Darling Alice Anne!
Mililani, Hawaii 2004
Alice Anne, my long-time “out there’ friend is at it again, badgering me to take a workshop.
“Out there” refers to
not only where she lives (out in the country at a former Tibetan Buddhist retreat
center) but also to where her mind roams.
She’s a psychic. But otherwise
normal.
For years she’s
been telling me about this Hollywood guy who does something with writing or storytelling. Sounds good, and yes, I write and I like
telling stories, but my calendar is already chock full with more important
things. Plus, what? I have
to rough it? Sleeping dormitory-style with… who-knows-who…? Puh-leeze!
And this guy,
Mark Whatever, I’m sure Alice Anne has a crush on him, the way she goes on about
him. Spare me, please.
So, okay, he’s special and my writing will take off and I will be transformed and get discovered and be rich and famous and go to Hollywood and…
So, okay, he’s special and my writing will take off and I will be transformed and get discovered and be rich and famous and go to Hollywood and…
Alice Anne just
shrugs her shoulders and, turning away, says, “The meals will be catered by
Henry.”
Oh, wait, now
you’re talking. I love Henry and I love
whatever he makes. He is divine! Totally divine! I’d do anything to be married to a chef. Except, it would have to be Henry.
And that’s how
I got lured to take Mark Travis’ workshop ten years ago.
That first
workshop was everything I wanted and needed.
I wrote about my mother, wrote things I never imagined I would write.
In all the
years since, and continuing, I keep answering Mark’s challenge:
What would you write about if you had no fear?
This is how I remember Mark the first time I met him
For the 15th year Mark Travis will teach his Write Your Life
workshops!
Friday-Sunday, January
23-25, 2015
Friday-Sunday, January 30 -
February 1, 2015
Sign up now!
Remember, Henry caters the
meals.
For more information: http://aliceanneparker.com/marktravis/
