Gina Greenlee, Author
Hatching an Idea is a Lot Like Baking Bread
“Hatching an idea is a lot like baking bread. An idea needs to rise. If you poke at it too much at the beginning, if you keep checking on...
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Mar 7
- 3 min
Recipe for a César Vallejo Poem
In 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, Author
- Jan 22
- 1 min
Literary Fashion: Formula 5 Batch System Writing
Reading, writing, clothing design, playing with ideas. My Literary Fashion series combines them all. First on the “catwalk” is Formula 5:...
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Nov 21, 2021
- 3 min
You’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, Author
- Nov 13, 2021
- 1 min
NaNoWriMo Week Three of Four: My Novel in Progress
Here’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, Author
- Oct 31, 2021
- 2 min
It’s National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)! Week One of Four
Want 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, Author
- Oct 16, 2021
- 2 min
The 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, Author
- Jun 27, 2021
- 1 min
In 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, Author
- May 30, 2021
- 1 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, Author
- May 23, 2021
- 3 min
Lynda Barry Daily Image Journal
This 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, Author
- May 16, 2021
- 1 min
Must 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, Author
- Dec 13, 2020
- 3 min
Keep the Juice in the Lemon
When 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, Author
- Dec 6, 2020
- 3 min
Who’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, Author
- Nov 15, 2020
- 2 min
In Joy
Joy 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, Author
- Aug 16, 2020
- 2 min
It Doesn’t Have to Be Perfect It Just Has to Be
One 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, Author
- Aug 2, 2020
- 2 min
Do It Like Dada
Gina’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, Author
- Jul 20, 2020
- 2 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, Author
- Jul 12, 2020
- 2 min
How Visual Art Practice Advances Writing
A year-long journey in Expressive Arts Training in 2011 helped me to understand how my writing benefitted from varied art modalities such...
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Mar 22, 2020
- 1 min
Got a Minute? Write Your Memoir
In these 10, one-minute videos you have everything you need to start – and keep writing – your memoir. Letterip!
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Oct 20, 2019
- 3 min
Project Management: The Right Team = Project Steam
Take the time to build the right team and your project will practically propel itself. Here’s how: Create an Ideal Team Member Profile...