Registration Now Open for the Writing in the Cracks Mentorship Program
I’m thrilled to announce that registration for the next round of my Writing in the Cracks Mentorship Program is now open!
When I decided to pursue writing as a profession, I had a 3 month old baby at home. I was really tired and pretty busy. The extent of what I had to offer to myself was a jumbled journal entry, written sentence by sentence as my day allowed. What I had to offer the general public was an occasional Instagram post. There was no coffee shop with perfect latte art or vintage typewriter anywhere nearby. There was no perfectly curated acoustic playlist pulling the words out of me and onto the page. I didn’t feel like a writer. But I was a writer. Turns out, the first step to being a writer is deciding you are one, and allowing yourself to believe the truth of what your soul is telling you.
I searched out every writing resource I could find. I read about platform and social media and how to plan the perfect blog post. The words algorithm and SEO were scattered throughout. I read all the books about habit building and goal-setting. I assume these books are great for people who have a lot of time or someone that handles their laundry and meals and general life maintenance. There was nothing for me: the stay-at-home mom drowning in laundry and nap and bottle feeding schedules. I didn’t care about building my platform, I just wanted to write, and I wanted to learn how to be a writer.
There are lots of people out there who can teach you how to build your platform and optimize your SEO. That’s not me. There are lots of teachers out there who will tell you to make your life fit into your goals— your writing. But for most of us, that’s not the way our lives work, and its time to stop wishing for the perfect writing day and the perfect circumstances to be a writer. It’s time to figure out how to make writing fit into your life. It’s time to be a writer.
We are living in, wait for it— unprecedented times. It may feel impossible to commit time and energy to your love of writing right now. And I get it. And yet I can’t help but wonder if the impossible-ness of it all means its all the more important. If writing makes you feel alive, at home in your own body, closer to God, or simply brings you joy— let yourself write. We need you to feel alive. We need you to feel at home in yourself. We need you to feel joy.
This mentorship won’t be just writing. It will be a journey of self-exploration and inner work to help you become the writer you want to be, so that at the end of the eight weeks you will be better equipped to do the writing you want to do.
Over the last three years, I have sold a book proposal, signed a book contract, published my first book, and written for five national publications all during a season as a stay-at-home mom, with pandemic chaos scattered throughout. While it hasn’t been easy to figure out how to make it happen, it has been possible. And it can be possible for you, too.
Former participants have gone on to publish articles in national publications, sign with literary agents, and publish their own books.
Interested? Head to this link for all the information and the registration link. I can’t wait to have you join us!