Living Large In Our Little House

I had the oppor­tu­nity to teach a writ­ing work­shop this past week­end. It was a very small group, but it still felt great. Teaching writ­ing work­shops is one of those things that nur­tures my soul. I wish I had the oppor­tu­nity to do it more here.

I got into teach­ing quite by acci­dent, although becom­ing a teacher was one of my ear­li­est dreams. I had some won­der­ful teach­ers through­out my edu­ca­tional years who inspired and nur­tured my tal­ents. When I began my free­lance writ­ing career, I joined a large writ­ers group and when I had been into it only a short time, one of the facil­i­ta­tors told me that the leader of a night writ­ers group at one of the large com­mu­nity col­leges was mov­ing on. She told me she thought I would be a good fit to take it over.

I had a bad expe­ri­ence once as a mem­ber of that night group and although I had done some teach­ing in the cor­po­rate sec­tor, I wasn’t sure I was even qual­i­fied. Still, I con­tacted the head of the con­tin­u­ing ed depart­ment and the rest, as they say, is history.

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