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Memoir Writing: Embracing Life’s Pivotal Moments

I still remember the beautiful sunny Friday, September 11, 1987, peeling carrots in the kitchen for my husband’s 40th birthday party. The baby wasn’t due for three weeks, but he had other ideas. As John returned home from the hospital, where he had just undergone chemotherapy treatment for his cancer, I said, “I’m sorry, butContinue reading “Memoir Writing: Embracing Life’s Pivotal Moments”

Take Risks in Writing: Embrace Creativity and Justice

This week I scheduled a September 12 read-around. It begins the 17th season of the Women’s Writing Circle. Over the years, we have welcomed dozens of new writers in the Circle, a sacred container where women find their voice through writing. One of the reasons I do this year after year, and now it seemsContinue reading “Take Risks in Writing: Embrace Creativity and Justice”

Healing Through Memoir: The Power of Writing

For many memoirists, writing is a heavy yet healing journey. They are willing to look back, for they know that the unexamined life isn’t worth living. They understand that pain, hardship, and loss often come with something else: the realization that their story is now one they can live with and fully embrace. Hopefully, theContinue reading “Healing Through Memoir: The Power of Writing”

Reflections on Writing and the Concept of Heaven

For the last two weeks at my church, I’ve been taking a class on the history of the Nicene Creed. The Creed was written as an answer and a rebuttal to those who had proclaimed Jesus was human, created by the Father, and therefore not the eternal God. What struck me was the teacher’s descriptionContinue reading “Reflections on Writing and the Concept of Heaven”

Reflections on Love and the Women Who Shape Our Lives

This month, our Women’s Writing Circle is celebrating love with a Goodreads Giveaway for our anthology, Moments of Love, which runs until February 17. We are giving away 100 Kindle copies of the book, and I hope you will enter our giveaway. Goodreads Book Giveaway Moments of Love by Susan G. Weidener Giveaway ends FebruaryContinue reading “Reflections on Love and the Women Who Shape Our Lives”

Using Writing as a Pathway to Healing

I have found, over the last 16 years of running our Women’s Writing Circle, that writing has helped countless women heal from traumatic events, including myself. As Virginia Woolf once said about writing painful experiences, “Nothing has really happened until it has been described.” And by recording the trauma, the writer transforms into a survivor. WhenContinue reading “Using Writing as a Pathway to Healing”

The Independent Publishing Journey—’Moments of Love’

Ultimately, this beautifully crafted anthology of short stories and poems pays tribute to love in its many forms and expressions. The collection includes reflections on mothers and fathers, lifelong friendships between women, and the challenges of marriage—offering readers a compelling glimpse into life and love through the eyes of a diverse group of women writers.