(Number 1 of 3 posts in response to attending the Creative Nonfiction writing conference in Pittsburgh, PA, May 23-25, 2014) Well, here I am in a hotel room in Pittsburgh trying to process all the information I received today at the Creative Nonfiction Conference. After a 9-hour drive yesterday and 5 hours of informational input … Continue reading The Path to Publication, part 4: Putting it out there
Author: Joanna Tebbs Young
The Path to Publication, part 3: Pitching for a date
As I mentioned in the first installment of this series, the whole pitch-query-agent-proposal-publisher thing has filled me with fear and dread for a long time. It took finally reaching out to some friends and acquaintances in the know and attending a very helpful (and focused) workshop to make it feel almost do-able. And as promised, … Continue reading The Path to Publication, part 3: Pitching for a date
Self, Reclaimed
18 months ago I did one of the hardest things I've ever made myself do. I sang in public. What made it so hard wasn't that I had never done this before, it was that I had. Many times. I started performing when I was very small. I was in school musicals where I usually … Continue reading Self, Reclaimed
A Path to Publication, part 2: When the time is right
"What do I really want to do?" I asked my journal. "Finish your book!" it replied. "Yes," I exhaled in recognition of Truth. "I do want to do that." The Universe said, "OK, then!" And the Serendipities and Synchronicities began. Within hours, two conferences popped up in my Facebook feed, one weekend-long one dedicated specifically … Continue reading A Path to Publication, part 2: When the time is right
A Path to Publication, part 1: It isn’t about publication
You know what scares me? Publishing my book. No, let me rephrase that. You know what DID scare me? Yup, until a week ago, the idea of going through the process of getting my book published gave me chills. It seemed a Mount Everest of Unknowns, with only the guarantee of the frost-bite of Rejection … Continue reading A Path to Publication, part 1: It isn’t about publication
Reduce Your Stress, the Write Way {video}
Take this workshop with me for free thanks to Rutland Regional Medical Center's Community Education Program http://youtu.be/1-uH4lC-7nE Read my follow-up post on the Transformative Language Arts Network's blog: When Writing for Stress Relieve Makes you Anxious.
W.O.R.D.S: God, Goddess, Godde (or Cleaning up Pee)
The W.O.R.D.S. Project (Words Open Resonating Depths of the Sacred): An alphabetical search for questions.* Granted, it's easy to live connected to the Source when the sky is Open and the sun is shining, and the flowers bright. But when life Dumps reality on your head a hundred times a day... Damn it! Every day … Continue reading W.O.R.D.S: God, Goddess, Godde (or Cleaning up Pee)
Lower Your Stress, The Write Way: A workshop in Rutland, VT
W.O.R.D.S.: Feminine (or Mother’s calling)
The W.O.R.D.S. Project (Words Open Resonating Depths of the Sacred): A weekly alphabetical search for questions.* Feeling something's deeply wrong Equality and equity are words they say, but My body knows the wound of centuries, Ingrained in the soul of every woman who has ever been called "bitch" or hysterical for Nothing more than speaking … Continue reading W.O.R.D.S.: Feminine (or Mother’s calling)
W.O.R.D.S.: Enough (or Be a snake!)
The W.O.R.D.S. Project (Words Open Resonating Depths of the Sacred): A weekly alphabetical search for questions.* Expectations hurt us most Never reaching that standard Of perfection, which is smoke on the horizon. Under every self-bashing thought Glides a snake of venomous fear. Instead, Hold it tight until it can molt into the newness of Enough. … Continue reading W.O.R.D.S.: Enough (or Be a snake!)
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