Dreamweaving

One More Time Around: When are you finished editing?

We’ve all been there. It’s late at night and you’ve been working tirelessly to finish your first draft. With the end in sight, you begin...

Feb 19, 20214 min read

How Can I Be an Effective Mentor?

If our lives are like budding trees, mentors are the rain and sunshine that provide the nourishment needed to create the fruits of...

Feb 10, 20213 min read

Finding Your Writing Style

In fiction, writing style refers to the way words are arranged to compose the narrative that makes up a story. You may have noticed your...

Shane McIntire

Dec 24, 202010 min read

Dialogue 101

When I first got started as a writer, I found myself asking that question an awful lot. Maybe more than I should have, yet I would always...

Dec 9, 20205 min read

Getting Started as a Writer

A curiosity for our surroundings can drive us towards imaginative success. That abandoned building you always drive by on your way to work?

The LYF Writer’s Corner : Writer’s Block

Shane McIntire

Nov 25, 20206 min read

The LYF Writer’s Corner : Writer’s Block

I know, we’ve all been there, staring at a blank page, trying to figure out what comes next. There really isn’t a good way to say it, so...

Letting Go of Internalized Capitalism & Choosing Yourself

Nov 21, 20204 min read

Letting Go of Internalized Capitalism & Choosing Yourself

Ever asked yourself the question, “Am I being productive enough?” or “Is this activity even benefiting my career?” If so, I have some startl

Oct 24, 20205 min read

Lost and Afraid: Finding My Community

So when I approach this month's theme, bringing up the Puritans and their vision for an ideal community seems appropriate . . .

Cecilia Winchell

Oct 17, 20206 min read

On Showing Up

Where It All Started My first experience with being a part of a found community was a political volunteering experience where I spent my...

Sep 26, 20206 min read

A Journey Through Meditation

Rising over the mountains and placed amongst a canvas of navy blue sky and grey-bellied clouds, the moon begins its cyclical journey once...

Cecilia Winchell

Sep 19, 20207 min read