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Marilyn, or No Girl Sets Out to Die: November Butterfly Poetry Prompt 1
Slider, Transformative Blogging“…the reverse birth image never left me, of petals, hummingbirds, and Marilyn trying to breathe…”-- Marilyn, Arriving: Collage, Astrology and Poetry (Feral Mom, Feral Writer)
November Butterfly (my first poetry collection, Saddle…
The Kiln Has a Vote: Creativity and Risk with Robyn Beattie
Transformative Blogging
I know that the secret conversation between the fire and my work will get told eventually, when the door is finally opened... -- Robyn Beattie
To illustrate the transformative nature of revealing secrets in Writing and the Public/Private…
First Poetry Book Publication, Reckoning with Exposure, and Astral Rubbernecking
Transformative BloggingThe My Writing Process Blog Tour is spiraling through the blogosphere, offering the inspirational Mother lode on process specifics for those of us between writing groups, classes, or retreats. Pull us up on Twitter using #MyWritingProcess to…
Letter Blog Posts: Epistolary Heavens
Transformative BloggingA letter is a Joy of Earth / It is denied the Gods—Emily Dickinson, 1885
Letter writing may be denied the Gods, but Emily’s turn of the phrase, with her distinctive finality inspires a creative challenge—so try it, poets: choose a couple…
Trickster Angels: Collaborative Posts and Synthesis Blogs
Transformative Blogging“In the end, all collaborations are love stories.” Twyla Tharp, The Collaborative Habit: Life Lessons for Working Together (Simon and Schuster, 2013, with Jesse Kornbluth)
They say certain angels are assigned to fuss over brides on…
The “How To” Blog Post, or How Your Meander Creates an Aerial Snake to Remember
Transformative BloggingThe other night, as my daughter and I grappled with her geography homework, we scanned through aerial photos of the sinuous path waterways make as they meander across the Earth. I couldn’t help but connect the winding pattern to writing.
While…