The Power of Visualization
As much as I love words, my mind operates in images. When I was a little girl, movie reels of stories from my imagination played constantly in my…
Reflections on Visiting Writer Katie Arnold
Last week, Katie Arnold, author of the memoir Running Home, joined us for lunch at the studio to talk about her work.
How to Submit: The Journey of Contest Submission
I cruise through my CRWROPPS (Creative Writers Opportunities) emails that come in. I see one that catches my eye. I’m intrigued because the contest is for flash…
Q&A with Ray Brunt, PWN’s Newest Instructor
Project Write Now is excited to announce a new addition to our pool of instructors. Ray Brunt has been around Project Write Now for a while now, participating in events…
Embracing Rejection
At eight months’ pregnant, the trip from my apartment to the mailboxes in the lobby felt long. Every day, I trudged down the foil-wallpapered hallway in flip flops because my feet were swollen…
Life Stories: Keep Delivering
My mom died last summer. Her sister, my Aunt Mary, died nine months before that. Eight months before that, her other sister, my Aunt Doris, died…
The Healing Power of Writing
Writing was always going to be part of my life. An avid independent reader since second grade, I created my first book around the same time, a collection of elephant jokes. (How can you tell…
Honoring My Mom
There is tremendous healing that comes from writing and sharing our life stories―especially the painful ones, those born of loss, separation, heartache, disappointment. I’ve witnessed this…
The Power of Poetry
For the past few months, I’ve started my day reading poetry. Each morning I awake to find a “Poem of the Day” in my inbox, sent from the Academy of American Poets or Rattle. It’s become my…