Book Alchemy | Caroline Donahue | Substack

Your Invitation to Book Alchemy

Our cozy reading and writing room to hide away in together

Nov 29, 2023 •

Caroline Donahue

My TEDx talk: The power of literature

Why writing is anything but self-indulgent.

Oct 21, 2024 •

Caroline Donahue

Read Yourself Happy with Daisy Buchanan

Season 11, Episode One

Feb 13 •

Caroline Donahue

and

45:29

The perils of voracious reading

What happens when ideas have nowhere to go, a cautionary tale

Feb 10 •

Caroline Donahue

February Accountability

What are your goals for the shortest month of the year?

Feb 5 •

Caroline Donahue

Most Popular

Please write your ideas down!

Sep 16, 2024 • Caroline Donahue

What your eyes can't see

Oct 15, 2024 • Caroline Donahue

Why I don't track word count

Dec 18, 2023 • Caroline Donahue

The things we control

Jan 17, 2024 • Caroline Donahue

Join us in the library & get inspired to write your book!

SLP Season 11

45:29

Read Yourself Happy with Daisy Buchanan

Season 11, Episode One

Feb 13 •

Caroline Donahue

and

🗝️ Member Resources 📚

February Accountability

What are your goals for the shortest month of the year?

Feb 5 •

Caroline Donahue

20:08

Becoming an Amateur Librarian

Watch now | How (and why) to create a database of your books and resources A Tutorial on how I tackled the mountain of my unread books and turned them…

Jan 27 •

Caroline Donahue

50:10

Tarot for the Writing Year 2025

Member Workshop Replay

Jan 20 •

Caroline Donahue

WORKSHOP: Tarot Overview of 2025

January 17: Details to join inside

Jan 15 •

Caroline Donahue

✨ Free to Read 🫶

The perils of voracious reading

What happens when ideas have nowhere to go, a cautionary tale

Feb 10 •

Caroline Donahue

Footnotes :: January

The month that's lasted a lifetime. Resources, links, reading and some music to keep us all afloat.

Jan 30 •

Caroline Donahue

The Creative Decision Matrix

How to decide if something is worth your energy

Jan 13 •

Caroline Donahue

20:38

Making 2025 Your Writing Year

Watch now | The Winter Intensive starts January 13th! Program TA Ginette Law and I share our favorite parts of the changes we've made.

Jan 9 •

Caroline Donahue

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Guest Interviews

Resources

Writing Courses

Literary Tarot Readings

Individual Writing Coaching

Craft + Process

The Creative Decision Matrix

How to decide if something is worth your energy

Jan 13 •

Caroline Donahue

Hibernating your writing

How to pause mindfully

Dec 9, 2024 •

Caroline Donahue

Prose that sings

5 steps to sharpen your writing, in lessons from my strange professional past.

Dec 2, 2024 •

Caroline Donahue

The power of sentences

Commonplace books as collections of sparks

Nov 11, 2024 •

Caroline Donahue

Please write your ideas down!

The tools I use to keep them from leaking out of my brain. Here's a sad story of losing an idea when I didn't use them. Learn from my mistake!

Sep 16, 2024 •

Caroline Donahue

Portals to story

Light a match and see what you find...perhaps you'll see the heart of your story.

Aug 26, 2024 •

Caroline Donahue

You cannot make time

Writing goals that don't make you feel shitty, part two

Aug 5, 2024 •

Caroline Donahue

Want to peek inside my notebook...

and my planner?

Jul 17, 2024 •

Caroline Donahue