Do You Have a Wild DNA Story to Tell?
Journaling Sessions on The Fool Archetype Are By Donation
Call for Submissions of DNA Stories
The availability of inexpensive DNA testing has meant jaw-dropping surprises and serious reckonings within families.
Many of writers with whom I’ve worked have written these stories, and I’ve heard dozens of them at our local Archives.
Now I’m editing an anthology of creative nonfiction stories about how a DNA test permanently changed your idea of the past. If this has happened to you, please send me an essay about it. The essay should be 5-20 pages long, double-spaced, 12-point font, Times New Roman.
If your essay is accepted for the anthology, you will receive 3 author copies, a small honorarium, plus half the profit of all copies you sell (by affiliate links).
Deadline is Sept. 1. Please submit it to me via email at wildfire1491@yahoo.com. I so much look forward to reading your work.
Please forward this call for submissions to anyone, writer or not, who has a DNA story to tell. Thank you.
Feel free to ask any question in the Comments section in case someone else has the same question. I’ll answer them there.
I will be teaching a free online workshop on writing your DNA story (hoping you have one.) Let me know if you’re interested in being a part of it and I’ll put you on the list.
The Fool, Tomfoolery, Foolishness Is the Theme for July’s Sunday Journaling Sessions
Explore the zany and surprising archetype of the fool in light-hearted and generative journaling sessions four Sunday evenings in a row.
These Sunday Sessions are designed for you to document and celebrate your life. Summer is a busy, fun time, so we'll focus on being fully alive, new adventures, and many types of foolishness.
We are journaling fools.
EACH SESSION WILL BE
one hour long
Sunday afternoon
7-8 pm Eastern US/Canada Time
4 Sundays in a row in July
starting July 7, 2024
ending July 28, 2024.
Sessions will take place from on Sunday, July 7 | July 14 | July 21 | and July 28.
You can register for the event here.
Nobody wants to be called a fool. On the other hand, the fool is willing to speak honestly, playfully, and courageously. The fool often turns out to be the wise one. Each session will have a theme, and within those themes we'll write about foolish things we've done, foolish things we wish we'd done, foolish things we'd like to do, foolish ideas that stuck, how we're being environmental fools, and the new journeys we're beginning.
THEMES
Foolish Us
Fools for the Earth
Tomfoolery
The Fool's Journey
YOU CHOOSE THE PRICE
Cost of the Sunday Sessions is by donation, which means you get to determine the class's value to you. Pay what you wish.
When you sign up, you're signing up for all 4 sessions. July 7, 2024 is the firstsession and July 28, 2024 is the last. On Eventbrite this may look like a single event, but it's a 4-session course.
The Zoom link you receive will be the same for all 4 sessions. Register at Eventbrite.
THE VIBE
The course is a chance to increase your creative output, generate writing pieces that can be used alone or in a longer work, and have a good time.
The vibe will be fun, cheerful, and encouraging.
You are not obligated to share your thoughts or your writing in any way. You will be welcome to turn off your video. Level of participation is your decision, and participation is always optional.
Show up on Sunday afternoons at 7 pm Eastern Time for an hour directed toward adventures and exploration. You can come for one session or for all four.
You will need your journal and your sharpened pencils or your pens. Having art pencils on hand would be wonderful.
RECORDINGS
I try to make recordings available afterward.
WHAT YOU GET
all the benefits of keeping a journal
a deeper relationship with your joker
archetype
four hours of flow
at least 12 pieces of writing that you can use for social media posts or as part of essays or books you are writing
a chance to explore writing in your journal without fear of judgement
the space to be in community with like-minded folks
JOURNALING IS FOR YOU IF YOU
brim with thoughts and feelings about the meaning of life.
know that journaling about them would be helpful and healthful.
are willing to give form to your creativity.
are caught in patterns of disconnection.
would benefit from being in the same space with others like you.
would like to have in hand at least 12 pieces of writing at the end of 4 weeks.
want to put more color and art and design in your life.
want to learn more about the natural world around you.
want to be introduced to more ideas, thinkers, and colleagues.
could be inspired by prompts and handouts and me.
Craft & Current
If you didn’t get a chance to order my new writing manual via the Kickstarter campaign, you can now preorder it directly from my website. I’m aiming for books to begin to ship August 2024. The order from the United Kingdom has not arrived, and neither have the case laminate hardbacks from KDP.
Oh, yay! This series sounds like such fun!
All signed up and looking forward to the sessions! Thank you!