Dropping the artificial everything, getting back to the root substack.com/@jenknox/not... #5amwritersclub #writesky #writinginnotebooks

How to fail beautifully as a writer, as a person “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” —Samuel Beckett www.jenknox.net/p/how-to-fai... #5amwritersclub #writesky #booksky #writingwell #failingwell

Writing about place. open.substack.com/pub/jenknox/... #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #writesky

"Adopt the pace of nature. Her secret is patience." — Ralph Waldo Emerson This beautiful little fawn was curled up next to my neighbor’s house this morning. #5amwritersclub #writesky

Sometimes the inner critic is right, but that doesn't mean I have to listen to her. open.substack.com/pub/jenknox/... #5amwritersclub #writesky #booksky #WritingAsSelfCare #WomenWriters #VictoriaWoodhull #InnerCritic #AuthorLife #BookMarketing #WritingCommunity #HistoricalFiction

Have you ever come across your own words from the past, which you may or may not have fully understood, realizing they are exactly what you needed today? Republishing "Time Away" on my blog today open.substack.com/pub/jenknox/... #flashfiction #5amwritersclub #writesky #unplannedpost #arcticocean

Creative portals that lead to endless inspiration www.jenknox.net/p/how-writin... Cheers to finding your creative portals, #5amwritersclub #writesky #letswrite #theresilientcreative

Hello, #5amwritersclub! I was actually up at 4 this a.m. and wrote! Read up. #writesky open.substack.com/pub/jenknox/...

When I was growing up, I realized most of the authors I read were no longer living. Their characters and ideas, however, were very much alive inside me and other readers. And, to my young mind, I believed this to be magic. open.substack.com/pub/jenknox/... #5amwritersclub ##writesky

Why radical voices are necessary: a nod to those who are "before their time" open.substack.com/pub/jenknox/... I’ve always been fascinated by people who sacrifice convention and its de facto safety in exchange for an unrelenting devotion #5amwritersclub #writesky #booksky #yokoono

How birds dream and the myth of the ideal author platform open.substack.com/pub/jenknox/... #5amwritersclub #freemeditation #scatteredenergy #writesky

It's actually #5am, #5amwritersclub! I made it. “Music is a torch with which to see where beauty lies.” — Atahualpa Yupanqui In our creative resilience circle yesterday, we started to make a playlist. What music is keeping you going right now? www.jenknox.net/p/the-freque... #writesky

Water is always heading toward its source. Whatever the pace and barriers, it gets there, eventually, even if it has to freeze or find itself surrounded by earth; even if it has to evaporate and rain down again, it is always moving, always.

“The practice of Zen is forgetting the self in the act of uniting with something.” —Koun Yamada www.jenknox.net/p/finding-cr... I have been doing all the things... #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #writesky

Creative energy is everywhere at all times. open.substack.com/pub/jenknox/... #5amwritersclub #writesky #booksky

“We understand reality in terms of interaction … how we interact with one another.” —Carlo Rovelli #5amwritersclub #writesky #radicals open.substack.com/pub/jenknox/...

Perhaps instead of taking a break or hiding out, we can recommit. open.substack.com/pub/jenknox/... #compassionfatigue #writingprompt #5amwritersclub #meditation #miniworkshop

What is performance art, and why should it matter to writers? open.substack.com/pub/jenknox/... #5amwritersclub #writesky #resilientcreative

On the myriad ways we are asked to disappear and an argument for getting back to our humanness open.substack.com/pub/jenknox/... #5amwritersclub #writesky #humannature

We need stories of powerful people to believe in ourselves today. But how to share them in fiction? And why? #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #writesky #novelsky open.substack.com/pub/jenknox/...

Your exhibition, all the selves; what would they tell you? open.substack.com/pub/jenknox/... #5amwritersclub #imactuallyup #writesky #novelsky #cnfprompt #writingprompt

Get to the question behind the question, get to the heart of the thing open.substack.com/pub/jenknox/... #5amwritersclub #octaviabutler #inspiration

Designing a new way to see, for writers and artists open.substack.com/pub/jenknox/... #5amwritersclub #writingprompt #letsgo #walkforpeace #designthinkingforpeoplewhoarealreadycreative

A new year, a new opportunity to fail well as artists and writers. “It’s the most awkward and uncomfortable space, which is why it’s the most instructional ...” www.jenknox.net/p/a-new-year... #letsdothis #writesky #5amwritersclub

On being (or feeling) alone - a short holiday offering Love to all today #writesky #holidays #connection open.substack.com/pub/jenknox/...

