Tips & Inspiration

You gotta not doubt it

Writing is only one of the tasks of writing, the other is believing that you can and should and have something worthwhile to say.

Tips & Inspiration

Should you do a writing course?

And if you can't, here's some suggestions.

"We kill our own with the weapons of the enemy"

On the perilous role of the reviewer

Essays

Writing hack to defeat the doubt

How do you stay engaged when the process isn't fun? How do you keep the faith when you feel like everything you write is shit?

Tips & Inspiration

A concrete block on a dream

No book emerges without some kind of external support or sacrifice or privilege.

Poppin' off Pānui

Poppin' off Pānui 11: Words to survive by

How can we relate? Always, it's the poets who show us.

Essays

19 on the Mean Streets (a forgiveness poem)

Creative tip: write your journals in verse!!!

Tips & Inspiration

Time to Write is Always Stolen

So get used to thieving

Essays

Every time you laugh out loud, Luxon gets cramp (and other spells)

How can we ever hope to create a different world if we have lost the capacity to dream?

Essays

How to Love when the world is imploding

Remembering is the work. Seeing clearly is the work. Naming correctly is the work.

Tips & Inspiration

Write the words when they show up or lose them forever

It reminds me that memories make up so much of who we are, but what if we don't get to choose what we retain?

Essays

3 v. simple things that have helped my mental health (and might help yours)

Bookmark this email and come back to it when you are at a low point.