Send My Love to Anyone | Issue 8
with Sydney Warner Brooman & Sarah Mangle
Hello friends,
Here we are at the end of summer. And I present to you Issue 8 of Send My Love to Anyone.
This month I interview Sydney Warner Brooman about their debut story collection The Pump published by Invisible Books.
Sarah Mangle shares an excerpt from her project Kindergarden: Selected Journals Aug 11, 2020 - Oct 23, 2020.
ICYMI, earlier this month, I wrote about how I got focused after writer’s block.
And I set up a weekly writing prompt section of SMLTA which gets delivered to your inbox on Sundays.
Hope you enjoy!
Kathryn
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Micro Interview with Sydney Warner Brooman
Kathryn Mockler: What is your first memory of writing creatively?
Sydney Warner Brooman: I wrote illustrated books for my family when I was seven. They were nonfiction books about various topics that I was certain I was an expert on. Examples include My Big Book Of Art, My Big Book Of Jakob (my younger brother), and My Big Book Of Dolphin Friendly Tuna. I drew informative diagrams, bound the books with pipe cleaners, and gifted them to my family members for holidays and Birthdays.
Read more here.
Selected Journals by Sarah Mangle
Aug 11, 2020
Am I underappreciating, neglecting, other parts of the garden because I am admiring the zinnias, calendula and glads? Does the rest of the garden feel that asymmetry? Here we are, the “ugly” plants, producing yummy veggies for you, and all you do is admire and praise the flowers? I do find the potato plants beautiful, honestly. I like the zinnias more than the squash flowers. I love the smell of the tomato plants. To me, the smell of the cherry tomato plants is restorative, locates me in the garden. Drawing a slowly opening gladiola makes me think of the newest season of the L Word.
Yesterday the CAQ announced their new school reopening plan: mandatory masks for grade 5 and up but not in the classroom. Children can stay home and do online learning but only with a doctor’s note. The third and last option is complete homeschooling. If parents choose that, they have to prove to the province they’re meeting provincial curriculum requirements. On stolen land. In a province with the highest death rate in the country, higher than Bolivia. In a province that also won’t let women in head scarves be school teachers.
I harvested 3 cucumbers and 1 that Emma called “cucumber ball” because it was shaped like one. We ate the cucumber ball and one other one on our toast this morning.
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On Getting Focused by Kathryn Mockler
I’ve had a serious bout of writer’s block for the past year, and I’m finally excited to be writing again. It’s still hard, but I put a few things in place to make it easier.
I thought I would share some of the things that have been helping me in case they might help you.
These are not new or earth shattering, but finally putting them in place at the same time has been good for me.
1) Online Calendar. I’m using my Google calendar to organize my life. I now put writing times in my calendar the way I would for any other commitment or appointment. I got this idea from Jonathan Ball years ago but just started doing it last week. To make it visually appealing, I have created separate colour-coded calendars for different tasks such as main calendar for life stuff, events, writing to-dos, book project, newsletter, Watch Your Head, information, exercise, meditation, teaching, etc. This has helped my brain organize all the different things I have to do.
Read more here.
Issue #8 of Send My Love to Anyone
Micro Interview with Sydney Warner Brooman
Selected Journals Aug 11, 2020 - Oct 23, 2020 by Sarah Mangle
On Getting Focused by Kathryn Mockler
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