The Way of StoryA 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 […]
East and West: Stories of India
Actor-author-playwright, screenwriter Catherine Ann Jones is a scholar of story and a gifted creative force in weaving story content with the worldly and the spiritual, and the particular and personal with the universal and archetypal. She is a performer as well as a producer, a creator as well as a cultivator, who for decades has given […]
2024 Schedule
Schedule for 2024 Jan 6 (Sat) Ojai, CA Krotona Institute: Resolutions for the Soul Zoom: Actor-playwright Catherine Ann Jones on India’s stark realities and eternal beauty – eShe Interview Catherine Ann Jones, Award Winning Author & Writing Consultant Crafting Stories & Spiritual Journeys https://youtu.be/gD0GuVh_GQI Feb 20 East and West: Stories of India available on Amazon.com, […]
Writing Memoir with Catherine Ann Jones
Writing Memoir with award-winning author Catherine Ann Jones July 13, Sat, 10-4pm, Ojai, CA How do I know about the world? By what is within me. […]