My Child Self has been scared recently…
Lately, my Creative Heart has been longing to write stories. I’ve always written, but over the past 30 years or so, most of my writing has been non-fiction – either work- or education-related. I started writing fiction again at the beginning of the year by entering the NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge. I enjoyed it immensely, and though I didn’t place, I loved my story. Despite all the positive emotions I felt, my writing practice fell apart. I entered a couple more, small contests, wrote daily for about a month, and slowly started the process of stopping. [Read more…] about Child’s Fear, Adult’s Sabotage
I have always been a writer. My journals, if I still had them would date back to October 1st, 1989, the day I arrived in Edzell, Scotland. With the exception of just a few years after my Mother died, expressing myself in writing has been my go-to healing modality. I’ve written poetry, monologues, and bits of dialogue for stage performances. My writing has always been self reflective, and when I thought of writing longer pieces, memoir generally came to mind as the genre of choice. It’s true, writing in a journal or in a blog has been the pathway into my own dark secrets, deep loves, and shadows.