by Lauren Carter | Jan 17, 2019 | Books, Creativity, Family, News, Poetry, Publications, Writing Life
I am blessed to have an incredibly talented and creative mother. If you’ve listened to the first lesson in my course about establishing a strong writing practice (set as a free preview lesson today so you can, if you like), you’ll know that she started...
by PDR-Kellie | Oct 25, 2018 | Art, Creativity, Knitting, Manitoba, Process, Winnipeg, Writing Life
I’ve been thinking about fun lately. Seems strange, given the state of the world. Ugh. But something has shifted in me (if you’re a regular reader, you’ve probably read that before… insert self-deprecating chuckle here…) Maybe it’s the result of the last few years,...
by PDR-Kellie | Apr 26, 2018 | Contemplations, Creativity, Family, File Under Weird, Knitting, Manitoba, Nature, Poetry, Process, Seasons, Writing Life
Day after day of dazzling sunshine has lately lifted my spirits. It helps too that I sent off my poetry manuscript to the publisher this week and that the birds are back. Purple finches and dark-eyed juncos at our backyard feeder. White pelicans crowding the Red...
by PDR-Kellie | Feb 1, 2018 | Creativity, Creativity Coaching, Process, Teaching, Workshops, Writers, Writing Life
Create a character, I said last night, during a class I’m teaching called Write Your Heart Out! (from Joyce Carol Oates’s advice to writers). A picture of feet was up on the screen. Red converse sneakers, legs in jeans, gender-neutral. Paint what you...
by Lauren Carter | Jan 25, 2018 | Contemplations, Courses, Creativity, Creativity Coaching, Fiction, Knitting, Novel, Process, Writers, Writing Life
Seven skeins of Malabrigo Rios, luxurious merino yarn, in shifting shades of indigo, copper, violet and deep greens. That’s what I bought myself for Christmas last year, with a gift certificate my sister gave me. As any knitter knows, seven skeins is a lot of...
