I’m an avid journaler. I’d just finished filling a long-standing, beloved Moleskine, and was looking for something new. I had been searching for quite some time when I came across AllSwell. What’s so cool about AllSwell notebooks is that they’re two-sided–one is lined and one is blank. As both a writer and an illustrator, this […]
Dani Shapiro
It would be many years before I began to understand that all of life is practice: writing, driving, hiking, brushing teeth, packing lunch boxes, making beds, cooking dinner, making love, walking dogs, even sleeping. We are always practicing. – Dani Shapiro Source: Atelier Doré – The Atelier
Susan Shapiro on Writing, Teaching & Creativity
Before my first night as Sue Shapiro’s student, I opened her book, The Byline Bible (required reading). It was around the end of Chapter One that I was forced to put it down, my excitement reaching inappropriate levels for a writing workshop. Within the span of 30 pages, I learned more about what I want […]