…we must dare to show up and let ourselves be seen. This is vulnerability. This is daring greatly. Brené Brown I place a star next to the paragraph I just highlighted in my copy of Brené Brown’s book, Daring Greatly, where she writes about the vulnerability of putting our writing out into the world with […]
HEART PONDERINGS … sharing with you the things I keep in my heart
An Adventure in LIVING
As the Mad Anthony Writer’s Workshop (April 4-6) draws near, e-mails fly back and forth. Nita, my writing partner, and I help each other put finishing touches on our pitches. Nita with her Bluebells In the writing business, a “pitch” is a one-to-three minute elevator speech to an agent communicating what is distinctive […]
The Plot Sisters
Today I want to acknowledge five vibrant Dayton writers. They dub themselves “The Plot Sisters,” meet regularly to critique each other’s writing, and attend writing conferences together. Traci Ison Schafer, Cindy Cremeans, Christina Consolino, Jen Messaros Ruthann Kain (not pictured) Fortuitously, I reconnected with four of them at the Mad Anthony Writer’s Conference […]
An Abundance of Riches
I’m overflowing with gratitude for the abundance enriching my life the past couple of weekends. What an adventure attending my first writer’s conference, The Mad Anthony Writer’s Conference, at Miami University Hamilton last weekend. There will be more to come on this topic in future posts. http://writelikemad.com/ Our Cincinnati Writer’s Group met yesterday. […]
My Journey with Grace
Early years: Sometimes grace is a ribbon of mountain air that gets in through the cracks. Anne Lamott Grace is tied to our image of God and what it means to be human. When I was in my early teens, the parish worker in our church helped me develop a loving image of God […]
Finding My Voice as a Writer
And the truth of your experience can only come through in your own voice. Anne Lamott As an introvert, I’m more comfortable speaking before a large gathering than engaging one-on-one. For me, opening up is reserved for only a trusted few. Listening is more my mode of being, something that seems to be a lost […]
