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The Choice of Creativity

For this morning’s walk, let’s talk about the empowering decisions you can make for your creativity.

If you’re reading this post via email and don’t see the video, you can view it by using this link to go directly to my YouTube channel.

Stay safe, be well, and have a good week!

Sophfronia

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Creating Change in the Publishing Industry

Yes, #PublishingPaidMe revealed inequalities in the publishing industry. The good news: You can do something about it. For this morning’s walk video, let’s talk about how you can wield your influence as a reader and a book buyer.

If you’re reading this post via email and don’t see the video, you can view it by using this link to go directly to my YouTube channel.

Self-Deception in the #PublishingPaidMe Marketplace

My latest essay is now posted at Ruminate Magazine’s online journal The Waking. It’s about how the #PublishingPaidMe hashtag on Twitter forced me to have a conversation I don’t even have with myself.

You can read it at this link.

And yes, it’s an emotional read. Thanks for checking it out.

Yours,

Sophfronia

 

This Child of Faith Named a Top Inspirational Book

In these difficult times I know how important it is to read comforting words so I was pleased to learn that book I wrote with my son Tain, This Child of Faith: Raising a Spiritual Child in a Secular World, has been recognized in a top five wiki list of  “Inspirational Books About Faith, Love, And Perseverance.” You can view an awesome video of all five titles and their details here:

https://wiki.ezvid.com/m/5-inspirational-books-about-faith-love-and-perseverance-p3nBJJRwRJSNl

According to the site, “When life gets challenging and hope seems elusive, it can be both comforting and empowering to turn to an inspirational book. Telling real-life stories of overcoming illness, learning powerful family lessons, and progressing the Christian faith, the titles included here will have you believing again in the goodness of life.”

FYI, This Child of Faith is available in print and as an audiobook read by myself and Tain. Check out a sample at Audible.com.

On Being a Helper

When my son was three he spent his mornings at a daycare center down the road from our home. There were days, of course, when he wasn’t thrilled about getting dropped off and he’d be fussy as were many of his pre-school age friends. On such days I’d point out one of the younger children, babies really, and say, “Look, the baby is crying. Can you help?” He’d forget his own distress, take a toy to the baby, and sometimes even talk. Helping took him out of himself. He was able to comfort the baby and, in the process, help the baby’s mother and myself as well.

After such a chaotic week and with ongoing concern about the coronavirus and COVID-19, I thought it would help you and me to spend some quiet time in the woods. For today’s Morning Walk with Sophfronia, join me for a hike in Rocky Glen State Park and a talk about how not to miss the moment when you may get the chance to be a helper.

By the way my schedule–along with yours and everyone else’s!–has changed with several events postponed until autumn or later. You always check the Events page on my website, viewable at this link, for the latest updates. I hope to see you very soon.

Until then, take care, stay positive, and be well.

Yours,

Sophfronia

On Writing the Shift

For this morning walk I’m at the Wabash Center thinking about how in writing life stories, communicating your moment of change could be a tremendous gift for your reader. Don’t gloss over it.

If you’re reading this post via email and don’t see the video, you can view it by using this link to go directly to my YouTube channel.

I’m pleased to have an essay in the latest issue of Yankee Magazine. If you live in New England you can find it wherever magazines are sold. If not, or if it’s more convenient to read online, here’s the link where you can do that. In these days of uncertainty, I hope Tain’s example can help us see a way through fear and grief.

In the meantime, be well and we’ll talk again soon.

Yours,

Sophfronia

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On Yes and No

A rejection doesn’t have to be the last word. A note about the artist grant I was recently awarded by the Connecticut Office of the Arts. Also sharing wise words from my friend, the writer Veronica Chambers. Shout out to Joy Harjo!

If you’re reading this post via email and don’t see the video, you can view it by using this link to go directly to my YouTube channel.

A few reminders: The book I wrote with my son Tain, This Child of Faith: Raising a Spiritual Child in a Secular World,  is now available as an audiobook from Audible. Tain and I recorded it together and I hope we’ll get to accompany you on a long drive some day soon!

Take care, and I’ll talk to you soon.

Yours,

Sophfronia

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In Praise of Flexibility

For this morning’s walk: When change blows through your routine. Shout outs to Fairfield County Writers’ Studio,

Fairfield County Story Lab, Westport Country Playhouse, and its February production of Newsies with Broadway Method Academy.

If you’re reading this post via email and don’t see the video, you can view it by using this link to go directly to my YouTube channel.

A few reminders: The book I wrote with my son Tain, This Child of Faith: Raising a Spiritual Child in a Secular World,  is now available as an audiobook from Audible. Tain and I recorded it together and I hope we’ll get to accompany you on a long drive some day soon!

We’re now enrolling the Second Edition of my Write of Your Life Writers’ Retreat. We’ll be in the Veneto Region of Italy September 20-26 and I would be thrilled if you would join us! View the beautiful full color brochure here. If you’d like your own print version just email me with your postal address.

Take care, and I’ll talk to you soon.

Yours,

Sophfronia

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On Discovery

How does art manage to heal us? For this morning walk, some thoughts on this miraculous, even unnerving, alchemy.

If you’re reading this post via email and don’t see the video, you can view it by using this link to go directly to my YouTube channel.

A few reminders: The book I wrote with my son Tain, This Child of Faith: Raising a Spiritual Child in a Secular World,  is now available as an audiobook from Audible. Tain and I recorded it together and I hope we’ll get to accompany you on a long drive some day soon!

We’re now enrolling the Second Edition of my Write of Your Life Writers’ Retreat. We’ll be in the Veneto Region of Italy September 20-26 and I would be thrilled if you would join us! View the beautiful full color brochure here. If you’d like your own print version just email me with your postal address.

Take care, and I’ll talk to you soon.

Yours,

Sophfronia

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The First Essential: Energy

The First Essential for Changing
Your Writing Life: Energy

Energy is everything. Don’t believe me? Consider how you feel after you’ve been binge watching a television show for eight hours straight. Do you want to jump up and get to work? Or sink back into the sofa for another three hours?

But once you have the spark, both internal (physically feeling well) and external (support from your environment), you’re eager to put the pen in hand or fingers on the keyboard. The right energy can fuel your writing life.

Here’s what you need to figure out: What gives you energy? Dancing? Motivational quotes? Photos representing your book’s characters?

What saps your energy? Reading the news? Checking email? Talking to the friend/relative who casually downplays your creative efforts?

What gives me energy differs daily. Sometimes music gets me going (Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now” never fails!), or working out before I write—endorphins rock! What you’re looking for is that juicy feeling—it’ll be apparent in your writing and even make it shine. You simply write better when you’re into your work.

Because writing is such a solitary endeavor, being in a group naturally provides energy.

I appreciated the fantastic energy generated by the writers who attended my Write of Your Life Retreat in Italy last September, an energy that continues to sustain them as they’ve stayed in communication as a group. One announced recently she’s completed her memoir. Others have started blogs and submitted, for the first time, works of poetry and essays. They are enlivened both from feedback and from a renewed sense that their work matters.

If you want to partake of this special spark, join me in Italy for the retreat’s Second Edition, September 20-26. Download the brochure here to learn how to reserve your spot. Feel free to get in touch with me to answer your questions. Talk to you soon!

You can’t start a fire without a spark. –Bruce Springsteen

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