Today’s post has migrated — you’ll find it on Penquin’s Book Country blog. If you recently completed a big writing project or hope to complete a writing project in the future, you need to know about the Afterglow or Aftershock that can be part of the Hibernation that follows finishing a project. Please Don’t Feed […]
Brainy Barbie Wins Creative Brain Photo Contest
Jean Cook’s Brainy Barbie won this week’s drawing in the Where’s Your Creative Brain photo contest! Jean will receive a $15 gift card at her choice of our participating locations: Loft Literary Center, Minneapolis ArtReach Art Center, Stillwater, MN Subtext: A Bookstore, St. Paul Common Good Books, St. Paul Magers & Quinn, Minneapolis Valley Books, […]
Worst Writing Resistance Ever Contest
Finally a writing contest where avoiding your writing pays off! Research shows that writing about painful experiences helps us move on. So why not enter this contest and get any lingering writing-related trauma out of your system. And a maybe win a free book. Tell us about your worst experience with resistance: a full-fledged writer’s […]
I’m Going International! Wanna Come Along?
On May 9, I’ll travel (virtually, not literally) across the pond to the UK as a guest of the IACCW – International Association of Conscious and Creative Writers – to talk about What Conscious Writers Need to Know About Writer’s Block. Join Julia McCutchen and me at the live teleseminar (16:00 BST/11:00 am EST/10:00 am […]