Welcome, disobedient writers!
Let’s face it; you write with no guarantee. You write with risk. You write with limitless promise. You write true and wild. You are capable of amazement.
May this be a resource for you.
Break the Rules and Free Your Story: An introduction to disobedient writing
Are you looking for an introduction to the art and craft of disobedient writing? Are you looking for a place to push your work to the next step? Do it online with me at Udemy.com, in my new course, an in-depth exploration of the rules that can hold back our writing and how to break… Continue reading Break the Rules and Free Your Story: An introduction to disobedient writing
Writing for Social Change: Re-Dream a Just World Workshops
Photo by Shashank Sahay on Unsplash Whether you are a member of a writing group or connected with a literary or educational institution, contact me to arrange a writing workshop in your area. A 3-part series; each workshop stands on its own, or can be taught as part of the whole. For writers across the… Continue reading Writing for Social Change: Re-Dream a Just World Workshops
I have attended many writing workshops throughout my life, and Anya’s have been the most exciting, unique, and productive I have ever experienced. I have also had the privilege to have Anya do editing work for me, and she gave my work the kind of deep, loving, and careful attention that each of us wishes that an editor will give to our “beloved creations!” If that’s not enough, Anya is a beautiful, powerful woman and human being, who believes that we can “change the world” with our writing, and she shows us how to have the courage to do so. There is really nothing more I can say, except “take Anya’s workshops!!”
Judi Behrendt
If my house were burning down, I would grab artwork, my book, and the notebooks I wrote in Anya’s classes. If you’re looking for an average writing teacher or editor, go elsewhere. Anya resides in the upper stratosphere of creativity and, if you let her, will lift your writing to heights you never dreamed possible. I won the 2006 New Mexico Discovery Award, first prize in non-fiction, for a story I began in Anya’s class. I divide my writing into two phases: pre-Anya and post-Anya. There is no comparison.
