The Literary Sipper: Recent Episodes
Amber Vitti Hill
Welcome to The Literary Sipper, a podcast about reading, writing, thinking, and parenting, all at the same time. I am your host, Amber Vitti Hill, a writer and mother who’s always looking for ways to stay creative no matter where my busy day may take me. Thank you for joining me especially when I know how valuable your free time is and how many other things you have to do on that never-ending to-do list. But if you’re trying to put something artistic out into the world, while also trying to manage the schedule and needs of others, you have come to the right place.
Get your last minute shopping done at the bookstore.
Live by the mantra: one book for you, one for me.
It’s what you want for Christmas anyway.
And whenever possible, shop local.
Merry Merry.
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In our Let Go and Begin workshops, Tania Walsh and I always start with the symbol of the doorway. Are you closing a door, opening a new one to a room you’ve never entered, or revisiting a dusty room that needs a good airing out?
This idea came to me after reading Donald Justice’s poem “Men at 40”. I loved the metaphor of the “softly closed door”. I felt incredible empathy for these men who now looked at their life’s choices and could see that they would no longer be able to take these roads that led to frontiers of the self or make the choices that would take them away from their life as it stood in the moment of mid-life. They did not slam them, or shut them emphatically, but with a whisper of a close, maybe the door didn’t even make the click to let him know that it was fully shut. I related to their suffering to the lost lives or hopes or dreams and I always equated those dreams with artistic ones. The idea of being a road musician, or a fine arts painter, or a nomad who made his living off of acting, writing, drawing.
I encourage you all to do the guided journaling questions included in this week’s episode and to, of course, follow us on Instagram to be kept apprised of our 2025 workshop dates.
Read the poem here.
Follow Let Go and Begin here.
Drop in on one of Tania’s yoga classes here.
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When I am unsure of what’s to come, I turn to poetry. When I feel sad, I turn to poetry. When I feel lost, in love, overburdened, underwhelmed, dazzled or dreary, I turn to poetry.
After the election, these three poems filled the void.
- Anne Waldman’s “Crack in the World”
- Maggie Smith’s “Good Bones”
- Nikki Grimes’ “You Still Dream”
What poems have you turned to this November?
Let me know in the comments!
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Do you have friends who are ten years older than you?
What about ten years younger?
Diversity is also about age. Understanding the generations that bookend yours is more than just reading the myriad memes on the subject. It requires an open hear and a generous ear.
If we want to honor the classics and expand the canon, we need to broaden the audience.
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You are an artist. Plan your day accordingly.
Micro Plan and Macro Plan.
Then be ready for it all to change in a moment.
Do your best and make sure to make room for your creative life.
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Here is the episode on planning your retreat!
When you select your next book, might I suggest you stray a bit from your preferred genre? Try some poetry, a thriller, historical fiction, memoir. Try something you don’t usually reach for. As the days get darker and shorter, we may find ourselves wanting the familiar, the cozy book that echoes the way we hope to spend our time. However, it may be a great time to get yourself tucked in with some tea, but let your brain go on an adventure.
Here are some links to some of the books I mention, the Libby App, and my fall reading guide:
- James by Percival Everett
- Bridget Jones’ Diary, Helen Fielding
- The Booker Prize Shortlist
- The Libby App
- The Fall Reading Guide
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While we all know that looking at art makes us feel something, we get caught up in figuring out the right meaning. What are we “supposed” to see becomes more important than what we are, in fact, seeing. Make sure to spend time looking, seeking, observing, connecting to the visual. It will help you make sense of the world, no matter what your preferred medium may be.
- Here is the link to the Colin Davidson Show “Silent Testimony”
- Here is the link to Alex Gray’s The Mission of Art
- Here is the link to the work of art that I am fixated on at the moment
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We are all looking to retreat from the pressures of this election season that’s for sure. Have you made actual plans to do so? To take time away and delve into your creative self? You could finish your draft, you can dive into meditation or yoga to find your center. You could surround yourself with other artists for inspiration. You could learn a new skill or technique to add to your arsenal.
Learn to Re-TREAT yourself.
What would fill you up? Take time to think about it and then put it on your calendar.
