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Trust the f*cking process (opens the original)
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Creativity is a curious creature. Mine is sensitive, quixotic, and rebellious. I've learned a lot about it in the last few months.About a year ago, huge life stresses forced me to drop all creativity and just go into pure survival mode. I needed all my resources just to cope, and I still wasn't coping. I felt awful putting my WIP, my first novel, on hold. The second draft had just gone through a huge plot evolution and was becoming a third draft starting over again. I had finally drafted the bon
A Month of Poetry (opens the original)
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Great Modern Children's Reads: new review (opens the original)
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Great modern children's reads (opens the original)
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I'm starting a new series here on my Substack profile, championing modern children's fiction.I'm an adult, and, like other adults, read adult literature of all kinds. Adult literature is not usually suitable for children. But, unlike most other adults, I also read children's literature. Because, what people forget, is this is really written both for children and adults, and that is a profound difference between the two genres. It is still accessible to all of us, however grown up and serious we
The surprise of being a poet (opens the original)
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I emerged from the 100 day Project jubilant but tired. It had been a wonderful experience, shared with a frankly glorious group of creatives here. Every day we shared painting, sewing, writing, music, and found both the discipline of accountability as well as the support of loving encouragement. But showing up every day, for 100 days, was a challenge, and I felt ready for a rest.So when @emmeliving invited me onto her challenge immediately after, I politely declined. I was being sensible, I was
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