Author guestposts
I am delighted to welcome a one-time client of mine, Morgana Morgaine, to guestpost for me today. Her recently published book is a goodie and her story will inspire any of you out there who are stuck in a rut or think you may be too old to make a change and do what you love. If you love playing with words then the way she writes will delight you as much as it delighted me. You could eat them!
Morgana here, I just published a new book:
“Borderless Broads, New Adventures for the Midlife Woman”
I wrote bravely and boldly in “Borderless Broads” because I chose to write from what has moved me, inspired me, been a source of spiritual hunger for me, and —made me laugh in life. I chose to tackle a few “issues” that have always been sources of “I wonder why this is the way it is and how could it be done differently”.
My own midlife striptease preceded writing the book in order to cast off (as best I could) many of the learned domestications that get in the way of an honest and energetic voice.
I wrote about woman “eating her wildness” and then I wrote how I really feel about “things”, world things, spirit things, inner things. Listening for what wanted to be said…..
So, the book is about unzipping all those parts of yourself that you have kept under wraps and choosing to change your experiences in midlife —asking yourself, “if not now, when?”
It’s about borderless as a state of mind. A state of mind that calls you to become less identity bound and more focused on who you really are rather than who you were trained to be.
As a writer, borderless mind requires fearless and fierce in what you say, what you write and how you choose to experience experience.
A mentor once told me that the reason we don’t all “see” the same thing or react to the same things is because what we selectively see is ours, ours to respond to, ours to engage with in some unique way; the foundation for making a difference.
It is a kind of call to creative action.
For writers, this call is to speak boldly and bravely, clearly communicating our connection to whatever the “it” is in our writing; to share our “take” on life experience, to take an energetic stand so the reader can find us in the writing!
Neutrality lacks bravery. I see it as a bland entrenchment in the trance of social agreements!
So, what helps brave writing? Humor helps. Courageous conversations help. Writing about what really moves you helps. Putting your instincts and intuition first and your intellect second helps.
Asking just whose voice is running your writing helps.
So, as a writer, are you eating your wildness or are you writing so as to LIVE LIFE FULL OUT?
“A woman needs a little madness or else she never dares cut the rope and be free!”
(Zorba the Greek with a bit of gender change!)
And oh, never underestimate the power of humor to inspire bravery in us all!
Morgana@MorganaMorgaine.com/www.MorganaMorgaine.com
“Borderless Broads” available on Amazon.com
