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Fall in and Write 2016!

Fall in and Write 2016!

I've just returned from the 2016 Squaw Valley Community of Writers conference enriched by new friendships and inspired! My head's chock-a-block with language, ideas, stories, craft lessons, characters and quotes. I look forward to sharing these discoveries...

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Spring – Summer 2016

Spring – Summer 2016

Greetings!Just a quick reminder that 6-week Tuesday evening and Thursday morning (Thursday is Women Only) workshops begin next week. Be in touch if you haven't yet grabbed your spot! There are just a few left. I've been hunkered down writing, when I...

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Having Faith – Fall 2015

Having Faith – Fall 2015

Writing can be a dangerous act. Some days we emerge from writing feeling alive and strong, more connected to the wide world, while other days we feel raw, sensitive to the enormity of life, or we're frustrated by our inability to convey what we mean to say. Sharing...

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Winter 2013

Winter 2013

For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another voice.- T. S. Eliot Greetings and Happy New Year! The beginning of a new year brings with it a rush of hope and new intention that thisyear we will do the things we've been...

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Fall 2012

If you don't feel you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then what you're doing probably isn't very vital.   If you don't feel that you are writing somewhat over your head, why do it? If you don't have some doubt of...

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What Are You Reading?

What Are You Reading?

I do hope you're enjoying some great summer reads. Want to download storytellers to your iPod? I highly recommend a number of free podcasts:  Selected Shorts,  New Yorker Fiction Podcasts and The Moth. Check them out! I'm...

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