It’s necessary. Oh, and p.s.: guess who finished the first draft of her novel this morning????? I’ll give you three guesses. 92,000 words. Don’t worry–it will be quite some time before I inflict it on you. In the meantime, I’m happy to...
A glimpse of my next few months…. via GIPHY I’ve just added Crystal Fox in Laurel, MD and the Boston Tea Room in Detroit, MI to my workshop line-up! Stay tuned for dates and deets! And now, I’m off to Harvest Gathering in Orange, CT. If you’re...
When your book gets published, you give the editors your completed manuscript and wait-wait-wait for them to return it with their edits. When they do, you get to make all kinds of changes. For me, that process is like this: Then….the book goes back to your...
Hey!!!! Look!!!!! It’s Winona Ryder playing me in the new Netflix horror series: 3rd Round Of Edits On Courtney’s New Book. via GIPHY If writing is where you dig deep into the tombs of your creative potential, dig it all up, and throw it at the...
Six years ago, when I started working on Tarot of the Boroughs, I heard rumor of another Tarot project with a very similar principle: The Urban Tarot. I was immediately impressed with the artwork. My deck was tough enough to do with photography (and I wasn’t even the...
Ah…when the scrappy little up-starts get a mention by the big dudes! In 2010 the deck I produced and designed, Tarot of the Boroughs: a modern Tarot deck based in New York City featuring original photography by George Courtney, was released! Today, it received a...
Here’s what I’m reading!!!! North Asian Magic: Spellcraft from Manchuria, Mongolia, and Siberia by David Borji Shi So far, I’m having a blast with it. I just finished The Bone People by Keri Hulme. My thoughts: An unbelievably beautiful book. A slow...
A few years ago, when I left a job, I pulled Tarot cards for all of my colleagues as a farewell gift and pasted them on thank-you cards. One of my supervisors, a devout Jewish woman, got the Queen of Cups. When I listed some of the qualities (loving, caring,...
A gem for your Wednesday…. A co-worker of mine this article from the Huffington Post which showed Margaret Hamilton, who played the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz, on the Mr. Roger’s show back in 1975. She talked about her character being...
You don’t need me to tell you that it’s been a painful week. I’ve stayed locked in my head this week, trying to stay focused on life but when it’s quiet I hear a woman wailing and a little girl saying, “It’s okay, Mommy. I’m...
