{"id":2845,"date":"2021-10-20T08:31:28","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T08:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elizabethmarro.com\/?page_id=2845"},"modified":"2021-12-20T18:08:48","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T18:08:48","slug":"spark-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elizabethmarro.com\/spark-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Spark Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If a book club married a writers group, Spark would be their child. Here is where writers and readers come together to find and share \u201cdaily miracles, illuminations, matches struck unexpectedly in the dark\u201d discovered as we read, write, and reach for connection. I\u2019ll share the moments, ideas, stories, and artists that ignite something in me. I hope you\u2019ll share yours.<\/p>\n<p><b>The mission<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To support and celebrate the storytellers who live among us, especially now in these challenging times, and to make it easier for readers to find and share the stories they need to hear \u2014 no matter what form they come in<\/li>\n<li>To lift the veil on the creative process between readers and writers through interviews and discussions so we all learn more about the spark that leads to a finished piece of work<\/li>\n<li>Have a little fun along the way<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition to my usual check-ins, progress reports, random thoughts, and photos of my dog, here\u2019s what subscribers can expect:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Themed with essays, stories, and recommended reads inspired by what is going on around us and inside us, like these:<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"https:\/\/elizabethmarro.substack.com\/p\/we-are-all-butterflies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/elizabethmarro.substack.com\/p\/we-are-all-butterflies&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1634804317581000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFt6deMFu4uLdC-HMt-tXXPgDdeXg\"><b>We Are All Butterflies<\/b><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"https:\/\/elizabethmarro.substack.com\/p\/small-talk-big-talk-beautiful-questions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/elizabethmarro.substack.com\/p\/small-talk-big-talk-beautiful-questions&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1634804317581000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHKDKWh8GtAhZ5R2IXD-FhfPLzglA\"><b>Small talk, Big Talk, Beautiful Questions<\/b><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"https:\/\/elizabethmarro.substack.com\/p\/my-italian-friend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/elizabethmarro.substack.com\/p\/my-italian-friend&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1634804317581000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEOpyapYWPZORX49Q_xN0H7nnQ3lA\"><b>My Italian Friend<\/b><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"https:\/\/elizabethmarro.substack.com\/p\/un-mothering\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/elizabethmarro.substack.com\/p\/un-mothering&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1634804317581000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGP7St6mKjiGYQneqrTwLdzBQdioQ\"><b>Unmothering: Is it a thing?<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Links to curated suggestions for your TBR lists, short reads, new books, new voices, and new ways of telling stories<\/li>\n<li>Book reviews and giveaways<\/li>\n<li>Our popular series of interviews with the canine assistants of writers:\u00a0<b><span style=\"color: #993366;\">\u201cThe Writer\u2019s Dog\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>here and on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/egmarro_spark\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/egmarro_spark\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1634804317581000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGVUsAtp6Jwridx9vJDqJk9qb_3Fw\"><b>Instagram<\/b><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If a book club married a writers group, Spark would be their child. Here is where writers and readers come together to find and share \u201cdaily miracles, illuminations, matches struck unexpectedly in the dark\u201d discovered as we read, write, and reach for connection.<\/br><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/elizabethmarro.com\/spark-community\/\"><em>Continue Reading &rarr;<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2987,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[503],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/elizabethmarro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Spark.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elizabethmarro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2845"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elizabethmarro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elizabethmarro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elizabethmarro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elizabethmarro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2845"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/elizabethmarro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2989,"href":"https:\/\/elizabethmarro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2845\/revisions\/2989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elizabethmarro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elizabethmarro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elizabethmarro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elizabethmarro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}