Writing or creativity of any kind is a mysterious process, a journey into deep and unchartered waters. What you need is a compass… the Tarot.

Category: Writing

Finish that Creative Project!

MONDAY TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 5/2/2016 Theme, 9 of Wands. Wands is the element of Fire in the realm of spirit, creativity, career, and work. Nine is a number of completion. You can see how worn down and tired this warrior is. Look this week for creative projects that

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Plan Your Creative Work

MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 4/25/16 Theme, 8 of Coins. Coins is the element of Earth in the realm of home, health, wealth–anything physical that you can touch, taste or feel. Eight is a number of stability. This week, find opportunities to plan out creative projects–and promotion that will

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Elevate Your Creative Work

MONDAY TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 4/18/2016 Theme, Temperance. This Major Arcana card with the angel elevated in a special space, represents balance, elevation above the structures and rules of life, alchemy and the mixing or bringing together of opposites. This week, pay attention to where you have to bring

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Create but Don’t Forget to Promote

And that is what writing is about. Love. Love of the art, love of the story, and love for and from the people who really understand your work. Nobody else matters. Love yourself. Love your work. Be brave. Just write. Melodie Ramone Last weekend, Bob and I attended the NAMS14

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Don’t Know What to Write? Look Out…

Stories are the creative conversion of life itself into a more powerful, clearer, more meaningful experience. They are the currency of human contact. -Robert McKee Now that we are formally into spring, I’ve enjoyed a full week of watching birds at the feeder just outside the window where I work

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Be the Master of Your Creative Work

MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 3/28/2016 Theme, King of Cups. Cups is the element of Water in the realm of heart, emotions, dreams, intuition, creativity. The king is the master of this watery realm. Look at how he stands holding the cup, able to dip into the water without

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Welcome the Limitations—Yours or Theirs

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations. ~ Orson Welles ~ In the tarot, the Major Arcana card 10 is The Wheel of Fortune. This card is usually about the turn of the Wheel, i.e. the change in fortune or life for the better. Cards from a variety

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Guard Your Creative Ideas and Confidence

MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 3/21/2016. Theme, 7 of Swords. Swords is the element of Air in the realm of mind, thoughts, attitudes, beliefs and communication. Seven is a number of change from a breakthrough or in this case, a break in. Trust you instincts this week and safeguard

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Emerging from the Dark at Spring Equinox

You can’t study the darkness by flooding it with light. ~ Edward Abbey Are you afraid of the dark? I don’t mean the physical dark… I mean are you afraid of the creative dark? That place of the unknown, the unseen, and the unacknowledged? People, including writers and creatives, seem

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Ask for Help with Your Creative Work

MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 3/14/2016 Theme, 5 of Coins. Coins is the element of Earth in the realm of home, health, wealth. Anything physical. Five is a number of challenge and change. This week, look for when you are tempted to go it alone instead of asking for

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