by Cami Ostman | Dec 4, 2018 | Inspiration, Reflections, SHE: Personal stories of women who changed my life |
H is for Happy Happenstance As you may know, I’ve been on a quest to visit some of the sites around the world that purport to feature sacred feminine energy. Before I tell you what happened yesterday as related to the Black Madonna of Copacabana, Bolivia, let me give...
by Cami Ostman | Sep 1, 2017 | Inspiration, SHE: Personal stories of women who changed my life |
In memoir, we ask questions of our lives, and our relationships. We examine light and shadow. And we make peace. Last week I visited my grandparents’ house. My aunt and cousin have been there emptying it since my grandfather died last July. Here is a short memoir...
by Cami Ostman | Aug 23, 2017 | Classes and groups, Inspiration, Uncategorized, Writing advice
Join us for a one-day FREE GET-YOUR-BOOK-DONE RETREAT in Seattle on September 23. Click here for details and to sign up. All genres are welcome! Dear friends, events in our world are deeply troubling right now. We are watching new national trauma unfold before our...
by Cami Ostman | Jul 23, 2017 | Inspiration, Reflections, Writing advice |
I’ve been mulling over the topic of generosity lately, dear writers. Of the writers I meet, there is a particular set of worries I want to address. I can’t tell you how many people I meet who don’t want to start blogging, hire a coach, or promote their material online...
by Cami Ostman | Jan 24, 2017 | Inspiration
Resistance against inequality, commentary on the dark ironies of culture, and expression of effective anger against injustice have ALWAYS been within the purview of writers. Recently I was telling a friend that I was taking part in a year-long blogging project focused...
by Cami Ostman | Apr 24, 2015 | Inspiration
In her retelling of the ugly duckling story Clarissa Pinkola Estes, author of Women Who Run with the Wolves, observes, “[W]hen an individual’s particular kind of soulfulness, which is both an instinctual and spiritual identity, is surrounded by psychic acknowledgment...
