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First Date: Saturday, Sept 28 from 10:30am-12pm
First Book: “Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear” by Elizabeth Gilbert
Club size: 3-12 participants
(Register by Sept 25 here)

Second Date: Saturday, Nov 9 from 10:30am-12pm
Second Book: TBD at September meeting
(Register by Nov 6)

Looking for a way to spark and maintain your artistic practice? Want to connect with a variety of artists and creatives to share ideas? Join the Creative Spark Book Club at Del Ray Artisans, 2704 Mount Vernon Avenue, Alexandria VA 22301 .

We will meet every other month on a Saturday morning, starting in September 2019 to discuss readings by a variety of authors to help you stay inspired and motivated for your creative practice. The club is free and open to members and non-members who are interested in keeping their creative muse flowing and connecting with other like-minded creative people.

This club will focus on readings by a variety of authors to help you spark and maintain your creative practice. Topics may include working through creative blocks, incorporating creativity into your daily life, creative goal setting, and more.

Book discussions will be facilitated by Yours Truly.. The selected book for the first meeting in September is “Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear” by Elizabeth Gilbert. Future book selections will be voted on by the group and announced on the Del Ray Artisans website. 

Morning Pages, which was made popular by Julia Cameron in her groundbreaking book, The Artist's Way, are three pages of longhand, stream of consciousness writing, done first thing in the morning. It is a powerful tool for creative break throughs and has been practiced by artists, musicians, writers, etc. for years.
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Although it is a foundation for creative recovery, many people are not clear how this practice can help identify the blocks that keep them from moving forward with their creative projects.
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This workshop which I am presenting as part of Moonlit DC's fall workshops at Old Town Books, located at 104 South Union Street in Alexandria, Virginia on September 12th will cover what morning pages are, the benefits of a daily practice, some tips and strategies on how to start or maintain your morning pages practice, and how to use it to identify what blocks you creatively.
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.Curious? Learn more and sign up on Moon Lit's website at moonlitdc.com or directly at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-the-morning-pages-identifying-themes-to-unblock-your-creativity-tickets-67897881391 

​The Write Women Festival is a book event created specifically for women writers. The festival welcomes all literary organizations that are either woman run, or woman inclusive. The festival is created to be diverse and welcoming to underrepresented groups. Any female and female-identifying artisans and crafters are also welcome so long as their work has to do with writing or books.

The Write Women Book Fest
A presentation by co-hosts Marietta House Museum & Women Authors of Maryland

Marietta House Museum is located in Prince Georges County, Maryland.

The event will be held on Saturday, September 21st from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Vendors are encouraged to bring their own tables and tents where possible. There ARE a limited number of tables and space under the canopy. Please visit the Participate page to download vendor forms. Vendor forms are due July 15th.
http://thewritewomen.weebly.com/participate.html

Spark Your Creative will be participating as a vendor.  Opportunities to win complimentary creativity coaching as well as receive swag and participate in a mini-creative workshop will be featured. 

Join us for what should be a wonderful event celebrating women authors in the Metro DC area.