by Linda Seger, ThD, author of God’s Part in our Art We know the end of the story. No matter how dark and dreary the beginning of winter is, and no matter how many things are going badly in this world, we know that the Christ child will be born and we know when – […]
Blog #2: Beginning a New Project – perhaps with abject terror.
By Linda Seger, THD There are certainly artists that begin every new project with great joy and anticipation. But there are some like me, who find joy in the idea but confront a real terror when it’s time to begin. I have now written 29 books – if you count all the editions – and […]
Blog #1: What is the Intersection of Creativity and Spirituality?
By Linda Seger, ThD My mom told me that I was always a creative kid. I wrote stories and a (very short) novel when I was 13. I drew and even got an A+ on my first fingerpainting. I sang songs and played piano. Life was a creative adventure. When I was a senior in college, […]
GAZING and PONDERING
There are many different ideas about how to travel. Although somebody who’s very active might not care what kind of hotel they’re in because they’re not there much except to sleep, my husband and I love a room with a view. Our idea of a good three or four hours on vacation is to just […]
Retirement Thoughts
I have been pondering for some months about when to retire. I used to think that because you love your work, as I do, that you just keep doing it until your brain fizzles out and you can barely move your hands to type. It occurred to me that maybe that was not the right […]
While In Bulgaria
Two of the seminars I have done so far have been fairly large – 70 to 100 people. The Cine-Libri seminar in Bulgaria was part of a film festival and focused on adaptation. My friend and former agent, Julian Friedman, discussed the business aspects of adaptation and I talked about the writing aspects of adapting […]