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Showing posts with label taking a break. Show all posts
Showing posts with label taking a break. Show all posts
Monday, July 01, 2024

Out of thin air

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It's always hard to let go, to put down your pen, to take a break. You don't want to lose the connection you make with yourself when...
Friday, December 31, 2021

It's that time of year

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It's that time of year. Close your eyes.  Sleep. Let yourself dream. You need to trust the process  of rebirth, of dormancy,  of silence...
Sunday, September 06, 2015

How’s the Water?

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The heat in Florida is unrelenting at the this time of year, pressing down over everything like a steamy blanket and making the air so thic...
Sunday, November 16, 2014

Savor the Light

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It’s that time of year when the light changes.  Even in Florida, where writers are accustomed to the sun shining brightly all year long...
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Sunday, January 13, 2013

Getting Back into the Water

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Before taking time off, I always worry that if I stop writing, cease searching for words, forego thinking about how to pu...
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Sunday, December 16, 2012

Ebb and Flow

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Much like the tide, our writing process ebbs and flows, the words coming in waves then retreating in the same way that the sea r...
Sunday, June 19, 2011

Stepping Out of the Water

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Remember when you leaped as a child into the waves and splashed and dived for hours, and by the end of the afternoon you could hear your mot...
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Bruce Black
Chicago, Illinois, United States
A writer, editor, and teacher, Bruce Black earned his MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts and now searches for words and stories on Chicago's northern shore, only a few blocks from Lake Michigan. His book for adults, Writing Yoga, was released in 2011, and his stories for children have appeared in Cricket and Cobblestone magazines. You can contact him at wordswimmer@gmail.com.
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