Ask the Author: Cindee Snider Re
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Cindee Snider Re
Words inspire me. Poetry, memoir, non-fiction, magazines, newsletters, blogs, even well-done catalogs and ads. Photography inspires me - quality photography by talented artists who are serious about their craft. The incredible diversity of nature inspires me. Love inspires me - the good and the hard. People inspire me. Hard work inspires me. My kids' strength and perseverance in the face of serious, long-term illness inspires me every single day. And all of it bleeds through in my writing.
Cindee Snider Re
Hmm...that's an interesting question. Writer's block seems to hit when I lack either a specific direction for a writing project or a hard deadline. The only solution I've found is to just write through it. Sometimes the first words on a blank screen are, "I have absolutely no idea what to write today - none, nada, nil, zero, zilch. This is ridiculous." And suddenly words begin to form and spill across the screen, many I may never use, but a few that surprise me, a few that are just exactly right, reminding me of why I write.
Cindee Snider Re
My goal is to have the book in a feedback/review group in early January with final edits ready for publication in Spring, 2017.
Cindee Snider Re
I have loved to write for as long as I can remember. I write every day - poetry, prose, longhand letters, the story of my life in moments strung together across the years. There is something mysterious and alluring about playing with a thought or an idea, holding it up to the light, and allowing it find its own way to an ending I rarely expect - moments of wonder and delight. The best thing about being a writer? The freedom to write the words that make my heart sing.
Cindee Snider Re
I'm currently writing the second book in our study series, Finding Purpose. Purpose in a life with chronic illness might look different than our current cultural norms, but it's a necessary paradigm shift. I tell my 21-year old medically disabled son, wise beyond his years and a little too smart for his own good, that every day he gets out of bed, every day he rises to face one more day is a victory. We need to learn to be present in the moments of our lives, to celebrate the good, however small and seemingly insignificant, because it matters. Every single life has purpose. I am writing the cry of my heart for my son, for my daughters, for every person facing a life they didn't expect and wouldn't have chosen.
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