Fiction, poetry, nonfiction—whatever you’re writing begins before you sit down to the blank page. If the writing gods are smiling on you, your preparation will begin with inspiration that you will bring to life in language. But those ancient gods are fickle. Without that spark, tapping the keys of your computer or writing on your lined paper can sometimes lead to a trail of words, dead and prone across a stark page.

Join fellow writers to find out what well-known writers have done when facing this issue and discuss how we open ourselves to fostering the spark of inspiration in our own work.
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CAROL CASEY moved to San Francisco in 2024 from Betterton, Maryland, to live closer to her family. In addition to writing poetry and a mystery novella, Skeleton, she makes jewelry under the name Smash and Grab Jewelry. Her poetry and short stories have been published in the Eastern Shore Writers Association Bay to Ocean journal and her poetry in CRUX, literary journal of The Catholic University of America; the National Catholic Reporter; and the Noe Valley Voice. Her poems, “How to Make a Beach” and “It’s All About Acceptance,” were nominated for a Pushcart Prize.