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Remember that feeling you get when your plane takes off? It might not be a fresh memory, given the times we’re in. For me, it feels close to elation, that lift-off, that leaving things behind, heading off to somewhere fresh and new, especially if it’s […]
I don’t want to wash it. It feels like the first dirt I’ve ever felt, the best colour to mark my lifelines, the right thing to celebrate. Nine months into this pandemic, my face craves the rain and my palm, when it hits the ground […]
When I walk in the autumn, I pick up a fallen leaf and hold it for the duration, as talisman, security blanket, reminder of beauty, colour, texture, life. Today I picked up one of the maple leaves that face-plant when they fall, their stems pointing […]
Here’s the pretty graphic about the new workshop I’m offering in 2021. Scroll down for all the details! The Creative Six-Pack What is it? A series of low-stress, fun and generative writing courses delivered monthly, to help focus, support, and/or kick-start your writing practice. When? […]
The daily word, or writamin, given to me yesterday by my writing friend Marti, was “pine,” and I spent the day rolling that around in my head. What does it mean, to pine for something? The ache of longing, the emptiness of a missing puzzle […]
Hello! I’ve decided to stick with social media for the daily prompts, so your inboxes don’t get bogged down with yet another daily update. But they will still appear on my website via the Instagram feed. They’ll also be on my “Julie Paul, writer” Facebook […]