Jen Violi

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Welcome you wondrous creature. You with your story caught in your throat, on the edge of your lips, tingling your fingertips into sharper prints. You who knows words=medicine. You who can’t wait a moment longer to use and loose your voice—that wild, astonishing music that belongs to you alone. May you and your story find sanctuary here.

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  • Brittney Hall

    Portland, Oregon

    I was in need of some editorial feedback to jump start revisions on my book and help me through writer's block, but was nervous about finding someone who could give me the useful, in-depth critique I needed while also understanding I need encouragement, too. As soon as I met Jen, I wanted to work with her -- she was fun and friendly and instantly put me at ease. Her critique was extensive and insightful but also gave me the reassurance and courage to take my story apart and rebuild it (something I think I knew I needed to do, but was too overwhelmed to actually tackle). Even though I know her critiques are going to mean I have a lot work ahead of me, instead of being discouraged and overwhelmed, her input makes me feel excited and reinvigorated to dive right back in to my story. Working with Jen has not only helped make my story better, it's helped make my writing better.

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Rebirth the Heroine

From the Blog: Story Water

Were you looking for my latest writing?

Then you've come to the right place, to get to the right place! Just click on the button for some unbuttoned stories.   A little more scoop: I've started a new Patreon page and will be … [Read More]

Studies in Silence #1: Listening isn’t Reacting.

I’m studying silence right now, or maybe it’s studying me. Schooling me. Honing me. Regardless, I’m paying attention to silence. How I crave it. How I loathe it. What fear it can hold. What balm it … [Read More]

Vinegar and Frosting Don’t Mix

So I made this cake last Sunday to share with the Joy Search Party gathering in my apartment on Monday. It was a white cake with chocolate chips, and the first thing I’d baked since the car accident I … [Read More]

About Jen


Jen Violi is the author of Putting Makeup on Dead People, a BCCB Blue Ribbon Book, finalist for the Oregon Book Awards, and shortlisted for the PNBA and Oregon Spirit Awards.

As a mentor, editor, and facilitator, Jen helps writers unleash the stories they’re meant to tell, from blogs to websites to award winning books.

With advanced degrees in theology and creative writing—devoted to creating sanctuary for stories and their humans—for twenty years Jen has facilitated retreats and workshops and mentored and nurtured hundreds of writers as they find their voices, hone their manuscripts, and take creative leaps and plunges.

Jen is a columnist and regular contributor for Sweatpants & Coffee and has been a featured presenter at The Louisiana Book Festival, Wordstock, the Antioch Writers’ Workshop, A Frock-alicious Life is Calling, and the Saints & Sinners Literary Festival.[ Read More ]

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