Here is the link to the Writer’s Refuge on Whidbey Island for any of you who are looking for a Thoreau type experience. Close enough to the town to get a good meal, but remote enough to immerse yourself in the season.
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We still have room in our October 12 workshop! You can retreat for a couple of hours on a Saturday morning!
Here is the link!
Take your time to write a real, live, gorgeous, letter today. To someone. Anyone. Get a stamp. Mail it. Then do it again. And then, when you’re ready to read some gorgeous letters, try these on for size:
- EB White’s Letters
- van Gogh’s Letters
- O’Keefe and Stieglitz Letters
Here is a link to the Steinbeck letter I read and the Dostoevsky letter I didn’t.
And if you want to be extra sweet, write a review for my wherever you listen to this podcast.
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Get to those bookstores, people. It is time. Time for tea and time for books. My favorite time.
Let me know what you are reading. Let me know what you are sipping.
Here is the link to the Fall Reading Guide.
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Don’t let the stores fool you, you still HAVE TIME! Four more months remain until the new year. What were those resolutions you made around reading last year? Can you add something new to your fall reading? Can you play with when you read? What you are reading? How you are sharing your finds?
Let me know what goals you want to reignite as we move towards 2025.
And if you haven’t take a look at my Fall Reading Guide for inspiration.
And as always, let me know what you are reading!
I am reading Angie Kim’s Happiness Falls!
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Welcome back to The Literary Sipper!
I didn’t mean to take such a long summer break. But, alas, it is what it is. We had a lot of travel this summer, and like many, my creative goals took a backseat.
I did plenty of reading and writing though, so we will touch on that in future episodes. As a former teacher, September feels like the new year, anyway!
The goals this year are to deliver a weekly podcast for you and a bi-weekly Top 5 Sips to your inbox.
This week we are talking decluttering and I highly recommend Gretchen Rubin’s book Outer Order, Inner Calm if you haven’t already gotten it! I don’t mention it in the episode, but I think it is a great read to get started on any organizing project!
Talk soon!
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What are your creative rituals? Do you light candles, only write in the morning, pair your dance practice with your afternoon coffee? How do you let your brain know that it is time to plant the seeds of your latest venture?
Do you have different rituals for exploration and other ones for polishing, editing, and the work of being an artist in the modern world: newsletters, mailing lists, wuery letters, connecting with fellow artists or your audience?
This week we get into the concept of rituals and of course if you haven’t investigated Mason Currey’s books or his Substack, here is your sign to do so.
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A deep dive into the summer reading guide I put out a couple of weeks ago. You can listen to me give spoiler free summaries for some of them and a rationale for how I organized the rest.
But what I really want are pictures of your tote bags full of books!
Currently Reading: Let Us Descend, Jesmyn Ward
Happy Summer everyone.
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The feeling that we are all shouting into the void is pervasive in art making. Why does it matter? Who is even listening? Why should I even sit down and write or draw or make something from nothing?
I refer you to a one Mr. Jeff Tweedy in his wonderful book, How to Write One Song. In the very first page of the book, before he even gets to page one, chaper one. he writes:
“We have a choice — to be on the side of creation, or surrender to the powers that destroy.”
I can think of no better reminder than that.
You matter. Your art matters. Now get on with it.
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I am not sure how you define classic literature. I am not sure how I define it anymore either. However, I know there are a slew of books I was supposed to read, but time, energy, degree requirements, diversions, and fill-in-the-blank reasons, I just didn’t get to. And when you’re daily writing and work centers on books, well, we all know that there is no such thing as the bottom of that TBR pile. That’s part of the beauty of walking into a bookshop or library, the notion that you will never get to read all of it, so read something new and something old, something your friend loves and something that looks pretty on a shelf. What I am encouraging you to do in this episode is stop for a minute, look backwards, and select something that you “missed” along the way.
“I'm a big believer in pairing classics with contemporary literature, so students have the opportunity to see that literature is not a cold, dead thing that happened once but instead a vibrant mode of storytelling that's been with us a long time - and will be with us, I hope, for a long time to come.” —- John GreenIn this moment, in this summer, in this year, does the story resonate with you? Will it remain a classic for the future? Does it live up to the hype?
Let me know what you choose. And let me know what you think.
