The Way of StoryThe Gift of Solitude
The Gift of Solitude The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time. Mary Oliver (1935-2019) It is a silver morning like any other. I am at my desk. Then the […]
Strange Times
Strange times. Though certainly this time is serious and care most be taken, it is rather wonderful to have extended time to read and watch good films. Finding it preferable to read spiritual books before bedtime. Last night read this excerpt and thought I’d share it: “Things will come and pass on. They do not […]
The Perfect Gift for That Special Someone
Gypsy Card Readings & Horoscope Card readings are a perfect gift for that special someone “You are a world-class wisdom keeper for our times.” Gypsy Card Readings with Catherine Ann Jones http://wayofstory.com/Gypsy Card Readings via phone or in person Just wanted to tell you that your reading was incredibly accurate in ways I couldn’t […]
W. B. Yeats and Harry Potter
The William Butler Yeats exhibition at the National Library of Ireland Recently invited to Dublin gave me the gift of a truly magical week, meeting many Irish poets, playwrights, and actors. I was also researching settings for a reincarnation action- romance screenplay set in Ireland that I wrote some years ago. Optioned 3 x but not […]
Join me in a new course Nov 5-8, 2019 in Ojai, CA
Krotona School, Nov 5-8, 10AM-Noon daily Integrating the Spiritual with Everyday Life with Catherine Ann Jones There is no life without consciousness; there is no consciousness without life. Annie Besant Many of us are born with the search for God or Truth deeply embedded within. This begins a pilgrim’s progress towards the goal of […]
Writing the Self
Writing the Self “I write in order to discover myself.” – Maya Angelou Click on link: Remaining 2019 Schedule Aug 21-25 Sequoia National Park: Far Horizons, https://farhorizons.co/aug-21-25-2019-catherine-jones/ Sept 25-28 San Luis Obispo, CA, www.centralcoastwritersconference.com Oct 2-16 Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow Nov 5-8 Ojai: Integrating the Spiritual with Everyday Life, Krotona Institute KrotonaInstitute.org Nov […]
A Lover’s Quarrel with the Writing
Having a lover’s quarrel with the writing. On again. Off again spurts of creativity. Addiction to television binges. At least with so many choices today: Netflix, Amazon, Cable TV, one can choose good viewing. Fleabag on Amazon, Endeavour on PBS, Planet Earth on Netflix. Happiness is a large flat screen television, cushy leather couch, […]
Summer-Fall Schedule
“People without hope do not write books.” Margaret Atwood Six DailyOM Online courses link on home page of wayofstory.com Now over 52,000 subscribers to online courses by Catherine Ann Jones 2019 SUMMER-FALL SCHEDULE Aug 21-25 Sequoia National Park: Far Horizons, https://farhorizons.co/aug-21-25-2019-catherine-jones/ Sept 26-28 […]
Santa Barbara Writers Conference June 16-21, 2019
Santa Barbara Writers Conference June 16-21, 2019 Home Register Catherine Ann Jones The Way of Story Integrative approaches to writing narrative Monday, June 17 9:00-11:30 AM El Cabrillo Room The Way of Story offers an integrative approach to writing narrative—both fiction and nonfiction—including plays, screenplays, short stories, novels, and memoir. “We’ve become lopsided living […]
“Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde
For three decades now, I have had parallel careers as a professional writer and a graduate teacher as well as leading writing workshops both here and abroad. For some years, I taught playwriting at The New School University in New York City then graduate screenwriting at U.S.C. Film Dept. in Los Angeles. Eager to become […]