Tadpole Press

I’m an active gal. Always have been. Since moving to South Africa from Boston in 2013, I’ve discovered many happy places here. One of them is a mountain. Any mountain really. I’m not persnickety. I just love a good mountain.

At Compassiviste Publishing, we’ve had the privilege of working closely with Tadpole Press ~ especially around their writing contests and the launch of their new literary magazine. What we’ve learned: when two organizations decide to support one another rather than view each other as rivals, something remarkable happens. Ideas expand, creative energy multiplies, and everyone benefits.

We believe in the power of stories to drive change. Every episode of the Compassiviste Dialogues podcast is a platform for turning compassion into action. A space where diverse voices come together to inspire, educate, and challenge the status quo.

I started writing this blog, Living a Life Imagined, over 7 years ago. I heard that's the amount of time it takes our bodies to regenerate n

As November approaches, many writers are gearing up for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), an international writing event in which wr