The Resilient Creative

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Write like you have nothing to lose: stories, freedom, and creative joy are here for us to discover.
a post for when you feel like you have a lot to say and no one is listening
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Don't Ghost Your Own Writing: How to Finish Your Creative Project No Matter What
three strategies & a little cheerleading
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Stop wasting time trying to become what and who you already are.
creative devotion & all it offers us now, if we can just remember
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Finding the right conditions to grow: why creative work needs light, not permission
on checkboxes, creative intuition, conditional growth, and what it means to be seen
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How working at a factory taught me to be a better storyteller.
Hint: it was boring.
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Create anyway.

CNF, Fiction & Poetry

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The Snowstorm
aka A PERPETUAL STATE OF AWE a short story (originally published in Atticus Review, then The Glass City)
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The Slope of a Line
A short story with audio; themes: snakes, death, loneliness, compassion, love, unlikely friendships, hospice, beauty, transcendence, compassion, Rattle…
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Animal Control
A short story with audio; themes: animal wisdom, humor, strange relationships, mishaps, mistakes, Ohio, animal control, love story, prison, snakes
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"After the Gazebo"
Short story; themes: animals, weddings, relationships, family, gazebos, driving
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"An hour before sunset"
poetry; themes: creativity, murmuration, dance
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"Always a Story"
Story Saturday :) This one is a short essay; themes: family, death, birds, magic; simply click through to read.
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Circling Home
A short poem, with audio; themes: war, nature, love, observation, connection
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"Dandelion Ghosts"
I've decided to start sharing my short fiction online. This is one of my favorites, so I'll begin here. Listen now (5 mins) | A flash fiction story with…
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