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ANXIOUS WRITER ATTEMPTS ADVENTUROUS LIFE
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Writing Books, Seeking God, Teaching Writing, and Coping with OCD
I’m a writer who dodged being a minister; I saw that my dharma, my calling, was instead to write about body and spirit, to explore in fiction my metaphysical questions. I’ve spent the past 35+ years as a freelancer, with 2 novels, 2 nonfiction books, magazine and newspaper articles from 25+ countries, a few seasons as a TV reporter, copy for ad agencies, a winter in India, and my manuscript and career consulting services for writers.
It’s not because I’m naturally lion-hearted that I’ve chosen the topic of bold living and bold writing. It’s because I aspire to living and writing with courage. I wrestle with these matters; I even have a touch of an anxiety disorder, specifically obsessive-compulsive disorder. You probably know the saying: we teach what we need to learn.
I post here about daily fears and triumphs, about writing and, if I ever get my courage up, about mysticism, the ultimate brazen act: direct experience of God. I hope you’ll leap into the wide-ranging conversation here and come back often. I hope you’ll find the talk here encouraging for your own adventures.
It’s not because I’m naturally lion-hearted that I’ve chosen the topic of bold living and bold writing. It’s because I aspire to living and writing with courage. I wrestle with these matters; I even have a touch of an anxiety disorder, specifically obsessive-compulsive disorder. You probably know the saying: we teach what we need to learn.
I post here about daily fears and triumphs, about writing and, if I ever get my courage up, about mysticism, the ultimate brazen act: direct experience of God. I hope you’ll leap into the wide-ranging conversation here and come back often. I hope you’ll find the talk here encouraging for your own adventures.
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American gathers courage in a Hindu holy city
A preacher-mystic dares to tell about the voices
Giving can heal and empower the giver
A business encourages bold thinking
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"Everything Peggy Payne has critiqued for me has gotten published and in venues such as Image, Shenandoah, and The Missouri Review. Her advice on structure was indispensable in revising my memoir, Gods of Noonday."
Elaine Neil Orr
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4 comments:
And here's something with a bit of a contrary take - I forget who said it. I think a screenwriter.
There's a part of us that wants to be flattered, a part of us that wants to believe we're wonderful...but we're all just trying to make it through the day.
rk
I don't see that as contrary. I think every single person can make sentences and head out into the unknown. And every reader can follow with delight. I don't think of that makes anybody more special than someone else.
I like what Tim McLaurin said one time: "Yeah, writing's hard, but so is driving a Pepsi truck, which is what I was doing before."
Actually, I used to drive a truck - transporting 20,000 bottles of milk from one dairy to another. McLaurin is wrong. Driving a delivery truck is WAY easier than writing.
Except if you crash it, which is what I did - flipped over on Rte 128 in Massachusetts, thought I was going to die, watched a stream turn white from all the spilled milk. Made the news. Lost the job.
rk
And you still think the truck is easier than the writing! That's an unforgettable story.
Well, it seems that things worked out right, though. Better that you should write and teach...
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