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August 20, 2013 10 Comments

Writing Conditions are Never Perfect

writing conditions are never perfect

If I waited for perfect conditions to develop my writing life, I’d still be waiting. Back in the early 1990s, I did manage to explore writing as my work, as a way of life. I wrote and submitted a few magazine articles and met with businesses to launch a career in corporate freelance writing. Then we started our family. Our first three children were born within four … [Read more...]

Filed Under: writer, writers, writing Tagged With: Barbara Kingsolver, Julia Cameron, Lucille Clifton, Parker Palmer, The Writing Life, write, writers, writing, writing conditions, writing workshop

April 26, 2010 30 Comments

Imperfect Conditions

No matter what complicates schedules—whether you have a full-time job or you're a full-time caregiver—write what you can, when you can. Because the conditions are never perfect.

"If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done." (Ecclesiastes 11:4, New Living Translation)   If I waited for the perfect conditions to develop my writing life, I'd still be waiting. Back in the early 1990s, I did manage to explore writing as my work, as a way of life. I wrote and submitted a few magazine articles and met with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blog, blogging, change, children, creativity, family, home, lifelong learning, mind, motherhood, parenting, reading, self-discovery, simplicity, writer, writers, writing, Writing in the Midst of Motherhood Series Tagged With: Barbara Kingsolver, flexibility, Julia Cameron, Parker Palmer

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