by BlogEditor | Jun 5, 2025 | Creative Nonfiction
What She Remembers by Kandi Maxwell FollowFollowFollow Photo by Joshua Woroniecki via Unsplash She’s backpacked hundreds of miles throughout Northern California’s backcountry—The John Muir Trail, Ansel Adams Wilderness, Yosemite, Sequoia, King’s Canyon, the Trinity...
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...
