<p>I know I’ve been posting a lot about my book lately. Today’s post touches on it too (sorry!), but I’m thinking about the bigger question of creativity, and why this particular book, and the process it went through in getting published, feels like a real benchmark for me. I’m a trauma survivor. Only recently, I’ve &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2023/01/31/reclaiming/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Reclaiming</span></a><

<p>Join me next Monday, December 12, at 5 pm EST for a wonderful Zoom talk with my friend and colleague Dr. Julia Lee Barclay-Morton! Julia and I have both recently had books published: her hybrid collection The Mortality Shot is her first, and Fourteen Stones is my second. Our books are very different, but Julia and I have a lot &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2022/12/06/dont-miss-it/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Don&#8

<p>Continuing with the series I started last week, and also with the theme of &#8220;everyday magic,&#8221; I thought I&#8217;d share two more photos as creative fodder. I took both of these pictures on the same morning as the daisy photo from last week. The temperature was exactly right for dew to collect on the leaves &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2022/09/27/tuesday-creativity-2/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Tuesday

<p>I&#8217;m going to do something a little different here for a few weeks, combining the regular blog with my Maker&#8217;s Day feature, for a Tuesday Creativity series. (I&#8217;m starting a new job and figuring out a new schedule, so need to juggle a little less elsewhere for a while. 😉 ) In the back of &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2022/09/20/tuesday-creativity-1/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Tuesday Creativity 1<

<p>It&#8217;s been a bit of a week here, so Fergus thought he&#8217;d help me with this week&#8217;s post. Enjoy! Stop back tomorrow for the weekly Maker&#8217;s Day prompt. 🙂 As always, thank you for visiting the blog!</p>

<p>Today&#8217;s post isn&#8217;t the one I meant to write. I&#8217;d planned just to post a &#8220;musical teaser&#8221; about my novel Fourteen Stones, but yesterday I was looking through some old photos, and got a new idea. I&#8217;ve posted here on the blog about my experiences with mental health challenges, especially anxiety and depression. Both of &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2022/08/16/the-writer-back-when/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span

<p>Today is a bit of a down day. There&#8217;s a lot going on in the world (right now, especially here in the US) that&#8217;s dark and nerve-racking. I&#8217;m definitely having one of those days where I wonder about making art, what it&#8217;s good for, and what I&#8217;m hoping to accomplish with it. I&#8217;m trying to &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2022/06/28/music-for-meditation/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Music

<p>Today I&#8217;m thinking about writing (when not?), and more particularly, the connection it has for me with mental health. Here on the blog, I&#8217;ve posted about my own mental health challenges, especially with anxiety and depression. I know many of us deal with similar challenges, and I like to be open about mine, because (a) &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2022/06/14/writing-and-mental-health/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-re