Transformative Writer’s Circle: Cultivating Personal Growth and Wellness
Join a supportive community of non-fiction writers dedicated to writing about personal transformation and holistic wellness.
Transformative Writers Circle is a space where creative expression meets inner growth.
We will brainstorm, engage in inspiring write-ins, and offer constructive critiques while nurturing our well-being. Through cooperative marketing and flexible group activities, we adjust to meet the unique needs of each member. This group fosters a holistic approach to both writing and life.
February meeting dates are on the 6th, 11th, 25th
Time: 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Location: Entelechea Center – 1201 International Pkwy. Ste. 200, Richardson, TX 75081
Cost: $10
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Let’s write!
What happens when I pay attention and read the rules for Row of Words in 80 Days is a blog post like this.
Receiving ROW80 blog posts by email kept writing fresh in my brain, along with family; friends; spirituality; posts by Lynn Writing Over the Moon on Instagram; belonging to Plano Writer’s Group on FB; and being friends with Heather Bennett who inspires me to keep going with everything I do in life.
Today’s update is that I set a goal a few weeks back to write at least 30 minutes a day, four days a week. I chose to work on the Natural Gifts prequel I started in 2019. I wanted my love for writing to come back and it has. My check-in is that I have been consistent for a few weeks and am now researching Joshua Tree, CA in the year 1600 for story setting. Understanding my POV character, Ta’va, means learning about the world she lived in.
To my blog readers: guess what? This is the prequel to the Natural Gifts series! If you wondered how The Dreaming and Gehenna were created, well, so did I. We’re going to get to read that story.
This post is inspired by Cindy Knoke’s fabulous photo stories; Paul Militaru’s fabulous subject choices; and Jill Shalvis who used to regularly post her inspiring writing views.
All photo credits are mine.
Wind rustling leaves on spring trees sound like applause
Yay, Gina, you’re writing!
The twin tree is dressed in Spring foliage. Birds sing and chirp in every direction. Squirrels chase each other around the trunk and on the grassy ground. Fresh breezy air gently moves hair tendrils on my cheek.
The path ahead is the same yet not the same.
A week before Spring equinox, I started a new part-time job that brought more freedom, time, and appreciation to writing.
Snowy winter trees in February – I spent plenty of time writing and living the Food As Ally program. Inside. Under blankets with hot tea close by. I call this tree the Twins because there is one trunk.
The pond water changes color with the temperature and time of day. Details I notice from time spent staring while words form in my mind.
The world was black and white that day. No filters.
This is me, flushed and excited by my new home and moving boxes.
In October when I saw this balcony view I daydreamed of writing here before the cold weather chased me back inside. This is how it looked in early December, the day I moved in.
I hope you enjoyed my view and my words as much as I enjoy sharing them with you. Natural Gifts, indeed.
Gina
An Editor’s Golden Touch
from Sharon Ledwith
Do you want to know how to make your manuscript stronger? Polished? Close to publication? Psst…I can help with that. Correction—my former editor, Kathy Teel, can help with that. The following advice is gold to writers seasoned or new. Read on…
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from Sharon Ledwith
Y’all ready to set the flo’? Say what? Not sure what I’m talking about? You’re not alone. I had no idea what “set the flo’” meant until digging into the research I needed to bring readers into my point-of-view character Drake Bailey’s world in the third book of The Last Timekeepers time travel adventure series. Set in 1855, during the antebellum period in Georgia, Drake discovers that it’s not the best place for an African American time traveler, but he endures and lives to tell his tale.
Plantation slaves in the deep south of America weren’t given many pleasures in their hard lives. Author Julius Lester sums it up beautifully when he wrote in his book, To Be A Slave, “The prayer meetings, the parties, and the holidays did not make being a slave pleasurable. Nothing could do that, but whatever pleasure the slave was able…
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You’ve probably noticed that I am. Also, I have a reason for asking…which I will reveal later.
Gina
What we’re paying seems to be a good value after watching this.
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