In 2016, when my historical novel, Fire of the Word, was released, I wrote a post about writing it for Colleen Story’s blog, Writing and Wellness. She retweeted it today, so I reread it. Interesting how our own words return to us, reminding us of what we reflected on in the past:
“Is writing a spiritual practice for me? Yes.
There are many terms associated with the word spiritual: sacred, inner dimension, bliss, search for meaning, supernatural, the soul, sense of self, to name a few. For me, spirituality is searching for something larger and wiser and better than myself, to be able to comprehend with more than my own limited ability.
I want to combine the physical and spiritual to enable me to reach higher, dig deeper in my search for understanding.
To write with power and wisdom, I must search deep inside myself, reaching for a place not seen but only felt.”
That is still my goal….
The whole blog post is here: http://www.writingandwellness.com/2016/09/13/writing-to-find-the-hero-in-ourselves/