Big Yellow Bloggers
Meets: Wednesdays 1-3pm Eastern time, Jan 11- March 14 2012
Cost: $300
For bloggers of all levels of experience. This class merges the highly successful model of Writing It Up in the Garden, where participants write together, supported by their peers in Nerissa's warm and encouraging living room, with the flexible option of a teleclass. We will meet in person in Nerissa's house at 1pm. Those who are participating remotely will call in (or Skype in) at 1pm to check in briefly, then hang up as we all write together. The goal will be to write four short posts in an hour. Then at 2pm the remote participants will join the in-person cohort for a discussion of the art, craft and (if appropriate) business of blogging. Nerissa will bring in the occasional guest expert to share experience, tips and tricks. We will check in about how our blogs are going, learn from each other, and find camraderie and support in what can seem a lonely road.
Weeding & Pruning
Meets: Wednesdays 2-3pm Eastern time, Sept 28- Nov. 30 2011 (on hiatus for winter/spring 2012)
Cost: $300
Weeding & Pruning groups are based on the Mastermind model in which individual writers and songwriters come together to support each other generously and copiously, personally and artistically. Towards that end, participants read each other's work, make judicious and loving suggestions, cheer each other's progress and be antennae for each other's future successes. Any writer may at any time say, "First draft feedback only," which will be code for "please say only nice things." If you want to check the group's opinion about how something is working, you can say, "weeding and pruning!" Nerissa begins each session with a short lecture on a topic (POV, dialogue, description, as well as publishing, working with collaborators including agents and editors, Internet resources, etc.) Each class begins with a quick check in. There is an online forum where participants can communicate during the week. Up to four writers will be in the hot seat each week.
Mama Rocks (with Katryna Nields) (on hiatus for 2012)
More music. More joy. Less stress.
Do you love your kids, but sometimes don't know what the heck to do with them? Do you want to get to know other like-minded moms to get great ideas, hear stories that will help you to not feel like a delinquent mother? Do you miss the side of you that was full of creativity, music, grown-up conversation?
We did too.
Join Nerissa and Katryna Nields for a Mastermind Teleclass/Support group for musical moms (and moms who want to be musical.) We will work together for a period of three months, meeting once a week for an hour on a conference call. Together we will be supporting each other, giving each other creative suggestions and of course, learning new and old songs. Each week, we will start with a line from a pop song, folk song, spiritual, show tune--something from our generation to get us going. We will take turns sharing, coaching and being coached, and we will end with a song to share with our children for the week. There will be an online forum for getting to know each other outside of the phone call. Can't make the call every week? There will be an mp3 recording of each class so you never have to sweat it if your babysitter gets the flu.
Possible topics:
-Partner resentment issues
-"good enough" mother
-exercise/well-being: how to take care of mom (you) so that mom can take care of everyone else!
-playtime
-tantrums
-potty training
-other mother envy (yes, it very occasionally happens...)
-financial issues
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anything you want to discuss!
Cost: $150 per 4-week month; minimum commitment three months.
Meets: Fridays 1:30-2:20pm EST
Starts: January 29, 2010