Dec 7, 2009 Posted by Kim Werker

New Project: Make & Meaning – Creative Community in Conversation

Oh, my glee when I got an email a few months ago from Diane, of Craftypod, and Paul, of Dudecraft, asking if I’d be up for joining a little project they were cooking up. Through their own blogs, these two have blown my mind pretty much on a weekly basis for the last year. The prospect of them starting a bigger project with a focus on the thoughtful examination of pretty much everything having to do... read more

Nov 1, 2009 Posted by Kim Werker

Writing a Novel in a Month (and Other Fun Stuff)

I didn’t finish my novel last November, but I’m going to try very hard to finish one this November. (If you have no idea what I’m talking about, get thee to the National Novel Writing Month website, stat). This despite the nagging reality that, at mid-afternoon on November 1st, I have almost no idea what I’m going to write about. I’m pretty sure I’m going to start with a... read more

Oct 8, 2009 Posted by Kim Werker

What’s a Blogger?

Yesterday, in a fit of bluntness, I let loose on Twitter an idea I’ve been simmering for a long time. If you’ve disabled commenting on your blog, I’m gonna go ahead and say you’re not a blogger. I had a conversation with my friend Scott about it. And a bunch of people responded on Twitter. And I talked about it at work with Zak. @meagangracie asked, “how would you classify... read more

Jul 28, 2009 Posted by Kim Werker

Interviews and Essays

It’s a busy heatwavy week over here. As the dog alternates between sleeping and panting and I sit very slowly wishing I could do the same (everything is done very slowly during a heatwave, see), I marvel a bit about how much I’m getting done. First, here’s a link to the interview I did with Mary Beth on Getting Loopy last night. The audio quality isn’t great, but we talked about the... read more

Jul 20, 2009 Posted by Kim Werker

New Project! The Creative Life Blog

An unexpected and thoroughly delightful side effect of quitting my job last year is that right after I did it I managed to get know some incredibly cool people whose work I’d admired from afar for a long time. I really don’t know how or why it happened; maybe cutting myself free somehow opened me up to forging new relationships. One of those cool people is Betsy Greer, whose work over at... read more