Q & A Zoom Session Reply: 2/22/24
Who: Storytellers and Songwriters Where: Virtual/Online When: Saturday, March 9, 2024 10 MT / 11 CT / 12 Noon ET 90 Minute Generative Workshop – A mini Stories & Songs Experience
Zoom Q & A 2/22/24 for Stories & Songs Retreat in Italy
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If I Had to Do It Over: Reflections of A Pro Songwriter
Looking back there are a few things I wish I had done differently. Each day we try to do something to help another not make the same mistakes we made when we were coming up through the ranks, hoping someday people could turn on the radio and sing along to a song we wrote. It personally took me until I was 40 years old to hear that 3:50 of magic on the radio of my car! […]
The Scent of Rain + Fast-write Exercise
Lately, when I catch the scent of rain and earth rising up, I am ten again. It’s Easter morning, the forsythia just blooming, and I sense my Mother moving somewhere nearby. I am innocent. Today, an old man packs my groceries, repacks the eggs with a tsk at the carton fallen on its side. The eggs are intact. I mouth his name tag: “Art.” My sweet grandfather’s name. Finished with his task, he regards me […]
Q & A Zoom Session 11/13/23 Recording
*Correction: Italy retreat is 6 night, rather than 5 (Karen).
Are Reading And Writing Basic Necessities of Life? Fast-Write Exercise
byline Karen Leslie “Après les choses qui sont de première nécessité pour la vie, rien n’est plus précieux que les livres.” Pierre Simon Fournier, Typography Manual, 1764 Translation: “After all the basic necessities of life, there is nothing more precious than books.” For most writers, a book (or owning many books) is the holy grail. We are attracted to them like bees to honey, like moths to the flame, like water for life. Words, Story, the […]
Heart vs. Head: How To Write Your Best Songs
Songwriting is beautifully complex and yet simple…
Name It: A Writing Exercise for Travelers
I’m perched on Elk Rock — or Moonlight Ledge, depending on the position of the sun, circa 2005. We’ve climbed the mountainside behind my dear friend’s hand-built cabin in Evergreen, Colorado, where a bookshelf hugs the ceiling of every room, a wool loom waits in the corner, and curiosity and caring fill the rest. I’ve just cut my hair and life had no ease except for this beautiful Western sanctuary. Evergreen is a picturesque town in the […]