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The Main Attraction
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Brainstorming
Where I’ll be doing all of the story planning and brainstorming of ideas. (Click to view posts in this category)
News
Looking for announcements? Look no further! (Click to view posts in this category)
Personal Life
What’s going on in my life including emotional checkups and how it’s affecting my writing. (Click to view posts in this category)
Writing Process
The how of my writing life. How I use various tools and theories and what works for me and doesn’t. (Click to view posts in this category.)
Writing Tools
Books, classes, software, etc. What I work with and why. (Click to view posts in this category.)
Coverage on other sites
I just wanted to drop a quick note to say that Mystical Bear has been getting some coverage on other sites and to pass along some links to view: First off, I've written elsewhere frequently on my blog about Lauren Sapala and her excellent classes for intuitive...
May 16 – Facing the Monsters
Emotional Overview A quick check-in showing my current emotional state. (Higher numbers mean greater degrees of emotion.)DepressionAnxietyStressFirst off, I’ve been doing some thinking about this section of the blog and I’m honestly not sure yet what I’m going to...
Architecting My Garden
As I wrote last week, I’ve been doing a lot of soul searching about this story that I’m working on. It’s been a somewhat stressful time since so many things that I thought were nailed down sort of flew out the window after I completed my 5 part history here in...
Week ?? – Back to Life
Emotional Overview A quick check-in showing my current emotional state. (Higher numbers mean greater degrees of emotion.)DepressionAnxietyStressEmotions Depression remains under control. I guess I would say the anxiety and stress is coming back to this site after...
Week 4 Check-In
Emotional Overview A quick check-in showing my current emotional state. (Higher numbers mean greater degrees of emotion.)DepressionAnxietyStressDepression This week was another good week. We actually had a sunny day that my spouse and I took advantage of. We took...
Out From the Shadows – Part 5
(Note: This is the fifth in a series of blog posts originating in work done for a video class titled, “You Are A Writer - Getting Past the Fear and Moving Forward.” Created by Lauren Sapala, the course is aimed at sensitive intuitive writers suffering from toxic...