These moments can change us if we allow them to, if we open our hearts to receive what they have to give. I think that is true of good poetry as well.
Moments Morph into Poems
Tag: The writing life
Where Do the Poems Come From?
Where Do the Poems Come From? “Which do you like most? The mountains or the ocean?” My sister and I would ask each other. I could never decide. In California for much of my life, I didn’t have to choose. We had both within close distance. I could look up and see the steadfastness of…
He Restores My Soul
What a gift I brought home with me from the grassland, that vast, abundant solitude. The sense of attunement and restoration has stayed with me.
Holding and Writing What Gives You Life
If only we could get away for a while to some quiet, sacred place and find rest, renewal, and transformation. Surely, then, our writing, as well as our lives, could be revolutionized. But our lives are so daily. Made up of moments piled on moments, experiences both planned and unexpected. Perhaps, though, your daily routine…
Susan Roberts Interview
Are you listening, in prayer, to what the Lord may be asking you to do? Are you watching for His answers?
A Life In Poems
Introducing the poetic memoir, Remembering Softly, and reading two short poems, “Evening Light” and “Antidote.”
Communicating Clearly and Effectively, Creative Nonfiction, Editing Your Own Writing, Excellence, Helps for Writers, Inspiration for writers, Nonfiction, The Writer's Heart, What We're Looking For
A Checklist to Make Your Writing Shine
I taught from the following list at a recent writers workshop. Afterwards, a couple of wide-eyed writers said to me, “You really want good writing.” Well, yes, I do! The better-written a manuscript comes to me, the more I like it. Here at Cladach we may resonate with the premise and material of a nonfiction…
Author Interview, Book Publishing, Choosing What to Publish, Cladach Authors, Fiction, New Releases, Storytelling, The writing life
Interview with Historical-Fiction Author John Buzzard
Christina Slike talked with John Buzzard, author of That Day by the Creek, which was a 2016 Foreword Indies Book of the Year finalist. Here, in Q/A form, is their conversation: CS: Hello, John. I’m wondering what inspired you to write a novel based on the events of the infamous Sand Creek Massacre of 1864…
Authentic Faith, Devotional, Editing Your Own Writing, Helps for Writers, Inspiration for writers, The Writer's Heart
Writing is good for spirit, soul, and mind
Today I’m sharing a guest post written by a friend, a retired pastor who writes encouraging, daily meditations for his Facebook followers. This kind of writing takes discipline and a heart that is attuned both to the Lord and to people and their real needs. Writing is good for spirit, soul, mind. I don’t mean…
Authentic Faith, Book Publishing, Helps for Writers, Inspiration for writers, The Writer's Heart, Thinking Christianly, Venturing for the Lord, What Makes a Good Author?, What Makes a Good Book?, Why Publish?, Writers Conferences
A Christian Writer’s “Wildly Unbalanced Life”
I hear writers bemoan the demands and distractions in their days (including technology) and how hard it is for them to achieve balance in their lives. Perhaps you’ve felt that, too. You’re working at the computer and think you’ll just check Facebook for a few minutes. An hour later, you wonder where the time went.…