My Experiences
as a Retreat Leader and Writing Coach
I am
a novelist with a passion for teaching others how unleash their stories and put
them down on the often unfriendly page. I know how to do this: I've been
writing fiction all my life and have been, for over thirty years, coaching through my writers’ retreats, workshops and one-on-one coaching sessions.
I Know What Stops People from Writing and What Unleashes the Creative Flow. My Two-pronged Method of Coaching Teaches Craft and Unleashes Creative Passion!
The Five Ingredients of the Scene is a method that I have developed over more than thirty years of coaching. This simple yet effective method takes the mystery out of creating characters and developing the story line. However, craft alone cannot unlock the mystery of writing. Unleashing your creative passion is the magic ingredient.
Developing the writer in you — whether you are a beginner, have been writing for a while, or have books published — is what I do best. Creativity is a path from which the writer’s journey is explored and its fullness embraced. This is the wellspring of my eighteen years leading Writing, Creativity and Ritual Retreats.
I Know What Stops People from Writing and What Unleashes the Creative Flow. My Two-pronged Method of Coaching Teaches Craft and Unleashes Creative Passion!
The Five Ingredients of the Scene is a method that I have developed over more than thirty years of coaching. This simple yet effective method takes the mystery out of creating characters and developing the story line. However, craft alone cannot unlock the mystery of writing. Unleashing your creative passion is the magic ingredient.
Developing the writer in you — whether you are a beginner, have been writing for a while, or have books published — is what I do best. Creativity is a path from which the writer’s journey is explored and its fullness embraced. This is the wellspring of my eighteen years leading Writing, Creativity and Ritual Retreats.
I have been writing fiction all my life and have 7 works of fiction published, ranging from children's books to adult novels, including Petersburg, which reached the Best Seller's list in England. In addition, my book, The Art of Fiction Writing or How to Fall Down the Rabbit Hole Without Really Trying, explores how to defang your inner critic so you can write from the passionate core of the writer in you.
I hold writing workshops in my home in Yorktown Heights, NY and also via conference calls on the telephone. I have written many articles on creativity and the creative process, and have been published in Writer's Digest.
My own creative journey includes extensive work in personal transformation. I have worked with spiritual and shamanic mentors and healers in the US, England and Peru.
History of the Retreat
The retreat has been an annual event since 1998 and has been held in several places over the years, finally finding its home in my new house on the rocky coast of Bar Harbor, Maine.
Whether in Maine, South Carolina, Italy, England, New Mexico or Montana, the setting is chosen for its beauty, comfort, food and most of all, its nurturing of the creative spirit.
Are you interested in Joining the Retreat? Find out why it is important to call Emily.
Whether in Maine, South Carolina, Italy, England, New Mexico or Montana, the setting is chosen for its beauty, comfort, food and most of all, its nurturing of the creative spirit.
Are you interested in Joining the Retreat? Find out why it is important to call Emily.
