Perhaps Amelia disliked the scarf, pale yellow and indigo paisley under glass in the San Diego Air and Space Museum, where in a cubicle it sits beside her book, also behind glass in a sister cubicle where it can’t be […]
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In good company with many a girl poet of my generation, I remember (at the naïve age of 19) stepping out of the pristine order of Plath’s poetry and circling her life, which really meant hunting Ted, blaming Ted, for […]
“…the reverse birth image never left me, of petals, hummingbirds, and Marilyn trying to breathe…”— Marilyn, Arriving: Collage, Astrology and Poetry (Feral Mom, Feral Writer) November Butterfly (my first poetry collection, Saddle Road Press) comes out in thirty days! I’m […]
Nov 1 SDWI Workshop & Book Launch, Writing Past Fear: Free Your Butterfly
September 25, 2014
What story have you kept in the cocoon? What would happen if you wrote it out, just for you? In this dual focus workshop, we’ll consider our heroes, both famous and family, who have inspired us. Using them as inspiration, we’ll […]
The Kiln Has a Vote: Creativity and Risk with Robyn Beattie
September 14, 2014
I know that the secret conversation between the fire and my work will get told eventually, when the door is finally opened… — Robyn Beattie To illustrate the transformative nature of revealing secrets in Writing and the Public/Private Line: What […]
Intermediate Blogging: In Person with San Diego Writers, Ink
August 14, 2014
Your blog is up and running or the one you’ve been considering is nearing launch. Join us to maintain your blogging momentum and challenge your comfort zone. Topics we explore include finding your blogging tribe and growing your network, choosing […]
Two out of five of your friends have started a blog. Why? Should you be blogging too? This gentle, supportive course is designed to walk you through the steps you’ll need to take in order to launch a blog. Join […]
Erica Goss writes a video poetry column, The Third Form, for Connotation Press (something I discovered not too long ago when I was foraging for video poetry sites). Her new book, Vibrant Words: Ideas and Inspirations for Poets, is a […]
The My Writing Process Blog Tour is spiraling through the blogosphere, offering the inspirational Mother lode on process specifics for those of us between writing groups, classes, or retreats. Pull us up on Twitter using #MyWritingProcess to see multiple answers to […]
Poetry Play: A Tour Through the Forms
March 15, 2014
Do you haiku? Ever written a haibun, aubade, or epistolary poem? Want to try your hand at a sestina, sonnet, or villanelle? During this four-hour workshop we will fearlessly and playfully write our way towards working drafts of as many […]