by Deborah Bayer | Jun 1, 2023 | Writing Tools
This post is the first in an occasional series of recommendations for writing tools I’ve found useful. This first installment is for writers who are considering book-length storytelling, in prose or verse. It’s a group of tools I learned from writer, editor, and book...
by Deborah Bayer | May 25, 2023 | Therapeutic Writing
In this week, seven years ago, I posted an entry called Happiness: Finding the Way. Yesterday, I wrote in an offering from Write Around the World for Amherst Writers & Artists. There are sessions going on until May 31. I was given a writing prompt that caused me...
by Deborah Bayer | May 18, 2023 | Chapbook Poems, Poems
Several years ago, I read one of my poems, “I’m Still Your Doctor,” at the World AIDS Day memorial service, I was surprised that my voice broke as I spoke. I felt ambushed by my feelings. But that’s the nature of grief, especially for healthcare workers. We...
by Deborah Bayer | May 11, 2023 | Creativity
Creativity can come from the collision of unrelated things. A poem can be a container to hold these collisions. Sometimes, the combination of ideas is rational. When I wrote “Window to the Bay,” I combined dead vegetable matter and a patient’s necrotic toe into...
by Deborah Bayer | May 4, 2023 | A to Z Challenge 2023
A Summary of the Month’s Posts on Micro-Transformations I read through all of my posts backward, from Z back to A. My thoughts are well represented. I have transformed myself and continue to transform myself by taking small steps. And I’ve defined what I...
