Archive - Drawing the Chicken

Drawing the Chicken 22: On Chaos and Planning

and my most audacious creative project yet.

Apr 14

November 2023

Drawing the Chicken 21: On Drudgery and Discovery

(and the old fashioned value of rigour)

Nov 26, 2023

October 2023

Drawing the Chicken 20: On Process over Product

(and a sneak peek into a new poetry workshop I'm developing)

Oct 1, 2023

September 2023

Drawing the Chicken 19: On Holding Spaces

(for courage, for creativity, for wonder)

Sep 17, 2023

Drawing the Chicken 18: On Voice

Voice. That elusive thing that artists and writers keep talking about— the one that’s supposed to make your work unique, separate from all the other…

Sep 3, 2023

August 2023

Drawing the Chicken 17: On Returning

What does it mean to return? To creative work, or to home, or even to oneself? This month, I began a 3 month sabbatical (ish) from teaching, trying to…

Aug 27, 2023

May 2023

Drawing the Chicken 16: We Are All Impostors

(and maybe that's not a bad thing!)

May 20, 2023

April 2023

Drawing the Chicken 15: The Art of Noticing

and why I am doing the 30/30 poetry challenge

Apr 23, 2023

March 2023

Drawing the Chicken 14: Fudging through a Bad Week

(with a dreamy, easy, and healthy chocolate fudge recipe!)

Mar 19, 2023

February 2023

Drawing the Chicken 13: On Nurture

Also introducing The Resilience Cookbook

Feb 18, 2023

January 2023

Drawing the Chicken 12: On Commitment

As I write this, I’m closing out one more cycle of subscriptions for the Committing to Your Writing Practice workshop subscription I run, and it makes…

Jan 29, 2023

Drawing the Chicken 11: Creating a Life

(and new directions for this newsletter)

Jan 4, 2023

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