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10 Lessons from Month 1 of Writing Draft 1
10 lessons from my first month of writing my first draft of my second book.
Katie Allen
Apr 11, 20245 min read
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Reflections on Month 1 of Writing Draft 1
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...
Katie Allen
Apr 6, 20245 min read
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Words & Wilderness: How I Started My Next Book in the Woods
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...
Katie Colpaert
Sep 6, 202211 min read
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Still Day 3: A Love Story, A Haiku, A Walk with Grief
Note: This is post #9 in a series of blog posts about my experience attending a 2-week writing retreat with author & teacher Natalie...
Katie Colpaert
Oct 9, 20219 min read
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Day 3: Natalie (slowly) takes us to the beach
Note: This is post #8 in a series of blog posts about my experience attending a 2-week writing retreat with author & teacher Natalie...
Katie Colpaert
Oct 2, 20214 min read
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Day 2 with Natalie: "I want you to suffer more."
Note: This is post #8 in a series of blog posts about my experience attending a 2-week writing retreat with author & teacher Natalie...
Katie Colpaert
Sep 25, 202110 min read
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Natalie asks, "How did you come to be here?"
Note: This is post #6 in a series of blog posts about my experience attending a 2-week writing retreat with author & teacher Natalie...
Katie Colpaert
Sep 8, 20214 min read
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Teaching My Best Friend Writing Practice in Senegal, West Africa
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...
Katie Colpaert
Sep 5, 20214 min read
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Day 1, part *2* of "True Secret of Writing" Retreat with Natalie Goldberg
Note: This is post #4 in a series of blog posts about my experience attending a 2-week writing retreat with author & teacher Natalie...
Katie Colpaert
Aug 17, 20216 min read
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Day 1, part 1 of "True Secret of Writing" Retreat with Natalie Goldberg
Note: This is post #3 in a series of blog posts about my experience attending a 2-week writing retreat with author & teacher Natalie...
Katie Colpaert
Aug 2, 20217 min read
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Arriving to MISA & Meeting Natalie Goldberg
Note: This is post #2 in a series of blog posts about my experience attending a 2-week writing retreat with author & teacher Natalie...
Katie Colpaert
Jul 19, 20218 min read
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A Writing Retreat for the Books: Thanks Natalie Goldberg!
Note: This is post #1 in a series of blog posts about my experience attending a 2-week writing retreat with author & teacher Natalie...
Katie Colpaert
Jul 12, 20215 min read
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