Nothing makes my day more than to see a client’s work published. So, yes, I shouted with glee when I recently received an email from my long-time mentoring client, Magin LaSov Gregg, announcing that her OpEd piece “Community college changed my mom’s life—and mine” had been accepted for publication by The Washington Post. […]
Uh oh. Here it comes again. That relentless voice of doubt that snaps me out of my writing—out of my heart—and up into my head. Suddenly, the scene I was just in is miles away and I am rehearsing the old whine, “Maybe I’m not really a writer. Why am I writing this? What makes […]
Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth. Pema Chödrön Last week one of my new Transform Your Writing/Transform Your Life™ one-on-one clients wrote me an email in response to the 6-month mentorship schedule I’d just sent her. Uh, oh: she felt like she might @#$$ her pants, she said, and […]
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams and live the life you imagined.” Thoreau Now that you’ve settled on a Writing Word of the Year to guide you toward becoming your best writing self in 2015, it’s time to create your writing vision. So often we women squeeze our writing into our […]