10 lessons from my first month of writing my first draft of my second book.

I've been in Spain now for over a month after moving from our home for the past three and a half years in Southern California. My husband...

A note: Just as the seasons will look different around the world, many of the things discussed in this piece will occur throughout the...

I’m sitting alone in the woods trying not to think of the posted bear warning signs. I’ve just arrived after a four-hour drive through...

Note: This is post #11 in a series of blog posts about my experience attending a 2-week writing retreat with author & teacher Natalie...

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I woke up this morning to a wild craving. I wanted the quiet of Madeline Island with a near-madness, the Wisconsin paradise where I spent...

Note: This is post #9 in a series of blog posts about my experience attending a 2-week writing retreat with author & teacher Natalie...

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Note: This is post #8 in a series of blog posts about my experience attending a 2-week writing retreat with author & teacher Natalie...

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At the end of the two-week writing retreat with Natalie in the last hour of the last session with her, she said something that made me...

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Note: This is post #1 in a series of blog posts about my experience attending a 2-week writing retreat with author & teacher Natalie...