Ritual Begets Habitual Creativity

Ritual Begets Habitual Creativity

Rituals. In her practical guide, The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life, Twyla Tharp, renowned choreographer, refers to these as “automatic but decisive patterns of behavior” (15). By thinking of an activity as a ritual, a rote behavior, you...
Open Your Heart Before You Write

Open Your Heart Before You Write

Toward the middle of my stay on the Big Island, I attended a yoga class at Old Airport Beach in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. It was phenomenal. (Above, you can see the view I had from my mat). I almost didn’t go that morning, but somehow I did, and I managed to be in...
5 Ways You Can Support Diverse Writers

5 Ways You Can Support Diverse Writers

At a panel discussion in 2015, editors gathered to discuss the lack of diversity in the publishing industry. Editors noted that “writers of color [WOC] face insurmountable challenges,” acknowledged that “the game has always been rigged,” and...