The Way of StoryChoices
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 […]
The Callings: Listening to the Inner Voice
Krotona Institute The Callings: Listening to the Inner Voice with Catherine Ann Jones May 17-18 (Sat-Sun) Saturday 10 – noon, 2 – 4 pm & Sunday 10-noon Onsite or Zoom Abide in the Self. Stay present to what is & the guidance will come. — Annie Besant Inner peace is a journey without distance […]
Happy Holidays
It is true that these are intense times – collectively and perhaps personally for some of us. A time to reflect and re-set goals. Due to recovering from a major knee surgery, I have set the writing aside and read more and saw more movies at home. After a month, I was able to drive […]
Year of the Knee
Year of the Knee In Chinese Astrology, it is the Year of the Dragon or Dog or Pig, etc. This year for this writer, it has been the Year of the Knee. Sometimes Life intrudes on Art. I am currently undergoing one of those times. My latest book was released overseas […]
Our Job as Writers
OUR JOB AS WRITERS Our job as writers is both to see the world for what it is and to imagine a better one into being. Carolyn Forche An only child, since age 7 when I began my writing journey by writing poems, writing was an imaginary […]