The Joy Rise
The Joy Rise is my online community, where you can subscribe to receive letters from me about creativity, courage, beauty, fear, and the messy work of making a joyous, resilient life.
This is the place where I connect with my readers, share first-to-know news, and answer questions about my books and the creative process.
In every letter of The Joy Rise I share the tender, messy, euphoric, frightening, bewildering, challenging, beautiful process of actively living a creative life. And gently encourage you to do the same.
No matter if you’re a reader, writer, dancer, gardener, surfer, sculptor, singer … or someone quietly longing to make something just for the joy and love of it, this is a space is for you, me, and the creative fire in our bellies.
Here, we name the fears that keep us from making. We reclaim our courage to create.
As Emily Dickinson wrote:
If your Nerve, deny you —
Go above your Nerve —
The Joy Rise is a place where we go above our nerve together.
Because the joy of creativity, whatever that means for us, is reason enough.
Ask me a question
Have a question about creativity? Or what keeps us from making the stuff we love?
This is a safe place to ask.
I answer questions in my free-to-read letters on The Joy Rise.
And even if you don’t have a question, I’d love to hear from you.
What would you love to read from me?
We’re building this space together.
Here’s to us, our creativity and joy.
With a light left on,
