Writer

“And perhaps if we ever have real equality with all our glorious differences, the language itself will make the appropriate changes. For language, like a story or a painting, is alive. Ultimately it will be the artists who will change the language (as Chaucer did, as Dante, did, as Joyce did), not the committees. For an artist is not a consumer, as our commercials urge us to be. An artist is a nourisher and a creator who knows that during the act of creation there is collaboration.
We do not create alone.”
by Madeleine L’Engle in “Icons of the True” from Walking on Water

My vision for writing is to:

• give voice to my experiences in a way that speaks to others
• find the universal in the everyday
• get people thinking
• connect with people who feel they journey alone

Background

• Earlham School of Religion, Writing as Ministry courses
• Elephant Rock Summer Solstice Retreat
• Writing in the Dark I Writing Class
• Remergence: A Writing Retreat for the Moment, Hackamatack Retreat Center

Experience

• Technical Writing
  • Newsletters
  • Press Releases
  • Announcements
  • Job Descriptions
  • Agendas
  • Reports
  • Program Brochures
  • Manuals and Handbooks
  • Human Resources Materials
• Creative Writing
  • Essays
  • Prayers
  • Liturgy
  • Sermons
  • Poetry
• Blogging

Skills

• Attention to detail
• Use of:
  • metaphor
  • Voice
  • Imagery

Interests

• link between writing and spirituality
• creative non-fiction