Mon, 05 Sep 2011 20:34:19 +0000[slideshow] Brother and Sister, acrylic on canvas, 30×26″, www.carolineallen.com I’ve been working for the...

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 22:26:59 +0000 Welcome to the first in a series of essays on writing by guest bloggers. Today’s blogger is Marni Graff....

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:07:28 +0000 I was listening to NPR the other day to an interview with Eve Ensler who in 1996 wrote the Vagina...

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:12:32 +0000 1. Write chronologically. On revision you can choose to mix things up, but for the rough draft, write...

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:41:05 +0000 Over the past month in my studio, I’ve been working on a mosaic (see picture above). Usually I build the...

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 20:37:57 +0000 Join us for one or both of the following workshops in Seattle in September! The Magic of the Artist and...

Sat, 06 Aug 2011 02:57:54 +0000 I’ve been working with Ellen Newhouse, a Seattle healer (wwww.ellennewhouse.com) for a few years on her...

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:15:05 +0000 “We must be willing to let go of the life we planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”...

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:21:26 +0000 The lessons include: clarifying memories and organizing your stories creating vivid description writing...

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:42:20 +0000 That morning, I rotated the ficus. Bony branches bearing withered leaves snaked out into the living room....

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 22:33:28 +0000 I’ve been working with Julie for four years. She’s writing a fascinating novel, where half of the novel...

Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:50:29 +0000 Because of the financial crisis, and its effect on writers and artists, I’m happy to offer a 3-month...

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:18:07 +0000[slideshow] Portraits using found forest objects, by kids at farm camp, Rhode Island, 2010 I grew up in a...

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:16:00 +0000[slideshow] Just after I got my first art studio in a large old Massachusetts factory with 190 other...

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:30:22 +0000 This is the first in a series on Writing Basics. No matter where we are in the process of writing, we can...

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:18:57 +0000 This is the second in a series on Writing Basics. Each week I’ll cover a different element used in both...

Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:33:25 +0000 I work with memoir writers who are dealing with some pretty heavy material. Day after day, week after...

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:45:08 +0000 I have a client I’ve worked with for a couple of years, and he has just finished his screenplay. I’ve...

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:46:17 +0000 Last November, I finished the long process of prepping Earth for publishers and started revising the...

Mon, 23 May 2011 17:46:32 +0000 I was talking to a client the other day about being an Artist. I use the term Artist as in capital “A”,...