“ …with writing you start where you are…You just do it--you do it afraid. And something happens.”
-- Anne Lamott

About B. Lynn Goodwin:

B. Lynn Goodwin is a freelance writer and editor. Her book, You Want Me To Do What? Journaling for Caregivers, will be out in December 2008. She facilitates journaling workshops for caregivers, which are conducted through e-mail and in person.

Lynn has published articles, reviews and stories in the Oakland Tribune, the Contra Costa Times, the Danville Weekly, Hip Mama, Staying Sane When You’re Dieting, Small Press Review, Dramatics Magazine, and numerous e-zines.

In addition to writing the interviews and many of the reviews for Writer Advice, she edits and publishes the e-zine. Writer Advice celebrated its ten-year anniversary in October 2007. She’s published nearly 100 reviews and interviews on the site.

Her publications about journaling for caregivers include “Needed” in Voices of Caregivers (October, 2008), “Journal to Relieve Stress,” found at http://www.caregiving.com/experts/experts_journal.php, “Stressed? Try Journaling,” found at http://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/2008/03/stressed-try-journaling.html, and “Journal Relieves Stress For Caregivers,” National Career Development Association (NCDA) monograph on "Career and Caregiving: Putting the Pieces Together” (forthcoming). She was recently informed that her essay, "The Gift" will appear in 24/7, a caregiving anthology (Spring, 2009).

Manuscript Coaching:

Want to turn their journaling into personal essays or memoirs? We can help you expand ideas and fine-tune your writing. E-mail Lgood67334@comcast.net and tell us about your project. We can work either by e-mail or in person.