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Tag Archives: The Water Will Hold You
Airing the Laundry
I will be taking off the next three weeks. My next post will appear Friday, October 21. I’ve never worried about offending anyone while writing. Maybe it’s all those years of uncensored diary entries about mad crushes and revenge fantasies … Continue reading
It’s About Time
This post continues discussion of the five components to a writing practice, as proposed by Jane Anne Staw in her excellent talk at UC Berkeley Extension’s Summer Fiction Intensive. How many of us say that we’ll write our novel, story, … Continue reading
Only 27
I’m breaking my order here to post a piece not directly about writing, or teaching, or craft. Next week, I’ll return with some of the helpful things I learned from the UC Berkeley Extension Summer Fiction Intensive, but this week, … Continue reading
Posted in writing
Tagged addiction, Amy Winehouse, Carole King, David Foster Wallace, Jonathan Franzen, Lindsey Crittenden, love, So Far Away, suicide, Tapestry, The Water Will Hold You
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A Safe Place
A few weeks ago, at the Fiction Writing Intensive offered by UC Berkeley Extension, writer Jane Anne Staw spoke of the five components of a writing practice. The first thing you need, she said, is a place. A real, physical … Continue reading
Posted in craft, reading, teaching, writing
Tagged Fiction Writing Intensive, Jane Anne Staw, Lindsey Crittenden, Poets & Writers, Sonoma County, The New Yorker, The Water Will Hold You, UC Berkeley Extension, Unstuck: A Supportive and Practical Guide to Working Through Writer's Block, writing, writing practice
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Moving Day
I spent the week packing, taping boxes, lifting boxes, taping, … You get the idea. So, for today’s post, I’m linking to a recent piece I wrote for “Good Letter,” the blog of Image, a journal of art & faith … Continue reading
Posted in community, faith, reading, spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged Good Letters, Image, Lindsey Crittenden, The Water Will Hold You
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