Ink + Alchemy

Ink + ALCHEMY Monthly missives to help you access your creative magic and build a writing practice you love. In this issue A personal update A fabulous guest post about tarot and writing A reminder about an upcoming session of The Ceremony Book recommendations Writing resources to replenish your creative magic Let's go wandering A personal update Hello! As you read this, I'm recovering from surgery and preparing to return to my witchy writing work. I am eternally grateful for all the support...

Ink + ALCHEMY Monthly missives to help you access your creative magic and build a writing practice you love. In this newsletter A poll! The importance of collaboration in writing An invitation to and update about my group coaching program, The Coven! An oracle card pull A reminder about the next time we'll meet for The Ceremony Book recommendations Writing resources to amp up your creative magic Poll Before we dive into today’s topic, I have a question for you. What would you like to learn...

Ink + ALCHEMY Monthly missives to help you access your creative magic and build a writing practice you love. Allow me to reintroduce myself. You might notice that things are looking a bit different around here! The newsletter formerly known as Word to the Wise has gotten an upgrade and is now Ink + Alchemy. In fact, my whole business has gotten an upgrade. I’d like you to meet the Literary Witch. You’ve probably already noticed a shift over the past several months as I’ve incorporated more...

Word to the Wise Writing advice to unlock your unique creative magic. Meet the Author: Christine Fischer Guy How do you structure your writing time? What are the things that trip you up, and how do you move through them? Today's author interview with Christine Fischer Guy explores these questions and more as Christine prepares to publish her second novel, The Instrument Must Not Matter (affiliate link*). -- Christine Fischer Guy is a Toronto writer and journalist. She’s a 2024 VCCA fellow and...

Word to the Wise Writing advice to unlock your unique creative magic. Meet the Author: Kasia Van Schaik Kasia Van Schaik’s recent book, Women Among Monuments, caught my eye—history and memoir, an exploration of women’s genius (affiliate link*)? I’m all in. Kasia made time for a Meet the Author interview, and I loved what she had to say about honoring her writing practice and how her experience with perfectionism shows up in her teaching. -- Kasia Van Schaik is the author of the...

Word to the Wise Writing advice to unlock your unique creative magic We are on the cusp of spring where I live—a time for creative magic to start resurfacing, right alongside the wildflowers that carpet the woods each year. Over the past few years, I have started trying to live in greater alignment with the seasons. As I’ve talked about before, my creativity and energy levels take an absolute nosedive in fall and winter. I go into hibernation mode. In years past, I resisted that change...

Word to the Wise Writing advice to unlock your unique creative magic. Meet the Author: Kristin LaFollette Preparing to publish one book can be a significant undertaking—today’s interviewee is getting ready to release two: a poetry collection and an academic book. I talked with Kristin LaFollette about how she’s approaching the release of her books, how she finds time to write creatively while also working as a tenured professor, and her best advice for fellow writers. Read on to learn about...

Word to the Wise Writing advice to unlock your unique creative magic. Meet the Author: Matt Hill How does writing a book change you? Bringing a book (or a story or a poem) into the world where it didn’t exist before is a powerful and transformational act—magic in its truest form, as I often say. In today’s Meet the Author interview, I talked with Matt Hill about the book he wrote and the ways writing it has changed him. -- Matt Hill is a coach and the author of A Starry Night (affiliate...

Word to the Wise Writing advice to unlock your unique creative magic. Meet the Author: Dr. Kate Henry One thing almost every writer is concerned about is their productivity. Are they writing enough? How can they maximize their writing time? And what do they do when conventional productivity advice just… doesn’t help? Dr. Kate Henry is here to provide us with some insight! --Dr. Kate Henry is a Productivity Coach who guides academic and creative writers to develop actionable and achievable...