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Only Connect

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Lindsey Crittenden

I’m in a scattershot mood this morning, so today’s post will be rather scattershot. First, I’d like to give a shout-out to three colleagues with recently published books: Lana Dalberg, BIRTHING GOD Judith Newton, TASTING HOME Monica Wesolowska, HOLDING SILVAN … Continue reading →

Posted in community, craft, faith, reading, teaching, writing | Tagged Birthing God, cell phone, cell phones, checking email, depression, email, Holding Silvan, iPhone 4, iPhone 5, Judith Newton, Lana Dalberg, Lindsey Crittenden, Monica Wesolowska, smart phones, Stinson Beach, Tasting Home, teacher/student connection, The Water Will Hold You | 4 Comments

Rediscovering Rilke

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Lindsey Crittenden

this post is a slightly edited version of a post that appeared on August 20, 2012, on the Good Letters blog In college, I took a yearlong class on Western Civilization. Certain images stand out: reading Oedipus Rex on the … Continue reading →

Posted in faith, prayer, reading, spirituality, teaching | Tagged Anita Barrows, Book of Hours, centering prayer, Father Thomas Keating, German language, Good Letters, Joanna Macy, Letters to a Young Poet, Lindsey Crittenden, poetry, prayer, quoting Rilke, Rainer Maria Rilke, The Water Will Hold You, To Rome With Love | 2 Comments

It’s Only A Dream

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Lindsey Crittenden

When I was in third grade, my class took a field trip to Kirby Cove, a small rocky beach just west of the north side of the Golden Gate Bridge. To get there, we had to walk—or in my case, … Continue reading →

Posted in faith, prayer, spirituality, teaching, writing, writing groups | Tagged Danskin, dreaming, dreams, elementary school, Kirby Cove, Lindsey Crittenden, novel-writing, The Water Will Hold You, third grade, writing fiction | 2 Comments

All You Need Is Love

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Lindsey Crittenden

I’ve been thinking in terms of grand, declarative statements: Writing fiction is an act of love. Fiction depends upon empathy. Writing fiction is a moral act. Fiction is amoral. Fiction is true. Fiction depends on lies. Beauty is truth, and … Continue reading →

Posted in agents, craft, faith, teaching, writing | Tagged " Denis Johnson, " Edith Wharton, "Roman Fever, Araby, Aristotle, Barn Burning, Bullet in the Brain, Captain Ahab, empathy, Everything That Rises Must Converge, ficion writing, fiction, Fiction Intensive, Flannery O'Connor, Grace Paley, How Far She Went, Humbert Humbert, James Joyce, Laurie Ann Doyle, Lindsey Crittenden, Lolita, Madame Merle, Mary Hood, metanoia, Moby-Dick, Portrait of a Lady, The Little Girl, Tobias Wolff, UC Berkeley Extension, William Faulkner, Work, writing fiction | 4 Comments

Out of the Faith Closet

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Lindsey Crittenden

When I started blogging, a little more than a year ago, I did so as an exploration of social media as a tool to reach my readers, to “build my brand” as a writer. I was curious about (and a … Continue reading →

Posted in faith, prayer, spirituality, writing, writing groups | Tagged A Skeptic Learns to Pray, blog posts, blog topics, blogging, blogs, building brand, Deborah Bryan, Facebook, faith, Lindsey Crittenden, Meghan Ward, Monster in Your Closet, prayer, praying, religion, religious topics, SF Writers' Grotto, skepticism, social media, spiritual autobiography, spiritual memoir, spiritual topics, spirituality, taboo topics, The Water Will Hold You, Twitter, virgin birth, writer's brand, writers' taboos | 11 Comments

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