Cosmic wonder and how I craft workshops

Writing with the Seasons - December 2024

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I’m enjoying the quiet of early winter. Lighting loads of candles, watching old TV shows, drinking plenty of red wine with friends. Sleeping more, daydreaming a lot.

It’s reflective time of year and I’ve been thinking that I’d like this Substack to go deeper. To be a place where I can share ideas about the writing life that feel unusual, intimate or tender—and to hear similar thoughts from you, too.

I’d like to tell you about how I find inspiration for my own writing and the workshops I host: the two entwined parts of my creative work. How if we pay close, careful attention to the external world each season—and what is felt inside our bodies and minds—we might gain feeling of possibility both on the page and in our lives.

My hope is you’d take away some things that will be useful for your own writing and ideas. Shall we try it?