twr If you're writing for social media, and/or you want news media coverage for your work or campaign or idea: the principles of journalism apply equally to your posts and media releases. Some years ago I was involved in the No Fibs citizen journalism project, becoming the editor...
TWR “It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” Ursula K Le Guin Pilgrimage has taught me many things and chief among them is this salutary lesson: There is no 'there'. Twice I've set on Very Long...
TWR "When you are in a car, beautiful places are a moment; when you stop the car, they are a cluster of moments. When you walk, beautiful places are an eternity carved into the soul." I remember exactly where I was when I wrote that. I was walking...
TWR "The longing is the path." Anna Davidovich There's nothing like a long walk to get to know the voices in your head. It's hilarious really . . . until you realise those voices are shaping every moment of every day of your life. Some years ago, I walked...
TWR "Turn your face to the sun, and the shadows fall behind you." Unknown The unknown is good for us. I know, right? It's terrifying! At times, anyway. Even those of us uncommonly drawn to the Unknown, and its life partner Change, suffer moments of holy f***, what am...
TWR "I write because I don't know what to think until I read what I say." Flannery O'Connor There's no two ways about it - writing is good for us. I'm not speaking now of the writing of a book or a blog or whatever writing project is calling...
"Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace." Amelia Earhart There is a calling within you to write. You know it. You long to tend to it. You ignore it. You are not alone. In more than three years on The Write Road this I have learned:...
twr "There is no song more agreeable to the heart, than the slow even breath of the pilgrim, learning to bless and be blessed by the mystery." Stephen Devine The Camino wrecked me for an ordinary life. I'd pretty much failed that test anyway, however walking 32 days straight...
This is a story about small incidents up the Bell River valley, on the fringe of the Catombal Range, where my friends Helen and Ann live on a diminutive settlement called Swan Farm. Bell River in June is a swathe of sunshine. Early morning frosts give...
Written by Stephanie Dale, author, journalist & traveling writer; founder of The Write Road and Walk and Write.