2018 Taos Writing Retreat

Join me for a 4 day/3 night writing retreat at the historic Mabel Dodge Luhan Inn in Taos. (Wednesday, Nov. 28th to Saturday Dec. 1st).There is nothing like a writing retreat to refresh yourself & gain a new perspective on your writing. You'll write to writing...

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FALL WRITING RETREAT IN TAOS

Fall is a wonderful season to take some time to retreat and focus on your writing while relaxing in the beauty of the Mabel Dodge Luhan House situated at the foot of the sacred Taos Mountain. The dates are Nov. 17-19th; 3 days/2 nights. Cost is $250.00. Rooms are to...

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Paris Remembered: WOMEN WRITERS OF THE LEFT BANK

Mark your calendars, November 8th to attend this stimulating afternoon session  on the artists & writers to Paris during the belle epoque! Learn more about the women who fled America to Paris such as Gertrude Stein, Edith Wharton, Janet Flanner & Sylvia Beach...

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SACRED PLACE, HEALING STORIES

SACRED PLACE, HEALING STORIES

Shake off any lingering winter blues by joining us for a 2-day Spring Writer's Retreat in the heart of the beautiful village of Corrales! Writing will focus on how storytelling inextricably connects us with the land. For more information, click on "Registration."

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HOW TO WRITE A SCREENPLAY: PART I

HOW TO WRITE A SCREENPLAY: PART I

Have you been wanting to explore the many facets of what it takes to create a compelling screenplay from one of your vibrant story ideas? This 6-week class is designed to help you do just that! Marjorie is an experienced performer & director in the theater arts...

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Write Your Memoir

Write Your Memoir

If you've been meaning to write your memoir but just can't seem to get around to it, then this class is for you! We'll focus on the craft of memoir writing using as our model the best-selling memoir Wild by Cheryl Strayed as well as other outstanding examples of good...

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Finding the Passion & Work of Your Soul

Finding the Passion & Work of Your Soul

A Writing & Visual Art Journaling Workshop for beginner or longtime scribe and visual artist. This 2-day workshop combines both the written word with visual art-making to provide a powerful means to bring clarity to your inner process and gain meaningful insights...

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WILD WOMEN WRITE

WILD WOMEN WRITE

Clarisse Estes Pinkola tells us that the Wild Woman is an endangered species! In this 4 week writing class, we’ll take a look at the Wild Woman archetype that remains vibrant and very much alive in cultural myths & stories. We’ll do our major exploration work...

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NEW WILD WOMEN WRITE SERIES: MAY, 2013

WILD WOMEN WRITE is a class for women of all writing abilities. During this class series we will  use writing as a tool to get in touch with the wild woman archetype as source of our creativity & instinctual natures. Each week for five sessions, we'll focus on...

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Write as though your life depends on it, that’s writing with a passionate heart, the true writer's adventure!

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Endorsements

Rebecca Jo Dakota

Sometimes we just need another person to hold the space for us while we change. We might really just need to “move the needle” a little in our self-image, in how we think of ourselves. Having someone else co-visualize that change with us can make all the difference....

Phyllis Ryan

My experience in Marjorie's Memoir Class continues to be a gradual un-layering of my past, which is 87 years old, revealing a life that I had somehow discounted as not important.  Now I am realizing that I am a font of great tales that only I have access to and that...

Ruth Sandoval

Working with Marjorie St. Clair has been an eye opening experience!  During our coaching sessions, Marjorie has shown me that I can achieve writing goals that were once only a lifelong dream.  Her knowledge of good writing, astute assessment of my talents and...

Kristin Kailey

I’m now in the second part of my memoir-writing journey and I know I’m supposed to be here. It’s not easy, but it’s worth it. I start writing about one thing and other, often painful things, arise. This class of beautiful women is a lovely, safe place to explore the...

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Resources

Literary Journals & Writing Magazines:

Creative Non-Fiction Journal:

River Teeth Journal
nonfiction narrative

Hippocampus-Online
creative nonfiction magazine

Persimmon Tree
an online literary & arts magazine
for women over sxty

Paris Review

Writer's Digest

Poets and Writers


Other Sites of Interest

Shakespeare & Co. Bookstore Paris

Goodreads

Brain Pickings

Lit Hub

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