by Samantha Wallen | Oct 24, 2022 | Guiding Writers
It’s not enough to dream about writing, you actually have to show up and do it, which can be the hardest thing, even when it’s the very thing your heart desires most. And it’s even harder to develop and share your writing once you do it. Yet if you’re here, you know...
by Samantha Wallen | Oct 10, 2022 | Guiding Writers
I was fired by my first writing coach. Yes, you read that right, she fired me. Her words, “There’s a window of opportunity that you’ve missed, you’re not ready. You don’t have the right mindset.” Working with her was the first time...
by Samantha Wallen | Sep 24, 2020 | Social & Cultural Commentary
Eighteen years ago, I sat around a table at Dolan’s Seafood restaurant in Boulder, Colorado and learned for the first time that I had White privilege. It was an enlightening and difficult moment, and it changed the trajectory of my life. My first reaction was...
by Samantha Wallen | May 12, 2020 | On Writing
I lead writing groups and I participate in writing groups. They are essential to supporting life as a writer, and they are a powerful political act. A member of one of my writing groups spoke to this beautifully when she said, “Being in a writing group is an exercise...
by Samantha Wallen | Apr 22, 2020 | On Writing
Most mornings, I wake up in the dark, before sunrise, before the tasks of my day are expected to begin. I lie down on the musty area rug in my living room, rest on the earth, and make a practice of connecting to the immeasurable spaciousness that is at the heart of...
