by jlouden | Jul 18, 2018 | Blog
Over tea with a friend I love and who lives far away, after catching up on our kids and partners and parents, we got to the yummy stuff of talking about our dreams, our “bright shinies” as we call them, the new creative inklings beckoning to our hearts. I sipped my...
by jlouden | Jul 11, 2018 | Blog
Accept that there’s no right way to start because a trackless wonderland has no maps and not a single do not trespass sign to speak of. Gently tug your dutiful mind away from trying to begin at the beginning. Who knows what that is? Begin where there is energy or an...
by jlouden | Jul 4, 2018 | Blog
I can get so darn sick of my writing voice. Too acid, too cheerleader, too dull, too… There are days when I want to never write another word. Sometimes this does mean I need a break, that I’ve been forcing myself to produce too many words without taking in enough of...
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by jlouden | Jun 26, 2018 | Blog
From time to time I’ll share what I’m learning from writing my new book. Not excerpts, at least not yet, but peeks into what I’m discovering. I have a lifetime habit of starting easily and strong – my first book remains my biggest seller, my first foray into art...
by jlouden | Jun 20, 2018 | Blog
I was doing pretty good limiting my news intake. Just enough to be informed on what to call my representatives about. Just enough to know where to give money this month. Then the zero tolerance border policy in my country took effect. Bam! I was back to obsessively...
by jlouden | Jun 6, 2018 | Blog
Sometimes people come to my writing workshops and retreats because they need to write. To build their business, to share their ideas, for an important work assignment, or because they have a story they must get out and into the world. But they don’t like writing. They...
