New! Saturday,
Sept 6…Almost here…
Spiritual Writing Workshop II
10 am to 2 pm, Saturday Sept. 6
Here’s the plan for Sept. 6.
FIRST? Register by Friday night, Sept. 5, 2025 – 10 pm so I can provide your email for the Zoom link.
NEXT, here’s how we’ll “work” the workshop. We’ll gather around our screens and…
- We’ll have a working lunch while we ask questions and see what others have to say and to write.
- Begin with information about the form of spiritual writing, its prospects and then a discussion.
- We’ll write about what might get stirred up in the conversation (or anything nudging you to write about) and then talk some more.
What’s Up This Summer
Spiritual Writing Workshop, Sept 6, 10-2; (on Zoom)
E-book on how to write…better: Let’s Write…and Have Fun
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Dona Patricia de Leon certainly thought of it that way, first for the 2-year-old son who rolled north across the Rio Grande with her in the two-mile train of people and goods in two-wheel carts and herds of livestock. Her 11 other children would be born and group in the regions of Victoria on their land grant — first from Spain and then from Mexico. They first learned faith and numbers from the priests Patricia de Leon brought and with them built St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Victoria. This generation would return to Europe for fashion, art and further education, not yet offered in Texas.
“Carmen is a national treasure of Texas. When she critiques my writing, I come away feeling proud of my efforts and doing more and better are within reach.”
Hank B., Dallas“Going to Writers’ Circle is like going to “Cheers,” (the older sit com)
Dr. Felicia W of Pittsburgh, PA
Teacher
Writer’s Circles
TUESDAY night, 7 pm meets in person at my West Fort Worth home and also Zoom when folks can’t attend in person, Sept 2 or 9 TBD, 2025
WEDNESDAY, starting Aug 30, 2025 (wait list) and the afternoon “hybrid” (part Zoom, part in person) will start at 1:30 pm.
THURSDAY, starting Aug 28, 2025 It’s an all Zoom meeting that starts 7 pm
Teaching is a wonderful experience
AUTHOR
GIFTS FOR TEXANA LOVERS & FOR THE WRITER IN YOUR LIFE…
Carmen Goldthwaite is the top-selling author of Texas’ heroic women, their stories: true adventures of Texas women across the centuries and the landscape of the State and the Republic. The 15-year research and writing project resulted in Texas Dames: Sassy and Savvy Women Throughout Lone Star History and Texas Ranch Women: Three Centuries of Mettle and Moxie. Her stories of these women have appeared in anthologies and magazines, such as: FORT WORTH TEXAS, PERSIMMON HILL, Wild West, True West, TCU Alumnae, etc..
Carmen Goldthwaite – Author, Teacher, Storyteller – packs a lifetime of writing into creative writing classes she teaches, the Texas Tales she spins and books and articles she pens.
A GIFT FOR THE WRITERS ON YOUR LIST
Gift Certificates are available for those with a budding writer on their gift list. ($99 EACH Or 15% OFF FOR TWO OR MORE WORKSHOPS! )
Translating decades of experience in writing and publishing, Carmen passes along her knowledge to writers through small group Writers’ Circles, individually, classes, conferences and workshops. For 12 years, men and women have knocked on the door of her writing place, her home, “Scribblers Sanctuary,” as nicknamed by early students. Some of her SMU and TCU students still come back from time to time for a “refresher” or a manuscript edit.
Autographed Books make a great gift!
With the ease of a click and the thoughtfulness of one who knows them well, you can give a gift that lasts, that inspires, that suggests the awe of accomplishment.
Author
“You find the untold stories of so many women…women who’ve been lost from the pages of history, and you write them well.”
Ann Smith of the Houston-Galveston Sam Houston Chapter of DAR about Texas Dames: Sassy and Savvy Women throughout Lone Star History
Carmen is the top-selling author of Texas’ heroic women’s stories: true adventures across the centuries and the landscape of Texas.
ONE READER SAID about TEXAS RANCH WOMEN: THREE CENTURIES OF METTLE AND MOXIE…
…“well written and informative. I was born and raised in Texas. We had Texas history in school. This book gives me the ‘rest of the story’.” – Txana, on Amazon, a review.
Storyteller
“Thank you for coming. I could tell people really enjoyed the stories you told.”
Debbie, Pittsburg Peach Festival
Carmen spins the tales, the true ones, of Texas’ formidable women, stories untold or long forgotten. She’s written about them in columns, magazines, anthologies and books– tales of immigrating to “Tejas” alone and with children, standing off hungry and angry hostiles with guns or baked bread, grubbing to bring forth crops and livestock on land often parched, making hay when wildcatters poked their pastures and hit bonanzas.
Upcoming events
Whether about history or writing, Carmen welcomes the opportunity to ‘pass it on.’
Scheduling Storytelling Events Now for 2024. Contact Carmen to find out more or schedule an event.
Ongoing Writers Circles
Tuesdays 7 – 10pm : In person only;
Wednesdays, 1:30-4:30pm: In person with zoom for those ill or traveling.
Thursday 7 – 10pm: Zoom only.
Every six weeks
July 15, 2025
Aug 6, 2025
July 10, 2025
For more information, call on 817-726-0412 or EMAIL