by jlouden | May 20, 2015 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
Sitting in a circle of women, all heading out together into the unknown, is so crazy good, it makes me wonder why don’t we all do this? How different would the world be if we all had safe places to tell our stories and stretch into our chosen craft? Hmmm…....
by jlouden | Apr 15, 2015 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
I am writing and it is hard. Emotional. Raw. Messy with a capital M. Add to that the fact that I don’t know what this project will become – if anything – which drives the part of me crazy that loves to be of service, and you have a very tender Jen....
by jlouden | Mar 1, 2015 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
I’ve promised you a monthly resource of some kind, and since I’m reading a ton of memoirs – to help me write what I’m writing (which is memoir-esque) – I decided this month’s resource would be some of my recent faves. I hope you enjoy! Some of these are...
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...