Hi Reader,

There are currently four baby bunnies living in the bush in my front yard and every time I see them, I squee with delight and sit and watch them, slowly dying from cuteness overload. 🥹

The bunnies scatter the second they think there’s a threat. Yesterday, a truck rumbled down the road behind the house and the bunnies fled to safety inside the bush.

Their instincts are strong.​
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Fast forward to probably a week or two from now, the bunnies will no longer scatter when they see us.

Instead, they’ll flatten themselves down into the grass and hope we don’t see them.

I call them Bunny Pancakes.

This is so much like the life of a writer (thin metaphor incoming).​
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We begin our foray into writing, sometimes as children, with reckless creative abandon, trusting some strong instinct about how stories work.

Knowing they need a beginning, middle, and end, but not caring really what happens.

Following every thought, image, and idea no matter how ridiculous or if it even makes sense.

We trust our innate creative instincts.

And then… Something shifts.

We decide we want to be a writer.

The stakes are raised.

Things get serious.

Suddenly we can no longer follow every weird idea. It has to “make sense”now. It has to “appeal” to an audience (instead of just our inner creative desires and our moms or other relative we always share our work with).

Writing becomes a “job.” The gurus even say to treat it like a job.

Or, maybe someone ruined everything for you at some point and damaged your creative soul with unintentionally harsh feedback, opinions, or critiques.

“Don’t quit your day job.” Someone said once.

The creative wound rarely heals, and when it does, it’s like burned skin. It heals, but it never quite looks the same again.

Well, I’m making something to help you heal the creative wounds and rekindle that creative spirit that you once had. I want to feed your inner creative goblin all the cookies and snacks it can take.

Before I create it… I want to make sure you want it (let's be real though... I've already started creating it... probably because I believe in it SO MUCH).

So, I’m doing a pre-sale. From now until April 30th, you can get The 5-Minute Writer for $9. After April 30th it’ll be $15. Use code: 5MINUTEPRESALE​
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What it is: A carefully curated collection (oooh, alliteration) of 130 writing prompts, perfect for creating a joyful and playful writing practice in five minutes a day.

You’re going to LOVE it!

Claire 💛

TL;DR

​I’m making something that’ll help you add joy and play to your writing practice.

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New here? Forget who I am? I'm Claire! Author Accelerator certified book coach, award-winning horror author, project manager, sourdough maven, amazing wife and dog mom, and your future creative mentor! I help fiction writers ditch the rules, fall in love with writing again, and finally finish their damn (good!) stories! Ready to find joy in your creative life and finish your book? ​Heck yeah! Let's do this thang!​

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