This Is Not Therapy with Tina Sederholm
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Let’s Be Joymongers (opens the original)
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Monger is a strange word. It means trader, merchant or dealer. You might recognise within the words ironmonger or cheesemonger. Since the 19th century, it’s been associated with something derogatory or dishonest, like rumour-monger or scandal-monger. Now, we are mostly familiar with it as part of warmonger.Recently I was feeling a bit overwhelmed by the world, so I watched Rob Bell’s 2019 show, An Introduction to Joy. In it, he suggests we put the word joy in front of monger. If you can be anyth
The Only Guru You'll Ever Need (opens the original)
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He Has Good Hands: From First Draft to PrizeWinning Poem (opens the original)
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Want to get your poems submission-ready? Come work with me! Get detailed editorial feedback on anything from six poems to a full manuscript. I also edit and mentor writers working on memoirs, solo shows and novels. Let’s have a chat at hello@tinasederholm.comThe First DraftEarlier this summer, my poem Good Hands was commended in the Fiction Factory Poetry competition. Although I initially wrote the poem in one go, it wasn’t the first draft that I submitted, or even the fifth. In fact, it was the
Time Not Writing Is Also Writing (opens the original)
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Your History is Written on Your Body (opens the original)
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