Affirmation Station
Val Mallinson
I attend retreats with Jen Violi as often as I can because she creates an environment that is the perfect combination of tough and love; focused and structured to please my accountable, fierce adult self who meets her writing goals….and nurturing and nourishing to safely bring my inner creative child out to play. I come out of her retreats with renewed energy and inspiration, and often, new work.
From the Blog: Story Water
If You’re Not Having Fun, You’re Doing It Wrong
Discover the Book You're Meant to Write Preview #4 The serious part of me will never go undernourished. I mean really, I can put the ponder in ponderous. I can stew for hours with life mysteries, … [Read More]
You Don’t Have to Carry the Heavy Thing by Yourself
On heavy things like unwritten books and headboards trapped in hallways. Welcome to: Discover the Book You're Meant to Write Preview #3 (see "The Book is Not the Point; It's the Entry Point" to … [Read More]
Happy Endings Make Terrible Compost
Discover the Book You’re Meant to Write Preview #2 Many people know me for my hopefulness, my spirit of renewal, and for always looking on the bright side. Popular thought holds that 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 ]
