We are so excited to be participating in the Word Up! Community Learning Fair in Petaluma on October 30th, especially since the brilliant Anne Lamott, author of Bird by Bird, is going to be the keynote speaker! Here’s the details from the Word Up website: Free & Fun Word Up! Fair! Sunday, October 30,...
Let’s Write! Calling all beginning and experienced writers, dabblers, vagabonds of the mind, and everyone in between! Saturday, June 18 10:30am-1:30pm In Central Santa Rosa–exact location will be announced soon. During this Saturday morning creative writing prompt session, we will leap together into the tremendous adventure of writing. Get ready for fun and thoughtful...
I don’t know about everyone else, but for some reason, I always tend to notice animals more frequently in the fall time. Raccoons scurry through my back yard in the middle of the night, birds peck at shriveling berries and dying leaves in hopes of spiking big juicy worms that lie underneath, squirrels gathering...
We had our second workshop on Saturday and one of my favorite writing exercises was one that I “borrowed” from Chris DeLorenzo, who runs the Laguna Writer’s Workshops. I love making lists, and I love hearing other people’s lists, so it’s no surprise that this was one of my favorites. Below, I have posted...
Last fall, still erupting from an overabundance of fear and self-doubt from suddenly finding myself smack-dab in the middle of the “creative world”, I awkwardly mentioned my long-burning desire to play the banjo and mandolin to two female musician friends. “My old lover took back the banjo for the third and final time,” I...