by jlouden | Nov 16, 2014 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
I will never forget the first time I met Rachel. It was at my first or second Taos writing retreat. She had enrolled the two days before! She sat in the opening circle with her arms over her chest, foot tap tap tapping. No smile. I inwardly sighed – I had to...
by jlouden | Nov 12, 2014 | Favorites, Retreats
Sometimes I wonder why I write this blog, why I lead writing retreats, why I’m spending time every day writing my new project. I regularly wonder, “Why are you doing this when the world is dying?!” (By dying I mean climate change.) “People are starving. Girls are...
by jlouden | Nov 9, 2014 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
I first met Anna when she did a coaching session with me and I told her “You can have an empire, if you want.” (She liked that.) Then Anna came to my Taos writing retreat two years ago. Over the week, I fell for her hard – she’s wicked smart,...
by jlouden | Nov 5, 2014 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
Writing has been my professional path since 1985. That path is made up of a variety of forms: my first job was writing book reviews for a big Hollywood agency and then I went on to write a far number of unsold screenplays and one produced TV episode; a smattering of...
by jlouden | Nov 1, 2014 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
Last night 500 kids (we had less this year) showed up at our house: a dozen varieties of various Disney princesses, a peck of pirates, a mob of zombies, a few headless football players, and one large box of popcorn. Our little neighborhood is one of the few on our...
