Alison Ragsdale, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/author/alisonragsdale/ Sun, 18 Aug 2019 09:39:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 What If I Can’t Write Anymore? https://booksbywomen.org/what-if-i-cant-write-anymore-by-alison-ragsdale/ https://booksbywomen.org/what-if-i-cant-write-anymore-by-alison-ragsdale/#comments Mon, 19 Aug 2019 05:51:49 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=27837 While shepherding a new book through a launch, I experience what can only be described as separation anxiety from writing, but then, when it’s time to get back to it, the all too familiar crash of confidence and nagging question re-emerges. What if I can’t write anymore?  I’m told this fear is not uncommon with […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/what-if-i-cant-write-anymore-by-alison-ragsdale/feed/ 4 27837 Writing Rituals – Do I Have Any? https://booksbywomen.org/writing-rituals-do-i-have-any-by-alison-ragsdale/ https://booksbywomen.org/writing-rituals-do-i-have-any-by-alison-ragsdale/#comments Mon, 07 May 2018 08:15:47 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=22823 I recently read Daily Rituals, by Mason Currey. It’s a fascinating account of the creative processes of a collection of famous artists, authors, composers and choreographers. Who knew that Anthony Trollope, rose before dawn every day and wrote three thousand words before going to his job at the post office, or that Thomas Wolfe wrote standing […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/writing-rituals-do-i-have-any-by-alison-ragsdale/feed/ 2 22823 Life In Words — My Writing Journey https://booksbywomen.org/life-in-words-my-writing-journey-by-alison-ragsdale/ https://booksbywomen.org/life-in-words-my-writing-journey-by-alison-ragsdale/#respond Sat, 16 Sep 2017 08:15:51 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=20233   As a young Scots lass whose family led a somewhat peripatetic existence, moving around the world, reading and writing were a constant that I treasured and often turned to. I was initially inspired by the work of Laura Ingalls Wilder. I’d draw lines on plain paper and write adventure stories, then bind the pages […]

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