Writing in Place

Seven Women. Seven Voices. One Anthology.

How does one become a writer? One writes! One joins a writing/critique group! Since 2002, seven women have met monthly to share their writings. After the unexpected death of two members, they decided it was time to gather their best work into a legacy anthology. Celebrate with The Edmonds Writing Sisters their 17 years of dedication to writing and to each other. Enjoy their compilation of prose and poetry:

with memories of Puget Sound saltwater summers with grandparents to poetic summer moments by a creek;
with an entertaining take on the eternal struggle against the pernicious dandelion to a memory of office temping and the challenges of being anonymous;
with a reminder of how to make new mistakes in the sampler of life to musings on a messy office;
with joining the activist Women of the Wall in Jerusalem to travels in Taiwan and the discovery of Kuan Yin, the Goddess of Compassion;
with a child’s love and loss of her first dachshund to the integration of pet therapy in long-term care for elders.

Laugh, cry, read; be encouraged to write and reveal your own life paths!

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“Writing in Place: Prose & Poetry from the Pacific Northwest is a lovely testimony to what’s possible when kindred spirits meet, bond, and commit to writing together. For seventeen years, these seven women have shared their words and lives so honestly and generously that place becomes not just physical but an emotional landscape they courageously explore together…”
Holly J. Hughes
Author of Passings (Winner of the 2017 American Book Award)
“This creative writing bee of seven women brings to life the daily depth encounters that pass most of us by. Even the short stories have poetic verve, touch the heart, and dispel drudgery. ‘Tuck these things carefully away.’ They will bring solace and joy whenever you dwell on Writing in Place.”
Patrick Howell SJ
Seattle University and author of Great Risks Had to Be Taken: The Jesuit Response to the Second Vatican Council
“…After reading these pieces, I felt like I’d just been in the company of a wonderful diversity of spirit—people of different spirituality and socio-economics, from wide-ranging family histories—a polyphonic collection of women’s journeys told in well-crafted language. Such encounters in writing are important, and so I’m glad for this book and the variety of stories it holds.”
Tod Marshall
Washington State Poet Laureate
“Writing in Place is full of ordinary moments from life turned extraordinary by the power of language. Readers are sure to be inspired not only to appreciate the beauty in their everyday lives but perhaps also to pick up a pen and write.”
Theo Pauline Nestor
Author of Writing Is My Drink
“…As a reader, writer, and teacher, I recommend this book not only for the warmth and authenticity of its poems and prose but for the encouragement it provides others who seek growth through creating and sharing their own work.”
Amanda Laughtland
Editor, Between the Lines