Do you believe that anyone can learn to be an author, that every life is worth the telling, and that the process of writing is a valuable, life-long spiritual activity?

Those are the stated beliefs of the International Women’s Writing Guild. For 30 years the group has sponsored a summer conference that draws some 500 women, teachers, and speakers from all over the world to speak to the importance of writing as a transformative practice. Check out the group’s lovely website. And if you’re near Saratoga Springs, New York, this June 15-22, so much the better.