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I’m Just Happy to Be Here

May 9, 2018 by Tricia Rose Burt

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Several years ago, I heard the writer Janelle Hanchett on the podcast Unmistakably Creative. She was fearless. In short, she said she realizes that some people are going to like her, and some people are not, but what is most important to her is that she tells the truth as she sees it. She got my attention. As a writer — and sometimes as a person navigating this world — I’ve spent a lot of energy putting harmony before truth, just to avoid the fallout. I’m not sure that’s the best use of my gifts.

Janelle writes a blog called Renegade Mothering (Her tagline: join me in the fight against helpful parenting advice). I’m not a mother, but she was so compelling, I checked it out. On her website she says the two blogs that terrified her the most to write — one about her alcoholism, one about race — are the blogs that make her the most proud.

Her blog about her alcoholism was the seed for Janelle’s new and fantastic memoir, I’m Just Happy to Be Here, which is the story of her struggle from young motherhood to addiction and now recovery. I’ve never been in her situation, but I completely related to how she felt, and that’s the measure of a great story. When Janelle recovers, we celebrate the possibility of our own recovery from whatever demons we’re fighting — and we’re all fighting something. Her candor and humor — her truth — show us that we all have a rock bottom, that we all are connected on this human journey, and that creative expression can help set us free.

I’m lucky to now call Janelle a writing mentor and a friend. Buy her book, either online, on audible.com, or at your independent bookstore. You will be all the better for it.

Filed Under: General Thoughts Tagged With: addiction, alcoholism, Janelle Hanchett, memoir, recovery, Renegade Mothering, Tricia Rose Burt, writing

The Art of Letting Go

November 14, 2013 by Tricia Rose Burt

This week, I was laboring over a chapter from my memoir and it was still not coming together, even though (or because) I’d been working on it for several weeks. I kept revising and reworking and revising again, and still the chapter fell short, the words now a diluted version of what I’d originally written. Finally, I loosened my grip, put the chapter aside and moved on to another scene. And sure enough, the troublesome chapter began to take shape. [Read more…] about The Art of Letting Go

Filed Under: General Thoughts Tagged With: How to Draw a Nekkid Man, letting go, memoir, Sadie Cone, Splendid Spaces, storytelling, Tricia Rose Burt, writing

The Man (or Woman) in the Arena

September 27, 2013 by Tricia Rose Burt

Teddy Roosevelt

This week had some high points (yay!) and some low points (well, there you go) and lucky for me the pluses outweighed the minuses. Since I work alone in the NH woods (with all due respect to my gifted Jack Russell, Andy), I often rely on the words and wisdom of other people who have persevered to help me plow through those low points — like working on a book chapter  for a week only to realize it won’t work, at least not yet — without reaching for the Nutella jar. This week, I was reminded of Teddy Roosevelt’s speech “Citizenship in a Republic,” which he delivered at the Sorbonne in Paris on April 23, 1910.

[Read more…] about The Man (or Woman) in the Arena

Filed Under: General Thoughts Tagged With: "Citizenship in a Republic", Brene Brown, creativity, Daring Greatly, inspiration, inspirational quotes, Man in the Arena, Nutella, Teddy Roosevelt, Tricia Rose Burt, writing

A Life Story Told In Four Minutes With No Words

July 12, 2013 by Tricia Rose Burt

A beautiful love story told in 4 minutes

To date, I’ve written about 15, 000 words in my memoir. In the end, the book will probably contain  60,000+ words, cover my three years at art school, and include several flashbacks. My one-woman show, which covers the same time period, takes 82-minutes to perform. This is why I marvel at the beauty, efficiency and master craftsmanship of the 4-minute montage scene in Pixar’s movie “Up,” which for some reason has been on my mind all week.

[Read more…] about A Life Story Told In Four Minutes With No Words

Filed Under: General Thoughts Tagged With: creativity, inspiration, storytelling, writing

Quote of the Week for May 6

May 10, 2013 by Tricia Rose Burt

“It’s easy, after all, not to be a writer. Most people aren’t writers, and very little harm comes to them.” — Julian Barnes, Flaubert’s Parrot

Filed Under: Creative Liberation, Quotes Tagged With: humor, writing

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