The Lively Muse
JUDY REEVESMonthly missives about writing and the writing life with occasional surprise visitations from the Muse, who might offer a prompt or two.
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Character is Destiny–Yes, but …
I ask that question because of something that came up for me in reading Susan Orlean’s new memoir, Joyride. (Recommend!) Here’s a quote I tagged as I read:
“The single essential element in good writing is confidence. You need swagger to...
Planting Seeds, Tending Gardens
What bright hope it takes to plant a seed, what tender patience to grow a garden. And what remarkable stamina to return, day after day, to the work of feeding and watering and weeding and thinning and transplanting.
In all this, gardening...
Captured Moments
My granddaughter got married last Saturday—a beautiful wedding in a gorgeous setting with family and friends present, all of us—and we were many—basking in the love and joy of this special day. I was giddy with happiness and a little teary...
Finding Our Voices, Telling Our Stories
This is the thought that woke me this morning after a tossing and turning night of turmoil. Yes, I read Heather Cox Richardson’s post before going to sleep. Yes, I doom-scrolled through the latest news posts scolding myself for doing it eve...
Turn! Turn! Turn!
Saturday evening I celebrated the Winter Solstice with nineteen other writers. We came together to acknowledge the cycles of the earth and the cycles within ourselves. It wasn’t the longest night we were celebrating, but the return of the l...
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