The idea of taking adventures specifically for the purpose of renewing yourself and your perspective is not a new idea. Both Julia Cameron in her book Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity and Judy Reeves in A Writer’s Book of Days: A Spirited Companion and Lively Muse for the Writing Life suggest exactly this. Cameron urges those desiring a new angle on creativity to take an Artist Date once a week. Reeves encourages us to wander and “get lost” occasionally.
So, today I’m saying exactly the same thing. Go somewhere different, take a different route, visit a …read more

Catherine deCuir used to host The Journal Site at About.com, but didn’t let all that hard work go to waste. On her Journals website you can find excellent resources for journal writing exercises and prompts. There is an online newsletter, Impromptu, but it hasn’t been published in three years. That matters little, because there’s a lot to read and use for the serious journal writer.
Recommended are:
Word Snapshot, which has a form you can print out.
Journal Poems
Getting Started
Delphi Forums, which are very quiet.
Retroactive Journals
Catherine also has two books available: Glyphix for Visual Journaling: Drawing Out the Words Within and …read more

Last week while out shopping with my mum I came across a sale at an Angus & Robertson book store. Out the front of the store was a bin full of books for their Brain Food sale. The books were already heavily discounted, but the sticker slapped on the front declaring an extra 50% off the marked prices was all it took to lure me in for a serious browse.The two of us were elbow deep in books when I got that flutter of excitement on seeing a book I’ve only read about, but hadn’t been able to get my …read more