Write Now.

The joy of watching any creative artist stretch and grow and express themselves is why I do what I do. When it’s my own boy up there killing it I remember why all the hard work, hours and years grinding it out, are totally worth it. Love and respect to .revel this weekend. It’s a privilege, gentlemen.

The whole idea of International Women’s Day both inspires and angers me. We make up more than half the planet’s population, and the world is run off the backs of unpaid women. So you know what? I don’t need a day to remind me that so many of us do the work of 10 men, before lunchtime, every day.
And yet. And yet.
Clearly, there are still so many steps to take. So, okay. That’s one step. Now let’s keep walking. And while we’re at it, let’s pull up those that are falling, and take their hands, and keep on moving forward.
And so, to do a small part to help someone along, I’m adding one spot to my sold-out luxe Writer’s Retreat (we’re talking private chef, country walks, pool, sauna for a START) March 17th-20th and I’m offering it at 50% off. You have a voice. Now’s the time to use it. First WOMAN to DM me gets the code and the space. I wish I could do more. But it’s another step. Details about the Retreat below. Pull up a seat at my table, sister…whoever and wherever you are.

Intensive Retreat in Glorious Country House — Write Now. Four-day intensive creative writing class for adults in rural Shropshire in Leighton, England near Shrewsbury on a large private country estate. Workshops will include feedback from classmates on creative writing, non-fiction, fiction, memoir, poetry, thought leadership, erotica, science fiction and

Happy, Happier, Happiest Birthday today to The Boy who showed me what it really means to love. I’m so proud to be your mom.

On this bleak January day, in a permafrost world, a moment from a simpler time. There will be another. There will always be another. But in meantime, there are tulips, and books, alabaster eggs and a beautiful green jug. The colour of hope.