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WRITERS FORUM      

March 11: Matthew Félix

March 18: Christine Walker

April 15 and 22: Rebecca Evans

The Zoom URL for March 18 Christine Walker will be posted March 12.

Move. Relax. Write.

As writers, we sit a lot. We know exercise is important. But, do we exercise enough?

Maybe if it’s fun, we will exercise more!

I highly recommend GROOVE on Zoom with Diane Dupuis, Saturdays and Sundays at 7:15 a.m. Pacific Time. It’s moving and grooving to all kinds of music.

I started dancing with Diane’s GROOVE group during shelter in place and still love it. There are GROOVE groups everywhere!

For more information, contact Diane: dd828groove@gmail.com and on Facebook

Diane’s writing, “Dancing Through Life,” is on The Write Spot Blog and in “The Write Spot: Writing as a Path to Healing,” available from your local bookseller and as a paperback and ebook from Amazon.  

It’s also important to take time to be still, for a few minutes or however much time your body needs to rest and de-stress. Yoga, meditation, tai chi, whatever you choose.

One way to de-stress is Yoga Nidra with Rhonda Gerhard on Zoom and in person (Petaluma):

“Integrative Restoration (iRest)/Yoga Nidra), a guided step by step meditation designed to help people rest, relax, and relieve symptoms of anxiety, fear, chronic pain, and many other things we encounter as human beings throughout life. Benefits may include a felt sense of resilience, unity, and compassion.” — Rhonda Gerhard

Writing News

Lots of writing happenings in Sonoma County, like Nicole Zimmerman’s writing workshop on March 8 at The Sitting Room.

“We don’t suffer because we have nothing to say; we struggle because we have too much to say.” — Bella Mahaya Carter, from her blog post, “The Torch and the Ocean.”
Bella’s Spring Writing Circle begins April 21. Don’t delay signing up if you are interested. Her workshops fill up fast.

Writer, book coach, and historian Christina Larocco's latest book, Crosshatch: Martha Schofield, the Forgotten Feminist (1839–1916), is now available for preorder. This March, she's giving away 31 free writing strategy sessions to nonfiction writers who love to gather information but sometimes get stuck in research rabbit holes. Grab your free session here. From Sometimes It IS About the Research,” by Christina Larocco on Jane Friedman’s blog.​

Just Write!

Marlene