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Cindy Cunningham

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Cindy Cunningham holds a BA in Psychology from Wake Forest University, an MFA in creative writing from Virginia Commonwealth University, and a PhD in Literature from Georgia State University.

She retired from the Appomattox Regional Governor's School for Arts and Technology (ARGS) in Petersburg, VA where she served as Director of Literary Arts for twenty years.

Currently she owns her own editing, coaching, and retreat business--Wellspring Writing Collective.

Wild Woman: A Memoir in Pieces was published in December of 2020.

Bittersweet Swallows, her poetry Chapbook, was published by Finishing Line Press in 2013.

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Cindy Cunningham I am not sure that writer's block exists in the way that some people believe. Sometimes we calculate and process our stories in our unconscious or sub…moreI am not sure that writer's block exists in the way that some people believe. Sometimes we calculate and process our stories in our unconscious or subconscious minds and the story is not yet ready for the page. At those times, the words just won't feel right. This doesn't mean you shouldn't try to get them on the computer or on the page, but if they fail to appear, that's okay too--they're percolating. Maybe you need to experience some non-writing life at those times. This can last for days or weeks or months (or years for some people.)

I do believe that you can keep writing through it, though. You may write lists or a daily journal or come at your writing sideways (use prompts; set a timer and write without thinking; write from a different Point of View, etc.) Change your focus, your topic, even your genre for a bit.

Most writers will benefit from the butt in the chair regimen however. If you keep a routine, then eventually the words come. Keep writing, no matter what, allow yourself to write badly, then eventually the practice pays off. Always expect the muse to call and eventually she will. I would recommend this as the first advice. Don't judge your first drafts too harshly as you create them--understand that you will revise often!(less)
Cindy Cunningham When I awoke, she told me this was now a world without books. As I reached for her hand in comfort, she turned to ash.
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“Sorrow comes in great waves...but rolls over us, and though it may almost smother us, it leaves us. And we know that if it is strong, we are stronger, inasmuch as it passes and we remain.”
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“I don't want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.”
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“Never say you know the last word about any human heart.”
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“Don't pass it by--the immediate, the real, the only, the yours.”
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“It's time to start living the life you've imagined.”
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Cindy Cunningham I think we have some reads in common! I look forward to checking out some of your recs as well.


Katelyn Shaver I hope you are doing well Mrs. Cunningham. :) Thank you for the befriend. I look forward to perusing your books and reviews.


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