Kelly majored in journalism but gravitated toward the advertising side of the profession after she pulled an F on her first writing project. Though she wrangled an A by the end of the quarter, writing didn’t come naturally. It was hard and she struggled with all the craziness going on in her head. “Who do you think you are,” “You’re not good enough,” and “You’re writing will never be good enough.”

Dang. She didn’t enjoy writing

It wasn’t until her mid-thirties, having launched a successful in advertising that she finally found the courage to take a creative writing workshop at a nearby college. She spent hours writing the first assignment, and when the teacher held her paper up in front of the classroom, she expected praise. Instead, the instructor said: “What’s wrong with you? Why can’t you write?” That was worse than a big red F.

She would have drowned her sorrows in margaritas but she’d given up drinking. So, she gave up writing — believing what the teachers told her must be true.  She couldn’t write and would never be any good as a writer.

For five long years, Kelly didn’t write anything…but she didn’t quit journaling!

THEN, Kelly met Julia Cameron before she published her best-selling book, “The Artist’s Way“. With Julia’s encouragement, she started writing again, and the unexpected happened. She fell in love with writing poetry and spoken word. This led her to teach Artist’s Way Workshops in Hollywood for the next 27 years. Now has guided over 3000 people on their creative journey!

“You couldn’t find a more sure-footed or inspiring guide than Kelly.”

– Julia Cameron, The Artist’s Way, The International Best-Selling Book

Because of Julia’s influence and teaching The Artist’s Way, Kelly made the leap from writer to author. She shared her work with the world by performing, publishing, and publishing. She also started up her own Improvisational Writing Workshops.

But then she realized she had another problem, “writer’s envy”.  She became seriously envious of writers who could write a book. Though she’d written hundreds of thousands of words, none of it seemed to fit together into a book.

Thank goodness, she met Katie Curtin who’d written two non-fiction books of her own. With Katie’s book coaching and developmental editing feedback, she has submitted a book proposal and is currently writing her non-fiction book. It’s as if she’s transforming from a sprinter into someone who can teach a marathon.

Katie’s super simple and easy-to-follow 3-D Visioning and Blueprint helped Kelly because it gave her what had been missing — a focused structure. Now she doesn’t work out what she wants to say halfway through writing the book. With Katie’s methods, she has honed down her ideas and made a decision on the one core point she wants to make.