Ask the Author: Brooke Adams Law
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Brooke Adams Law
Hogwarts. Obviously. I would study to become a fully fledged witch!!
Brooke Adams Law
Here are some of my favorite books from this summer:
American Royals and Majesty, by Katharine McGhee
The Alchemist, by Paolo Coehlo (reread)
Skyward by Brandon Sanderson
The Heir Affair, by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan
American Royals and Majesty, by Katharine McGhee
The Alchemist, by Paolo Coehlo (reread)
Skyward by Brandon Sanderson
The Heir Affair, by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan
Brooke Adams Law
I use this energetic practice:
If I feel blocked, I tune in to my physical body and notice the physical sensations of feeling blocked. Sometimes it might feel like a tightness or a strangling sensation in my throat. Sometimes it's like a weight of stones over my heart, or sharp tacks in my gut. Whatever the physical sensation of feeling creatively blocked, I make a lot of space for that sensation.
Then I dialogue with the sensation a little: What are you trying to tell me? If you had all the space you needed, how much space would you have? How much of this sensation is actually mine - and how much is a more collective unconscious blocking of creativity?
Then I use a series of practices to dissolve, release and shed the block.
If I feel blocked, I tune in to my physical body and notice the physical sensations of feeling blocked. Sometimes it might feel like a tightness or a strangling sensation in my throat. Sometimes it's like a weight of stones over my heart, or sharp tacks in my gut. Whatever the physical sensation of feeling creatively blocked, I make a lot of space for that sensation.
Then I dialogue with the sensation a little: What are you trying to tell me? If you had all the space you needed, how much space would you have? How much of this sensation is actually mine - and how much is a more collective unconscious blocking of creativity?
Then I use a series of practices to dissolve, release and shed the block.
Brooke Adams Law
The absolute sureness and integrity of knowing that I am doing what I am meant to do.
Also, writing is its own reward. I just love it.
Also, writing is its own reward. I just love it.
Brooke Adams Law
#1: The act of writing makes you a writer. Not a book deal, not a bestseller badge. The act of writing makes you a writer. So if you sit down and write, you're a writer. Welcome to the club, we love having you here!
#2: There is room for you and your ideas. The world needs what you have to give.
#3: Your desire to write is a calling to write. So you can take all of your thoughts and doubts about "who am I to write?" and "who would ever want to read what I've written?" and place them to the side. Your desire to write is a calling to write. WRITE, my friend.
#2: There is room for you and your ideas. The world needs what you have to give.
#3: Your desire to write is a calling to write. So you can take all of your thoughts and doubts about "who am I to write?" and "who would ever want to read what I've written?" and place them to the side. Your desire to write is a calling to write. WRITE, my friend.
Brooke Adams Law
OH MY GOSH, my new book is sooo fun and exciting.
It's called The Apothecary of Stories.
It's told in the second person - very avante garde, but that's just what happened when I started writing. It's an allegorical journey of awakening - in the tradition of The Alchemist.
It's called The Apothecary of Stories.
It's told in the second person - very avante garde, but that's just what happened when I started writing. It's an allegorical journey of awakening - in the tradition of The Alchemist.
Brooke Adams Law
I often don't *feel* inspired. I CREATE inspiration in two ways:
1. Creating a regular time to sit down and write. This helps train my subconscious to be open and ready to create at this time - for me, at the very least it's every monday morning when I host my live virtual Writing Circle. (Join here: https://brookeadamslaw.lpages.co/the-...).
2. I practice creative self-expression in lots of ways to nourish that creative flow. I go for long walks, spend time outside, listen to music, practice yoga, and practice doing nothing on purpose. This feeds my creativity and helps inspiration flow through!
1. Creating a regular time to sit down and write. This helps train my subconscious to be open and ready to create at this time - for me, at the very least it's every monday morning when I host my live virtual Writing Circle. (Join here: https://brookeadamslaw.lpages.co/the-...).
2. I practice creative self-expression in lots of ways to nourish that creative flow. I go for long walks, spend time outside, listen to music, practice yoga, and practice doing nothing on purpose. This feeds my creativity and helps inspiration flow through!
Brooke Adams Law
Hello lovely reader!
I first had the idea for the book that would become Catchlight in the summer of 2007. I had just graduated from college - I went to Vassar - and I was working at Starbucks, as all liberal arts majors do when they graduate from college. And while I felt a little bit of shame about that at the time, it was actually perfect for me, because it gave me time to think and to have space in my week for writing.
The idea came to me when I was reading Madeleine L’Engle’s book The Severed Wasp. The Severed Wasp is about a woman named Katherine who’s in her 80’s and she returns to New York City to retire and make peace with her memories.
Alongside this, I was processing the death of my grandmother. She had died of complications due to Alzhiemer’s disease the previous January. She had been in decline for several years.
So there I was, processing her death, and reading this book The Severed Wasp, which is all about a woman in her 80’s who comes home to NYC to process her memories and come to terms with her life.
And I put together my grandmother’s experience and the premise of this book The Severed Wasp, and I thought:
Who are we without our memory? What happens at the end of our lives if we aren’t able to spend that time making peace with our experiences?
Right from the start, I’ll make it clear that this story is not based at all on how my family dealt with my grandmother’s disease. I used my experience and this question - who are we without our memory - as a jumping off point to imagine something totally new.
The story that emerged is the story of the Keene family. It’s four grown siblings who can’t stand to be in the same room together. I borrowed the matriarch’s name from The Severed Wasp, so the mother’s name is Katherine. She’s diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, and her grown children have to decide how they’re going to come together to care for her. There’s also a juicy family secret - and when her children realize that she has a secret, they are trying to get the story out of her before it’s lost with her memory.
I first had the idea for the book that would become Catchlight in the summer of 2007. I had just graduated from college - I went to Vassar - and I was working at Starbucks, as all liberal arts majors do when they graduate from college. And while I felt a little bit of shame about that at the time, it was actually perfect for me, because it gave me time to think and to have space in my week for writing.
The idea came to me when I was reading Madeleine L’Engle’s book The Severed Wasp. The Severed Wasp is about a woman named Katherine who’s in her 80’s and she returns to New York City to retire and make peace with her memories.
Alongside this, I was processing the death of my grandmother. She had died of complications due to Alzhiemer’s disease the previous January. She had been in decline for several years.
So there I was, processing her death, and reading this book The Severed Wasp, which is all about a woman in her 80’s who comes home to NYC to process her memories and come to terms with her life.
And I put together my grandmother’s experience and the premise of this book The Severed Wasp, and I thought:
Who are we without our memory? What happens at the end of our lives if we aren’t able to spend that time making peace with our experiences?
Right from the start, I’ll make it clear that this story is not based at all on how my family dealt with my grandmother’s disease. I used my experience and this question - who are we without our memory - as a jumping off point to imagine something totally new.
The story that emerged is the story of the Keene family. It’s four grown siblings who can’t stand to be in the same room together. I borrowed the matriarch’s name from The Severed Wasp, so the mother’s name is Katherine. She’s diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, and her grown children have to decide how they’re going to come together to care for her. There’s also a juicy family secret - and when her children realize that she has a secret, they are trying to get the story out of her before it’s lost with her memory.
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