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Strange magic: when fiction becomes reality!

September 10, 2017 by Marya Summers Leave a Comment

I swear this is true. It’s one of those stranger than fiction sort of things. Though I’ve never published fiction, I have written fictional stories that have become real worlds, and people interact with my characters as if they are real, live people. Let me explain. Back in the early 90s, I was trapped in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Creativity, magic, Psychology, Uncategorized, Writing Tagged: abuse, fantasy, Fiction, imagination, liberation, projection

What it really means to be “woke”

September 6, 2017 by Marya Summers Leave a Comment

There’s no mistake how much most of us enjoy our stories. Streaming our favorite films and shows is a national pastime that many of us can’t resist. The thrills, the romance, the suspense — all of this adventure, we experience from a safe distance. We know it’s “not real” so even when it’s dramatically tragic, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Creativity, magic, Psychology, Spirituality, Uncategorized, Writing Tagged: dreaming, lucid dreaming, Practical Magic for Writers, waking

The not-so-great disappearing act; what to do when you lose your creative mojo

September 5, 2017 by Marya Summers Leave a Comment

When the magic is gone, everyone loses. At a creativity conference I attended in Los Angeles, a woman came to the microphone for guidance. She was beautiful in a way that might spark jealousy in some. She was slender and tan. A scarf was slung effortlessly around her neck in a way that made her … [Read more…]

Posted in: magic, Psychology, Uncategorized, Writing Tagged: depression, Practical Magic for Writers, Writer's block, writing

Writing as spell-casting; the untold power of your words

September 1, 2017 by Marya Summers 2 Comments

People’s eyebrows do The Wave when I tell them what I’m up to. They are intrigued by the yoga-magic fusion that I practice in my writing. Yoga and magic aren’t that different, really. They both work with subtle forces to bring about change. They both believe in the power of words. Yoga philosophy holds not … [Read more…]

Posted in: Creativity, magic, Uncategorized, Writing, Yoga Tagged: Magic, magick, Practical Magic for Writers, spells, Writing Workshop

Between a rock-paper-scissors and a hard place: on writing, performance anxiety, and winning!

June 21, 2017 by Marya Summers 2 Comments

We writers can get pretty weird about our work. Depressed. Anxious. Neurotic. Self-obsessed. Hysterical, even. If writers had enough money for therapy, the mental health field would be booming. But instead what we have is an entire readers market dedicated to writers who write about writing and the struggles we writers face. Ours aren’t your … [Read more…]

Posted in: Creativity, Psychology, Writing Tagged: Performance Anxiety, Practical Magic for Writers, Stage fright, Wholly Creative, Write Club, Writing deadlines, Writing goals

Creative teeth: When your work bites

March 23, 2017 by Marya Summers Leave a Comment

Yesterday, while I was spooning down a trifecta of Tutti Frutti frozen yogurt — honey, cherry almond, and vanilla custard — I was secretly fantasizing about killing someone. I’d been dishing to my pal J about the latest novel I’m reading and loving. It’s a Y.A. fantasy that my adult daughter wrote. J was like, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Writing Tagged: audience, courage, criticism, fantasy, imitation, process

A self divided cannot stand; resolve inner conflict, get more done

February 26, 2017 by Marya Summers Leave a Comment

Much of my personal and creative life began to fall in place when I started to practice yoga and study yoga philosophy. It was on the yoga mat and in the classic texts that I found the best instructions for healthy thinking and practical spirituality. These enhanced my writing life. (You can read my paper presented at the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Creativity, Philosophy, Psychology, Spirituality, Yoga Tagged: Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Mind-body, Swami Muktibodhananda, Writing Coaching, Writing goals

Creative anxiety nixed

January 25, 2017 by Marya Summers 2 Comments

If you’ve got creative goals, my bet is that you’ve had to face anxiety about whether you would actually meet them. In its most dangerous form this anxiety becomes generalized — the free-floating fear that seems to emanate from your creative project and engulfs you when you approach it. When I’ve had this anxiety, it shuts … [Read more…]

Posted in: Creativity, Writing Tagged: Creative anxiety, Marya Summers, Wholly Creative, Writer's block, Writing goals

The dark creative potential of winter

January 10, 2017 by Marya Summers 1 Comment

Winter is a difficult time because of its darkness. Writing, too, is difficult for the same reason. That means writing in winter may feel like a double whammy. But it doesn’t have to. If you’re a sun worshipper, a creature of the light, you need to understand, darkness is important to the creative process because (1) it … [Read more…]

Posted in: Creativity, Nature, Spirituality, Writing Tagged: creation myth, egyptian mythology, Elements, Magic, Marya Summers, norse mythology, Wholly Creative, Writing Workshop

The Manifestation Tree: A new ritual for a new year (or just a new you)

December 29, 2016 by Marya Summers Leave a Comment

I love a good ritual! A few years back I invented a ritual to celebrate the new year and honor the things I wanted for myself and my life. It started as an urge to give others what they most wanted. Just before Christmas 2015, I had been brainstorming gift ideas for a couple of close friends. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Creativity, Nature, Spirituality, Writing Tagged: Marya Summers, New Years, New Years Resolution, The Manifestation Tree, Wholly Creative
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  • Strange magic: when fiction becomes reality!
  • What it really means to be “woke”
  • The not-so-great disappearing act; what to do when you lose your creative mojo
  • Writing as spell-casting; the untold power of your words
  • Between a rock-paper-scissors and a hard place: on writing, performance anxiety, and winning!

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