The Recovering Creative - The Writer's Inner Journey

Barbara Bietz and June Sobel on Writing a Children’s Book: Better Together

With a fellow writer by your side, you are doubling the chances of inspiration and opportunities. This collaboration has enriched our other writing projects with a new confidence and sense of optimism.

Barbara Bietz and June Sobel on Writing a Children’s Book: Better Together

Steve Almond on Internal Conflict and Writing: stuck/unstuck

“My own sense is that writers are blocked mostly by their own inhibitions about being truthful on the page, and about allowing themselves success.”

Steve Almond on Internal Conflict and Writing: stuck/unstuck

Recovery from a different kind of money problem

I am in a relationship with money whether I want to believe it or not.

Recovery from a different kind of money problem

When your writing is shamed by the so-called expert

Honest feedback or sadistic humiliation?

When your writing is shamed by the so-called expert

What decorating and getting dressed taught me about being unbound by conventional norms in writing

1. Sometimes, how I “decorate” tends to make everything the same – even if each piece is utterly unique. I appreciate the uniqueness of the individual item. It’s not a bad thing but too many unique things can become overwhelming and vie for my attention. I do mosaics, and I love them, and I’d decorate

What decorating and getting dressed taught me about being unbound by conventional norms in writing

Lidia Yuknavitch on Internal Conflict and Writing

In order to write THROUGH the story, I had to relive it. And in my case that meant reliving these specific things:
—the death of my daughter —the abuse I suffered from my father —the self destructions I inflicted on my self
—the longing for a mother drowned by alcoholism

Lidia Yuknavitch on Internal Conflict and Writing

What Writing a Book With a Friend Teaches You—Insights From Meredith Resnick and Kim Hooper

Coauthored by friends Kim Hooper and Meredith Resnick, LCSW, All the Love: Healing Your Heart and Finding Meaning After Pregnancy Loss (Turner, 2021) is a personal, heartfelt exploration of loss and grief. In their guest column featured on Writer’s Digest, the authors discuss what they learned from each other throughout the shared writing process. Utilizing

What Writing a Book With a Friend Teaches You—Insights From Meredith Resnick and Kim Hooper

Thoughts on writing at the intersection of vocation and profession

“Treat it like a job and Divorce it utterly from all notions of a job: Both things are true.”

Thoughts on writing at the intersection of vocation and profession

Stagnation Is Worse Than Writer’s Block

This is my story about how to avoid stagnation. Actually, it is a post about growth.

Stagnation Is Worse Than Writer’s Block