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Lit Crawl Sebastopol 2025
Lit Crawl Sebastopol is a project of SebArts and The Litquake Foundation. San Francisco’s Litquake literary festival runs October 9-25, 2025, with affiliated Lit Crawls across the United States and around the world.
Saturday May 17, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
The concept for Jumpstart Writing Workshops began in 2002 when friends gathered in Marlene Cullen’s parlor and began writing together. The group used a rules-free method to write about whatever topics ignited their imagination. After two years, the group encouraged Marlene to offer this creative process to the public. And so, Jumpstart was born, founded on the idea that writing freely and using evocative prompts encourages writing that speaks to the soul. Jumpstart meets on the Zoom platform with facilitators Marlene Cullen, Susan Bono, teacher, editor, and writer, and Lakin Khan, former SSU writing instructor and author. The work gathered for this event began in Jumpstart from prompts such as the ones found in Marlene’s Write Spot books. Learn more at: TheWriteSpot.us
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Susan Bono

Susan Bono has been teaching writing workshops since 1993. Her personal essays have appeared online, on stage, in anthologies, newspapers, and on the radio. She edited and published Tiny Lights: A Journal of Personal Narrative from 1995-2015, served on the board of the Mendocino Coast... Read More →
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Marlene Cullen

Marlene Cullen is passionate about encouraging people to write, especially those who think they can't write. She is editor of The Write Spot series of books, a collection of inspirational writings along with a well-curated toolbox of resources and self-care exercises. Marlene hosts... Read More →
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Lakin Khan

Lakin Khan writes and walks in the North Bay, in the woods and along the ocean, in the mountains and the marsh-trails of Marin and Sonoma Counties. She leads Jumpstart Workshops online and posts to her blog, Rhymes with Bacon. She published collection of nature and animal essays titled... Read More →
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Patricia Morris

Patricia Morris lives in Petaluma and writes on Monday nights with the Jumpstart Writing Group. She loves road trips, the Grateful Dead, and reading Dogen. Her writing has appeared in Rand McNally’s Vacation America, the Ultimate Road Atlas and The Write Spot anthologies Possibilities... Read More →
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Christine Renaudin

Christine Renaudin’s creative writing has been featured in several of Marlene Cullen’s The Write Spot’s blog, Sparks, and anthologies Discoveries, and Musings and Ravings From a Pandemic Year. Christine lives, writes, and paints in Petaluma, CA. She is also a dancer. Her most... Read More →
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Robin Mills

Robin Mills lives in Petaluma, California. By day she is an American Sign Language interpreter. Her non-work hours are spent writing, swimming, hiking, photographing the world around her, traveling, playing in various art forms and swing dancing. She has had work published in Underbelly... Read More →
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Douglas Newcomb

Douglas Newcomb grew up in the Sierra Nevada foothills, and has lived in Sonoma County since 1999. His interests and creative pursuits vary widely, but writing has long been his favored means of understanding and exploring his experience in the world.
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Mary Dooley

Mary Dooley is an architect who raised three sons in a little old house, writing from room to room to escape the noise. She recently finished her first novel in an empty nest. Her essays and poems have appeared in local and international publications including The Sitting Room Anthology... Read More →
Saturday May 17, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Sebastopol Community Market 6762 Sebastopol Ave #100, Sebastopol, CA 95472, USA

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