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?

I have a very short story up at The Keeping Room. Thanks to the editors. 💜 minervarising.com/what-they-ca... #writesky #flash #5amwritersclub #amwriting

I often find inspiration in transit. On the bus, in the car, on a plane … even while getting dressed. Always when I have somewhere else to be or something else to do. www.jenknox.net/p/on-the-edg...

Inspired. open.substack.com/pub/jenknox/... #5amwritersclub #writesky #booksky #youmatter

Happy day, #5amwritersclub A prompt & exploration. What would yours look like? #writingcommunity #writesky www.jenknox.net/p/the-day-jo...

Let’s think of every word, every meditation, as a desposit into an account that is strengthening our creative constitution. www.jenknox.net/p/not-a-sing... #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #writesky

Happy writing, friends. #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #writesky #booksky

Good morning, writers! I'm 27,000 words deep in my new novel & ready to go. Grateful for some time in Niva Scotia. #writesky #booksky #5amwritersclub

Don't forget to take a breath. www.jenknox.net/p/lets-take-...

This all happened in California. Can California arrest the FBI goons who assaulted California's senior senator?

Finding the right conditions to grow: why creative work needs light, not permission www.jenknox.net/p/finding-th... #5amwritersclub #writesky

Living and exploring, after all, are what makes the work worthwhile. We do not have to be productive all the time. But we do have to trust that every part of the process matters. #writesky #booksky #5amwritersclub www.jenknox.net/p/reigniting...

Saturday #writesky vibes. I'm late, #5amwritersclub, but I'm with you.

Share your creative gifts. Because they are gifts. Let's go, #5amwritersclub #goodmorning #writesky

I write because language is how I make sense of the world and share that clarity with others writing slows time. It lets me live deeper inside a moment, inside someone else’s truth, and inside my own questions it's how I stay awake!! Name: Keily Jorge Title: Writer #amwriting #writingcommunity #art

Because that’s the power of writing and story—the moments we capture, like tiny reflections dancing on water, that allow us to look back and remember what makes us who we are. www.jenknox.net #writesky #boosky #amwriting #5amwritersclub

I feel a more urgent need to read and write human stories. I plan to relaunch my blog soon with a title like "We Write Because..." Let me know why YOU write without AI below. Include your full name and title/couple word bio. Ill feature some. #writesky #booksky #5amwritersclub #whyrite #inspiration

This bird doesn't look real. Thanks for the visit, little one.

If you follow my blog, let's chat about the phases of writing. And life. Today at 11 CT/12 ET (free). Link in the latest post. #writesky #5amwritersclub www.jenknox.net

I don't think the neighbor cow likes me. But I like her. #ontheroad #writesky

“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” -Edith Wharton I sleep in nowadays, #5amwritersclub, but in my defense, I'm currently in central time. Let's do this! I am still with you. FINALLY getting some steam with this new project. #writesky

The magic of storytelling resides in the polarity, the precision and abstraction www.jenknox.net/p/the-magic-... #5amwritersclub #writesky #booksky #residency #amwriting #inspiration

“If we surrendered to earth’s intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees.“ —Rainer Maria Rilke Write well, my friends! (I'm actually up & headed to a writing residency - the goal is to be with you all week.) Monet, "Poplars, Evening Effect" #5amwritersclub #writesky #wisdomoftrees

www.jenknox.net/p/memory-and... years, the scene I wanted to write wouldn’t come. The memory settled beneath my ribs and waited. The problem was one part inability and two parts fear. Whenever I started to write it, even for myself, I’d end up on safer ground. #writesky #cnf #writing #5amwritersclub

Just participated in a brilliant @kathyfish.bsky.social workshop. So fun & creatively energizing. (It might not look like it, but I think there's something here.)

I don't 'refuse to use' AI, I just don't use AI; in the same way that I don't shoplift, or plagiarise other people's books - it requires no effort of will, it's just not something I would think of doing

I almost made it today, #5amwritersclub! Miss you - write well. Inspirational offering: an iris from my front yard.

Check out @sfwp.bsky.social's Spring Journal. Honored to have an essay there (from AT WORK). “It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.” —Anais Nin #writesky

On letting go of the things we carry, remembering we are not alone & week 51 of 52 www.jenknox.net/p/on-remembe...

How to write an essay: riffing from the woods #writesky #5amwritersclub #8amwritersclub www.jenknox.net/p/a-meditati...

Walz: "This is how government is supposed to work. It's not supposed to be one old man in the Oval Office sending out middle of the night tweets that shock markets into free fall. It's not supposed to be a bunch of 20 somethings unelected and firing everyone. It's not supposed to be chaos."

I was just day-dreaming about going to Scotland (instead of writing, #5amwritersclub ... I'm late), and this beautiful image showed up in my feed. Puffins always appear so stoic and wise. Maybe the algorithms can hear my dreams now. Either way, I'll take it as a sign that I need to find a way. :)

On loving what you love & week 50 of 52 #5amwritersclub #writesky #writingandlove www.jenknox.net/p/on-speakin...