Joelene Heathcote

I just bought this book. Marianne Wiliamson. "All personal growth work is a return to love". So excited!

This course starts January 2021 by ZOOM. Go to www.joeleneheathcote.com for more information and to register.

Starts October 6, 2020 For details & registration Go to www.joeleneheathcote.com

Group Discussion

"And then the rain, Down from up, Bombing the porch rail Exploding white campfire fountains"... WIlmot Ragsdale from "Summer Storm"

January 19-March 9, 2021 7-9pm (8 weeks) $200 Max. 12 In this course we talk about some of what we have learned about the many permutations of love. We explore family love, pet love, friend love, love in adolescence and early adulthood, love in mid-life, and love in the years of wisdom. We explore these relationships in terms of intimacy, connection, vulnerability, compassion, nurturing, and identity. Love is often problematic in that we have ideals about how love should be, ...and narratives we've developed around how it is, or how it was. This course focuses on the "inner work" of loving and feeling loved. In addition to individual writing exploration, members will be encouraged to develop behaviors that nurture love of self, and to maintain gratitude through journaling as part of this course. https://www.joeleneheathcote.com/ev/when-we-talk-about-love See more

Tuesday October 6-November 24 7-9pm (8 weeks) $200/per student Max 12 Special Zoom invite for writers whose work may have stalled, or requires rekindling, and editing. Whether your story is stuck, or about to start, you’re invited to this 8 week workshop dedicated to the love of writing and all its challenges. Maybe you need encouragement, or insight. Maybe you've lost the plot. Join us to discover emotional intimacy with your story-telling voice, your characters, and their ...experiences. Develop skills for better writing, and greater scene intensity. Understand what motivates your people by looking at their back story: the challenges they have overcome or been defeated by. Suitable for writers of all prose genres: short stories, longer fiction, and essays. Both truth and fiction welcome. https://www.joeleneheathcote.com/event-info/whats-your-story See more

This 5 week studio writing course runs Thursdays April 2-30 from 7-9pm at the West Coast School of Writing in Victoria, BC. $100. MAX 12 students. For more info. and to register go to www.joeleneheathcote.com and click on events. I look forward to seeing you soon!

Today’s the day! Happy World Read Aloud Day! What are you reading aloud this morning? We are at Quadra Elementary in grade 1/2 this morning, reading Hugs ...From Pearl by Paul Schmid! Don’t forget to share your read aloud book today with #WorldReadAloudDay and #storystudioca to be entered to win a copy of Victoria Imagined, an anthology of stories written by program participants. (Please note we can only offer a prize to Canadian residents.) #sd61learn #worldreadaloudday2020 #hugsfrompearl #bookmakers #literacymatters #readingtime

I Wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it sa...ys, "Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again" (Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass). See more

Hello Locals -

A great writing week! I'm thankful for my fellow writers dedicating themselves to the craft of writing, and for sharing a love of this form of expression. And I'm thankful for our little meetup group of poets who meet on Mondays at the Bent Mast. You inspire me!

I'm really looking forward to this!