• Do you have scraps of paper sitting in an old shoe box?
   

• Have you thought you'd like to get those scraps organized, and maybe the family will quit bugging you?
   

• Or are you a writer new to the memoir form?

“This workshop opens up the floodgates to memories long buried but not forgotten.” Kay Roberts, author, stand-up comic and actor

“Ina has the gift of getting people to open up. She got me writing in a direction I never would have gone on my own.” Chrystine Julian, poet, upcoming book, "The Sensual Spirit"

"Makes my week!" Howard Westley, first-time author, "Stories From The Heart, Vol. 2"

"After all these years of scraps of paper, finally magical sense! And seeing myself in print makes me feel complete." Jane Madeline, first-time author, "Stories From The Heart, V. 2."

“It’s just plain fun!” Sophie Chudacoff, 94 year old dynamo, writer/fund raiser for City of Hope

And a few more:

“Expands my mind.”

“Opened the floodgates.”

“Enlivening, spirited discussions in writings.”

“Interesting and inspirational.”

“Wonderfully uplifting.” 

“Unlocked the doors to memories long forgotten but still present."

“The participants are nice, the group inclusive; I’ve made a lot of new friends.”

Special techniques draw on Ina's experiences as a writer and publisher of Amazon.com Top Selling books, newsletters and articles, and in working with people around the country. She also draws on her books, How to Write Your Memoirs:  Fun Prompts to make Writing…and Reading…Your Life Stories a Pleasure,©, Amazon.com bestseller Pawprints, the book of furry memoirs, and the Stories From The Heart ©  series, compilations of writings by members of her Pawprints Writing Club™. (Vol. 2 became an  Amazon.com Top Seller; the third in the series was published in spring of this year. Scroll down to see more.)

LIBRARY "BOOK REPORT"

We are pleased to report that we had a full house (65) at Ina's recent Memoir Writing Workshop sponsored by the Burbank Public Library. People who came included an Emmy Award winning comedy writer, a creative writing teacher with an MFA in her field, actors, and folks from many other walks of life, countries and eras.

Many thanks to  Program and Publicity whiz, Louise Paziak, and staff for all their support. Thanks also to Ms. Paziak for writing Ina:

"I wanted to thank you for providing our patrons with a wonderfully creative afternoon. It was exhilarating to see such a diverse group of people turning out for the class and determined to improve their writing...Creative writing is still vitally important in this era of text messaging and cell phones. Everyone had a story to tell and it was really fascinating to listen to them share their memories. I thoroughly enjoyed sitting in on your class.”