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Why Write? Words from The Writer’s Compass

Do you write for the love of language?

Do you write to learn?

To fall in?

To discover?

Why do you write?

Let’s keep this really simple. Meribeth and I write because it’s how we connect with ourselves, with you, and with the world. Language is like oxygen for us. Writing is Breathing. Writing is your birthright.

Seriously, it is.

Here are some thoughts we shared under an umbrella on a rainy day on…

Why Write? Words from The Writer’s Compass

Do you write for the love of language? Do you write to learn? To fall in? To discover? Why do you write? Let’s keep this really simple. Meribeth and I write because it’s how we connect with ourselves, with you, and with the world. Language is like oxygen for us. Writing is Breathing. Writing is your birthright. Seriously, it is. Here are some thoughts we shared under an umbrella on a rainy day on…

Pay What You Can and Pay it Forward to Live Your Best Story

  I didn’t get to where I am in life by doing all of the heavy lifting myself. The truth is, almost every significant experience, and I do mean life changing, has come to me through a leg up. I have rarely, if ever had a breakthrough in my professional or personal life getting there on my own. For real.

Sometimes my social conditioning gets the better of me and I can feel embarrassed about it. I…

Pay What You Can and Pay it Forward to Live Your Best Story

  I didn’t get to where I am in life by doing all of the heavy lifting myself. The truth is, almost every significant experience, and I do mean life changing, has come to me through a leg up. I have rarely, if ever had a breakthrough in my professional or personal life getting there on my own. For real. Sometimes my social conditioning gets the better of me and I can feel embarrassed about it. I…

Why I Love Jake Hassel-Gren a TinaO List to Love

We make some people harder to love because they defy our societal and cultural norms. They’re pure. They don’t mince expectations with filtered down possibilities so everyone else is comfortable. They don’t stop to give you their spot in the sun because they know we all have one.  They think: Why create shade when there’s enough heat for all?

That’s Jake.

She’s highly misunderstood, and it’s…

Why I Love Jake Hassel-Gren a TinaO List to Love

We make some people harder to love because they defy our societal and cultural norms. They’re pure. They don’t mince expectations with filtered down possibilities so everyone else is comfortable. They don’t stop to give you their spot in the sun because they know we all have one.  They think: Why create shade when there’s enough heat for all? That’s Jake. She’s highly misunderstood, and it’s…

Private vs. Public Readiness to Share your Writing

The writing process is messy and it’s supposed to be. When you truly dive into a story and let all that you are jumble up with all that your story askd to be, there will be many times when you have no idea which end is up.

And this is good news. When this is your experience, it means you are on the path even if you think you’re lost in the woods.

You look up, flushed, and a bit out of sorts as…

Private vs. Public Readiness to Share your Writing

The writing process is messy and it’s supposed to be. When you truly dive into a story and let all that you are jumble up with all that your story askd to be, there will be many times when you have no idea which end is up. And this is good news. When this is your experience, it means you are on the path even if you think you’re lost in the woods. You look up, flushed, and a bit out of sorts as if…