189 - Using "Glimmers and Whispers" to Care for Your Writer Body

Episode 189 - Using "Glimmers and Whispers" to Care for Your Writer Body with Amy Peele

June 6, 2023

I talk with Amy Peele about USING “GLIMMERS AND WHISPERS” TO CARE FOR YOUR WRITER BODY, including the meaning behind "glimmers and whispers," using pleasure bundling as an incentive to move, the value of an accountability partner, hand care for writers, the physical and creative benefits of music, baking movement into different phases of the writing process, and believing that “the creative juice will still be there" if you take break from your desk.

If one of those topics piques your interest, you can easily jump to that section on YouTube by clicking on the flagged timestamps in the description.

Amy S. Peele, RN, is the award-winning author of CUT, MATCH, AND HOLD, medical mysteries with a mission and a side of humor, and received the NYC Big Book Award, Chanticleer International Book Awards, IPPY, Independent Press Awards, and more. Before becoming a writer, Amy spent 35 years in the organ transplant field which provides an authentic backdrop to her books. Amy loves to speak, swim, teach chair yoga, meditate, and kill the people she didn’t like from work in her mysteries and use their organs—why waste the kill

"Be gentle and kind to yourself. It's not go big or go home." —Amy Peele

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Other resources from Amy:
1. Taking care of your hands as a writer is extremely important - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTvKo0Q7IQU
2. Setting a timer to stand up and move around is so good for your body & mind - if you are in the middle of a great scene or chapter I know it’s hard to stop so here’s a simple quick stretch you can do in your chair and then get back to your characters - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLb-5dzwAkA
3. Incorporating a simple spinal stretch to keep your spine flexible is super important - here’s a 1 minute video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz3LxkNjtyw&t=5s
4. Moving your shoulders and incorporating at least 3 deep belly breaths will rejuvenate you refresh your mind - https://youtu.be/T8iFElB0fSE

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I hope you enjoyed my conversation with Amy! I’d love to hear what music you’re listening to as you’re writing, and are you getting up and moving to it, and is it helping you from both a health perspective and a craft perspective.

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