Wild Words: Rituals, Routines, and Rhythms for Braving the Writer's Path

This approach allows you the spaciousness to be exceedingly gracious with yourself, which happens to be good advice for both parenting and writing.

After all, ordinary moments are often where we find the deepest meaning.

Sometimes it’s all I can accomplish in a day, but you can write a whole book that way. I’ve only just begun.

Marion Woodman instructs, “holding the tension of the opposites”

What story do you need to tell right now?

It’s like pulling a tin of cardamom muffins from the oven, marveling at their perfectly brown tops before biting in and scattering crumbs on your lap.

We write without any promise of having something worthwhile to share in the end.

I’m convinced embracing a seasonal approach to your creativity can change everything, because it roots you to your own innate rhythms in a way our social media–fueled, busy-as-a-badge-of-honor culture does not.

Right before I’m about to give up, moments of clarity present themselves. It’s a cruel but reliable truth.