
Firefly Creative Writing Blog
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We are a small-but-mighty team of writing coaches and support staff based in Toronto and available internationally to help writers melt their blocks, understand their unique, perfect processes and pull their dreams down onto the page. Find extremely loving creative writing workshops, retreats and coaching.
Firefly Creative Writing Blog
1w ago
The other day I was on FaceTime with my dear friends, Linda and Gary. I call them my godparents. Linda has advanced memory loss and struggles to follow conversations now, so it was mostly Gary and I chatting. I was missing her voice ..read more
Firefly Creative Writing Blog
1M ago
It. Is. Time! As you may know, we spent the last year preparing for a huge leap — to hire our first Operations Lead ..read more
Firefly Creative Writing Blog
1M ago
I have Covid. I’m writing to you from my sofa at 3:14am, surrounded in Kleenex. I look like a 100-year-old snapping turtle ..read more
Firefly Creative Writing Blog
2M ago
Lately my brain feels like an abandoned car, quietly rusting in a field off the side of a highway. Small tasks feel epic. Afternoons fill with thick mental fogs ..read more
Firefly Creative Writing Blog
2M ago
This fall I ran the first ever “Fat Joy” writing workshop ..read more
Firefly Creative Writing Blog
2M ago
Dear Fireflies, I’m here to say goodbye. And it’s so hard to do. This is like one of those surreal ..read more
Firefly Creative Writing Blog
3M ago
I used to run a workshop called “Writing While the World is on Fire.” The idea was to bring together people who were working for a better world ..read more
Firefly Creative Writing Blog
4M ago
Growing up, I hated writing. I couldn’t spell. I didn’t have ideas. I didn’t believe that anything interesting might happen on the page ..read more