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Calling all tree huggers, folklore lovers, and witchy writers: let's root our creative practices in the magic of our ecological entanglements.
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Reading the World, Writing with Tarot (opens the original)
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Before we begin, if you’d like to learn more about bringing tarot into your writing practice or bringing writing into your tarot practice, I’ll be teaching Writing with Tarot online beginning November 14. The last time I taught this class was in the spring and this will be the first time I’m offering it online so you can take it from anywhere you are. No tarot experience is required to join us. I hope you do!<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" hre
Writing into Fall (opens the original)
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Before we begin, I’ll be teaching the autumn edition of Writing with the Seasons in person at Literary Arts in Portland on October 3 from 10-noon. Come join us to write into the season!In fall I make ink. I first tried it years ago, gathering walnuts from the tree in our nearby park, crushing, boiling, straining, waiting. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!j_-1!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/ht
Short Story as Self-Contained Ecosystem (opens the original)
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Before we begin, a small announcement. I’ll be teaching Short Story Mornings beginning September 15 at The Attic here in Portland, Oregon. Take a look and sign up soon if you want to join us!At the end of my MFA, during the years that I wrote more short stories than I ever had or ever have since, I admitted to my professors that I still didn’t think I fully understood what a short story was supposed to be.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://sub
Novel Writing in Metaphors (opens the original)
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Beginning the Novel (opens the original)
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When I’m writing a novel, I rewrite the first pages for years.It’s not efficient, but it’s how I figure out what kind of creature I’m working with. The beginning of a novel is an entryway. For readers, of course. But also for me as a writer. It’s where I get my bearings in my own work, where I start to glimpse the intricacies of it, all the little nooks and crannies that I’ll explore as I move through the drafting.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/f
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