The Way of StoryLight & Shadow
Many of us are stunned by the recent campaign and presidential election results. And, inevitably, there is a strong pull to enter the darker side and succumb to fear, hate, and even some kind of violence. When structures outlive their use, they will turn to shadow and destruct, allowing eventually for the new to come. […]
Writers: Seek Inspiration from all the Arts
Years ago I was invited to stay at the Wurlitzer Foundation in Taos, NM in order to write. The contrast from living in New York City to the land of enchantment was liberating! Once there, I fell in love with New Mexico’s Sangre de Cristo Mountains and promptly joined with two other artists staying there […]
California Central Coast Writers Conference 2016
Pismo Beach, CA The California Central Coast Writers Conference has been around for thirty-two years yet this was my first time to be invited to teach there. Though the conference was held on College Campus in San Luis Obispo (SLO is what the natives call their lovely town), both faculty and out of town […]
Esalen 2016 – Whales & Writers Abound!
Esalen Institute hosts The Way of Story with Catherine Ann Jones For fifteen years now, I have returned every August to the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA to teach writing workshops. They come from Cuba, CA, NY, S. Africa, Paris, France, Philadelphia, and Texas, too. The common link is writing – both professionals and […]
Freud’s Oracle: Standing Ovation in Santa Fe, NM
Just returned from the Creativity & Madness Conference in Santa Fe, NM where I presented my new play, Freud’s Oracle, to an audience of psychiatrists, neuro-scientists, and psycho-therapists from all over the world, some 600 participants. The play re-creates a two- year analysis the American poet, H.D. had with Sigmund Freud, Vienna, 1933. Freud’s Oracle, […]
Way of Story Online Writing Course
WAY OF STORY ONLINE WRITING COURSE DailyOM Way of Story Course Join award-winning author/playwright/screenwriter and global writing teacher Catherine Ann Jones This course is for all forms of narrative fiction and non-fiction, including memoir, and plays and screenplays. Here are some excerpts from The Way of Story book available on Amazon and Kindle. For live workshops […]
What Keeps Writers & Teachers Going
Sometimes writers and teachers get tired of being the one having a different take on life and writing, and may wonder if it worth the trials to keep on keeping on. Then, out of the blue, angels sing and the universe responds with awards or rise in sales of courses or books, or a letter […]
New Dimensions Radio Interview
http://www.newdimensions.org/healing-through-focused-journaling-with-catherine-ann-jones/ Sign In | Sign Out Healing Through Focused Journaling with Catherine Ann Jones Posted on May 14, 2014 by New Dimensions in Interviews Jones gives practical advice as to how we can engage in deep inner work through focused journaling. She shares exercises that can act as powerful […]
Literacy Gumbo: Catherine Ann Jones Interview
Literary Gumbo: Catherine Ann Jones from Literary Gumbo on Vimeo. Playwrighter Catherine Ann Jones sits down with host Fred Klein to talk about her new play Freud’s Oracle. One of her previous plays, The Women of Cedar Creek, has had a recent reprise.
Two Plays Opening This Week in S. CA
“https://player.vimeo.com/video/161130951″ for television interview with the author It’s so confirming as a playwright to know that something you wrote thirty years ago is as relevant today as when it was first written and produced. Several productions later, The Women of Cedar Creek still makes audiences laugh out loud and be moved to tears in the same […]