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When someone transforms our favorite book into a film or television show, bookworms have a LOT of opinions. Some of us refuse to watch any interpretation, some of us look forward to the visual adaptation, some of cannot wait to bash any new version that comes along. When an adaptation is done well, it can exist side by side with the book in perfect harmony separate, but the same, like a twin of sorts, like A Handmaiden’s Tale. But when done poorly, it can gut us. I am looking at you The Scarlet Letter.
There are so many to talk about since so many studios look to the best seller lists to glean their ideas when they are not making superhero movies based on comic books. I have barely touched the surface.
What are your favorites? What are the ones that are so bad, you still have secondhand embarrassment? And what book do you wish they would turn into a movie?
I want to know. I have a series of long flights coming up and need a playlist!
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In honor of National Library Week (last week anyway!) I wanted to talk about one of my happy places. Do you have your library card? Do you seek out the large city libraries on your vacations? Do you use the library for a quiet space, inspiration, research? Let me know. And if you haven’t read Susan Orlean’s The Library Book, I highly recommend it. It remains one of my all-time favorites.
I suggest you head over to your library today and bring home a big old stack.
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Hi Friends,
This is the eternal question: What do I do with all of my old journals, scraps of ideas, notebooks, and napkins? What if they hold the key to my best work and I am too blind, or too lazy to go through them all to find it? Well, this week we talk about: Intention.
And also, how are you using them now?
We also talk about the disappearing ephemera of writers, in general.
I mention “The Booksellers” a great documentary about the rare book deals in NYC. It was produced by Parker Posey, a Gen-X woman’s ride or die. I highly recommend.
In the meantime, take out one of those journals, find a particularly embarrassing page, and have compassion for that person trying to make sense of the world.
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Hi Friends,
What creative pursuit can offer you a second chance at being a beginner? Here are a couple of great links to check out about some of the people I mention on the podcast this week:
- An interview with Tom Waits about Songwriting.
- An interview with David Byrne about Art.
- Baryshnikov on Theater.
Enjoy and let me know what your pairings are.
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If you didn’t receive this book as a gift this year, go get it for yourself at your local independent. It’s worth it.
Here is a link if you need it.
If you did receive it as a gift, lucky you. You are loved. Read it and start practicing.
If you need a gift for someone, this is a good one
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But the greatest gift you can give to yourself and to others is the time and space to be creative.
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Hi All,
I know it’s been a while. But here I am, ready to encourage you, gently, always gently: Begin Again.
Did you download this list at the beginning of the year and promptly forget about it? Did the new sunny days inspire something in you to pull it out? Great. Now pick one. Don’t worry about which one. Don’t overthink it. Just start somewhere. Any of them should be the momentum you need to get going on this creative journey.
Here is the link to the list in case you misplaced it.
And here are some words of encouragement from our dear friend Ralph Waldo Emerson:
“Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.”
Keep growing, friends.
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I certainly hope your 2024 reading list is off to a great start! All the books I mention are listed on my Substack. Here is the link in case you missed it!
Book List 2023Also, I am still currently reading The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese and The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern. What are you reading? What was your first book of 2024?
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Happy New Year, friends. As we head into 2024, I wanted to start with the most requested topic of 2023 and then ease into my 2023 Book List next week. So enjoy this throwback picture to warm weather and when my son was so into The Stand that he forgot to take his mask off after a doctor’s appointment. Also, in case you wanted to know, my younger son was playing in a baseball game at the moment my husband took the photo, an important game as I remember, but I tend to watch when he is playing and not so much when he’s not. And definitely not in between innings when the goofing off is at its peak.
Here are links to some of the books and things I mention in this episode:
- Rick Rubin’s The Creative Act: A Way of Being
- The Hate You Give, Angie Thomas
- The Midnight Library, Matt Haig
- Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
- The Nix, Nathan Hill
- The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
- Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi
- A great article on Ethan Hawke’s Hamlet
- Ready Player One, Ernest Cline
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin
- Letters to a Young Athlete, Chris Bosh
- Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA Champion
- Neil Gaiman’s Instagram
- Stephen King’s Instagram
By the way, the younger one won his game, and my older son loved The Stand and is now reading Billy Summers. He told me yesterday that I would love it too.
