April Bosshard 1/31/26 April Bosshard 1/31/26

Facing Failure and Rejection ⛔

Facing failure and rejection is a big part of a writer’s life, and they’re both hard to talk about.

April Bosshard 12/21/25 April Bosshard 12/21/25

🕯️Light in the Dark: Solstice Blessings + Poetry 🌟

“We must risk delight,” says Jack Gilbert in his poem, A Brief for the Defense, a poem that explores the paradox of the human condition, with its balance of light and dark, sorrow and joy.

April Bosshard 11/30/25 April Bosshard 11/30/25

Thinking on the Page 📄 ✍️ 🤔

Some of us spend more time thinking about our writing projects than actually writing them. While thinking about our projects is an important part of creativity, it never yields the same results as thinking with our pens on the page.

April Bosshard 10/30/25 April Bosshard 10/30/25

The Spirit of Aloha 🌴🌞

April Bosshard 9/30/25 April Bosshard 9/30/25

Paris 🥐 + Dublin 🍺

April Bosshard 8/26/25 April Bosshard 8/26/25

Formula One Zen Story Moment 🏎️🧘‍♂️

It wasn’t so much the film itself but rather the movie-going event that drew me…

April Bosshard 7/26/25 April Bosshard 7/26/25

I left my 💜 in Park City, UT 🐝

Everyone was part of one connected community and many new friendships were forged.

April Bosshard 6/29/25 April Bosshard 6/29/25

Fear vs. Wonder + Summer's Abundance... 🍒

Staying in tune with the natural reality of abundance might be the antidote to the kind of scarcity mentality that underlies so many of our existential fears.

April Bosshard 5/27/25 April Bosshard 5/27/25

My Promise: Always April, Never AI 🌟

Artificial Intelligence is the genie that’s never going back in the bottle. It’s here and evolving alongside us now, but it isn’t us, and never will be.

April Bosshard 4/30/25 April Bosshard 4/30/25

The Luck of the Irish ☘️

Leprechauns, rainbows, and lucky shamrocks. Ireland possess a kind of mysterious magic in spite of its sometimes troubled and tragic past.

April Bosshard 3/30/25 April Bosshard 3/30/25

Uncertainty Springs Eternal 🌸

Nature reminds us that life is change. Even in uncertain times. And we are living them, aren’t we? We all feel it, globally and personally.

April Bosshard 2/28/25 April Bosshard 2/28/25

SMWC + The Politics of Writing 🧑‍🤝‍🧑

In this divided, unpredictable time we’re living in, contentious popular politics were left outside the San Miguel Writers’ Conference venue, and a politics of humanity prevailed inside, especially the part that supports everyone to speak and write according to heart-based truth.

April Bosshard 1/31/25 April Bosshard 1/31/25

The Stories You Choose to Live, Read, and Write 📚

We are all living stories. Stories are all around us and working through us. We make stories. Our lives are stories. Paying attention to the stories we’re choosing to live can offer insights into the choices we’re making now or could make later.

April Bosshard 12/31/24 April Bosshard 12/31/24

Dancing into the Light in 2025 💃⭐🕺

I said goodbye to a very dear elder of mine over the holidays. My Great Aunt Elaine passed away peacefully on Christmas Day. She was 96 years old and, up until ten days prior, when she had a stroke, she'd still been living independently and hosting parties, including cooking a Thanksgiving turkey for her friends last month.

April Bosshard 11/30/24 April Bosshard 11/30/24

Love your coffee (or tea) AND your life! ☕

Do you love your morning coffee or tea? Do you anticipate it, revel in, feel nourished and sustained by it as you begin your day? Our attachments to our small rituals in the morning are symbolic of our attachment to our deep love of life.

April Bosshard 10/29/24 April Bosshard 10/29/24

Flexibility & Fortitude 👊✌️

Persistence and perseverance come up a lot when it comes to writing and creativity, but lately I'm considering the word “fortitude,” which means having courage in the face of adversity. It points to a state of mental and emotional strength that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage--the root of which is coeur, meaning “heart” in French.

April Bosshard 9/30/24 April Bosshard 9/30/24

An Appreciation for Lulls 🐛

A lull, please. This strange yet soothing word dates back to Middle English and relates to the Latin, lallare, which means to sing to sleep, and the Swedish lulla, as in lullaby. Today we take it to mean a period of rest or soothing, or a period of reduced activity, or, nautically speaking, a period without waves or wind. I'm ready for a period like this. Time to read, think, write, reflect.

April Bosshard 8/31/24 April Bosshard 8/31/24

Your Writing Vows 💍🖋️

Have you ever made vows to your writing? Vows are different from promises, which depend on future fulfillment. Promises always come later. Vows take place in the here and now, they are expected to be embodied, to be lived out, “from this day forward.” A future is implied here as well, but the devotional action starts now.

April Bosshard 7/31/24 April Bosshard 7/31/24

Community, Productivity, Renewal

I believe in community spaces and community time. And I believe that when you devote time and space to communities, especially creative ones, several things are possible: individual and group productivity; individual and group healing; individual and group change.

April Bosshard 6/30/24 April Bosshard 6/30/24

Gushing Fountain or Steady Stream? ⛲🖋️💦

We all create differently. At times, the muse inflames us and we rush to our laptops or notebooks and let the inspiration pour forth. Other times, we show up regularly, routinely, and work methodically.

character • character development • conflict • courage • creativity • drafting • goals • gratitude • inspiration • motivation • outlining • productivity • readers • resistance • revision • scenes • story • structure • success • talent • time • travel • uncertainty • writing process