into Your Story: Where do you get your ideas?. We dealt with the inner critic and how to renegotiate the relationship, moving aside the noise so we can … Continue reading →

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Letter to the Inner Critic (11/19/17)

Posted on January 21, 2018 | 2 comments

Here’s a leftover I meant to post from my November inner critic letter-a-day challenge (to myself). Uncooked, raw, basically how it came out. Also: in the letter below, where I write “I was born to fly”, I would clarify that … Continue reading →

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Letter to the inner critic: Day 5 (fragments for the lying liar)

Posted on November 5, 2017 | Leave a comment

(I blogged here about writing a letter to the inner critic for 30 days. You are still/always welcome to join me! Fragments from today’s letter are below. Disclaimer: The inner critic, for me, is many things, and can sometimes be … Continue reading →

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“Go away, you rainsnout…” NOVEMBER! (30 days with the inner critic)

Posted on October 31, 2017 | 3 comments

Dear people, I am issuing a gift/challenge/invitation for the month of November (a month I love to abhor, by way of Tom Waits’ “November,” which you can see him perform here and read lyrics below.). (If you read this after November, … Continue reading →

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(Ode to the inner critic, Monday)

Posted on July 10, 2017 | Leave a comment

(By Andrea Davis Pinkney, from her book, The Red Pencil. This poem seems to be a sort of ode to the inner critic.) ERASE At the red pencil’s end stands a hard lump of clay. I do not like its green. So … Continue reading →

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(#me too) A raw list…

Posted on November 14, 2017 | 2 comments

  …of what’s helping me heal from childhood sexual abuse. In no particular order. Dancing. These days, dancing = attending my awesome Zumba class in Yellow Springs. It’s liberating. It’s helping me unwind the long-bound-up energy in my pelvis. When I … Continue reading →

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Today’s writing headlines

Posted on November 6, 2017 | Leave a comment

MORNING HEADLINES NONFICTION: I finished typing up the Bewildering Whatever-it-is begun at Omega with Nick Flynn (and mentioned here). I don’t know what it is or will be. I keep thinking of it as a coil of DNA for a … Continue reading →

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Register NOW for Writer’s Play Time!

Posted on August 20, 2017 | Leave a comment

WRITER’S PLAY TIME Rediscover and liberate your sense of play! Unleash your creative spark! Demystify and disarm the inner critical voice that’s holding you back! Nourish any creative process. Inspired by the work of Lynda Barry (Artist and author of … Continue reading →

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Mark your calendars: (Free!) Writer’s Play Time in September

Posted on July 27, 2017 | 2 comments

I’m thrilled to offer WRITER’S PLAY TIME, a FREE (!) WORKSHOP AT YELLOW SPRINGS LIBRARY, Sunday, September 10, 2017. In other words: Rediscover and liberate your sense of play! Unleash your creative spark! Demystify and disarm the inner critical voice … Continue reading →

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Embodied Creativity: A Yoga, Writing, & Drawing Workshop

Posted on July 1, 2017 | Leave a comment

Dear friends, Melissa Tinker and I will offer a 3-hour workshop called EMBODIED CREATIVITY on Saturday, July 8, from 2-5pm, at Into The Blue Yoga (126 East Main Street, Springfield, OH 45502). It’s going to be a great afternoon! The … Continue reading →

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