PinnedHow To Get UnstuckThat restlessness? Don’t ignore it. It’s trying to tell you something. — First, let’s agree on some things: Creative people feel restless when they aren’t creating. Also: There are always a lot of things eager to block your creativity (why do household tasks seem positively hungry to devour novel-revising time, for just one totally-not-from-real-life example?), and recent events have conspired to add…Creativity5 min readCreativity5 min read
Jan 11Writers on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown*On frustration and creative clenching. Also, butts. — Hey before we begin: I’m so excited to announce the launch of Writing Co-Lab, an experimental writing school run by a cooperative of teaching writers. My first online class for them starts on January 26th. It’s called Writing for Women on the Verge (do you see my theme?), and it’s…Writing5 min readWriting5 min read
Nov 18, 2022Making Time to Make ThingsIf you want to write, and you have a busy life, you need tell that To-Do List who’s boss. (It’s you, you’re the boss.) — But how, writers are always asking themselves, each other, me, their Google calendars, can I find time to write? …Writing6 min readWriting6 min read
Jun 28, 2022How to Parent via AppWhat is motherhood but a surveillance state? — Today was the last day of school. This means I filled out my last Covid health form of the school year. I’ve done this every weekday since September, except for the times I forgot and my son had to do it on paper when he got to his fifth-grade classroom…Parenting5 min readParenting5 min read
Published in Creators Hub·Mar 31, 2022How to Start a Writing GroupWriting regularly requires commitment — and community — For the last two months, Creators Hub has invited Medium creators like you to come write with us, silently, on a Zoom together, for one hour each week. We provided optional writing prompts, calm music, and minimal intrusion. …Writing5 min readWriting5 min read
Published in Creators Hub·Mar 28, 2022Writing Prompts: Taking BreaksThis week’s writing prompts are about how you take care of yourself — We’ve been sharing weekly #WriteHere prompts for nearly a year, if you can believe that. And now we’re ready to shake things up a little. Starting in April, we’ll switch to a monthly format. Each month, we’ll share a post here on Creators Hub with a whole bunch of writing…Writehere2 min readWritehere2 min read
Published in Creators Hub·Mar 25, 2022Dispatches from Writing Hour | Weekly RoundupMedium creators’ responses to this week’s writing prompts — Since January, Creators Hub has been hosting weekly writing hours, in which we invite everyone to join us on a Zoom for an hour of quiet music, optional writing prompts, and creative camaraderie. After all, writing can be lonely, so it’s nice to write together in this way. For today’s…Writehere3 min readWritehere3 min read
Published in Creators Hub·Mar 21, 2022Writing Prompts: It’s the Season of Creative Energy 🌸This week’s writing prompts are about your rants, raves, and everything in between — Spring is a tricky time. One day (here on the East Coast of the Western Hemisphere, anyway) it’s sunny and bright and everything’s all crocuses and robins and we think, “Hey! Life is pretty amazing!” And then the next day it’s pouring and wintry and there’s rumors of a new…Writehere2 min readWritehere2 min read
Published in Creators Hub·Mar 18, 2022Our Pandemic Years | Weekly RoundupMedium creators’ responses to this week’s writing prompts — Hello, creators! This week, I suggested we attempt to process the past two+ years of pandemic strangeness. The results have been really remarkable! I also think it makes sense if you still aren’t able to see the pandemic in context — after all, we’re still living through it. …Writehere3 min readWritehere3 min read
Published in Creators Hub·Mar 14, 2022Writing Prompts: It’s Been Two YearsThis week’s writing prompts are about processing the past two years of the pandemic — The pandemic has been a different experience for everyone, but for those of us on the East Coast of the United States, this week marks two years since the initial shutdowns and stay-at-home orders, two years since Covid really made itself felt in our daily lives. …Writehere2 min readWritehere2 min read
