Tag Archives: The Water Will Hold You

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

Get A Job

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Lindsey Crittenden

I’ve worked as a stained-glass artist, a translator, a marine biologist, and an archeologist. Or, rather, my characters have. One of the most direct ways into inhabiting character and discovering details that lift a story beyond “mere” narrative has always … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged archeology, beekeeping, character development, characterization, dentistry, fictional characters, Lindsey Crittenden, marine biology, occupations, stained-glass artistry, The View from Below, The Water Will Hold You | 3 Comments

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

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

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