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Sumer is Icumen in — along with Summer Conference Season

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Aline Soules

Summer is such a great time for renewal, re-creation, and expanding horizons.  As a writer, I can tell it’s time for summer because emails and snail mails about summer conferences flow in, enticing me with their subjects and tantalizing me … Continue reading →

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San Francisco Writers Conference

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Aline Soules

I just attended the SF Writers Conference for 2018 and it was fabulous.  There were multiple tracks for fiction writers, non-fiction writers, memoir writers, poets, self-publishers, marketers—something for everyone.  For poets, one highlight was the keynote speech by Dana Goia, … Continue reading →

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New Year and Writing Resolutions

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Aline Soules

Here we are again, just over a week after the start of a new year, and deciding whether or not to make resolutions.  For me, that means writing resolutions.  I suspect that a primary writing resolution (if you make one) … Continue reading →

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Inspiration from my Scholar OLLI students

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Aline Soules

For the last couple of years, I’ve had the privilege of leading a class called “Writing in All Forms” for Scholar OLLI on the Concord Campus of California State University, East Bay.  For those who don’t know, OLLI stands for … Continue reading →

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Poetry in the Time of Holidays

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Aline Soules

I have a love/hate relationship with holidays.  On the love side, summer holidays enable me to engage with new experiences that work their way into my writing sooner or later (I call it experiential research).  In fall/winter, I see family … Continue reading →

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Seamus Heaney’s Home Place

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Aline Soules

Earlier this summer, I had the pleasure of visiting a small museum dedicated to Seamus Heaney.  Located in Bellaghy in Ulster, “home” place is exactly the right term for this very special place.  Museums don’t have to be large to … Continue reading →

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Writing at the Beach

Posted on September 2, 2017 by Aline Soules

There’s something about a beach that changes us.  We “un-lax” as opposed to relax, letting go of all but the most basic elements of our lives.  We wake, eat, sleep, walk the beach, go in the water (if it’s not … Continue reading →

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Creating legend

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Aline Soules

I wish I could remember who said the following:  “Where there’s no explanation, there’s a legend.”  Whether you call it legend or story, it’s at the heart of writing.  Even if your prose or poetry appears to have little or … Continue reading →

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Writing Rites and Rights

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Aline Soules

Today, my daughter-in-law ends her maternity leave and goes back to work.  Her official work is in a workplace outside the home, although she brings home plenty of work, too.  To support my addiction to writing, I made sure I … Continue reading →

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Writing in the Face of All Odds

Posted on June 11, 2017 by Aline Soules

In the last month, I’ve had the privilege of leading a class entitled “writing in all forms.”  This class meets once a week for five weeks and there are three five-week sessions every year.  On Tuesday next, I will complete … Continue reading →

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