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Writing Yoga: Fishing On Facebook, Chapter Two, Farmer & the Cook

by Suza Francina April 12, 2011

“Forget about sex,” my eighty-year-old friend Ruth told me. “You’ll feel so free.” Well, I did forget about it… but still sex found me. — from my journal.

Friday, November 19th, I woke up at 4 am. My lunch “visit” at Farmer & the Cook with Adam was at 11:30 am.…

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Writing Yoga: Fishing on Facebook, Chapter One, Rainbow Bridge

by Suza Francina April 8, 2011

?Three things cannot be hidden; the sun, the moon and the truth. — Buddha

This is Chapter One of a true story. The names have been changed to protect the innocent, or not so innocent, depending on your perspective. 

On April 3, 2011, I wrote:

Yesterday I got so mad that I…

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Ojai Wordfest – A Huge Success

by ulrich April 4, 2011

OJAI WORDFEST – A HUGE SUCCESS

By Ulrich Brugger, The Ojai Retreat

A 9 day celebration of Ojai’s literary delights came to an end recently at The Ranch House Restaurant. The 3 honored authors of this first year’s “Wordfest”, Jacqueline Winspear, Byron Katie and David Allen not only spoke about their own…

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Ojai WordFest Wraps up this Weekend with a Bang!

by czhosterman March 24, 2011

The all new Ojai 5 takes place on Saturday at Theater 150. This intensely theatrical event features all Ojai writers, actors and directors, creating 5 new plays and producing them, over the course of one day.

The way it works is this: 5 writers will be give 5 hours to write…

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Award-winning Writer Catherine Ann Jones to Teach at Ojai WordFest

by CurranWhite March 20, 2011

[bumped up to the home page - nice interview from Ryan White - TS]

catherineannjones1Catherine Ann Jones is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and author whose films include Unlikely Angel, The Christmas Wife, and the series Touched By An Angel. Her book, The Way of Story, is used at NYU and other colleges.…

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WordFest Book Fair Supports Search Dogs In Japan!

by czhosterman March 16, 2011

The Ojai WordFest Book Fair, happening this Saturday from
10-4 on Matilija Street in
front of Made In Ojai is setting up a station to collect donations for the
National Search Dog Foundation.

“We are all very concerned about the situation in Japan,
and this is one small way we can make a difference,” says…

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Ojai-5 Comes to Ojai WordFest!

by czhosterman March 14, 2011

Theater buffs will have a chance to see five plays emerge from idea to performance in one day of organized artistic mayhem. The first ever Ojai-5 is slated for March 26th, 2011. Part of the 1st Annual Ojai WordFest, a nine day festival of words, ideas and stories taking place in and…

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Yoga for Writers Workshop at Ojai WordFest

by Suza Francina March 14, 2011

Experience how yoga eases you deeper into your body and into your writing…

Here I am preparing to teach my first ever Yoga for Writers workshop at next weeks first annual Ojai WordFest  http://OjaiWordFest.com.

For me this is a golden opportunity to integrate the two great loves of my life, Yoga…

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New Literary Festival, WordFest, Premieres March 19-27

by CurranWhite March 7, 2011

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CONTACT
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staff@ojaiwritersconference.com

New Literary Festival, WordFest, Premieres March 19-27

More than 100 “Word” Events in Ojai Valley during Nine-Day Festival

Ojai WordFest is a new festival of words, ideas, and stories unfolding in one of the most beautiful settings in California: the majestic Ojai Valley. The nine-day nexus of…

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First Annual Ojai WordFest – March 19-27, 2011

by kathyw March 7, 2011

A new event in Ojai, WordFest – spanning over nine days and two weekends – is a nexus of literary events and talent. Highlights of the festival include an outdoor street book fair, a Master Classes for Writers series with an impressive line-up of internationally distinguished writing experts, Well…

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