As a Druid, we learn to trust the Imbas. But what does this mean? Listening to the earth is at the heart of being a Druid. And when we say “listening to the earth”, this doesn’t mean…
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Upping my game this past year or so involved creating associations I never braved before. And most of them had some sort of “interview” component that included wanting to know about my writing process. Y’know, so people…
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Useless words, the weak and the pointless words, steal power from your writing. We all let them sneak in during the first draft, so don’t panic – you’re not alone. It’s what we do about them later…
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Be warned… semi-rant coming up… What set me off? Walking back from the grocery story with one of my demon spawn, we were accosted, twice within two minutes, by pamphlet-waving zealots as we crossed the intersection on…
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Continuity in writing is important to me. Maybe obsessively so. I don’t know about the rest of you, but when I catch continuity errors in my own work, I cringe. I mean, writers are supposed to be…
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Medieval weapons were plentiful and go beyond your garden variety knightly sword. I love them all. Over time, I’ve accumulated quite a lot of reference material about these weapons that I organised into short cheat sheets to…
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I suppose it has to do with the “behind the scenes” aspect of what writers do, but people are curious, aren’t they? The writing process doesn’t have any moving parts that non-writers can see. It’s different from…
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The Quarters or Watchtowers refer to large and yet simple concepts in not only Druidry, but many Pagan traditions. In my post about casting sacred circles, I only touched on the Quarters. In some traditions that understand…
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Motivation and inspiration are two of those things writers lament, cry, and gnash their teeth over. Not to say it’s not frustrating as all get-out as a writer to lack the spark of inspiration so you really…
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Contrary to poplar belief, casting a sacred circle is not a universal activity for Pagans. Many Pagan groups cast a sacred circle where they perform rituals while others don’t. And there’s also no universal understanding of what…
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