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Suyin Tan's avatar

Thank you so much for featuring my writing here, and for your kind words and beautiful description of my poem, Rachel! I truly appreciate it. And I love the thoughtful collection you’ve gathered here. I’ve been diving deeper into the craft of writing too, and I’m so intrigued by A Swim In the Pond in the Rain (even just the title alone!) – I’m looking forward to reading it!

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Lani V. Cox's avatar

Great questions, Rachel. For mindfulness, a daily practice of yoga, mediation, and gratitude helps. And please keep in mind, while it sounds good in print, I don't do a lot, but I try to do it every day.

For distractions, I keep the phone in airplane mode as much as possible, and don't participate in social media except FB minimally. I don't go on YouTube until the evening after work.

As far as writing books, there are so many! What I did when I lived in the States was check out all the library books on writing that looked interesting and dived in. I particularly liked On Writing Well by William Zinsser. He has several. Cheers!

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