Author / Helen W. Mallon
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Why True Courage Books Offers Short Stories at no Cost
Why True Courage Books Offers Short Stories at no Cost It’s all about the shoes! Actually, it’s about a not-very-functional website and a call I made yesterday to the site’s help…
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How Can Political Discourse be Healing?
How Can Political Discourse be Healing? Is “healing political discourse” an oxymoron? Last weekend, I took a leap of faith with the launch of my first politically-oriented event at Kismet Cowork,…
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How Ambition Can Block Success
How Ambition Can Block Success …So let’s talk about writing and ambition. For years, I believed the two were almost synonymous. If I weren’t gunning for recognition, I feared I might…
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“But I Already Have a Desk!” How Frustration Breeds Creativity
"But I Already Have a Desk!" How Frustration Breeds Creativity For years, I was a productive writer working from home. I improvised a process around raising children, around naps and playdates. My… -
How the Discouragement of Getting Fired Became a Blessing
How the Discouragement of Getting Fired Became a Blessing When I began teaching creative writing to adults in a non-credit evening school, I was new to the classroom and dry-mouth nervous. In… -
The Writing Process: Playing With Tigers
The Writing Process : Playing with Tigers From my sane self to my writer self: My hope for us in 2017 is that we’ll incorporate self-kindness into our writing process. Oh, please.…
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