by BlogEditor | Jun 3, 2025 | Creative Nonfiction
Vacated Lawn Chairs by Miriam Bat-Ami FollowFollowFollow Photo by Miriam Bat-Ami Since my husband’s death in March of 2020, I’ve gotten into the habit of counting chairs on front porches and lawns, in backyards and around firepits, vacated seats suggesting a grouping...
by BlogEditor | Jun 1, 2025 | Creative Nonfiction
Olivia Rodrigo Can Save Us by Patricia Powers FollowFollowFollow Photo by Suzie Blackman via Unsplash When I was younger, I held out hope, some distant fantasy, that someone would discover me and my talent, usually with very little effort on my part. I was optimistic...
by BlogEditor | May 27, 2025 | Creative Nonfiction
Womb-Spoke by Virginia Archer-Peak FollowFollowFollow Photo by Nicole Herrero via Unsplash Queen of Swords: A man I once loved explained to me in my 20’s that I didn’t want children. I never said this, but his evidence was that we didn’t have any. Back then, I went...
by BlogEditor | May 20, 2025 | Creative Nonfiction
Woman Running by Brittney P. Mihalich FollowFollowFollow Photo by Brittney P. Mihalich I wrench fire engine red spandex up each leg — easier to spot a shock of color buried under decaying leaves. They’re a half size too small and cling tighter than Saran wrap —...
by BlogEditor | May 14, 2025 | Generative Workshops, News & Events
Travel Writing… A Generative Workshop $25.00 Join our community of women writers for a generative travel writing workshop. Thursday, May 29, 2025 7:00 PM (EST) *Zoom link will be emailed 5/28/2025 Travel Writing... A Generative Workshop quantity Add to cart...
by BlogEditor | Apr 14, 2025 | Creative Nonfiction
Pysanky Love by Donna H. DiCello FollowFollowFollow Photo by Czesława Grabowska via Unsplash Words have a complex beauty: conjurers of magic, they roll off the tongue, they elicit our emotions, serve as bridges between both personal and collective history. Pysanky is...
by BlogEditor | Apr 2, 2025 | Creative Nonfiction
Bone and The Witch by Shanda McManus FollowFollowFollow Photo by Rey Seven via Unsplash I had a hard time sleeping before Bone came. I was nine, and each night I wondered—Is that scratching on my window? As I got closer to sleep, I would feel a shadow creep toward me....
by BlogEditor | Mar 27, 2025 | Craft Essays, Minerva Writes Writer's Toolkit
Writing Towards the Elusive Self FollowFollowFollow Imagine this scene . . . It’s ten in the morning. A woman sits at her desk with a cup of tea. She turns on her computer and opens a Word document. With fingers hovering over the keyboard, she ponders what to type....
by BlogEditor | Mar 27, 2025 | Craft Essays, Minerva Writes Writer's Toolkit
5 Strategies to Overcome Writer’s Block FollowFollowFollow Imagine this scene . . . It’s ten in the morning. A woman sits at her desk with a cup of tea. She turns on her computer and opens a Word document. With fingers hovering over the keyboard, she ponders...
by BlogEditor | Mar 26, 2025 | Generative Workshops, News & Events
Redefinition… A Generative Workshop $25.00 Join our community of women writers for REDEFINITION A Generative Workshop Thursday, 4/10/2025 7:00 PM (EST) We’re living in a changed world, and although we have no intentions of completely reinventing...