hope is an ember
that glows faintly in the hearth
its feeble flicker
signs of its struggle
before it subsides
into cold ash
lean close,
breathe on it
gently,
carefully
bring it
to life
again
Jodie McCarthy
ember
Category: writing
Prayer for the Writer
As you sit,
pen in hand,
the blank page of promise before you.
May inspiration arise within.
Remember
remember
we say
because our memories
are like sieves
and we don’t
remember
from day to day
the uninvited guests
I was sitting by myself at the café, absorbed in my work, quietly writing and they passed by my table. As I knew them a little I nodded, and smiled. But they took that as an invitation and stopped. Continue reading “the uninvited guests”
on voice, process and learning
A large part of my writing journey this year has been understanding how I work. Figuring out what my process looks like has been as important as the actual writing.
The things I do to avoid writing
There is a strange tension in writing this book. See the topic is grief. It involves delving into the hard stuff. It is not easy to write. When I do get words on paper it is inevitably draining.
Naturally this means I often find myself in creative procrastination, in order to avoid being emotionally battered by what I am writing.
