Gina Greenlee, AuthorMar 73 minRecipe for a César Vallejo PoemIn 2007 I took a poetry writing course at the Omega Institute for Holistic Health in Rhinebeck, New York. My key takeaway from that...
Gina Greenlee, AuthorJan 221 minLiterary Fashion: Formula 5 Batch System WritingReading, writing, clothing design, playing with ideas. My Literary Fashion series combines them all. First on the “catwalk” is Formula 5:...
Gina Greenlee, AuthorNov 21, 20213 minYou’ve Finished Your Novel. Now What?That smile is a beautiful place to start! Celebrate! You showed up for yourself. Rest. You’ve tried something new. Stepping out of your...
Gina Greenlee, AuthorNov 13, 20211 minNaNoWriMo Week Three of Four: My Novel in ProgressHere’s what’s happening with Sweet Fathom, my novel during this third week of NaNoWriMo. That’s because I’m writing a different novel....
Gina Greenlee, AuthorOct 31, 20212 minIt’s National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)! Week One of FourWant to write a novel? You’re not alone. Each year, on November 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin their novel....
Gina Greenlee, AuthorOct 16, 20212 minThe Truth about Writing“Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere. Start by getting something–anything–down on...
Gina Greenlee, AuthorJun 27, 20211 minIn the ballroom at the Airport Sheraton Hotel…“In the ballroom at the Airport Sheraton Hotel, a team of men and women sit inside separate booths, curtained off from each other. They...
Gina Greenlee, AuthorMay 30, 20211 min“Art is the means we have of undoing the damage of haste. It’s what everything else isn’t.”― THEODORE ROETHKE It’s Not too Late or too Silly to Indulge Your Creativity Steampunk Chicken: Opening the Mind with Surrealist Art “The...
Gina Greenlee, AuthorMay 23, 20213 minLynda Barry Daily Image JournalThis blog post is an excerpt from my book, The Writer’s Toy Chest. In her book What It Is Lynda calls the Daily Image Journal “noticing...
Gina Greenlee, AuthorMay 16, 20211 minMust You Write? Dig Deep Into Yourself for the Answer.German-language poet Rainer Maria Rilke tells us: “This most of all: ask yourself in the most silent hour of your night: must I write?...
Gina Greenlee, AuthorDec 13, 20203 minKeep the Juice in the LemonWhen I was 32 years old I told a close friend that I wanted to be a professional writer. He said, “If you haven’t done it by now you...
Gina Greenlee, AuthorDec 6, 20203 minWho’s Ready for 2021?In a June 2020 blog post, I outlined goals for the remainder of 2020. I’m updating how I did here. Books June 2020 goal: Finish and...
Gina Greenlee, AuthorNov 15, 20202 minIn JoyJoy is a conduit for procreative power. Want to write pain-free? Follow joy. For me joy includes the warmth of sun on my skin, its color...
Gina Greenlee, AuthorAug 16, 20202 minIt Doesn’t Have to Be Perfect It Just Has to BeOne day in 2013, after a collage-making frenzy, I looked about my apartment at the tornado of art supplies and considered putting order...
Gina Greenlee, AuthorAug 2, 20202 minDo It Like DadaGina’s 2017 Writing Journal: From the walking trail in route to the parking lot, I heard children’s yelps in the playground to my left....
Gina Greenlee, AuthorJul 20, 20202 min“The arts…are a very human way of making life more bearable…”“Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake.” –Kurt Vonnegut, Jr In the...
Gina Greenlee, AuthorJul 12, 20202 minHow Visual Art Practice Advances WritingA year-long journey in Expressive Arts Training in 2011 helped me to understand how my writing benefitted from varied art modalities such...
Gina Greenlee, AuthorMar 22, 20201 minGot a Minute? Write Your MemoirIn these 10, one-minute videos you have everything you need to start – and keep writing – your memoir. Letterip!
Gina Greenlee, AuthorOct 20, 20193 minProject Management: The Right Team = Project SteamTake the time to build the right team and your project will practically propel itself. Here’s how: Create an Ideal Team Member Profile...
Gina Greenlee, AuthorOct 6, 20194 minEmotional Intelligence in Project Management: Recognize Don’t DemonizeThe heart of project management is having sufficient common sense, humanity and emotional intelligence to effectively interact with a...