“I so enjoyed the writing circle with the group “from away’s” connections and participation.
It was a joy and a gift! Thank you for doing this. My writing heart is home in your circles.” – Stephanie, Ontario, Canada
2026 Women’s Writing Circles on Zoom
Writing Life Women’s Circle Pop-Ups on Zoom
nourish yourself, honour your voice, write your stories
with Mary Ann Moore
To help you to reconnect to your writing practice now that Fall is approaching, I’m offering two Writing Life Women’s Circle Pop-Ups on Zoom as well as a four-week series beginning in October. Here’s hoping a variety of days of the week will make it possible for you to find a date on which you can join the circle and discover what’s waiting to be written. This is a wonderful opportunity to gather with other women writers to nourish yourself with support and encouragement. Since this is a circle for everyone, no matter your writing experience, why not share this heart-opening experience with your friends? I look forward to reconnecting as well as welcoming those new to the Writing Life Women’s Circle. You’ll find the dates, topics, and fees below.
Writing Life Women’s Circle Pop-Ups in September 2026, on Zoom
Writing Life women’s circle: Permission to Create
Date: Thursday, September 10, 2026
Time: 10 to 11:30 a.m. Pacific
Where: on Zoom
Fee: $60 CND
Elissa Altman’s memoir Permission: the New Memoirist and the Courage to Create has inspired this first circle of the Fall season. Here’s a quote from Elissa: “Respect the story that you carry with you in your heart, that you must tell. Understand that no one will give you permission to write it. Instead, listen to what the story has to reveal to you. Quiet the noise around you. Soften its pitch. Our deepest stories are our best teachers. Let the weapons of the week – the poison, the nagging, the gossip – burn themselves to ash. Cast them to the wind. Take back the permission to tell your story, and to succeed at it. Make it yours.”
Writing Life women’s circle: Writing as Devotion
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Time: 10 to 11:30 a.m. Pacific
Where: on Zoom
Fee: $60 CDN includes a 21-page PDF workbook called “Devotion & Delight: Honouring Your Writing Practice”
Many writers including Betsy Warland, Laraine Herring, and Melissa Febos have inspired this theme. Here’s a quote from Melissa Febos in her book Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative: “I cannot imagine nurturing a devotion to any practice more consistently than one which yields the reward of transformation, the assurance of lovability, and the eradication of regret. No professional ambition could possibly matter more than the freedom to return, again and again.”
Writing Life Women’s Circle: In Your Own Words
a four-week circle series on Zoom
Dates: Tuesday, October 6, 13, 20, and 27, 2026 (four Tuesdays)
Time: 10 to 11:30 a.m. Pacific
Where: On Zoom
Fee: $240 CDN
We will create a circle of compassion, curiosity, courage and commitment together with our first topic being “Opening Memory.” It’s really a wonder that we can create a circle of writing women across the many miles. I’m really grateful for that. The writing circle offers a calm, nurturing, and inspiring space for your writing to unfold. You will be supported and encouraged on your journey, in the company of fellow “travellers.” The circle format is an ancient wisdom that offers a perfect container for a welcoming experience: a sacred ceremony of writing, sharing and listening where each person is respected for their presence and contributions.
All of these Writing Life circles are on Zoom. I’ll send you the link the day before with any handouts I’ll be referring to.
Please be in touch if you have any questions and to sign up for the writing circles you’re interested in.
Payment can be made via e-transfer to creativity@maryannmoore.ca
or by cheque. Please be in touch for my address.
If you need one, I can send you a PayPal invoice.
Payment will confirm your space in the circle.
Please note: If you’re unable to attend a circle for which you’ve registered and paid, your fee will be applied to a future writing circle.
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On Zoom wherever you are
Intent
- To provide a safe place for people to tell their stories.
- To find the still centre of ourselves and of the circle.
- To write what has heart and meaning for us.
- To realize our role as leaders in a circle of leaders.
- To remember the divine feminine and
embrace our female and male teachers. - To become a community of peers
slowing down to a natural rhythm
You [women of the circle from away] make it very easy to share my writing. The way we hold one another up, the level of encouragement, is very touching. It’s an honour to be part of this circle experience. – Tabitha, Ontario, Canada
. . . what a gift you have given us all with this writing circle. I imagine those who attended your live version wish it could continue, but please let them know that I for one look forward to these gifts in my inbox. – Josephine, Alberta, Canada
Benefits
- An exploration of your relationship to silence and stillness,
- A variety of writing prompts to get you started,
- Guidelines for your own journaling practice and various other forms,
- References for reading and inspiration,
- Support from a circle of women who are also writing,
- Witnesses to your creative journey,
- A creative boost and a reminder that your creativity
makes a healthy impact on your life and on the world.
“Writing was the healing place where I could collect the bits and pieces, where I could put them together again. It was the sanctuary, the safe place.” – bell hooks
The prompt to write regularly and your understanding of the mystery of nature, poetry and the English language makes your courses valuable to me! – Outi, Finland
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