Ink + Alchemy

Word to the Wise Writing advice to unlock your unique creative magic. Meet the Author: Christine Fischer Guy How do you structure your writing time? What are the things that trip you up, and how do you move through them? Today's author interview with Christine Fischer Guy explores these questions and more as Christine prepares to publish her second novel, The Instrument Must Not Matter (affiliate link*). -- Christine Fischer Guy is a Toronto writer and journalist. She’s a 2024 VCCA fellow and...

Word to the Wise Writing advice to unlock your unique creative magic. Meet the Author: Kasia Van Schaik Kasia Van Schaik’s recent book, Women Among Monuments, caught my eye—history and memoir, an exploration of women’s genius (affiliate link*)? I’m all in. Kasia made time for a Meet the Author interview, and I loved what she had to say about honoring her writing practice and how her experience with perfectionism shows up in her teaching. -- Kasia Van Schaik is the author of the...

Word to the Wise Writing advice to unlock your unique creative magic We are on the cusp of spring where I live—a time for creative magic to start resurfacing, right alongside the wildflowers that carpet the woods each year. Over the past few years, I have started trying to live in greater alignment with the seasons. As I’ve talked about before, my creativity and energy levels take an absolute nosedive in fall and winter. I go into hibernation mode. In years past, I resisted that change...

Word to the Wise Writing advice to unlock your unique creative magic. Meet the Author: Kristin LaFollette Preparing to publish one book can be a significant undertaking—today’s interviewee is getting ready to release two: a poetry collection and an academic book. I talked with Kristin LaFollette about how she’s approaching the release of her books, how she finds time to write creatively while also working as a tenured professor, and her best advice for fellow writers. Read on to learn about...

Word to the Wise Writing advice to unlock your unique creative magic. Meet the Author: Matt Hill How does writing a book change you? Bringing a book (or a story or a poem) into the world where it didn’t exist before is a powerful and transformational act—magic in its truest form, as I often say. In today’s Meet the Author interview, I talked with Matt Hill about the book he wrote and the ways writing it has changed him. -- Matt Hill is a coach and the author of A Starry Night (affiliate...

Word to the Wise Writing advice to unlock your unique creative magic. Meet the Author: Dr. Kate Henry One thing almost every writer is concerned about is their productivity. Are they writing enough? How can they maximize their writing time? And what do they do when conventional productivity advice just… doesn’t help? Dr. Kate Henry is here to provide us with some insight! --Dr. Kate Henry is a Productivity Coach who guides academic and creative writers to develop actionable and achievable...

Word to the Wise Writing advice to unlock your unique creative magic I am a big believer in the power of ritual as a source of and support for creativity. Recently, I went to Oregon for a retreat for The Council, a coaching program I’ve been in for the past several months. Ritual was the backbone of everything we did. We sat in circle together, set intentions, worked magic, and went for powerful divination walks across the high desert. As always happens on such a walk, I searched for...

Word to the Wise Writing advice to unlock your unique creative magic. Meet the Author: Nick, Creator of Witch Bolt Today’s interview is a testament to taking a risk and reaching out to a creative person you admire. I have been listening to Witch Bolt's music for over a year and, after attending a live virtual album release, I sent a message asking if I could conduct an interview for Word to the Wise. I figured a reply would be a long shot, but Nick generously made time for a wide-ranging...

Word to the Wise Writing advice to unlock your unique creative magic On top of everything else that’s going on, we’re still early enough in the year that all the “New year, new you” messaging hasn't quite subsided, and I am over it. One of my husband’s apps recently taunted him with a notification about the number of people who, statistically, have already given up on their resolutions and asked if he’d be one of them. Who needs that kind of snark right now? I don’t, and I’m guessing you...