The Way of StoryNuremberg the film
Nuremberg Nuremberg is a 2025 American psychological thriller historical drama film written, co-produced, and directed by James Vanderbilt. Based on the 2013 book The Nazi and the Psychiatrist by Jack El-Hai. The film is now playing in theatres. Visiting two friends yesterday, I mentioned how I rarely go to new movies these days […]
The Power of Dreams in Ojai, CA
Jung & The Power of Dreams with Catherine Ann Jones Nov 2, Sunday, 11-1:30pm The Ojai Retreat, 160 Besant Road, Ojai (Free Event) Ojai Seminar hosts Catherine Ann Jones in Jung & the Power of Dreams Join us for […]
Writing Workshops
THE WAY OF STORY with Catherine Ann Jones “We’ve become lopsided living only in our heads. Writing, in order to serve the soul, must integrate outer craft with the inner world of intuition and feeling.” – Catherine Ann Jones, NY TIMES The Way of Story: The Craft & Soul of Writing offers an […]
Replenishing the Well
REPLENISHING THE WELL How do I know about the world? By what is within me. Lao Tzu I began writing at age 7 when I began to write poetry. Here’s the first effort: WISHES I wish I were a little dog And had […]
Choices
Choices As I daily view the news and the terrible suffering of innocents being bombed in two separate wars, I keep hearing in my memory, Joan Baez singing “When will they ever learn? When will they ev-er learn?” Then I repeat a question I have often heard others say,”If God is all powerful, why […]
The Price of Genius
The day after Robin Williams committed suicide on Aug 11, 2014, I received a request from Psychology Today to write a short article. When I asked when they wanted it, they said “Tomorrow.”. So I quickly penned the following article. The Price of Genius: Robin Williams, Van Gogh, and Virginia Woolf […]
The Way of Story workshop
THE WAY OF STORY workshop in Ojai, CA with Catherine Ann Jones June 21, 2025: Saturday 10-4pm “We’ve become lopsided living only in our heads. Writing, in order to serve the soul, must integrate outer craft with the […]
A new book launches!
Remarkable Women now available on amazon.com/books Invite you to go to amazon.com/books and read the free Sample which includes the Introduction to this recent publication. It reveals how an author whether writing fiction or non-fiction must make the material her own, personal. All fiction is autobiography in disguise. Ojai, CA: April 26, Saturday, 2pm Ojai […]
Elephants & Perspectives
The gift of Art rests in the artist’s perspective. Catherine Ann Jones Here is an excerpt from my NY Journal and my memoir: Dinner with Violette Verdy, friend and prima-ballerina, just returned from her NY City Ballet Tour of Russia & Poland, also Paris. At the Opera de’Paris, Violette danced Giselle to raves! […]
Isn’t it time to honor your story?
“A true writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for others.” – Thomas Mann “My job is to focus on how to make the book or script better and accessible to a wide audience without betraying the author’s vision.” Catherine Ann Jones, Writing Consultant Writers […]