The Way of StoryKnowing When to Stop
Some years ago, I was invited by an artist friend to sit for his painting class. “All you have to do is sit for 3 hours.” “Sure,” I replied, ” I can do that.” Little did I realize that being a model is hard work! After the class, I walked around and looked at the […]
BEING ALIVE AT 80
I touched a starand kicked a clodThen grew oldwithin a year I wrote the above poem at age age eighteen towards the end of my freshman year at university. It was a challenging year. Majoring in theology, the plan was to become an educational missionary to foreign lands. However, I made the mistake of reading […]
5 of books are available on Audible
True Fables: Stories from Childhood Heal Yourself With Writing What Story Are You Living?: A Short Guide to Self-Healing and Inquiry Freud’s Oracle Buddha and the Dancing Girl: A Creative Life 8 are available on Kindle or Print. Just click on book covers to go to Amazon.com (Also available on Amazon.com.UK)
A Writer’s Life
A Writer’s Life is Sometimes Magical Generally, I am optimistic by nature. However this past year has been more than usually challenging. Some medical setbacks reminding me that I am one more person who is getting older. This week I’ve been having a dialogue with my self, asking questions as “I’ve written 8 books. Why […]
How a Dream Led Me to Dolly Parton
How a Dream Led Me to Dolly Parton by Catherine Ann Jones One night I dreamt of an angel returned to earth because he was not yet ready for heaven. Denied his wings because he was still too attached to earthly pleasures, he was asked to undergo a trial on earth, to earn his wings. […]
Favorite Memoirs
The books I picked & why Hope Against Hope: A Memoir Why am I passionate about this? After decades of teaching in graduate school as well as a career in acting, and writing 11 produced plays in NYC, then writing films & television in Hollywood, and later becoming the author of 8 published books—both fiction […]
Open to Insights
Open for Insights Five years ago after living in NYC for 20 years – my theatre years – I had moved to Hollywood. After working in Hollywood as a screenwriter and teaching graduate screenwriting at USC, I moved to Ojai, California. I soon learned of the annual Ojai Music Festival – now in its […]
Available Workshops
Award-winning playwright, screenwriter, & author Catherine Ann Jones The Way of Story: the craft and soul of writing Heal Your Self with Writing What Story Are You Living? Awakening the Inner Visionary Jung & the Power of Dreams Resolutions for the Soul Integrating the Spiritual with Daily Life The Callings: Listening to the Inner Voice […]
Open to Insights
Open for Insights After living in NYC for 20 years – my theatre years – I was invited to work in Hollywood. After working in Hollywood for 5 years as a screenwriter and teaching graduate screenwriting at USC, I moved to Ojai, California. I soon learned of the annual Ojai Music Festival – now […]
To Worry or Not to Worry
To Worry or Not to Worry Recently, I had to go to DMV to renew my driver’s license and failed my vision test. I did not wear eye glasses, and the DMV woman gave me a two-month extension to see an eye doctor and return. It took over a month to get the appointment then […]