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Writing in Community
Volume One
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What People Are Saying

"These writers...write ideas that are fresh and new with profound potential." - Mary Pipher, author of "The Green Boat" and "Writing to Change the World"
The Fire Inside
Volume Two
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What People Are Saying

"Beginning with "Say Yes to Creativity" and all the way through twelve chapters to “Just Do It,” The Fire Inside is jam-packed with ideas, tips, suggestions, inspiration and general cheering-on." - Judy Reeves, author of A Writer’s Book of Days and Wild Women, Wild Voices

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Seeing with Fresh Eyes

“The real voyage of discovery consists not seeing new sights, but with seeing with new eyes.”  – Pico Iyer Miracles Happen Many years ago, one of my beloved daughters was acting somewhat furtive, maintaining little eye contact, repeatedly touching her turned down face. Standing slope-shouldered behind her partner she stared at the floor. Then looked

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Writing Faster and Better: What We Can Learn From Three Masters

I have always been fascinated by writers and artists able to accomplish massive amounts of work in short stretches of time. Like Handel who composed the 53 movements of The Messiah in 24 days. Or Kazuo Ishiguro who wrote The Remains of the Day in an unbelievable four weeks. Consider Van Gogh, who, while living

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Instructions for Life

Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting– over and over announcing your place in the family of things. – Mary Oliver in “Wild Geese” Family of Things Mary Oliver saw herself in the family of things.  She recognized

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