We’re still creating inventory for the Writer’s Store, building shelves, painting the walls, going on buying trips. We’ll add products as they come off the Judy Reeves Assembly Line. What you can expect first are a wide and varied set of DIY workshops from the Downloadable Muse and a 30-day creative writing course you can subscribe to. We’re also planning a Writing Practice Notebook with quotes and lots of wide open space, a writer’s daily calendar and some other goodies the Muse hasn’t told us about yet. We love the surprises and hope you will too.
As a small gathering of women writers, we will explore the deep stirrings that come to mind when we hear the words wild and woman. Writers of all genres and all experience are invited to participate in this workshop that will use free-writing exercises to touch into the places that belong to our authentic and wild feminine nature.
Price: $250.00
For this Saturday Series Writing Retreat we're going to dip our pens into the messy richness of "the Ex- Factor, with all its joys, sorrows, pain and revenge. Price: $50.00
Dreams can answer questions and solve problems. They can influence our writing and, in turn, our creative work can alter our dreams. In this retreat we’ll use our notebooks and pens to communicate with the messengers of the night. Price: $50.00
A chapbook of short writings by members of Thursday Writers. The collection includes flash fiction, flash memoir, poetry and bits of pieces of stories, essays and novels, remembrances and rambles and reflects the spontaneous writing of this writing practice group. Price: $5.00
The first of our 2012 Saturday Series Retreats, this day-long workshop is a time to look forward, bringing with us what we have learned, what we have loved and what would be better left behind. Price: $50.00
In this all-day session of our Saturday Retreats and Workshops, our interpretation of erotic implies an aesthetic that pleases the mind and incidentally stimulates the body. Join a friendly group of writers in a safe, non-threatening environment to play with words delicious, create a banquet of delights, pen an erotic valentine, a steamy letter, a seductive poem. Price: $50.00
Since time began we have gone to the water for healing and rejuvenation and water is one of the elements we hold sacred. We gaze to the sea for inspiration, rivers calm us provide waterways on which to travel, lakes provide solace. For this Saturday Retreat & Workshop, we'll write about Water, water everywhere... Price: $
This ongoing read and critique group for advance writers started in 2005. Writers of long and short fiction, memoir and creative nonfiction submit 12-15 pages in advance for critique by the group and Judy. Submission required for participation.
Contact Judy for Information.
Group is currently closed. Price: $100.00
This newly formed, ongoing read and critique group is for writers of fiction (long and short), memoir and creative nonfiction who have experience in workshop settings. We meet weekly in a friendly, supportive environment for the careful reading and critique of 5-8 pages of your manuscript. This workshop requires a commitment to your work and to the support of other writers in the group. Weekly attendance is required as is bi-weekly submission of pages for critique. Group is limited to 8 participants. Submission required for participation. Price: $100.00
A special blend of writing and writers brewed up fresh and on the spot. Whether you like it hot and steamy, rich and frothy, or straight up and strong, you’ll like our latest serving of classic Marathon. Everyone’s invited to this all-day writing workshop that features evocative writing prompts, creative exercises, opportunities to give voice to your writing and the kind of community that brings writers back for more. Fresh, fun and never decaffeinated, you don’t want to miss this one!
Price: $75.00
In this regular session of our Saturday Retreats and Workshops we’ll gather a gang of renegade writers around our well-laden table. We'll spend the day writing from our wild imaginings and untamed tongues. Prompts and exercises will encourage writing outside the known rules, exploring what could be dangerous territory, inviting mystery and seduction. Outlaw voices are welcomed and encouraged. Price: $
Take a respite from the sights, sounds and energy of the city to create in nature with like-spirited adventurers. We’ll locate ourselves in the spacious studio at the J & J Ranch where wide windows and sweeping, tranquil views invite extemporaneous expeditions and playful meanders. Magazines, brushes and glue will be used to make spontaneous mini-collages and writing prompts will spark intuitive free-writes. Alternating art making with writing promises to surprise and inspire your muse. At the end of the day, you’ll go home with several small collages and pages and pages of new writing. Writers and artists of all levels are invited; no experience is required. Price: $100.00
The Muse’s Bookshelf
Books and Kits by Judy Reeves are sold by booksellers at websites outside of the Writer’s Store web page.
A purveyor of writing prompts that urge even the most reluctant writer to put pen to page, Judy’s now newly revised and released first book, A Writer’s Book of Days, offers a collection of topics from over five years of writing practice sessions.
Her experience as a teacher and leader of writing groups and a passionate belief in the benefits of writing in community led to her second book, Writing Alone, Writing Together.
A Creative Writer’s Kit, Based on A Writer’s Book of Days, this sumptuous and sophisticated kit contains a 144-page book and a 25-card deck.
The Prompts & Practices guidebook offers 365 evocative writing topics with ample writing space.
The handy deck of over-sized cards provides a myriad of ingenious suggestions to keep the creative juices flowing. A great gift for a writer you know. Maybe even yourself. ………Buy the Book Kit at:Amazon
The Writer’s Retreat Kit, is for creative explorers who don’t have the time or resources to withdraw to a Waldenesque cabin in the woods. The book covers retreat practices, setting your intention, creating a safe and nurturing place, and even ways to peacefully reenter your day job.
Artfully designed to provide accessible sanctuaries for maximizing creativity, this fun and functional kit contains a 176-page guidebook and 25 cards. The interactive deck includes easy reference tools and enticing prompts for each theme in the book. Buy the Book Now at:New World Library – Barnes & Noble – IndieBound – Amazon
and a 30-day creative writing course you can subscribe to. We’re also planning a Writing Practice Notebook with quotes and lots of wide open space, a writer’s daily calendar and some other goodies the Muse hasn’t told us about yet. We love the surprises and hope you will too.
A purveyor of writing prompts that urge even the most reluctant writer to put pen to page, Judy’s now newly revised and released first book, A Writer’s Book of Days, offers a collection of topics from over five years of writing practice sessions.
Her experience as a teacher and leader of writing groups and a passionate belief in the benefits of writing in community led to her second book, Writing Alone, Writing Together.
A Creative Writer’s Kit, Based on A Writer’s Book of Days, this sumptuous and sophisticated kit contains a 144-page book and a 25-card deck.
The Writer’s Retreat Kit, is for creative explorers who don’t have the time or resources to withdraw to a Waldenesque cabin in the woods. The book covers retreat practices, setting your intention, creating a safe and nurturing place, and even ways to peacefully reenter your day job.
