Pam Bustin
creator, editor, story tender
Category: Writer’s Life
I still have healing herbs….
I begged God to let me know, if it were His will, could I please stop writing. Why? Well, I know I am just as weak and undeserving–and more so–than I was thirty years ago when God commanded me I should begin. When I… Continue Reading “I still have healing herbs….”
on honouring our Work…
Pam ponders the power of honouring our work, instead of viewing our manuscripts as Things we must wrestle into submission…
Looking forward…a writer prepares…
Wherein Pam sings the praises of her wonderful community of fellow writers (with links) and lays out her exciting new plan to find her way through a new draft of her novel in progress….
Survival Tips for Storytellers (and other humans)
Pam talks about her own journey as a writer – and offers up some tips from the road.
Includes a guided visualization she calls.. The Gift.
Shortest Day…Taking the Leap
“We are on the cliff, ready to commit to moving forward—leaping into uncertainty, and burning our bridges behind us if necessary.”
good times ~p
Walking My Way to Water: Week 12 – Faith – Learning to Trust Your Own Process
Another week of… Letting it be. Letting myself be. Trusting the process by which I work. Trusting that it will all work out in the end…. artistically.
Slow Rot Deep Rot: Finding the Juice in our Writing
I’m thinking today about… my strengths and weaknesses as a writer. About where the “good stuff” comes from. The stuff that works. That touches other people. And how I access that stuff. This one is for all of us who are…. in the midst of it….
Shake and Bake 73: Boons and Blessings Abound!
My quarterly Life/Work check-in wherein I sing praises of gratitude and appreciation to the Ontario Arts Council for supporting me and my current WIP!
Flipping Anxiety Pancakes with Susan Swan
Susan Swan has started an online diary called Anxiety Pancakes: Life in the Middle of a Novel. The posts make me smile and get me thinking about things. I’ve taken to commenting on them each day. Come play!
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