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Well, Tis the Season to be shopping. Fa la la la la. For some of the people on your list, books make the perfect gift. For those who listen, it is also an excuse to go to the bookstore. I subscribe to the one for me, one for you book shopping mantra. Here are some links to the ones I mention in this week’s episode:
- Accidentally Wes Anderson
- The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Roald Dahl
- Bad Dads
- The Story Teller, Dave Grohl
- Acid for the Children, Flea
- Life, Keith Richards
- Girl in a Band: A Memoir, Kim Gordon
- Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl, Carrie Brownstein
- Shakey, Jimmy McDonough
- Waging Heavy Peace, Neil Young
- The Dirt: Confessions of the World’s Most Notorious Rock Band, Motley Crue
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin
- Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver
- The Vanishing Half, Brit Bennett
- The Polar Express, Chris Van Allsburg
- The Percy Jackson Series, Rick Riordan
- Ramona and her Father, Beverly Cleary
- Nooroongji
- Bricks and Mortar
When you’re done shopping, make sure to pour yourself a glass, I recommend the pinot noir from Cartograph, make a cozy fire, and crack open that new book. You know, the one you got for yourself.
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In this week’s episode, we discuss the three books I’m thankful for (right now, anyway). Like most lists, they are subject to change with the season, the mood, and the moment you ask me to remember them. So here are a few links to the books I mention, in case you are in need of some new books for the rest of the year to finish out 2023 with a bang.
- Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll: This edition from the Rifle Paper Co. is particularly stunning.
- Tender is the Night, F. Scott Fitzgerald, an honorable mention.
- 1001 Arabian Nights, Children’s Illustrated Version
- Walrus and the Carpenter in Seattle
- Daily Rituals: Women at Work, Mason Currey. He is also on Substack as Subtle Maneuvers.
- Frida, with the fabulous Salma Hayek
- Nolan Green, artist, here on Substack as Of Sound andFury
- Katherine Anne Porter, PBS American Masters
- Mortal Acts, Mortal Words, Galway Kinnell. This is a first edition copy. Of course, you can find a reprint.
- The Book of Nightmares, Galway Kinnell
- Wait, Galway Kinnell
Keep Writing.
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As artists, we long to be in the flow state for as long as possible, but sometimes we can feel like we’re wandering among the trees aimlessly. Yes, it’s beautiful, covered in snow, crunchy branches under our feet, songbirds in our ears, but we have to find the way out at some point. For many artists, goal setting can be painful. This week’s episode talks about the how and why goal setting is important and hard.
I don’t have a lot of links this week, so here are some notable books on creating and of course the link to my website if you find yourself in need of a coach.
Keep doing good work.
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- My Coaching Website
- The Artists Way, Julia Cameron
- Fearless Creating, Eric Maisel
- Daily Rituals, Mason Currey
- Writing Down the Bones, Natalie Goldberg
- Share Your Work, Austin Kleon
This week's episode is a starter kit to recognizing the role of body work in your creative life. There are a lot of names thrown around, book titles offered, and even a Walt Whitman poem at the end. But above all, honor your body the way you do your muses. Without it, you couldn't make anything.
Here are some links to the people, books and poems I mention:
- Susan Sontag
- Marie Curie
- Nikki Giovanni
- Hayden Dunham
- Frida Kahlo
- The Body Keeps The Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, Bessel van der Kolk, MD
- Alvin Ailey Dance
- I sing the body electric, Walt Whitman
Treasure your breath and keep doing the good work.
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This week we are talking about how creative pursuits can sometimes leave us with an emotional hangover: that hollowed out feeling like we have given over so much of ourselves how can we ever hope to fill up again. I assure you, dear artist, you will.
Here are some links to some of the things I talked about this week.
Pete Holmes on Zach Braff’s Podcast
Pete Holmes’ You Made it Weird Podcast
Dr. Huberman and the sun in the morning
Joseph Campbell’s A Hero with A Thousand Faces
See you next week.
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We are so lucky to live during a time when the myth of the artist emerging fully formed has been debunked. The artist is a person, just like you, who has made the choice to fill their space and time seeking the common core of our humanity.
