by Marilyn | Apr 20, 2016 | Conscious writing, Sexism, Silencing, The VIDA Count, women's literary history, Writing Intention
Culture does not make people. People make culture. If it is true that the full humanity of women is not our culture, then we can and must make it our culture. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie VIDA: Women in the Literary Arts is an organization that works for...
by Marilyn | Sep 16, 2014 | Classes, Conscious writing, Memoir, Shifting Limiting Beliefs, Silencing, Voice, writing process
This week’s article is an audio recording interview with me by Jeanne Schlesinger on her radio program “To See with Soul.” After taking my course “Excavate Your Truth/Free Your Voice,” Jeanne found that much of the writing we did was,...
by Marilyn | Jul 23, 2014 | Conscious writing, Shifting Limiting Beliefs, Silencing, Virginia Woolf, Writing Block, writing process
Killing the Angel in the House was part of the occupation of a woman writer. Virginia Woolf When I begin working with women in my “Transform Your Writing/Transform Your Life” mentorship program, I give them what I call a “Conscious Writing Packet.” The...
by Marilyn | Aug 22, 2013 | Book reviews, Memoir, Sexism, Silencing, Truth, Writing Women's Lives
When people ask me what I do as a writing coach, I tell them that I show women writers who are done being silent how to free their authentic voice so they can take “center page” in their writing and in their life. I’ll admit I love a good pun, and while my puns...
by Marilyn | Jun 4, 2012 | Silencing, Virginia Woolf, women's literary history, Writing Women's Lives
“What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life?” Muriel Rukeyser once asked then said, “The world would split open.” My world split open last Thursday night when I taught the first Writing Women’s Lives™ class at Riverviews Artspace in Lynchburg,...
by Marilyn | Apr 16, 2012 | Rejection, Sexism, Silencing, The VIDA Count, Women's history, women's literary history
I recently attended a panel on Women in Law Enforcement at Lynchburg College, where I learned that women, once excluded from law enforcement, now make up roughly 15 percent of sworn personnel. Fifteen percent. I could not help but think of the VIDA Count with its...
