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Virginia's Room
  • May 19
  • 5 min

The Full Moon in Scorpio and the Silence Within Us

The Scorpio Full Moon teaches us that the answers we seek are not outside of us, but in the stillness we find within.
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Virginia's Room
  • Dec 27, 2018
  • 4 min

Echoes from Within by Kiana McCrackin

Once it is written, it becomes true. I spent some time perusing the self-help book section at Goodwill. Most of the advice was useless and archaic. One was worthy: Journal. So, I journal. In front of me is a blank page – lineless, empty. In my hand is a pen. Once it is written, it is true. I sit until my left leg becomes numb. Numb, numb, then tingly. Then I make the first smudge of black, in the middle of the page. When I begin, the words flow one after another in a long str
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Virginia's Room
  • Dec 22, 2018
  • 7 min

The Dark Night of a Writer by Alexandra Panic

“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest Souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” Khalil Gibran In storytelling, there is an inevitable moment on hero’s or heroine’s journey when they descend to darkness. Christopher Vogler in his explanation of Joseph Campbell’s mythical structure of Hero’s Journey calls this story point “Approach to the Innermost Cave.” If we looked at a usual three-act story structure, the descent to darkness would be at the half-way
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Virginia's Room
  • Dec 11, 2018
  • 2 min

What is Virginia's Room

Not long ago, my Yoga teacher asked us in class to visualize what we wanted the most at the moment. The object of our desires had to be something that we really needed, something that would serve a higher purpose, fulfill our ultimate needs. I didn’t need to think at all – all my life I have been wanting and imagining the same: A room of my own. My secret and sacred space where I could write whenever and for how long I needed. The space so peaceful and quiet that no voice of
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Virginia's Room
  • May 14, 2018
  • 3 min

MAMA WRITES Story

In spring 2016, I put out an ad for MAMA WRITES, an Intensive Creative Writing Course for women so that I could complete a required teaching practicum during my MFA program at Goddard College. As I had enrolled in graduate school with a toddler at home and being ten weeks pregnant, I knew well what pursuing a dream of becoming a writer meant for a woman, especially a full-time mom of small children. At that time, my own dream seemed like the hardest, craziest choice. The writ
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