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Mark David Gerson's Blog
November 13, 2009
Wander in my words
Dream about the pictures
That I play of changes
~ Phil Ochs
If you're particularly observant, you'll notice that the header of this blog has changed. No longer titled The Voice of Your Muse, it's now titled simply with my name. Why? To reflect the blog's new, slightly broader scope and to reflect, as well, my philosophy that life, creativity and spirituality are all intrinsically linked.
In effect, I've suspended posts to my New Earth Chronicles blog (still filled with all kinds...
Dream about the pictures
That I play of changes
~ Phil Ochs
If you're particularly observant, you'll notice that the header of this blog has changed. No longer titled The Voice of Your Muse, it's now titled simply with my name. Why? To reflect the blog's new, slightly broader scope and to reflect, as well, my philosophy that life, creativity and spirituality are all intrinsically linked.In effect, I've suspended posts to my New Earth Chronicles blog (still filled with all kinds...
A version of this article first appeared in the June 3, 2007 issue of my inspirational newsletter.
Watching the DVD recording of that 2006 concert
this evening prompted me to revisit the original piece and share it again with you here.
Back in October 2006 when I was visiting Toronto, a friend treated me to a ticket to Barbra Streisand's first-ever concert performance in that city. Although we were sitting high in the rafters in a hockey arena that was anything but intimate, I was startled by ...
Watching the DVD recording of that 2006 concert
this evening prompted me to revisit the original piece and share it again with you here.
Back in October 2006 when I was visiting Toronto, a friend treated me to a ticket to Barbra Streisand's first-ever concert performance in that city. Although we were sitting high in the rafters in a hockey arena that was anything but intimate, I was startled by ...
A Guest Post by Elizabeth A. Galligan
Every now and again, I post work here that was produced in one of my classes or workshops.
Today, I'm featuring Elizabeth A. Galligan, an Albuquerque resident who penned this meeting with her muse during my "Spirit Writes" workshop earlier this fall. No one was more surprised than she was to discover the form her muse insisted on taking....
I imagined a larger muse, something like a manatee or a mammoth, something with mass -- strong, hairy, ponderous even....
Every now and again, I post work here that was produced in one of my classes or workshops.
Today, I'm featuring Elizabeth A. Galligan, an Albuquerque resident who penned this meeting with her muse during my "Spirit Writes" workshop earlier this fall. No one was more surprised than she was to discover the form her muse insisted on taking....
I imagined a larger muse, something like a manatee or a mammoth, something with mass -- strong, hairy, ponderous even....
November 4, 2009
This is a repeat of a piece I posted here in July, but featuring a whole new gallery of readers! (A version of this also appeared in August in my New Earth Chronicles blog.) I hope you'll join the fun. Read on to find out how....
Do you have a copy of either of my books? If so, I'd love to include a pic of you reading either The Voice of the Muse: Answering the Call to Write, The MoonQuest</a>, or both in my Rogues Gallery of Readers Photo Album on Facebook.
And to help you promote your book and...
What you have lived is unique...What you have learned is beyond price...
What you can share through your words
carries the potential to transform you and others
in ways you cannot begin to imagine.
For a complete list of all Mark David's upcoming events around the country and on the web -- including classes, workshops, talks, media appearances and his radio show -- visit or subscribe to his page on www.booktour.com.
Sundays, Nov 15 + 22 (1 - 4:30 pm)From Memory to Memoir: Writing the...
November 1, 2009
"Speak from that place in your heart where you are most yourself. Speak directly, simply, lovingly, gently and without any apologies. Tell us what you see and want us to see; tell us what you hear and want us to hear....Trust your own heart. The words will come. There is nothing to fear...."
~ Henri J.M. Nouwen, Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World
• Where in your writing and your life can you speak more heartfully, directly and unapologetically?
• How, in your writing and y...
Have you heard the call? The call that thrills as it terrifies you?
The call to set something down on paper?
The call to inspire others...in ways you do not yet understand?
The call to write?
For a complete list of Mark David's upcoming classes, workshops and events — around the country and on the web — visit or subscribe to his page on www.booktour.com.
Sundays, Nov 15 + 22 (1 - 4:30 pm)From Memory to Memoir: Writing the Stories of Your Life
Learn powerful techniques to help you create compe...
October 14, 2009
Episode Four ~ Thursday, Oct 15, 1pm ET(click here to listen live or to the archived version)
• Ask the Writing Coach (your questions for me about writing and creativity) and a feature interview with Kristin Bair O'Keeffe co-author of Thirsty
My first introduction to Kristin Bair O'Keeffe was a few months back on Twitter, where I learned she had amassed this weird and wonderful collection of writers' quirks and eccentricities. "What a fun opener for one of my shows," I thought at the time. But...
October 10, 2009
Join me Sunday, Oct 11 for #writechat, a live (and lively) real-time chat about writing on Twitter.From noon to 3pm PT Sunday, Oct 11, I'll be once again guest-hosting this weekly event, where aspiring writers and published authors come together to talk about what they do.
If you're on Twitter, simply access it however you normally do. Then open a new browser window to http://search.twitter.com. If the link didn't already do it for you, type the hashtag #writechat in the search bar. This will ...
October 7, 2009
"Boldly go where no one has gone before."~ Star Trek
Creative artists are innovators. Creative artists are trailblazers. Creative artists go where others dare not go.
Your job as a creative artist is to write what yearns to be released from you onto the page. Not as others have done it in the past. Not as others tell you to do it. But as only you can: with your unique history, style and voice.
Don't write what you should. Write what you must. Write it as only it can be written. Write it now!
Ho...
