Maybe the first from the Old Continent to join - if not so, let me know - I am looking forward to see whether the principles taught can be used in another language, namely German.

Hi. I am from Switzerland. You can find me on my blog - don’t worry, that one is in English. I am a teacher in the body of Christ and want to learn to share more effectively.

For many years I have worked as a computer programmer, first running from my calling, then preparing for it. Now the time has come. I will be full-time writer and teacher starting next month. Being in an apostolic network spanning the world, originating in Canada, writing in English and traveling will be a large part of what I will be doing.

On twitter I am @rrickenbach. Feel free to contact me by mail.

Blessings y’all.

Hi everyone!

I’m so excited to be here. About two years ago, during one of my morning “walks with God,” I got the clear message that what I am to do next in my life is to write: Write books, and share them with the world. The impression was that I’m here to have impact on a big scale, and quite frankly, that scared the sh*t out of me. My response? “Um, yeah, right, God. I think you’ve got the wrong girl.”

So, I ran in the other direction, and started doing everything but what I’d been told. (A rebel, I know.) And then … life got hard. Meaning, I got scary-sick. Car accidents. Hard drive crashed. Web sites hacked. My life got turned upside down.

And after about two years of this, one night I sat down and journaled: The truth is ________. And after about three pages, I wrote: “The truth is, I really want to change the world, but first I need a vacation.” Hmm, I thought, that would be a neat name for a book. Maybe I should drop everything else, and just write about my experiences. And then I fell asleep.

I woke up the next morning driven crazy by complete stories being written in my head, stories that wanted to be told. Memories of my past. And it wouldn’t leave me alone until I finally just sat down and started writing them. Ten thousand words later, I stopped for the day, and thought, “Hmm … that was easy.”

Then, I met Jeff Goins - I think it was on Twitter. And his irresistible message: You are a writer. So start acting like one. And I remembered that walk with God, two years and a few scars later, and I thought, hmm. Maybe it’s true. Maybe I’m a writer. And so, here I am!

Thanks for listening to my ramblings ….
-Sandra from Albany, NY (indie rocker, mama to the most amazing 9-year-old ever, writer, and speaker)

Hello Fellow Tribe Members,

This is Brad Roderick from the heartland of America… aka, Kansas. Father of two, spouse of one and “Coolest Grandpa of the Coolest Grandson”. Yes, that is an official title. I’ve written and published a number of articles related to sales, marketing and general leadership for several trade journals and have been fortunate to be blessed with an amazing editor. Looking forward to learning from everything and contributing where I can. PS: If you haven’t read, “Wrecked”, what are you waiting for? Great read and even better provocateur.

Brad

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Hello,

My name is Stephanie and I live in the Boston area. I have long considered myself a writer but have never zeroed in on a target subject or audience! I hope to clarify these for myself through this course and interacting with others of you out there, engaged in a similar process. I love cold-water open swimming and biking and yoga. I read lots of newspapers and publications as well as lots of fiction and non-fiction. May the Force be with us all!

Hi Everyone!
I am Sue Dieffenbach and I’m an RN and a clinical nutritionist from San Diego. I have been in the business of using food to help people heal for a long time but my business coach tells me that if I want to expand my business from 1:1 consultations to speaking I need to start blogging, build a tribe and write a book. I’m very comfortable speaking to large groups but seem to clam up when I get to the keyboard….I have never thought of myself as a writer and I really struggle to get anything written. I’m hoping that this course and interactions with all of you writers will help me get past this. I’m scared and very self conscious, but really excited to try.

Hi, I’m Julie. I live in Phoenix with my husband and four kids - two of which we adopted from Ethiopia 4 years ago.

Our adoption experience and our passion about living debt-free inspired me to write and self-publish a book “Adopt Without Debt: Creative Ways to Cover the Cost of Adoption”. It’s doing really well in the adoption circles - even got interviewed on the Dave Ramsey show. I’m actually talking with an agent now about shopping the book to traditional publishers which involved almost doubling the book content.

I blog at juliegumm.com on the subjects of adoption. affording adoption, adoptive family life and social justice.

I also travel around and do seminars for adoption agencies and non-profits to help people understand how they can afford adoption. I MAY love speaking even more than writing I love encouraging adoptive families and answering questions about adoption - that’s my tribe!

As a journalism major most of my writing has been non-fiction but I have a fiction novel outlined (at least in my head) that I want to take a stab at. I feel woefully under qualified for that but it’s just one of those voices in my head I’m sure.

Twitter: @JulieGumm
Facebook: facebook.com/authorjuliegumm
Blog: juliegumm.com

Hi! I’m Harmony Harrison and I live on the beautiful Oregon coast with my husband of 12 years and our cats and dogs.

I’ve been writing now for 21 years (hard to believe, but true). I’m a former technical writer and have edited the socks off a few good books, but my first writing passion was poetry.

As far as blogging goes, I have tried many times to get into a blogging groove, but I keep shirking away from letting my writing run free online.

After a number of health challenges this year, I decided to stop pushing myself to blog, and start writing for me, and just for me. I returned to one of my dearest joys, my work with animals, to start my writing renaissance.

A few months ago, I wrote and published a PDF ebook called “The Beginner’s Guide to Animal Wisdom,” which teaches people how to communicate intuitively with animals, and consult the wisdom of animals for life guidance.

(It’s free at http://www.harmonywithanimals.com, if you’re interested.)

Just last week, I started writing a memoir about learning how to communicate with animals. My voice in memoir writing is starting to blossom, and that fills me with so much joy. In that genre, my voice is poetic, authentic, and free.

Still, a part of me hungers to blog. I want to learn how to keep my voice strong, poetic, and true while blogging, letting my true strengths as a writer shine.

In the meantime, I’m wrestling with a few beliefs that whisper, “Online writing is brief and terse, and you should be too.”

I’m starting to believe that those whispers are wrong.

I’m here in this class to own my two decades of experience in this field of writing, and to claim my path as a writer, and to share my work unabashedly with the world.

In addition to my writing life and work with animals, I’m deeply in love with my husband, I hang out on the windy beaches here at home, and I practice several forms of energy healing. I’m also devoted to my inner spirituality and strong love of the divine.

I’m looking forward to getting to know everyone here!