November Member of the Month, Nancy Villalobos

November Member of the Month, Nancy Villalobos

November Member of the Month, Nancy Villalobos. Q & A with Susan J. Farese SJF: How did you discover SDMWA? NV: After writing with Marni Freedman for many years, she encouraged me to participate in the early stages of SDMWA. SJF: Have you been taking writing...
October Member of the Month, Chloe Sparacino

October Member of the Month, Chloe Sparacino

October Member of the Month, Chloe Sparacino. Q & A with Susan J. Farese SJF: How did you discover SDMWA? CS: I went to the SDMWA Free Writing Vision Board workshop they held in January of this year and immediately felt like I had met my tribe! I signed up to...
September Member of the Month, John C. Cunningham

September Member of the Month, John C. Cunningham

SJF: How did you discover SDMWA? JCC: I found out about San Diego Writers, Ink (SDWI) while taking a Memoir Workshop put on by the San Diego Public Library. The workshop, led by Marni Freedman, happened to be one of the modules from Marni’s Certificate program. I was...
August Member of the Month, Lannette Cornell Bloom

August Member of the Month, Lannette Cornell Bloom

SJF: How/When did you discover SDMWA? Please tell us about your involvement. LCB: I attended Marni Freedman’s memoir workshop at the 2015 La Jolla Writer’s Conference and had just finished handwriting the story I called, “Mom and Me,” which was a compilation of...
July Member of the Month, Cynthia James-Price

July Member of the Month, Cynthia James-Price

SJF: How/When did you discover SDMWA? Tell us about your involvement. CJP: I discovered SDMWA through the ray of sunshine, Marni Freedman, at the Scripps Library. I saw a library posting that said, An Overview of Memoir Writing. I had been thinking about writing my...
June Member of the Month, Lisa Ormsby

June Member of the Month, Lisa Ormsby

SJF: How/When did you discover SDMWA? Tell us about your involvement. LO:   I discovered SDMWA in February of 2017 when I took my very first memoir class with Marni Freedman. At first, I did it as a self-discovery and healing practice but eventually I wanted to take...