by Lauren Carter | Apr 25, 2019 | Manitoba, Ontario, Poetry, Readings, Workshops, Writing Life
I’ll be traveling over the next little while – hop-scotching around Manitoba and Ontario (north and south) to read from Following Sea alongside some other fine poets and writers. I’ll also be teaching a few workshops. Readings are also planned for...
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 | Dec 7, 2017 | Contemplations, Courses, Creativity, Creativity Coaching, Fiction, Novel, Process, Teaching, Workshops, Writers, Writing Life
I’m back where I started. Staring down the bumpy road of an unfinished draft. My next novel – the big, fat manuscript that my agent says doesn’t work (which, by the way, I didn’t update you on, dear reader, after informing you I’d sent it, my ego too bruised, I...
by PDR-Kellie | Nov 30, 2017 | Courses, Creativity, Creativity Coaching, News, Novel, Process, Publications, Publishing, Teaching, Workshops, Writers, Writing Life
When I was in my mid-20s, tired of toiling seemingly aimlessly at 6 a.m. timed writings every morning before leaving for my 9 to 5 job, I took a creative writing course. I’d published a bit of poetry and a few personal essays and done some freelance journalism, but I...
by PDR-Kellie | Oct 19, 2017 | Animals, Contemplations, Courses, Creativity, Creativity Coaching, Dreams, Manitoba, Process, Teaching, Writing Life
I woke up this morning feeling lucky. J. brought me coffee in the gorgeous bird-bedecked mug he gave me a couple years ago and told me, Happy birthday. Whatever I’d been dreaming had left me with a good feeling, I suppose, because that’s what I felt, I...