Bill and I are back from our annual Powerful Narrative Workshop, at Wildacres Retreat Center, in the stunning Blue Ridge mountains.
This was our third straight year at Wildacres, and we were fortunate to have what’s probably our best group yet.
The four days of the workshop passed as one continual high, with “aha” moments happening it seemed, every few minutes. Our writers, two of whom came all the way from Seattle, all report progress and breakthroughs. (One of them, Fabienne Worth, is pictured above.)
Here’s what one of our participants had to say:
“A true inspiration. Bill and Carol you certainly focused the dynamics and the chemistry that we brought to the workshop. That is an art.”
– Sandy Mason, Asheville, NC
Bill and I were delighted with the group, their responsiveness, and their creativity, and pleased to see them making so many connections both on and off the page. All of which proves to us that The Powerful Narrative really is powerful, and we can’t wait to offer the workshop again.
I'm happy to be part of this collection of personal stories, a collaboration involving over 60 teachers of memoir from around the world. The book is published independently by the Birren Center for Autobiographical Writing, through which the authors are certified to teach.
A unique and beautiful exploration of Helen Keller's abiding friendship with prominent journalist Ed Chamberlin–and much more about Keller's struggles, passions, and values. The author is Chamberiin's great-great-granddaughter.
On August 8, 2020, in pandemic heat, I introduced Kristen Rademacher (via Zoom)at the launch party for From the Lake
House, A Mother’s Odyssey of Loss and Love, her wrenching memoir. Flyleaf Books, our hopping indie bookstore here in Chapel Hill, NC, hosted the event. A large crowd from across the country and around the world tuned in for the inspiring multi-media event.
This poignant memoir gives a boy's view of life in Nazi-held Prague and his escape to freedom in a challenging America.
An award winning collection of powerful stories about serving the many needs of elderly and indigent patients, as one of America's first gerontological nurse practitioners.
Essays by women ministers about their challenges and victories in answering the call to ministry.
A mother's 40-year struggle to raise an autistic son – and to grow up herself.
This idyllic memoir recollects the sweet and simple summer pleasures of family life in mid-century Cape Cod.
If you love your pets and make sacrifices for them, you will adore this lively book about a family's needy cats.
The history of a women's shelter in Birmingham, Alabama, as told through many voices.
William Buffett's short essays on nearly everything, arranged as an alphabet book.
Essays about one man's dimensional life including some of his favorite recipes.
