by Debbie Bateman Photo by evgenyatamenko on iStock. Public domain. A Useful Revision Technique It started innocently enough as a revision technique I learned from Stella Leventoyannis Harvey when I was in The Writer’s Studio program. She suggested we retype our manuscript really fast without thinking too much. What an idea! I love speed. That…… Continue reading My Strange Writing Habit
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Follow the Yearning
It’s an uncomfortable notion—to forget what you had planned and to instead trust what you feel. We don’t usually put so much deliberate trust in emotions, thinking they are transitory and frequently misguided and sometimes even dangerous. What if the opposite is true?
The Deep Meaning of Play
by Debbie Bateman Image use purchased from Adobe Fun Is the Reason Not so long ago, I joined a drumming circle in my neighbourhood. We get together once a week to play our djembes. We have no real purpose other than to connect. We’re not preparing for a concert, or even necessarily learning specific songs…… Continue reading The Deep Meaning of Play
Sitting With Discomfort or Really, Do I Have To?
Image by Cup of Couple, Free Use via Pexels That Backyard Is a Mess It’s happened enough times I should not be surprised. I’ll reach a moment in my writing that is so blessed unpleasant and uncomfortable that I simply cannot continue. At such moments, I’m likely to find clever justifications for not writing. I…… Continue reading Sitting With Discomfort or Really, Do I Have To?
Flying Pigs
Photo by Debbie Bateman Say Hello to My Friend It’s a good life, no lie. In my office, I have this delightful creature at my back on a bookshelf at eye level. Whenever I turn around, I see its protruding snout and clever wings, and I remember to believe in the impossible. Those beady eyes…… Continue reading Flying Pigs
Laughter and Truth
Image use purchased from Adobe Stock How It Began When people suggested Your Body Was Made for This might be funny, I was surprised. Middle-aged women going through perimenopause? I guess there are things about that which touch upon the absurd and ridiculous. Okay. But of all the things I am generally accused of being,…… Continue reading Laughter and Truth
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