Writer’s Story
Client Success: Author Kirby Vanderyt
A conversation about her recently published memoir, Afterglow. Over ten years ago, Kirby joined my Journaling workshop and became my first client. I’ve been fortunate to be her writing coach as she wrote three children’s books, various short stories, and a novel. Recently, after the sudden loss of her husband, Bill, in 2009, her journaling…
Read MoreClient Success: Educator Jessie Hayden
Jessie Hayden’s classroom can get loud. Very loud. Her teaching style doesn’t require students to sit up straight, face the board and remain quiet. Relaxed and approachable, she doesn’t mind if students put their feet up and chill. In Jessie’s English as a Second Language (ESL) classroom at Georgia Perimeter College, every student brings his/her…
Read MoreSecond Nature
Rivaling the crisp new leaves flapping in the spring breeze, their noisy excuses were abundant. “Revisions take so long and winter was so short, and that’s my best time to write.” “I can’t focus on writing with a stuffy head. The pollen was the worst!“ “All that rain made me blue. . .” “And now…
Read MoreCloset Writing Sanctuary
“When I get really stressed, about to boil over, I head toward my closet.” Totally serious and willing to share, my friend, a woman I’d known since our teenage years, went on. “You’ve seen my closet, right? You saw the chair?” Nope, just a big walk-in closet in a big house seriously packed with lots…
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