by Lauren Carter | Feb 28, 2019 | Books, Events, Manitoba, Poetry, Publications, Readings, Winnipeg, Writers, Writing Life
My new book-baby is one week old today (never mind the fact that the thing was in process for over a decade!) and we ushered it into the world at a lovely launch last week! J. and I went for dinner beforehand with friends. We had wine (half-price bottle day at Prairie...
by Lauren Carter | Feb 21, 2019 | Events, Manitoba, News, Poetry, Publications, Readings, Writing Life
Ten-plus years ago, I started writing the poems that would become Following Sea (writing takes time!) as I struggled through the long years of trying to have children and embracing genealogy as a way to explore my place in the world. Tonight, I’ll be celebrating...
by Lauren Carter | Feb 14, 2019 | Books, CanLit Collections, Poetry, Publications, Writers, Writing Life
Following Sea washes into the wider world in one week’s time, and we’ll be celebrating its arrival at McNally-Robinson Booksellers in Winnipeg. I’m both excited and nervous and need to get my hair cut (and I hate getting my hair cut…) Bloggers...
by Lauren Carter | Jan 24, 2019 | Books, Contemplations, Creativity, Dreams, Mowat, Poetry, Process, Publications, Publishing, Writers, Writing Life
A few years ago, my shoulder froze. At the time, I said I’d write about it someday but I haven’t, not until now. Now, my other shoulder is acting up, the right one, the one that helps me move my dominant hand and that’s, you know, alarming. A frozen...
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...