Sophfronia’s Blog
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A blog about what I find amazing, smart, beautiful, or just plain fun.
My Writing Process – Blog Tour
Picture a group of writers. We’re on a bus. No, we’re not singing Elton John's “Tiny Dancer” like they do in the movie Almost Famous but we are traveling great distances and having fun. We stop at the virtual internet residence of each writer and there he or she introduces [...]
My Next Creativity Playdate
I've had a house on my mind. I'm writing something requiring me to conjure the environment of a grand home, a mansion. I feel the need to walk through the expansive rooms of such a place and to roam the blooming, well-tended gardens of a glorious property. When I expressed this [...]
The Importance of Creativity Playdates
If you’re a writer and a parent (I am) you probably schedule or once scheduled many playdates for your children. When was the last time you booked one for yourself? I’m not talking about hanging out with your friends, (although you could include them in this adventure) I’m talking about [...]
VCFA Puerto Rico Residency Day 7
Posts from my Vermont College of Fine Arts winter residency.] Here's the thing: I can't speak with any certainty about how the culture of Puerto Rico has influenced me. It's just too soon. I probably won't know until I embark on my next writing project and find myself infusing the [...]
VCFA Puerto Rico Residency Day 6
Posts from my Vermont College of Fine Arts winter residency. Today we hiked into the rain forest in two groups-one for people with physical issues who would go on a less strenuous walk; the other for people able to make the challenging climb up to a huge waterfall. I joined [...]
VCFA Puerto Rico Residency Day 5
[Posts from my Vermont College of Fine Arts winter residency] Today seemed to be about risk, on the page and in real life. In the morning we assembled for a generative workshop, a session where we would create new work, possibly inspired by a writing prompt. I'm not a fan [...]
VCFA Puerto Rico Residency Day 4
[Posts from my Vermont College of Fine Arts winter residency] The music around us has changed. We've gone from the happy band sound of the Three Kings celebrations in old San Juan (think the Fiesta Trio from Dora the Explorer) to a chorus of crickets and coqui singing to us [...]
VCFA Puerto Rico Residency Day 3
[Posts from my Vermont College of Fine Arts winter residency.] The author Yolanda Arroyo Pizzaro dabbed at the tears in her eyes with Kleenex as she asked the question: "Who will be the leader, the great writer who will tell these women's stories?" Yolanda is a local writer (in 2008 [...]
