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Creative Practice Dialogue between Alethea Eason & Janet Riehl(0)
Alethea Eason commenting on the post “Building a Creative Practice is not for whimps” said:
I believe that having regular session to do creative work is essential, but it may not be practical to have this occur every day, especially with a full time job, family, etc. I used to feel I was “failing” because I [...]
Building a Creative Practice: Not for Wimps! Now on Telling HerStories: Taking the Broad View
Capricorn Heart = Persistence of the goat
My second post for my Creative Catalyst series on Story Circle Network’s “Telling Herstories: The Broad View” is now up. You can access “Building a Creative Practice: Not for Wimps” by clicking here…where you’ll also see the first post, “What is Creativity Anyway?” Also, a third post will go [...]
Alton Sesquicenntenial. We’re playing, folks!
Pop and I were musicians in public this weekend. We played both days at the Alton Sesquicenntenial. Just so you don’t have to look it up, that’s 150 years, the anniversary of the historic Lincoln-Douglas debates in Alton.
Click here for a schedule of the weekend and more information on the Alton Sesquicenntenial.
On Saturday [...]
“The Spirit of a Woman” anthology released…and launched with Women’s Spirit website
Click here to go to “The Spirit of a Woman” website to read about the newly released book
“The Spirit of a Woman: Intimate Stories to Empower and Inspire” created and introduced by Terry László-Gopadze with 31 storytellers…women writers you’ve read and heard of and some you’ve never met in print. My story “Sliding Glass Door” [...]
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