by PDR-Kellie | Jun 9, 2016 | Creativity, Creativity Coaching, News, Process, Publications, Short Stories, The Pas, Writers, Writing Life
I looked up the etymology of tenacity this morning, and discovered that it comes from the Latin tenax which means ‘holding fast’ (the original meaning of fast being ‘to hold firmly’). I like this. I like the idea of holding one’s dreams...
by PDR-Kellie | May 19, 2016 | Contemplations, Creativity, Creativity Coaching, Poetry, Process, Publishing, Writing Life
On the orange wall of my office, in black marker, I’ve scrawled the words: Don’t be careful! I got this idea from Sarah Selecky and when I first wrote it, I believed it to be about the writing, an instruction I could glance at, reminding me to go deeper, to not let...