Here are some links to things I talked about this week you may want to check out:
- DaVinci’s Sketches at the Metropolitan (I said it was the ‘90’s, but it looks like it was 2003!)
- Letters from EB White (1st edition)
- Teachers and Writers Collective Workshops
- Colum McCann
- NYPL Stacks
- Jack Kerouac baseball cards
- William Blake’s watercolors
- Judy Blume’s Master Class
- David Sedaris Readings
- Patti Smith’s Substack
- Artist/Mother Podcast
- NASA’s Genius Study
- Louise Glück’s poem “Afterword”
Keep doing your good work.
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Sometime you need a kickstart into living a more creative life. Here are three small things you can do this month to help. If you need more ideas, head over to my Substack posts, and there is a free printable of 20 creative prompts for October. I will leave that link below along with some others to things I mention in this week’s podcast.
Keep writing. Keep making stuff.
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Here are the links for the week:
- October Creative Prompts
- Episode #16: The Literary Sipper Asks Should I Take That Class?
- Nooranji: The BEST bookstore
- The Article on Translation I mention
- A Modern Work in Translation you may like
- A Classical Work in Translation you may like
- Gretchen Rubin’s Book on Senses
- The Sense Quiz
- Judy Blume’s Master Class
- The Donald Justice poem
- The Emerson Quote in its original text
In this episode, we talk about the fear we have about our own voice. We talk about the cringey feelings when we first hear our recorded voice and the trouble that translating our own voices through our art can bring up.
Here are links to some of the things I mention that you may like too:
- The Simply Julia Cookbook
- The Brothers Koren Voice Gurus!!
- Roseanne Cash’s book
- The Scientist, Coldplay
Keep using your voice to usher more art into the world.
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In this episode we talk about asking for space to create, claiming that space, leaving that space and sitting and doing the good work! Then returning and returning and returning.
In this episode I mention a few things you may want to check out:
- This William Blake Poem
- This Virginia Woolf Essay
- EB White’s Barn
- A Sign for your Space
- The episode on small moments to create
- Mason Currey’s Books
- Alexander Calder’s Studio
And as always if you would share, rate, text someone you know the link…all the things. I would love you even more.
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What do you think? Should you take that class? Did you already sign up? Let me know!
Here are some links to things I mention in the episode:
- The PNWA (Pacific Northwest Writers Association)
- MasterClass
- Mindy Halleck, author
- Charles Martin, author and translator
- 92nd Street Y
- The Story of Ferdinand, Munro Leaf
- Epictetus Quote
Keep Making Good Work.
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Helen Frankenthaler, Round Trip, 1957
A continuing conversation regarding self-care. If you missed the Substack post on the topic, here it is.
Let's Try Creative Self-Care Instead of a Hot BathAmber Vitti Hill
Ever since the great pandemic of 2020, we have been inundated with the “rules of self-care”: morning routines romantically filmed with dreamy filters for YouTube, calls for daily 90-minute yoga sessions and artisanal hot tea, long showers and nature walks, mani/pedis and massages. These all sound wonderful and healing, but when you break those activitie…
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I also mention a couple of other things in this podcast you may want to check out:
- The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Helen Frankenthaler, American Abstract Expressionist
- Show Your Work, Austin Kleon
Keep Writing. Make Stuff.
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Well, it’s only the end of summer, you still have plenty of time to read! Here are links to a few of the books I mentioned in the podcast this week. Also, you can check out the summer reading guide as well, but be on the look out for the Fall book list coming soon as well!
Some of the books I mention:
- Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver
- Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies, Elizabeth Winkler
- I’m Glad My Mom Died, Jennette McCurdy
- This Must be the Place, Maggie O’Farrell
- The Marriage Portrait, Maggie O’Farrell
- Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, Gail Honeyman
- Crying in H Mart, Michelle Zauner
The Bookstore in Vancouver you MUST check out!
- Nooroongji
Begin and begin and begin again.
Here are some links to the things I mention:
- my #asmallpoemaday challenge
- Ann Kroeker, Writing Coach
- The Irish Proverb
- My husband’s music
How we address failure and how we meet success is a choice. Our disappointment and desire in this realm demonstrates our attitude towards life. What if we shifted our mindset and allowed our shadows to indicate our obstacles and move toward them rather than away from them?
