Writer Showcase: Holly Peterson
Holly Peterson has been coming to my "Writing from the Heart" workshop in Purcellville for several years now. An accomplished artist and...
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Lisa Colburn
Jul 27, 20162 min read
Try This: The List Poem
A lot of people are frightened by the very idea of writing a poem, and who can blame them? Visions of high school English papers dripping...
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Lisa Colburn
Jul 8, 20163 min read
Writing the Broken World
This morning when I read the news I was overwhelmed with rage and sorrow. Two more black men—Alton Sterling and Philando Castile—killed...
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Lisa Colburn
Jun 20, 20164 min read
Writer Showcase: Pamela Schmidt
I met Pamela Schmidt in my women's Amherst Writers & Artists workshop, "Writing from the Heart," in Purcellville, VA. A passionate,...
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Lisa Colburn
Jun 11, 20163 min read
An Unexpected Artist Date
Last Friday I took myself on an artist date, to use the lingo of Julia Cameron. I hadn’t planned on it. I thought I was just going to pop...
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Lisa Colburn
Jun 3, 20163 min read
Coming Home to Your Tribe
Recently I was discussing the “if money were no object” scenario with a friend, and I remarked, “if money were no object, I would go to a...
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Lisa Colburn
Apr 27, 20164 min read
Writer Showcase: Laura Stapleton
I met Laura Stapleton in my "Jump Start Your Writing" workshop through the Loudoun County Public Schools Adult Education program. As you...
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Lisa Colburn
Apr 21, 20163 min read
Writing About (*gulp*) Family
It’s always tough to write about family. Well, not the writing part—the publishing part. Feelings can get hurt. Relationships can get...
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Lisa Colburn
Apr 7, 20162 min read
Try This: Mood Ring Poem
Every now and then I find a writing prompt that is so much fun it requires wider sharing. Mood Ring, from Writing from the Senses: 59...
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Lisa Colburn
Mar 31, 20164 min read
The Right Place to Write
“A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.” ― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own A few weeks ago a...
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Lisa Colburn
Mar 21, 20163 min read
Writer Showcase: Summer Hardinge
This week I have the pleasure of showing off TWO talented friends and writers. Singer/songwriter Roger Tomhave cowrote a wonderful song...
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Lisa Colburn
Mar 15, 20162 min read
Try This: The Proust Questionnaire
As I was scrolling through my iPhone news feed last week I stumbled across this article: "Sally Field Answers Vanity Fair's Proust...
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Lisa Colburn
Feb 29, 20162 min read
Lessons in a Roof Leak
There’s nothing like a roof leak to show you where the cracks are—in your home and in your life. On a Monday morning a few weeks ago, we...
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Lisa Colburn
Feb 15, 20162 min read
Writer Showcase: Barb Galvin
I enjoy everyone who comes to my writing workshops—after all, they are my tribe! But I must confess a particular fondness for people who...
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Lisa Colburn
Feb 9, 20163 min read
Buy the Book: "Big Magic" by Elizabeth Gilbert
The first thing I want to say about Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear is “buy it.” Her advice is honest,...
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Lisa Colburn
Jan 31, 20162 min read
Making Room for Fear
Last week I bought Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear. Gilbert is most famous for Eat, Pray, Love, but my...
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Lisa Colburn
Jan 22, 20161 min read
A Few Words on My Favorite Topic (Books)
Like most writers, I am a bibliophile. I don’t say this lightly: every room in my house, including bathrooms, has books piled and...
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Lisa Colburn
Jan 13, 20162 min read
Writer Showcase: Marion Sheaffer
I met Marion in my “Jump Start Your Writing” workshop, which I led through the adult education program at Loudoun County Public Schools....
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Lisa Colburn
Jan 9, 20163 min read
What Does Your Wild Heart Desire?
Last Monday afternoon was the first meeting in 2016 of “Writing from the Heart,” a women’s AWA workshop in Purcellville. I like to start...
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Lisa Colburn
Dec 31, 20153 min read
Practices, Not Resolutions
On the cusp of a new year, most of us look ahead with a mixture of excitement and trepidation to what we wish to achieve in the months...
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