AS FOUNDER AND LEADER OF “DESERT LIGHTHOUSE VIRTUAL WRITING RETREAT” I BELIEVE THAT WRITING IS A PART OF GOOD MENTAL HEALTH, THAT WRITING FOSTERS CONNECTION AND FREES THE NARRATIVES WE ALREADY HAVE INSIDE OURSELVES, FOR OTHER EYES OR SIMPLY FOR OUR OWN.

 AS A WRITING LIFE COACH I’M A LISTENER AND CHEERLEADER, I BELIEVE IN ASPIRING WRITERS UNTIL THEY CAN BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES.

 AS A TEACHER I SHARE USEFUL, VALUABLE, ACTIONABLE ADVICE AND RESOURCES, FOR ALL WRITERS TO FEEL THAT THEIR WRITING MATTERS.

 AS AN INDEPENDENTLY PUBLISHED AUTHOR ACROSS SEVERAL GENRES I BREATHE WORDS, I LIVE WORDS AND I WRITE WORDS BECAUSE BEING A WRITER IS A PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR.

 I STARTED TAKING MY WRITING SERIOUSLY, WHEN I TURNED FIFTY AND HAD A MID-LIFE MELT DOWN, FOR A YEAR I READ AND LISTENED TO ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING ABOUT WRITING.

I RE-IGNITED MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH NOT ONLY MY OWN WRITING, BUT WITH THE WORDS OF OTHERS IN MY AGE GROUP, SO MUCH SO THAT I WENT THROUGH AN ONLINE COURSE TO BECOME A WRITING LIFE COACH.

I AM DEDICATED TO HELPING ANY AND ALL ASPIRING WRITERS I ENCOUNTER, TO WRITING THE NARRATIVE THEY ALREADY HAVE INSIDE THEMSELVES OUT INTO THE WORLD, FOR THE GOOD OF US ALL.