Barbara Ann Yoder
writer, editor, teacher, coach
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Latest Posts
Basia Irland’s Prolific Ice Books
What are ice books, and what do they have to do with art and creativity?
Bloggers Celebrate National Poetry Month
Chloe Yelena Miller celebrates National Poetry Month by featuring guest bloggers on her site. This year she’s also celebrating her new poetry chapbook.
Cultivating Your Writing Seeds
How can you create an environment to support and grow your writing ideas? Here’s some advice from my book about how to get started.
Quote of the Week
“It just takes a little—a tiny seed. Then it takes root, and it grows.”—Katherine Anne Porter
Write about Your Aches and Pains
Recently I wrote about my work habits and the pain in my neck. Aches and pains make a great place to start writing!
Celebrate National Poetry Month
Find fun ways to read and write poetry and celebrate poets.
Instant Results
Why do I have to take breaks? Can’t I hunch over my computer for just one more day and be pain-free? Not even for one more hour? You mean if I want to finish writing my book I have to—gulp—change?
Quote of the Week
“You do know that you are in a period of transition and wish for nothing as much as to transform yourself.”—Rainer Maria Rilke
Write in the Heart of Santa Barbara
If you’re looking for ways to take your writing to the next level, take a look at the Summer Writing Institute at Antioch University in Santa Barbara.
Writing with Courage
Once upon a time there was a girl who thought she could never become a writer. Find out how she broke through this bad spell, and how you can too!
Quote of the Week
“I suppose I do get ‘blocked’ sometimes but I don’t like to call it that. That seems to give it more power than I want it to have.”—Maya Angelou
Apply for the 2013 AROHO Retreat
There’s still time to apply for the 2013 AROHO Retreat—an empowering week of discussions, readings, and presentations among ninety talented women writers in the desert mountains where Georgia O’Keefe painted.
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