Mount Shasta, California
Tuesdays, 6:30pm - 8:45pm

Many of us carry a dream tucked deeply inside of wanting to write, a longing to tell our stories and explore the “magic” of words, images, and ideas. We sense the beauty and power of the untold stories living inside us and our need to give voice to them. If only we had the time and supportive circumstances.

I want to honor you for the space you hold, allowing us to unfold as writers. It has pushed me over the edge and I have discovered that I can fly!
- Victoria S., Mt Shasta (current participant)

At the Mountain’s Edge gives you the time and supportive space you need to listen to your heart and speak the truths and untold stories of your life.

At the Mountain’s Edge is grounded in writing practice, freeing the wild mind, exploring uncharted territory within and expressing yourself in new, evocative ways.

You do weave such magic to pull out the mysteries within us ... THANK YOU!
- Cynthia H., Mt. Shasta, (current participant)

You will explore dynamic writing techniques for creating new material in many genres. I bring writing prompts, suggestions, humor, readings, and guided visualizations to help quiet the “busy mind” and open the golden doorway into Source. Accessing this place of power, spirit and imagination helps connect heart, hand and pen to your unique voice and the deep essence of writing.

It's been an amazing jump start for me- just in one week!
- Diana K, Mt Shasta

This workshop is strengthened by my twenty-nine years as a poet, successful teacher, author, journalist and writing coach.

In your writing workshop I’ve learned how to write from the heart. I was a journalist, a researcher, always writing from a safe distance, but not from my self. The space you’ve created here, the fellow writers, your own writing and the writing topics have all shed light on this and how I need to keep my heart in my writing!
—Loretta

At the Mountain’s Edge Writing workshops can help you

• Stretch your expressive courage with new writing techniques
• Discover the unique nature of your own writer’s voice
• Write more freely and powerfully
• Overcome “writer’s block” and the fear that you “do not have what it takes” to write
• Develop a writing practice that taps into your creative instincts and frees your creativity
• Discover “first thoughts” and original detail to bring your writing alive
• Move towards publishing in online literary journals
• Become part of a supportive community of women who are committed to writing, listening and open camaraderie

I appreciate the openness, humor and sacredness that you bring to the group. It was a relief to know that whatever was shared in the group was heard and accepted with appreciation, not criticism.
—Sharon

The Courage to Write
Ignite Your Creative Writing Genius
Five weeks — Tuesdays 6:30 PM – 8:45 PM
November 11 - December 16, 2008

SURRENDER TO THE PAGE! Get ready to ignite your inner writer and burn through to your most authentic, censor-free writing.

In this five week intensive workshop, you will explore many of the stages of the creative writing process. You will practice the art of sustaining your writing, how to begin, how to begin again, how to finish what you begin.

You’ll be learning dynamic techniques to help you choose your subject, nourish your power and desire to write, write to your audience and move towards sharing your writing through publication.

You will learn to uncover the question at the heart of your stories and enter new territories of the inner world of image, dream, intuition and inspiration — the prima materia of creativity.

Techniques include: The Writer’s Compass, Eternal Flame Writing, from Wish to Words, Mining the Inner Gold, Rewards of Publishing, and Roping the Wild Horses.