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April 16, 2020

Payment plan for The Devoted Writer Summer 2020

Choose the payment plan option of three monthly payments of $99. Payments begin when you enroll and stop after three consecutive months.


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Published on April 16, 2020 10:46

April 15, 2020

Creative Practice: Do It Daily: Stumbling Toward Genius Episode 13

Have you ever wondered what doing a project for 100 days would be like? If you’re feeling creatively stuck, a daily challenge could be a great way to revive your creative pulse. In this episode of Stumbling Toward Genius, Cynthia shares her experience with daily projects. Cynthia: shares her spectacular failures and surprising wins suggests […]


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Published on April 15, 2020 10:28

April 13, 2020

Pop-Up Writing Salon: Pleasure

Join us Thursday April 16 for the no-cost Pop-Up Writing Salon. We gather for an hour or so, and spend most of our time writing together. We do not share our writing nor do we process our writing. This week’s topic is creativity. I have some great prompts for us to spark our innate creativity. […]


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Published on April 13, 2020 08:59

April 1, 2020

Design Your At-Home Writing Retreat: Stumbling Toward Genius Episode 12

Stuck at home, we may feel an urge to do some writing on a project. But it’s hard to focus with so many distractions. Wouldn’t it be great to slip away to a deserted island to enjoy a writing retreat? Alas, we may not always be able to nip off somewhere. In this episode of […]


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Published on April 01, 2020 09:05

March 25, 2020

Pop-Up Writing Salon: Creativity

Join us Friday March 27th for the no-cost Pop-Up Writing Salon. We gather for an hour or so, and spend most of our time writing together. We do not share our writing nor do we process our writing. This week’s topic is creativity. I have some great prompts for us to spark our innate creativity. […]


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Published on March 25, 2020 13:42

How to Focus When It Feels Impossible: Stumbling Toward Genius Episode 11

In this episode of Stumbling Toward Genius podcast, I try a new format. If you struggle with focus even in the best of times, this will help you garner some focus even when the world seems crazy. In this episode of Stumbling Toward Genius, you’ll hear why I revived the podcast and changed the format. […]


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Published on March 25, 2020 12:20

March 17, 2020

Design Your At-Home Writing Retreat

Stuck at home? Your writing can be a haven in this time. Yet it can also be hard to drop in and find focus. I made a tutorial with suggestions for designing an at-home writing retreat. It could be short, it could be all day. However long your retreat is, make it work for you.


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Published on March 17, 2020 10:11

March 13, 2020

Stop the self-censorship!

Usually, the first person in the way of letting ourselves create what we want is US! This self-censorship is painful and unhealthy. I offer a few ways to stop this so you can write and make what you want.


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Published on March 13, 2020 05:35

March 12, 2020

The Impatient Artist: How Much Time Will Your Art Career Take? Podcast with Alyson Stanfield

I am always happy to talk with friend and colleague Alyson Stanfield of Art Biz Success. I’ve worked with her for years to help her artist clients have successful businesses on their own terms. Alyson recently reposted this podcast interview with me about how to build an art career, one patient step at a time. […]


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Published on March 12, 2020 08:07

March 11, 2020

Writers and artists – your emotions are your greatest creative asset

It’s quite the emotional roller coaster these days, isn’t it? I feel and notice a lot of fear. And uncertainty, which fuels fear. There’s a lot of anger, and also wafts of hope. We are living in tough times for sure. We need to seek groundedness. If we don’t replenish ourselves and keep our immune […]


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Published on March 11, 2020 10:28