RIPE FRUIT
Year-Round Writing Classes, Workshops & Retreats since 1991
Leslie Kirk Campbell    (415) 337-4369
You feel ripe to write at a level you've never written before. You recognize that a vital imagination and being trained to know what a poet knows about language are the foundation of great writing in all forms. You want to be trained. You want to free up your imagination, cultivate your unique writing voice...
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MAKE YOUR BOOK THE BEST IT CAN BE!
WALT KLEINE          KLEINE EDITORIAL SERVICES
1-800-240-0054 / (510) 654-8406
Let me help you make your book or writing project the best it can be.
I will write, co-author, rewrite, edit or update your book. I provide consultation and advice. I'll do all or any part of your newsletter. Since 1985, after almost thirty years as an award-winning journalist, I've written, edited, or project managed...  Click for Details

WRITING FROM THE SOUL
SUSANNE WEST, MA    Coaching • Groups • Workshops    (415) 721-0766
OPENING THE WRITER'S GATE GROUPS & WORKSHOPS
 • Innovative writing exercises   • Processes to free the imagination
 • Techniques to overcome writer's block
For writers and aspiring writers. All levels of experience and all types of writing...  Click for Details

WRITING THROUGH GRIEF® &
HEALING THROUGH WRITING GROUPS & WORKSHOPS
Joan A. Monheit, LCSW    (510) 845-1557
 • WRITING THROUGH GRIEF®   Whether you are grieving a recent death or an earlier loss, writing can provide a means of expressing, understanding and sharing this painful and often isolating experience. We will use reading, writing exercises and discussion to explore the feelings that ariseClick for Details

THE WRITING SALON
Year-Round School of Creative Writing
San Francisco and Berkeley locations   415.609.2468
The Writing Salon offers weeknight and weekend classes taught by many different, published writers. Classes are small and take place in cozy, comfortable settings. They include introductory creative writing classes, as well as intermediate to advanced classes in fiction, poetry....  Click for Details

MAGICAL RETREATS FOR WRITERS
John Cooke or Joyce Scott
FRANCE: A retreat in the depths of the countryside, just 80 minutes from Paris in the southern Loire Valley. Medieval riverside home and gardens provide the perfect inspiration for writing and creative thought. Chateau d'Alogny- available for group retreats. (www.alogny.com)
GOLD COUNTRY: Comfortable mountain cottage in lofty oak forest...   Click for Details

SAN FRANCISCO WRITERS
WRITING FOR CHANGE CONFERENCE
Barbara Santos   925-560-1403/415-673-0939
Will YOUR book be the one that changes the world in a positive way? It must be published!
The 2010 SFW4C offers a highly effective way to network and learn from major authors, literary agents, editors and publishing professionals from the West Coast and New York....   Click for Details