I'm an American writer, writing coach, and podcaster living in Berlin. I've hosted the award-winning Secret Library podcast since 2016, am the author of Story Arcana: Tarot for Writers, and have helped dozens of students complete their novel drafts and revise their books with my courses Dream to Draft and Next Draft.
Ready to grow your writing practice this spring?
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Happy Spring! Next Monday, March 31, the next Your Writing Year intensive begins. Want to write with us and build your writing practice? For ten weeks, you'll get support, accountability and inspiration to grow your writing practice alongside other writers. Your Writing Year Intensives include:
In addition, get bonus free access to the Book Alchemy community and workshops throughout your time in the intensive. Winter participants have
Join for SPRING only, or get the equivalent of one month free by joining the remaining three intensives for 2025.
Hope to have you with us! Xx, Feedback from WINTER session participants:"Through the support and accountability of this group, I have so much more confidence in my writing. I have had the BEST time these past ten weeks and have accomplished more than I ever thought I was capable of. ...I love learning from Caroline - I felt she was right there in the trenches working beside me." -Ellen B. "This course brought me back to my writing. Last year, I struggled to commit to a consistent writing routine, and this intensive helped me to reset and rediscover my writing. I'm so grateful to the amazing community that I met through YWY Winter Intensive!" -Sandra M. "I have consistently committed to my writing and felt supported while doing so. I feel more like a writer and a creative person then I have in a very long time. And I feel like my writing matters, which is pretty freakin awesome!" -Dani D. "It was so much fun and the little pep talk was a great way to start the week. What really worked for me was support without being policed. You get out of this course what you put in and it encourages you to self - regulate. An approach that nudged me out of stagnation." -Brenda I. |
Footnotes: Stay motivated to finish your novel
I'm an American writer, writing coach, and podcaster living in Berlin. I've hosted the award-winning Secret Library podcast since 2016, am the author of Story Arcana: Tarot for Writers, and have helped dozens of students complete their novel drafts and revise their books with my courses Dream to Draft and Next Draft.
Image: Berlin Bücherfest 2023, Caroline Donahue. On May 10, 1933, books were burned in Babelplatz. By students. In April of that same year, many supporters of the regime announced that books incompatible with the Nazi ideology ought to be destroyed. The May 10th burning stands out as the largest, but the burnings continued for months. One of my favorite memorials in Berlin now commemorates the incredible loss of those books. Those who wish to see it have to get close to the ground to see it...
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Who else has had a wild ride the past few months? In my experience, January lasts about three months, February takes five minutes, and March and April blend together before we're suddenly in May. If you're like me, there's been a mix of stretches where writing happens and periods where nothing seems to happen at all. Our long-overdue trip to the east coast last month meant I did absolutely no writing for nearly a month, even though I'd thought this trip would be different. There have been...