We’re inviting you to a unique seascape and former sheep farm setting to evoke and bring to the surface a memory of a time, a place, a person, or event that had meaning in the past for you, and that you have always wanted to write about. It will be about letting go of barriers, distractions, and procrastinations and allowing the scene to  prompt a significant memory and get it down on the page – in any form you wish. This is memoir work but it has no prescribed form – essay, narrative, poetic, lyrical, expository – the content you choose will tell you how to write it. The ‘level’ of your writing is insignificant, this will be about just writing the words down.

There will be break times for camaraderie and nourishment of light food and drink. We will share feedback or not, as you wish.

Please bring a bag lunch; coffee, tea, sparkling water and snacks will be provided. We will meet from 10AM – 4PM Sunday June 25, 2023. The workshop is limited to 8 participants. Please reserve your spot by June 18, 2023.

Marianna, or Mimi, Edmunds has had a long career in Broadcast journalism and documentary production, primarily with CBS News and 60 Minutes followed by PBS, Discovery, and independent productions. Her series with Discovery on The Maya won the Cable Ace award for the best documentary film in the series Archaeology. She has taught journalism and documentary production and writing for over 15 years, first at USC’s Annenberg School and then at Emerson College in Boston, and she has been on the faculty for Maine Media since1987. More recently she has turned to writing – essay, memoir, narrative – and completed her MFA in Creative Non-Fiction with University of Southern Maine’s Stonecoast Program in Creative Writing. She is currently working on a memoir with, and about, her daughter, as well as mentoring and teaching workshops.