Bookish Thursday - Rumination Remedies by Sheri McGregor - Guest Post
Today you don't have to listen to me. I am fortunate enough to have a guest post by Sheri McGregor, author of Rumination Remedies . Check out WOW-Women on Writing for their interview with Sheri McGregor and enter for a chance to win a copy. I'm enjoying mine! Writing Rituals Can Help A guest post by Sheri McGregor, M.A. When starting my writing career, I had five young children. So, finding the time, space, and mental clarity to write took ingenuity and effort. I learned early on that quickly switching from momma mode to writing mode was essential. My brain needed a signal: Now we write. What worked for me were rituals: a hot cup of coffee or tea, a physical space associated with words, and a time of day that inspired me. In the early years, that meant a notebook, a pen, and the hushed, early morning hours before my family awakened. In the velvety pre-dawn light, I’d slip quietly into the living room and write by hand on legal-size notepads with smooth ink pens that became th...
