Category: Storytelling
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Women’s Stories
It’s Women’s History Month, and women’s stories are something I am passionate about. In 2017, I created and launched Roar: Trues Tales of Women Warriors, an all-female storytelling showcase that has been performed by various storytellers around the country. That same year, I, alongside a team from Better Said Than Done, published Roar: True Tales… Read more
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Risk! and More
I was on the Risk! podcast. You can listen to my episode here, or listen to Risk! wherever you usually get your podcasts. Despite the episode title – Holiday Blues – I think my story is fairly hopeful and uplifting. But I’ll let you decide that. I am finding it hard to find hope these… Read more
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The 2025 NSN Conference
The National Storytelling Network (NSN) Conference was held from July 17 – 20, in Kennessaw, GA. I was thrilled to attend and to participate. I had an amazing time just being there. The best part was, as usual, seeing and getting to talk to – in person – friends and fellow storytellers. Watching the performances… Read more
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Writing and Speaking News
I publish a newsletter, approximately once a month. I should do more, with less. Isn’t that a metaphor for life? I tend to write really long newsletters, but not that often, whereas the accepted wisdom is that readers prefer shorter emails, which, considering how much I always have going on, is really difficult for me.… Read more
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The 2025 Women’s Storytelling Festival
I am thrilled to be a featured storyteller in the 2025 Women’s Storytelling Festival! Join me at the Women’s Storytelling Festival, March 20 – 23, 2025, both in-person in Fairfax City, VA, and live streaming online! The 2025 Women’s Storytelling Festival kicks off March 20 at 8:00pm Eastern/5:00pm Pacific with a virtual only showcase. The… Read more
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Story Beast
I like the name of the National Storytelling Network’s online magazine – The Story Beast. I was trying to figure out how to write about all the many events I have coming up, and to also write about how there’s an article in the Story Beast that features me and some of my favorite storytellers… Read more
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The Heart of Storytelling
Jude Treder-Wolff, a storyteller and the producer of (mostly) True Things, interviewed me for her article “The Story of Your Life.” The article begins… There are three core kinds of calls for change in life:1) Desire — we want to expand, learn or actualize something better;2) Adversity —we take up a fight or challenge oppression;3)… Read more