A Seventh Month Update It’s been about seven months since I conceived of and started working on my Rebel MFA Degree (read the origin story here!). I thought it was time to give you a proper update on how things are going, where things are going, and my general thoughts. …

Diving deeper into a popular word witchery practice — The first time it happened, it freaked the hell out of me. I was lying on the carpet in my first apartment, working on a chapter for my NaNoWriMo novel. I was stuck and didn’t know where to go or where to take the story. I closed my eyes and…

An introduction to magical writers — What is a “Word Witch?” That is the question I’ll attempt to answer in this article. But the truth is, there’s no official definition. If you Google “Word Witch” or “Word Witchery,” there’s very little you’ll find on the subject. It’s not surprising, given the stigma around anything “witch” related. And yet, we’ve been in…

A deep dive into the third stage of the empowered writer path: being. — We made it to the final stage of the Empowered Writer Path: Being. This stage is the most abstract of all the stages because it’s all about living in and with the learning, healing, and doing stages. The more times we cycle through these stages, the longer and more adept…

That time I resurrected a project I thought was dead. — Let’s be honest — this article is not about resurrecting human beings. But it is about reviving what we believed or thought was dead… until it wasn’t. If you’re a writer — or really, any sort of creative — then you’re probably familiar with the feeling of starting a project…

The work I must do for myself as the veil thins. — In my limited time identifying as a word-witch — I’ve believed that the biggest advantage of loving the month of October meant that my connection with the other side was at its most potent. After all, the thinning of the veil often represents that liminal space between life and death…

How creating your own oracle deck can bring you individualized medicine — Have you ever been curious about making your own oracle deck? I certainly have. It’s been on my mind for the past few years, but it’s never felt like the “right” time to create one. I’d get theme ideas and then lose steam, or I’d come up with a great…

Why my grief is packed tightly in a box in the attic of my mind — I sat with my eyes clenched shut and imagined a cardboard box sitting in front of me. Large enough to hold all the contents I wished to put into it, but not big enough that I would miss it if I went looking for it. …

Why I was ready for my teacher to appear — “When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” This is a quote that has a long (and pretty unknown) history. It’s been attributed to many different people over the years, but I’d like to think the theory that it comes from a Buddhist Monk is the more likely option…