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Walking before writing is my routine. The three-mile jaunt generates ideas. On today’s round, I noted the American flag at our community’s gate was flying at half-mast. Two conflicting ideas came [...]

“You HAVE to sign up! Open readings are part of the Guild experience and you can’t miss out! It will change your life!” My friend Heather Cariou was adamant but I was not convinced. Me, get up [...]

This year’s IWWG conference is going to be different from previous conferences for me. I’ll be missing family members. I’ve been attending or teaching at the Guild conference for almost 25 years. [...]

Once upon a time, an English Department Chair interviewing me for a job asked, “What to you is the most important element in teaching creative writing?” I paused. What an impossible question! So [...]

Last year I attended IWWG Summer Conference at the prompting of my IWWG friends, Deborah Reed and Lisa Shapiro. It was my first writing conference and I was simply mesmerized by how important and [...]

Most of my adult life has been spent working with, for, or in the service of other women, using my words both spoken and written to aid, comfort, and empower. I wish I had found The Guild at the [...]

I can now call myself an award-winning author, but back when I was working in the business world and fantasizing about writing, the IWWG Summer Conference helped me move from dreaming to actually [...]

This year my granddaughter Madeline and I will be experiencing the life-bending IWWG Summer Conference together. She is fifteen and I am not, but I sure wish someone had introduced me to this [...]

Let me explain. I attended my first conference at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York in 1990. I was 56 and had started writing more or less full time at 50 when the older children [...]

This summer marks my sixth year presenting a dramatic writing workshop at the IWWG Annual Summer Conference. My journey to the Guild was initiated by a tap on my shoulder by a fairy godmother of [...]