(photo credit Craig O’Neal) Our annual Write + Hike adds birdwatching! We’re so excited about this year’s Hike + Write! In addition to writing and hiking in the woods, we will be bird-watching with a professional photographer and guide. We’ll be meeting at Guana River Wildlife Management Area in Ponte Vedra early in the morning so we can get the best bird viewings. We’ll be led on our hike by … [Read more...]
Finding Your Poetic Voice
Please join us for our Spring Series as we help you Find Your Poetic Voice here at Women Writing for (a) Change, Jacksonville. In this series, we'll explore how poetry and poetic techniques can enrich your writing, infusing it with new ideas and themes...whether you write actual poems or just get more poetic in your daily writing practice. We'll look at a selection of rich, juicy poems and see … [Read more...]
Join Us for Our Public ReadAround!
It’s stories women need. Stories give us hope, a little guidance, and a lot of bravery. —Sue Monk Kidd Public ReadAround Please join us as we broaden our circle to include our women friends, colleagues, and family members. Once each semester, class members of Women Writing for (a) Change, Jacksonville, believing that “writing is not a performance, but a generosity” invite you to hear what we’ve … [Read more...]
See you at JaxByJax today!
Come join us at the JaxByJax literary festival today, from 3-6 p.m., in Riverside. We will be supporting our Jacksonville writing community, handing out flyers, and writing a CommUNITY group poem! We will be stationed on Park and King near Riverside Liquors. To register for this and any of our upcoming classes, sign up on our Meetup page. … [Read more...]
Finding Your Tribe
Find Your Tribe in Our Community this Fall Not long ago, a friend lamented that she had not yet really found her tribe, and longed for one. I so wanted to “fix” her by suggesting she join Women Writing for (a) Change, Jacksonville. However, I must remember to MYOB (as Ann Landers used to say), and that WWf(a)C might not be for everyone. However, if YOU are looking for a tribe, and you are OPEN to … [Read more...]
A Summer of Writing
I've been doing a lot of writing this summer. In the spaciousness of summer, with longer days and star-filled nights, it seems like there's more opportunity to be creative, whether you're journaling about your exciting summer adventures, or making up stories while lying in a hammock with pen in hand, or creating art journals while sitting on a plane (here are some great tips about that … [Read more...]