Ask the Author: Jan Deelstra
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Jan Deelstra
I'll let you know if it ever happens. :-)
I have more of a challenge of limiting my thoughts and ideas to a reasonable, manageable number. If I do ever need a dose of inspiration, I go to the ocean. The negative ions clear my head, and the effects of being in/with nature are consistently inspirational. If there's not a beach nearby, I go to the mountains, and if there are no beaches or mountains, I meditate.... Actually, I do meditate on a daily basis, and that truly is the well of inspiration that I tap into.
I have more of a challenge of limiting my thoughts and ideas to a reasonable, manageable number. If I do ever need a dose of inspiration, I go to the ocean. The negative ions clear my head, and the effects of being in/with nature are consistently inspirational. If there's not a beach nearby, I go to the mountains, and if there are no beaches or mountains, I meditate.... Actually, I do meditate on a daily basis, and that truly is the well of inspiration that I tap into.
Jan Deelstra
The best thing about being a writer is owning your voice, and using that voice to reach others. With the exception of my poetry, and one fictional book (The Flying Game), all my books are non-fiction. Especially since we now have the Internet for sharing tweets and blurbs and posts and such, we can empower the masses within minutes and days with a well-crafted book release. Our message or story or whatever it is we wish to say and share, if immediately out there for others to read. And isn't that the reason we write?
Jan Deelstra
Believe in yourself, and write with YOUR authentic voice.
Four quick words given to me as a scrawl across the first manuscript draft of Blessings in the Mire by my favored college English Professor are still my driving force: "Keep writing. You're good."
When I am feeling inept or uninspired, or when those pesky rejection letters show up, I repeat those four words like a personal mantra. I suggest all writers do the same. :)
Four quick words given to me as a scrawl across the first manuscript draft of Blessings in the Mire by my favored college English Professor are still my driving force: "Keep writing. You're good."
When I am feeling inept or uninspired, or when those pesky rejection letters show up, I repeat those four words like a personal mantra. I suggest all writers do the same. :)
Jan Deelstra
I recently re-released Blessings in the Mire: A True Story of Miracles & Recollections second edition. Now I am in the depths of an under wraps book about abundance that promises to be so-much-more than the typical book on manifesting.... (stay tuned for the big reveal!)
Jan Deelstra
I write, because NOT to write, is not an option. There is a drive from deep within that has been compelling me to write since I cracked open my first diary....
Jan Deelstra
Blessings in the Mire is a true story which I wrote several months following the death of my son. His death took me on an inner journey to the past and into the future; it's a journey rich with miracles.
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