Introduce Yourself

Hi, all! I am so looking forward to reading your writing this week and engaging with you (from a distance!). My name is Ellie. I am a writer and teacher living in Austin, TX. I am mostly a novelist (unpublished) and occasional short story writer, and I work mostly in the realm of realistic fiction.

I'm Abbey. Like the world, my life and my profile photo are a little upside down. I live in Kalamazoo, MI. Like many writers, I have a day job that draws time and energy away from my projects, so I'm excited for the lift this workshop will give. I heard about it because I know our wonderfully wise

Hi, my name is Seth and I live in Kalamazoo, Michigan. I saw this workshop posted and it sounded very interesting to me. I’m not the greatest at writing and due to my work I tend to come off very dry. I work as an Environmental Health Inspector and lead foodborne investigator for a local Health Depa

I'm easily distracted away from writing, however, when there is a writing platform presenting as an irresistible offering within the community-I'm in. My friend's seem to know this about me and send encouraging texts (Thanks Allison)! By profession, I'm a Licensed Professional Counselor in Telluride

Hello, I'm excited to be here with you all! My name is Allison and I live in Ophir (down the street from Lynton), Colorado. In my former life, I was a lawyer in NYC. In 2016, I walked, or more accurately drove, away from chasing law partnership and headed west. For about a year, I lived out of my c

Hi all! Thank you so much for joining me for this online writing workshop. These times are.... well, they're wild, and I'm honored and very grateful to connect with each of you in this way. We'll begin formally on April 13th, but registration for the course opens April 5th and folks are welcome to b

I am so happy to be joining you in this class. It’s snowing mightily from my home in Colorado Springs right now and it feels like the dead of winter. The cozy weather is just perfect for staying home and writing. I’m a psychology professor at a local college, but I’m on sabbatical this semester so

Hello everyone, my name is Tim. Although it appears I am a grey silhouette living in a darker grey circle, in reality I live in Frisco, CO and work at the local museum and historic park. While I'm not cleaning rusty gold pans and chasing squirrels out of the museum, I spend my time outside doing the

Hi everyone! My name is Maddie, and I live in the Boston area. This workshop was recommended to me by the instructor of the memoir writing class I've been taking for the past few months. I work (from home now) in marketing for a financial counseling nonprofit. I was part of a military family growing