Karen Sommerville
A writing circle for thoughtful writers in the second half of life.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 83 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 6 days ago |
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The Other Shoe Never Dropped
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Lately, I’ve been startled by how much space has opened up in my life once I stopped bracing for disappointment.
Not all at once, of course. More like the slow unclenching of a muscle you didn’t r...
On Katherine May, and the Permission to Winter
On Katherine May, and the Permission to Winter
What a small book about a hard season taught me about rest.
I came to Katherine May the way most people come to Katherine May: badly.
I was several years into a stretch I would later,...
The Opinions I Forgot To Have
Photo by Krišjānis Kazaks on Unsplash
There is a specific moment at a dinner party when you realize you have been performing yourself for several decades.
Mine arrived on an ordinary evening. I was halfway through a story I had tol...
The Letter I've Been Meaning to Write
There’s a particular moment, somewhere in your sixties, when you realize you have become a ghost on the sidewalk.
I don’t mean this metaphorically. I mean that a swarm of twenty-somethings will bear down on you at a crosswalk, eyes...
The Few Writing Principles That Actually Matter
And how to return to them when your manuscript feels uncertain
In my last post, I found myself wondering whether I had anything new left to say about writing. What stayed with me afterward was something quieter—and, I think, more useful.
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Karen Sommerville writes about the writing life, craft, and creative steadiness. She’s also the author of suspense novels published under the name Karen Dodd.
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