by Cami Ostman | Oct 21, 2022 | Events, Inspiration, Lessons I Learned the Hard Way |
Dear one, Before I started guiding writers to the completion of their books, I lived a couple of other lives professionally. I was an English teacher (for 8 years) and a family therapist (for two decades). I also went through some personal sh!t–as all... 
by Dana Tye Rally | Feb 9, 2021 | Lessons I Learned the Hard Way, Reflections, Writing advice |
Supportive, structured critique groups are critical for a writer’s psyche. I’ll never forget my scariest writing experience—submitting a first draft for critique. I call it my scariest writing experience, but I wonder if I should admit that being a part of a... 
by Wendy Welch | Oct 29, 2020 | Lessons I Learned the Hard Way, Writing advice
I work with a bunch of writers in a program called The Narrative Project, and I mentor two writers each year for a year, thanks to a grant from the American NewMedia Foundation (thanks Debra Hallock). I also write myself, so I’ve seen a fair bit of the things that get... 
by Anneliese Kamola | Oct 21, 2020 | Inspiration, Lessons I Learned the Hard Way |
I sat down on my couch this evening, unmotivated and procrastinating on my writing. Instead of being hard on myself, though, I decided to just have a little chat with my younger writer, to show her how far I have come and how much I have learned. Thirty-nine lessons... 
by Cami Ostman | Jul 18, 2017 | Lessons I Learned the Hard Way |
By Mary Jane Fraser The hard way is often the best. It may not seem like it at the time but often events in one’s life can seem wrong only to find later that they were the best of gifts. An example is when I gave a travel slide show at the Whatcom Museum. People came... 
by Cami Ostman | Jun 30, 2017 | Lessons I Learned the Hard Way
By Barbara Clarke Regarding gaining wisdom… Where to begin? In childhood, of course. In my complicated family, wisdom was reserved for the grownups and dispensed like Pez whenever conflict arose. By conflict I mean those awkward moments when I challenged my...
