Substack: I want to believe

Today I offer you another essay-style text on Substack: I want to believe. It was sparked by a conversation I had with a student a few years ago at a spinning course, and led me deep into the forest.

For the past seven weeks I have taken a writing course for Beth Kempton, River of words. We started at the source of the river and week by week wrote ourselves out to the sea. I have taken several of Beth’s courses and she always delivers the juciest courses. This one has been spectacular. Through the meanderings of the course I have grown as a writer and found a writing voice outside of my comfort zone that I really like. I will keep exploring writing on my Substack and you are welcome to join me there. I will keep writing on this blog, but I will alternate between the platforms.

My book Listen to the wool is coming along fine, I finished Chapter 14 (out of 20) just this week. I’m going to Sätergläntan to teach next week and I hope to get some writing inspiration from teaching and from my students. I can’t wait!

Today’s Substack post is the final invitation from the course and I am now ready to let the words take me to the sea.

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