Please send me some new books to explore. I'm looking for contemporary book recommendations that are kind of like Judy Blume's Are you there God? It's Me, Margaret.

I decided to give up cheese. I lasted one day.

I sent out to literary mags all Saturday afternoon!!! Felt good. But then, does anyone else do that to procrastinate from writing?!

Offering a virtual writing retreat on Sunday, October 17 from 2-5 PM Pacific Time. We will be offering writing prompts and discussing believable dialogue, characterization, and sense of place. willowwritersretreat.com

Somehow this moved me more than I would have expected.

About willowwritersretreat.com via WordPress.com I have two new workshops coming up! October 17 and October 25! Sign up for one or both. It's soul-healing to connect with writers from around the world!

Hey everybody, what are some favorite poems about music, possibly using synesthesia?

I'm excited to be teaching a new course for The Muse Writers Center! The class is on April 10, 1:00-3:30 PM. the-muse.org/event/mirrors-…

Wine pairings with writing! willowwritersretreat.com hermannwinetrail.com/plan-your-trip…

Do you ever write a scene or a poem half asleep, that in between state of wakefulness and sleepiness-- and loved the results?

Thank you to The Write Life for listing Willow Writers Retreat as one of the top writing retreats in 2022! thewritelife.com/writing-retrea…

Excited to be teaching new courses at The Muse Writers Center this summer on Zoom. Write Strong Characters and Folklore and Mythology in Fiction. the-muse.org/classes-at-a-g… #fictionwriter #shortstories

Prompt for the day: Write a scene where a) food is involved in some way; b) people are arguing, but the topic they're arguing about is not the underlying problem. Enjoy writing your scene!

Prompt for the day: Write a scene using this sentence as your first one: "In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since." Bonus: where does this sentence come from???

What are your favorite stories that capture the essence of food, cooking, prepping, and partaking? #fiction #writing

Write a scene where a character is waiting for an estranged relative to visit them. They haven’t seen each other in person for over twenty years. Include these words somewhere in your scene: glass, coin, pavement, home, music, start. Enjoy writing your scene!

I want to read something that breaks rules, that's beautiful and super strange, and maybe kind of makes me gasp. Like I want to be reminded of all the possibilities for writers doing this art we do. What should I read?

I'm delighted to be reading some of my work at this offsite AWP event! Wed. March 8 Blarney Stone Pub! 6-9 PM.

Talk about un🐻ably hot! This bear in Roxborough State Park, Colorado took a break from the heat by cooling off in some mud.

I'm excited to teach Writing a Sense of Place & Setting the-muse.org/event/writing-…