Category Archives: spirituality

Branding

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Lindsey Crittenden

Yesterday over lunch at the Grotto, where I’m subletting office space, another writer (also finishing up her novel) and I got on the topic of branding. You know, the “author brand.” I resisted the first time I heard the phrase, … Continue reading →

Posted in community, prayer, spirituality, writing | Tagged A History of the Present Illness, author branding, author photos, author publicity, elevator speech, Lindsey Crittenden, Louise Aronson, Mary Gaitskill, SF Writers' Grotto, The Water Will Hold You, Veronica | 4 Comments

Excitement, please

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Lindsey Crittenden

It’s that time of year for making resolutions or—as some prefer—setting intentions. Don’t worry. I’m not leading into a list of what I hope to achieve in 2013, at least not in terms of pages written, pieces published, books read, … Continue reading →

Posted in agents, craft, reading, spirituality, teaching, writing | Tagged "Roman Fever, A Good Man Is Hard to Find, Constance Hale, costume parties, costumes, enthusiasm, grammar, Halloween, Joan Didion, Lindsey Crittenden, New Year's resolutions, passion, Phuc Tran, schoolyard humiliation, subjunctive, TED talk, verb tense, Vex Hex Smash Smooch, writing | 6 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

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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