Archive - Writing Zen

Wholehearted Practice

Or...when you chop the carrots, chop the carrots

Jun 29, 2022 •

Janis Cooke Newman

April 2022

Does Zen make you a less good writer?

Or...the myth of the tortured artist

Apr 11, 2022 •

Janis Cooke Newman

March 2022

The importance of sangha

Or...even writers need company now and again

Mar 6, 2022 •

Janis Cooke Newman

February 2022

Missed Sunday's Q&A?

Here's a link to the recording...

Feb 7, 2022 •

Janis Cooke Newman

Live Q&A this Sunday

(via Zoom & totally free)

Feb 4, 2022 •

Janis Cooke Newman

January 2022

Ruth Ozeki on Ezra Klein

What We Gain by Enchanting the Objects in Our Lives

Jan 28, 2022 •

Janis Cooke Newman

Or why it's so hard to shoot a deer

Jan 21, 2022 •

Janis Cooke Newman

5:03

Writing loosely

On not being strung too tightly

Jan 19, 2022 •

Janis Cooke Newman

Why do writers love it so much?

Jan 7, 2022 •

Janis Cooke Newman

7:10

Why do writers love it so much?

Jan 5, 2022 •

Janis Cooke Newman

December 2021

No Gaining Idea

What am I writing for?

Dec 29, 2021 •

Janis Cooke Newman

The Writing Zen podcast

Dec 19, 2021 •

Janis Cooke Newman

4:50

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