Finding Our Voices,
Telling Our Stories
With over three decades of experience, I offer guidance and inspiration to support your writing and writing life.
We humans are storytelling beings and telling our stories connects us to each other. Just as each of us is a unique individual, the stories we tell and how we tell them is unique too.
There’s nothing I love more than being a writer among writers; I am nourished by being in community with others and find inspiration through our gatherings, whether in person or virtually. I look forward to our connection.
Whether your creative process is writing alone or writing together, with a group or one other person let’s explore ways we can work together. Check out my books on the writing craft. Sign up for my newsletter or leave a comment on something I’ve posted.
WRITER
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TEACHER
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FRIEND
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COACH
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WRITER * TEACHER * FRIEND * COACH *
Teaching is as much a love and a way of life for me as writing and I’ve been loving it and living it for more than thirty years.
I believe the Muse likes to work a crowd and for me, creating groups and leading workshops is a way of bringing people together where we share our experiences and stories and, in this way, connect with each other and create community.
I also know from experience—my own and working with other writers, that sometimes working one-on-one in a safe and supportive setting either in person or virtually, may be the preferred choice for some writers. A close collaboration offers its own rewards.
Ways we can
work together
Whether your creative process is writing alone or writing together, with a group or one other person, I hope you’ll take some time to look around to see how we might work together.
COURSES
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RETREAT
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ONE-ON-ONE
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WORKSHOPS
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MENTORING
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COURSES * RETREAT * ONE-ON-ONE * WORKSHOPS * MENTORING *
Workshops & Conferences
I teach in person and virtually, and I’ll pack my bag for just about anywhere in the US or abroad to participate in a writing conference.
Retreats
“If I could just get away” is something almost every writer, including myself, dreams of. This is why I create and facilitate writing retreats. Whether locally near my home in San Diego or at other locations around the country…and the world, “getting away” is what we do when we retreat together.
Teaching & mentoring
I like teaching in a classroom setting as well as in less formal settings—outdoors, in a café or a museum; put me in a room with other writers and I’m a happy woman.
MY BOOKS
I write books about writing and in addition to being a writer, teacher, and writing practice provocateur, I’ve recently added the title “memoirist.” My newest book, When Your Heart Says Go–My Year of Traveling Beyond Loss and Loneliness, was released in 2023.
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When Your Heart Says Go – My Year of Traveling Beyond Loss and Loneliness
It happened three decades ago; the story is just being told now.
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