Hello, and thank you for viewing my profile. I have always been a writer in some form or fashion since I was a child; these days, I stick to what I enjoy most - poetry. I tend to write about the immediate situations in which I find myself. Nature, marriage, women's issues and small moments in life inspire me the most. 

As a serious poet, I am struggling to find a steady pace. When inspiration hits, I write. When it doesn't, I don't. Sometimes I will not write for longer than I'd like to admit! Thus, I am looking for a group of writers who are mutually supportive. Together, I would like to build ourselves into disciplined, nuanced, and inspired poets. 

I look forward to writing with you!

-Jessie

Hello, dear reader of my bio, I'm glad you stumbled upon my profile. I'm mainly looking for a group to bounce ideas off of and connect with about writing. All genres and formats are welcome, though, I'll admit, I'm rather partial to literary fiction and short fiction. 

I obtained my BA in Creative Writing from Louisiana State University  in 2005. I recently graduated from Fuller Theological Seminary with a MA in Theology with an interest in International Development and Urban Studies. I was ordained April 2021.  While serving as Director of Student Ministries for Elm Grove Baptist Church, I am currently writing scholarly articles in Religion and a memoir from a womanist theological perspective.  I look forward to our journey together.  

 I have enjoyed writing  bits and pieces since childhood, but life  events consummed my time.  I am retired and it is now my time to delve into my passion for writing. It is an adventure, a spiritual experience and a lesson to be learned at every turn of the page.  Oh, how I love my life and writing what I want to express.  I would like to meet other writers, to exchange ideas, knowledge, and just fun talking about writing.

My writing experience consists of graduate level formal writing (essays), sales copy and websites as an entrepreneur, and a couple of published co-authoring projects. I'm looking for a writing group to help me finished my entrepreneur self-help book. I am interested in joining workshops that are Christian, BIPOC, and/or women. 

I started writing as a teen; now I’m 82 and still at it.  Mainly fiction, which allows me to depart from rationality and hear the songs and voices of others.  I take dictation rather than dictate.  I write to be surprised and moved.  I do not write to do that to others

Seven novels so far, one self-published. A self-published nonfiction was distributed by Ingram. I’m working on novel #8. Wrote three nonfiction titles – all infused with spirituality of the non-dual flavor.

 Why  fiction?  Because fiction strikes deeper than reason and calls louder than argument.

I do not outline or design.  The characters determine.  My job is to listen well and write their truth, wherever it leads.

Since covid, I’ve been submitting excerpts to a ZOOM critique group from Southwest Writers.  May continue, but another venue might stir my juices.

Greetings,

I am interested in pushing my craft. I have published and looking to publish in respected journals and eventually compile a book.

I am serious in getting and giving feedback and can devote the necessary time.

I write free verse, form (mostly sonnet), concrete etc. I have an interest (not exclusively) in spiritual references and issues of the literacy assumptions about the reader. My poetry of that sort is informed by classic Jewish texts and experience.

Mostly, I would love to link up with serious experiences poets devoted to helping each other be the best they can be :)

Open to size and frequency.

TIA,

Jay