Camino Stories: St. Jean Pied de Port
It’s just me, some questionable machine coffee, and my red head lamp here at the monastery pilgrim hostel Roncevalles, Spain. I’ve been...
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Katie Colpaert
- Jun 15
- 6 min
19 Hours in Paris: Getting to St. Jean Pied de Port
It’s four-something in the morning here in Paris. I’ve cracked open the tall, screenless windows to let in the cool air. It’s still...
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Katie Allen
- Jun 13
- 7 min
I Leave Today for a 500 Mile Pilgrimage
In six hours, I leave for a 500-mile pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago in Spain, also known as The Way of St. James or just The Way. I...
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Cristina Crouth
- Apr 28
- 4 min
Guest Blog Post: On Writing and Road Trips
I came to the woods to find myself, but my version is a year-long cross country road trip in my Subaru that doubles as my home in the...
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Katie Colpaert
- Apr 15
- 5 min
Writing with Spring
A note: Just as the seasons will look different around the world, many of the things discussed in this piece will occur throughout the...
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Caroline Peterson
- Feb 24
- 4 min
Guest Post: There’s a writer in all of us. I’m proof.
Author: Caroline Peterson of Not Your Average Gal So often, I view the choices I need to make in a strictly formal capacity. Even the...
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Katie Colpaert
- Jan 20
- 11 min
My 9 Favorite Books on Writing
I get asked a lot to recommend books about writing, so I've finally compiled a list of my top nine. Below, I briefly share who might...
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Claire Brakel Packer
- Dec 22, 2022
- 3 min
Guest Post: Writing with Grief Over the Holidays by Claire Brakel Packer
Content warning: grief, death, dying, mention of suicide “Stop trying to wrench control from chaos.” - Elizabeth Gilbert on the podcast...
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Katie Colpaert
- Oct 27, 2022
- 5 min
4 Things I Love about Joshua Tree National Park
Five years ago, I visited Joshua Tree National Park while on a road trip out west, leaving chilly Michigan behind for the week. Several...
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Katie Colpaert
- Oct 26, 2022
- 2 min
What even is NaNoWriMo and is it for you?
NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month; I can hear your eye roll, but stay with me. Even if you don’t write fiction (or much...
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Katie Colpaert
- Sep 6, 2022
- 11 min
Words & Wilderness: How I Started My Next Book in the Woods
I’m sitting alone in the woods trying not to think of the posted bear warning signs. I’ve just arrived after a four-hour drive through...
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Katie Colpaert
- Jul 28, 2022
- 5 min
Day 5: Slowing Down & Words from Natalie
Note: This is post #11 in a series of blog posts about my experience attending a 2-week writing retreat with author & teacher Natalie...
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Katie Colpaert
- Jul 26, 2022
- 8 min
Day 4: "Dedicate Every Pore to What's Here."
Note: This is post #10 in a series of blog posts about my experience attending a 2-week writing retreat with author & teacher Natalie...
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Katie Colpaert
- Jul 24, 2022
- 5 min
Writers Live Twice: 1 Year since Natalie Goldberg's Retreat
I woke up this morning to a wild craving. I wanted the quiet of Madeline Island with a near-madness, the Wisconsin paradise where I spent...
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Katie Colpaert
- Oct 9, 2021
- 9 min
Still Day 3: A Love Story, A Haiku, A Walk with Grief
Note: This is post #9 in a series of blog posts about my experience attending a 2-week writing retreat with author & teacher Natalie...
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Katie Colpaert
- Oct 2, 2021
- 4 min
Day 3: Natalie (slowly) takes us to the beach
Note: This is post #8 in a series of blog posts about my experience attending a 2-week writing retreat with author & teacher Natalie...
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Katie Colpaert
- Sep 25, 2021
- 10 min
Day 2 with Natalie: "I want you to suffer more."
Note: This is post #8 in a series of blog posts about my experience attending a 2-week writing retreat with author & teacher Natalie...
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Katie Colpaert
- Sep 8, 2021
- 4 min
Natalie asks, "How did you come to be here?"
Note: This is post #6 in a series of blog posts about my experience attending a 2-week writing retreat with author & teacher Natalie...
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Katie Colpaert
- Sep 5, 2021
- 4 min
Teaching My Best Friend Writing Practice in Senegal, West Africa
At the end of the two-week writing retreat with Natalie in the last hour of the last session with her, she said something that made me...
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Katie Colpaert
- Aug 17, 2021
- 6 min
Day 1, part *2* of "True Secret of Writing" Retreat with Natalie Goldberg
Note: This is post #4 in a series of blog posts about my experience attending a 2-week writing retreat with author & teacher Natalie...
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