

Story Class with Katie Rubin
I'm super psyched to be taking Katie Rubin's newest Story Telling Class and wanted to share it with everyone. (All three of my readers, that is.) I can't even begin how incredible it was and how much it changed me in just six-short weeks. This class will be live streamed so it's available to anyone who has a story inside waiting to be told. You can contact Katie for more details or drop me an email if you want to hear more about my experience. Spaces are filling up fast! I'
Mar 23, 2016


Listen to Your Mother
I was listening to a podcast that was talking about how when we get really down/depressed, etc. it’s usually a sign that we aren’t...
Mar 22, 2016


Right and Wrong
I've been writing with the same group of moms for a while now. Even though I supply the prompts, sometimes when we sit down to write, I...
Mar 11, 2016


Readings and Writing
I wanted to post a quick reminder before running out the door that our Mornings with Moms group will be meeting on Wednesday at Panera at...
Feb 2, 2016


Bird By Bird
“Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he’d had three...
Jan 1, 2016


There is Medicine Within the Telling
Sometimes when I am stuck and don’t know what to write next I find inspiration from someone else’s writing. Try using one of these quotes...
Dec 10, 2015


Big Magic
I just finished listening to Elizabeth Gilbert's Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear. It is a kind of blue print for making big...
Nov 13, 2015


Halloween Writing Prompts
With Halloween around the corner, I can't stop thinking about costumes past. I wore an eye patch as a kid because of my lazy eye, so no matter how I dressed at least one person would ask "What are you? A pirate?" "Yes, that's why I'm carrying these red and white pom-poms," I'd say. I never actually said that, but I would have if there hadn't been a king-sized Snickers bar potentially hanging in the balance. There was the year of the one-eyed cowardly lion, the one-eyed R2D
Oct 22, 2015


The Point of No Return
I came across this prompt when I was organizing my desktop. I'm not sure if it is one of mine or something I read or heard in a creative...
Sep 9, 2015


What Are Your Stories?
This week's prompt was inspired by an exercise I did in Abby Boglomony's class, who is one of my favorite writers in Santa Rosa. Everyone...
Aug 19, 2015






