Here are links to some of the things I mention in case you’re interested.
“My Shadow” by RL Stevenson
Liz Phair’s return to Guyville this fall
Keep writing.
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Find those people who see you the way you want to see yourself.
Here are some links for the episode:
Sybil by Julia Ward Howe
Life Council by Laura Tremaine
When you are stuck creatively, one of the best things you can do is go back to the beginning. What does it feel like to be new to something? How can you move past the way things “should” be progressing and simply be with the process itself?
Helpful Links for today’s episode:
- The book: Zen Mind, Beginners Mind
- This Beautiful Article by Lauren Weinstein
Episode #9
Let's talk about seasonal change and how to harness your creativity by tuning into your body and your heart. Each season has its own rhythms and rites. What are yours?
Here are some helpful links for you to check out:
- The book Wintering by Katherine May
- The poem "13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" by Wallace Stevens
- My blog post on a productive morning routine
As always, thanks for listening.
Keep writing, friends.
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This is the one where we talk about Mary Oliver's essential essay "Of Power and Time" and encourage the child, parent and artist self to all work together or to at least quiet down so you can sit down and get something done.
Keep Writing.
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Here are all the things I learned and loved about 2022's reading list.
Let me know what you read and loved!
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What kind of creative are you? A crafter? A curator? A striver? A collaborator?
Let me know!
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With Mother's Day passed and Christmas long past, here are a few of my favorite literary type things for the reader or writer in your life. I hope you like the recommendations and let me know what you would recommend for me! Here is a blog post about some of these very things! https://www.ambervittihill.com/blog/fallliteraryfavorites (https://www.ambervittihill.com/blog/fallliteraryfavorites) Thanks for listening and keep writing! xo A
Our world is crazy at the moment. What do you do when your personhood, your artistry and your motherhood all seem secondary to the world order? How do you carve out time for quiet artistic pursuits when the world seems on fire? You must. The arts will save us all. Take the time for your creativity so that you can meet the demands of the times you live in. If you need to spend some time writing in a journal, try this one:
https://www.ambervittihill.com/journal (https://www.ambervittihill.com/journal)
Even in the chaos, keep writing, xo A
When to use them, how to use them, and which ones to use. We dive into the question of how much research is too much ? And, at the end of the day, do I trust myself? As a writer, you are probably an avid reader too, if not, go back to step one, and read more. But really, are your shelves filled with how to write books you don't use or are you telling yourself that if you just work through this one last book, then you will begin work on your short story? Then you're in the right place. Head on over to the website for a free 30-day journal for creative moms at this link: https://www.ambervittihill.com/journal (https://www.ambervittihill.com/journal) And whatever you do, keep writing. xo A
As a lobster, hard and intimidating on the outside and on the inside, soft and squishy, I am uniquely positioned to speak to this topic! Just kidding. But really, feeling intimidated as a writer is par for the course. In this episode, we talk about some of the frequent flyers and how to cope when they board the plane while you're trying to sit quietly in your seat and do your writing. If you are interested in a blog post on this topic, here is the link: https://www.ambervittihill.com/blog/awritersthoughtsonintimidation (https://www.ambervittihill.com/blog/awritersthoughtsonintimidation) Otherwise, keep writing! xo A
In this first episode, we will dive into the concept of inspiration. What it is and what it isn't. Why we shouldn't wait for it, but get down to work. If you are interested in a blog post about getting inspired when you are feeling "meh" click on the link: https://www.ambervittihill.com/blog/how-to-get-inspired-when-youre-feeling-meh (https://www.ambervittihill.com/blog/how-to-get-inspired-when-youre-feeling-meh) Thank you for listening, and whatever you do, KEEP WRITING. xo A
Thank you so much for joining me today. Here you will find an overview of what we are all about here at The Literary Sipper. Namely, reading, writing, creating and parenting. Join us weekly as we cover all the topics and help you find your way to a more creative and balanced life. If you are interested in a free 30-day journal for moms who write, click here: https://www.ambervittihill.com/journal (https://www.ambervittihill.com/journal) Otherwise, we will catch up another time! Keep writing! xo A