Looking forward to Writing Fire with everyone! I am from Richmond, VA and write with Valley on Thursday mornings in the Writing Fire Group. It is a part of my life, and my writing life, that I love. I feel that this community will be another beautiful addition to keeping the fire of creativity and the joy friendships burning brightly. 🔥

Good morning, friends! I wanted to share the welcome poem from my first book, The Halfway House for Writers. I included this poem in my book, but I wrote it for myself-- to name and assuage the fear, dread, pressure, anxiety and horror I felt about writing--the one thing in the world I most passionately wanted to do! Can you relate? What would you add? Are you ready to start the exquisite lifetime journey of trusting yourself?? Welcome to the Halfway House You know everything you need to know. You have everything you need to have. Nothing has been wasted: none of your writing and none of your time. Even lost years and lost manuscripts were necessary to bring you where you are now. All that’s lost can be salvaged. You bring with you the most sacred and the most profane. You bring wisdom and humor and a broken, healing heart. You bring your living body and your limitless soul and enough stories, thoughts and dreams to fill a thousand books. There is no hurry, there is no pressure, there is no wrong way to do this. There is no rule book, there is no map save for what’s inside of you. You know now which voices to trust and which to lay gently aside. There is nothing you have to prove or solve or figure out. There is no timeline or deadline. You can trust the words that come. You can trust yourself. You were brought here for this. You were led to this. This is why you are here. Welcome home. (Here are 3 friends I've found over the last few days at the river....they want to welcome you, too!)

Hello gorgeous Fire Friends. My name is Lora (They/Them) and I am a writer/witch from Newfoundland Canada. I'm a creative in film and television as well as a witch who practices astrology, tarot, pagan magic's and am an End of Life Doula. I work at the intersection of disability and Queerness and can't wait to write with you all.

Hey everyone, I'm new here!

PROMPT ONE! What brought you to the fire? 🔥 Take a breath. Imagine you’ve arrived at a gathering at twilight. There’s a circle. A flame. A notebook. A group of kind strangers. Something in you said yes. What brought you here? What are you longing for? What are you hoping to remember, reclaim, release, or begin? Write for 10–15 minutes without stopping, editing, or judging. If you are moved, we would love for you to share so we can welcome you! ❤️‍🔥