The Perfect Writer's Getaway
I am writing this at my desk in cabin #20 at the Highlights Foundation’s retreat center. As I look out my window past the screened-in...
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Lisa Colburn
- Apr 23, 2019
- 3 min
Writer Showcase: Lynn Lothman
I've enjoyed having Lynn Lothman as a participant in my Monday afternoon Amherst Writers & Artists workshop, “Writing from the Heart.”...
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Lisa Colburn
- Mar 28, 2019
- 1 min
Writer Showcase: Barbara Leary
It's been far too long since I've showcased one of the talented writers in my Monday afternoon women's writing workshop, "Writing from...
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Lisa Colburn
- Feb 20, 2019
- 3 min
10 Things To Do on a Snow Day
Where I live in Loudoun County, the snow is falling thickly. According to the forecast, we are supposed to get up to 10 inches, which is...
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Lisa Colburn
- Aug 24, 2018
- 3 min
Where Do You Write?
Sometimes I think I do my best writing on my friend Summer Hardinge’s screen porch. As a writing workshop leader, I have long realized...
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Lisa Colburn
- Jun 19, 2018
- 3 min
Try This: Small Stones
At the end of April a small group of writers joined me for Flower & Garden / Pen & Page, a Saturday morning writing workshop that...
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Lisa Colburn
- May 18, 2018
- 4 min
Try This: Ode to Childhood Junk Food
In the last six-week session of Writing from the Heart, one of our favorite prompts was this: Write about your favorite childhood junk...
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Lisa Colburn
- Feb 9, 2018
- 2 min
Markets: How to Submit to Visual Verse
Sometimes as writers we just need a quick fix—to be noticed, to have our work read by someone other than our spouse, and to see our words...
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Lisa Colburn
- Nov 12, 2017
- 4 min
Notes from a Self-Directed Writing Retreat
“If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.” —Woody Allen On Thursday I made the five-hour drive to Milanville,...
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Lisa Colburn
- Nov 1, 2017
- 1 min
Writer Showcase: Holly Peterson
A new session of Writing from the Heart, a women’s Amherst Writers & Artists workshop, began on Monday. I had been looking forward to...
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Lisa Colburn
- Jul 17, 2017
- 3 min
Living the Dream
Last Wednesday night I manifested a dream. For years, ever since I became a writing workshop leader, I have felt called to offer a class...
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Lisa Colburn
- Jun 22, 2017
- 1 min
Try This: Fun with Postcards
I’ve recently returned from a weeklong writing retreat in the south of France (more on that in a future post) led by my friend and fellow...
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Lisa Colburn
- Apr 30, 2017
- 2 min
Do It Anyway
In February I went to a yoga and meditation retreat in the mountains of Costa Rica. When I say “in the mountains,” what I mean is that...
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Lisa Colburn
- Apr 26, 2017
- 3 min
Inspiration from "The Art of Travel"
To prepare for an upcoming writing retreat in France led by my friend Summer Hardinge, I decided to read Alain de Botton’s The Art of...
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Lisa Colburn
- Mar 16, 2017
- 3 min
Writer Showcase: Cindy Atlee
Cindy Atlee and I go way back to the days when I taught YogaRhythmics®. Every week we danced, laughed, and stretched together, and I had...
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Lisa Colburn
- Mar 1, 2017
- 2 min
Seeking Good Inertia
It’s the most common of clichés: “Inertia is a powerful force.” Mostly we tend to think of it in terms of exercise. Who hasn’t been in a...
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Lisa Colburn
- Dec 29, 2016
- 2 min
Your New Year's Inventory
I don't know about you, but I often find myself at this time of year—the twilight between Christmas and New Year's—wondering where the...
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Lisa Colburn
- Oct 31, 2016
- 2 min
Writer Showcase: Barbara Farmer
Barbara Farmer has been coming to my Monday women’s AWA workshop, Writing from the Heart, for several years. You can still hear traces of...
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Lisa Colburn
- Sep 23, 2016
- 2 min
First the Writing, Then the Laundry
Yesterday afternoon I had a brilliant idea: I called my friend Rebecca to see if she wanted to have a writer’s date at the library....
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Lisa Colburn
- Aug 26, 2016
- 2 min
The Words That Stayed With Me
As I was organizing my office this week to prepare for the new workshop season, I came across a little spiral notebook full of gems. In...
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