Links & Resources

Get to know me:
Enjoy this interview with Susan by author and journal therapy pioneer Kathleen Adams on her WIsdom Radio program, Journaling For a Better Life:

Download interview (24MB .mp3 audio file)
Listen to interview online

My favorite books:

On Writing
Writing and Being - G. Lynn Nelson
Writing Down the Bones - Natalie Goldberg
The Muses Among Us - Kim Stafford

How to keep a journal
Journal to the Self - Kathleen Adams
Scribing the Soul - Kathleen Adams
The New Diary - Tristine Rainer
Life's Companion: Journal Writing as a Spiritual Quest - Christina Baldwin

Writing to Heal
Writing to Heal - James W. Pennebaker, Ph.D.
Writing for Your Life - Deena Metzger
Voice of Her Own - Marlene A. Schiwy
Writing As A Way of Healing - Louise DeSalvo

On Writing Poetry
The Poetry Home Repair Manual - Ted Kooser
The Language of Life - Bill Moyers
Finding What You Didn't Lose - John Fox
Poemcrazy: Freeing Your Life with Words- Susan Wooldridge

Memoir
Storycatcher - Christina Baldwin
The New Autobiography - Tristine Rainer
Legacy -Linda Spence

Poets
Mary Oliver
William Stafford
Denise Levertov
Naomi Shihab Nye
Rumi - translations by Coleman Barks
Billy Collins
Ruth Gendler - The Book of Qualities

Useful web site links:

http://www.journaltherapy.com - website for author Kathleen Adams with writing prompts and a monthly poem to get you thinking.

http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/ - poetry site established by poet laureate Billy Collins with 180 poems to be read one a day in the public school system. Great poems, changing frequently; great idea to take to your school board.

http://www.storycatcher.net - website for Christina Baldwin's process of connecting with others through story.

http://www.writermag.com - website for Writer Magazine - if you don't subscribe to it, you should!

http://www.pw.org- likewise for the poetry magazine - great interviews, good classified section for where to submit poetry, etc.

http://www.poeticmedicine.com - John Fox's site for poetry. Some fun exercises based on his book Finding What You Didn't Lose

Affiliations:

http://www.steamboatwriters.com - Steamboat Springs Writers Group
http://www.poetrytherapy.org - National Association for Poetry Therapy
http://www.nfbpt.org - National Federation for Biblio/Poetry Therapy
http://www.coachu.com - Coach U