Hi there! Come in, come in. You’re welcome here.
I hope you find the Rolling Desk like being lonesome in a crowded space only to find deep connection and belly laughter with a “stranger.” If you opt into workshops on guiding our works toward the vision in our hearts and minds, I hope you find them expansive and collaborative and that they help your writing practice be freer, more joyful, and more confident. Mostly, I hope you feel welcome to participate and help guide where we roll next.
Ruby, the DIY van
There’s plenty of room! My Living Room Is the World (#vanlife).
Pull up a chair out front for sunset cocktail hour and stories about people, often strangers, showing up for each other (a new one drops every 1st Saturday). More always join as twilight cozies in; meet amazing humans from the road, writing life, and everywhere in between (3rd or 4th Saturdays).
Settle into the passenger seat for an earlier nomadic roam by foot. Walking the East Coast chapters drop monthly (2nd Saturdays), and your comments help form them.
Like my writing and wanna fall in love with revising yours? Be Your Own Editor workshops, based on a 20-year editing career, explore what holds works in progress back, my own included, and how we can joyfully guide vision to page. Each includes a video and slides, resource links, and worksheets to make your own. (BYOE is the only paid offering; for now, a paid sub gets you access to the whole collection.)
Want to write along as you ride along? Prompts! Hit me up here if you wanna collab and publish something together.
The solar’s on the roof. The views are all around (they’re Magic). And our people are where’er we go (which is to say all the people, even when it’s tempting as hell to “Other”). It’s a tradition of the road to give when you feel (or want to feel) abundant and ask when you’re in need. The ASK and GIVE chat is open 24/7.
Who’s driving this rig?
I’d love for us all to fall madly in love with ourselves and to know nothing human is alien to us. I believe we’re all connected by mycelial-like strands good writing can make shimmer. I write and edit and teach editing and roam to find myself in the beings we share this world with, in you and for that glorious rush that comes when words pour between us and we see each other, ourselves anew.
You? 🚍 Climb aboard!
I’d be honored to have you along for the ride. Your likes and comments and shares make me wriggle with joy and help this work grow. You’re wise and funny and tenderhearted. If you can financially support, that rocks. Founding supporters get a quarterly report and other secret perks. Just having you here makes the ribbon of road before and behind us all the more wonderful!
If you want to say hi, I’d love to know:
Where in the world are you? Where would you love to visit? Would you want to live in a van?
Why are you here? Existentially. But also what aspects of creating and sharing work should I workshop on? What would you love me to write about? Who should I interview or collab with?
Do you have a project or stack of your own you’d love us to know about? (Links welcome.)
One more thing. Here’s a stack 🥞! Add another, pretty please. Smash that restack button before you go, so more can join the 600+ people across the world rolling with us.
A glimpse at the unfurling of Ruby the van
The Rolling Desk logo and art was created by the amazing Alexandra Rickards, a talented designer and overall badass. Keep her in mind for artsy projects of sundry types.
Hi! So the introduce yourself prompts don't get lost. If you feel like sharing, let us know: Where in the world are you? Where would you love to visit? Would you ever want to live in a van? What do you want to read about here? What project would you love to share (links welcome)? Anything else you want to share? :)
Oh Holly, the more I get to know about you, the more I want to be your friend! I’m Kelsey. My husband and I were fully nomadic (in a small camper) for 16 months until we decided to put down potted roots in Sarasota, FL. We’re here now and the itch to move is ginormous. We just need to figure out where to go! (We just sold our camper because with two large, young, energetic puppies, we’re not in a camper season right now.) So, 1) I’m so happy to be here! 2) I’m open to recommendations for our next location. We want trees and trails, safe roads to bike on and a pool to train in. And 3) I’m an energy alignment coach/ human design guide and Feng Shui guide and I write at kelseyabbott.substack.com