Consider Shelly's advice to health care practitioners. Just what the patient ordered!

http://www.penbaypilot.com/article/shelly-baer-take-aways/29434

Colum McCann: The Way the World Spins - the importance of research

Please take a look at this installment of the Writer's Almanac. Not only is the Dickinson poem terrific, but the sheer volume of the extent of Colum McCann's research for The Way the World Spins (an astonishing book) is astonishing.

What piece are you writing that could benefit from more and extensive research?
http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2014/02/28

Advanced Writing Class begins one week from today. Join us on the journey!

March Level One Class begins next week. Contact me ASAP to sign up!

Steven Pressfield is right on the money!

I have taken McKee's class twice, once in NYC and once in LA. He is brilliant. Make sure you check out the YouTube link. McKee gives us an invaluable piece of advice.

http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2014/02/give-me-one-redeeming-moment/

We had such a great time at this Workshop that we're offering it again in March. Sign up soon to reserve your spot!

Great advice for artists of all sorts (including of course writers).

http://www.ted.com/talks/phil_hansen_embrace_the_shake.html

Here's a great conversation about taking breaks from our work.

I agree with both Steven and Shawn. Above all, never take a break when you have submitted a project for publication. You'll lose your mojo. Make sure you're deep into another project and will be able to pay scant attention to the manuscript that has left you.

http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2014/02/taking-breaks/

Join us for some playful fun this Valentine’s Weekend. Only one spot left!

Here's an interesting piece about self-publishing.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/west/2014/02/09/self-published-authors-mainstream/aIIqI9ZM6Dyq75qdLgV2EI/story.html?s_campaign=email_BG_TodaysHeadline

Two new classes beginning in March - one for beginners and another for those who are deepening their current work. Contact me for more information!

A sneak peek into Cami's upcoming memoir published in Penbay Pilot's "Transformations" series.

http://www.penbaypilot.com/article/cami-hofstadter-stepping-over-threshold/28220

Two spaces left. Sign up now!

Another great post from Steven Pressfield. Read it and go to work!

http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2014/02/find-what-you-love-and-let-it-kill-you/

I'm excited to host this Improv Workshop on Saturday, February 13th. Get into the moment with us!

Poetry by two talented Maine writers!

http://www.penbaypilot.com/article/zoe-fitzgerald-and-kit-aroneau-poem-winter-s-sostice-and-mountain-shock/27935

Pressfield, provocative and right on!

http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2014/01/nobody-knows-nothing/

Poetry from Ben Magro in this week's installment of "Transformations" on Penbay Pilot. Enjoy!

http://www.penbaypilot.com/article/ben-magro-hen-mallard-and-ruby/27633

I'm offering a Level One Class to start off the New Year. If you ever have had the desire, dream or inclination to write, now is the time. You will have the blessings of the new year to carry you forward!

I love Pressfield's sports' analogies. Here he talks about Lindsey Vonn.

http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2014/01/whats-so-great-about-perfect/

Some thrills and chills written by a multi-talented student of mine. Have fun!

http://www.penbaypilot.com/article/judi-valentine-mad-vortex/27249

So here's a link to Pressfield's new entry for Writing Wednesdays. It should reassure all of us artists who have taken the road less traveled.

http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2014/01/blowing-off-maslow/

Be inspired by this week's piece in the "Transformations" series on Penbay Pilot!

http://www.penbaypilot.com/article/posing-nude-42when-youre-not-10/26721