We can’t force the flower to bloom. We can’t make water boil. We can’t [insert your cliche]. We can, however, get good at the art of patience. open.substack.com/pub/jenknox/... #5amwritersclub #writesky #booksky #patienceandcreativity #resilientcreative

The frequency of you and your creative works open.substack.com/pub/jenknox/... #5amwritersclub #amwriting #writesky #booksky

No need to wait for the right time. You can make your own time, space, and community. #5amwritersclub #writesky #residencies open.substack.com/pub/jenknox/...

Get messy with it, writers #nonadvice #5amwritersclub #at9am #writesky #booksky open.substack.com/pub/jenknox/...

We quit what we're supposed to quit. Let's quit something, so we can refocus. www.jenknox.net/p/we-quit-wh...

Let's see what happens if we try to give a little more as writers, as people #5amwriterclub #writesky #gratitude open.substack.com/pub/jenknox/...

Just a light prompt www.jenknox.net/p/just-a-lig... #5amwritersclub #writesky #writeskyprompts

Allowing moments of pleasure and pause to reset your creative energy #meditation #writesky #creativevisualization www.jenknox.net/p/allowing-m...

“The creative adult is the child who has survived.” —Ursula K. Le Guin www.jenknox.net #5amwritersclub #writing #writesky #booksky

VICTORIA C. WOODHULL gave me a novel (or two) worth of inspiration #grateful #novelnews #5amwritersclub #writesky www.jenknox.net/p/victoria-c...

Pushing past the pain doesn’t work. Ignoring it doesn’t work. So what do we do when we’re in considerable pain? Blinding pain? Pain that distracts us from living our lives? How do we balance the healing journey with equal parts strength and grace? www.jenknox.net/p/on-pain-po... #5amwritersclub

Breathing deep as we run; as artists we reclaim hope by offering it www.jenknox.net/p/breathing-...

Last #Monday we had an appt in #Buffalo, and afterward M said y'know, it's not far to #NiagaraFalls, you guys wanna go? Happily I'd brought my little #NikonCoolpix. Busy week since, first look this morning, here's one #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotoOfTheDay #PhotoHour #EastCoastKin #waterfall

Don’t forget how much impact you can have simply by believing in another’s potential. Your belief just might lead to their belief in yet another. #5amwritersclub #writesky tinyurl.com/mah8tatv

The art of sharing just enough (in writing, in conversation, in life) www.jenknox.net/p/small-beau... #amwriting #5amwritersclub #writesky #scenes

I learned this exercise from a fellow teacher at Insight Timer, and I’ve since shared it with wayward writers, leadership students who are trying to figure out what they want to do in the world, and friends who are decent people at a loss. #5amwritersclub #wriesky www.jenknox.net/p/portraits-...

Thank you @www.jenknox.net and ‪Unleash Creatives for choosing CARSON McCLINTOCK IS NOT DEAD YET as the spring/summer Work-In-Progress Prize winner from among all the wonderful finalists. It's a big honor and a shot in the arm for this new novel about end-of-life care for the indigent elderly.

Grateful for this insightful review. open.substack.com/pub/storycir... #substack #writesky #booksky #chaosmagic

Discover the beauty of writing with nothing to lose: stories, freedom, and creative joy are here for us www.jenknox.net/p/were-all-d... #5amwritersclub #writesky #booksky #motivation #writingforyou #freedom #writefortheloveofit

Don't Ghost Your Own Writing: How to Finish Your Creative Project No Matter What www.jenknox.net/p/dont-ghost... #amwriting #5amwritersclub #writesky #booksky

In defense of boredom to stoke a little magical thinking. #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #writing #writesky #booksky www.jenknox.net/p/how-workin...

Why I'm on a novel-writing fast: the benefits of a little creative deprivation. www.jenknox.net/p/taking-a-w... #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #writesky #booksky #creativeresilience

A throwback. "We were born into curiosity and raised with a light touch." www.jenknox.net/p/dandelion-... #writesky #flashfiction #shortstories #5amwritersclub

A year ago, I didn’t want to write another book. But an idea took hold, and I am so grateful to be walking with this narrative as I go about my days...

#5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #writesky #novelsky #authorsky When do you begin talking about your novel?