Resources for Writers

Book Organizations of Colorado - connecting Colorado's book community. See this site for a list of book-related groups in Colorado, to see a listing of interesting events, and to find local authors willing to speak at schools or other organizations.

Loft Literary Center - located in Minneapolis, the Loft is a comprehensive literary center, offering programs and services for readers and writers.

Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers - a support group for writers of novel-length fiction. Check the site for news of their terrific annual conference and monthly programs.

Boulder Writers Alliance - a networking group for business and technical writers.

Professional Associates

Becky Clark - relentlessly energetic author and speaker with lots of ideas to get kids to read.

Clearwater Publishing - Kenn Amdahl's "small but plucky" publishing house. These books make dull subjects interesting and the web site will keep a curious, literate, liberal soul entertained for hours.

ProjectWest - a strategic communications firm focusing on print, web and media design and project management, with offices in Denver and Aspen, Colorado..

RedHawk Communications - providing best practices ethics programs to the world's corporations. RedHawk has been acquired by Kaplan EduNeering.

Ruthie Rosauer - composer, singer, musician and professional joy spreader Ruthie teaches Singing Meditation workshops throughout the U.S.

SynLynk Resources - providing tools and training to enhance people's effectiveness.

Zinn Mediation Associates - problem managing experts.

Important and Interesting Ideas

Carol for Peace- - a thoughtful, sensitive blog devoted to world peace, written by an activist from Denver. Reflections, lamentations, and occasional much-needed comic relief and reminders of the beauty of life. .

Jan Prince, SelfWorks - - a blog/website with ideas to help people find their own wisdom. Created by one of the wisest trainers, authors, and counselors in the whole wide world. .

Writer Coach Connection- - recruits, trains, and coordinates community volunteers as classroom writing coaches in Berkeley CA area.

Community of Writers- - Oregon-based teacher support program dedicated to improving student writing achievement by improving the quality of writing instruction..

Spiritual Exploration

Singing Meditation - a spiritual practice that combines singing with silence, taught by my dear friend, Ruthie Rosauer.

BeliefNet - a web site for exploring religious beliefs and traditions. Take the Belief-O-Matic quiz to find out where your beliefs fit in organized (or disorganized) religion.

Blue Mountain Center - spiritual tools for finding balance in a hurried world, centered around the teachings of Eknath Eswaren.

Gangaji - an American born spiritual teacher whose words have helped me to find peace. You can read or listen to her messages from this site.

Unitarian Universalist Association- the association of congregations of the liberal non-creedal religion where I have found a home. .

Jefferson Unitarian Church - I may be a Rocky Mountain exile at the moment, but my "home church" is still in Golden Colorado.