As I enter the fourth year of working on my memoir, I take a moment to reflect on what this means in terms of my creative momentum, motivation, and my general mental state.
discipline (n.)
An update about what the creative writing discipline has taught me. Plus links to two recently published works by yours truly.
construction (n.)
Reflecting on the changes going on around me.
union (n.)
a few thoughts on my impending nuptials.
birthday (n.)
Celebrating my Inner Child today.
hope (n.) [and The Myth of Sisyphus]
Was it really hope that helped us get through 2021?
safe (adj.)
on making safe spaces for play
legacy (n.)
We are our own legacy holders. What will I do with this kind of power?
grant (n.)
I recently found out that I was awarded a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts to work on my memoir manuscript (!) Bureaucratically speaking, the purpose of the grant is to support me in writing, and I quote—from my application: "a second draft of a spiritual coming-of-age memoir about ex-Yugoslav refugees of mixed Jewish/Slavic descent, … Continue reading grant (n.)
remote (adj.)
55 weeks since COVID-19 was proclaimed a global pandemic.