Natalie Goldberg, author of the famous book, Writing Down the Bones, recently favored us writers with a new book entitled The True Secret of Writing. She admits that this is a bold title, then continues on to mention that her small treatises throughout the book are a culmination of what she’s learned after decades of putting pen to paper. A bold move on her part. I’m okay with her claiming to have discovered the true secret of writing, and I’m sure each reader will come away with a different set of insights. I’ll share a few of mine with you.

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 Serving as caregiver to a family member who had surgery along with complication after complication, I’ve been away from my computer for nearly two months now. It’s not over, but I’m now able to maintain focus in more than one direction. Which reminds me, once again, how much routine means to my everyday 

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