Sandra A. Miller is the author of the USA Today bestseller Wednesdays at One (Zibby Books, 2023), and the memoir Trove: A Woman’s Search for Truth and Buried Treasure (Brown Paper Press, 2019), winner of the Nautilus Book Award and Indies Excellence Award. Her essays and articles have appeared in hundreds of publications, including The New York Times, Writer’s Digest, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe Magazine, where she was a longtime correspondent. One of her essays was adapted into the short film Wait, starring Kerry Washington and directed by Trudie Styler. She has led writing workshops on three continents and currently teaches at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. sandraamiller.com.
Meet Sandra
Betsy is the author of The Dinner Diaries: Raising Whole Wheat Kids in a White Bread World (Algonquin, 2008). The book received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, was a Family Circle Book Pick of the Month, and was featured in The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, and Everyday with Rachael Ray.
Betsy has written food features, profiles, essays, health and lifestyle stories, restaurant reviews, and travel pieces for publications including NPR, The Boston Globe, Boston magazine, Epicurious, Entrepreneur, and Natural Health. Her work has been called “hilarious,” “smart,” “edgy,” and “laugh out loud funny.”
She is currently co-writing the memoir of Madeleine Smithberg, the groundbreaking producer and co-creator of The Daily Show. Through her own memoir and years of writing across genres, Betsy brings both a writer’s ear and an editor’s eye to helping others find the stories, voices, and details that make memoir come alive.
Meet Betsy
We (Betsy and Sandra) are dear friends, who have been writing our hearts out for many decades. We teach from a heart-centered place, grounded in the belief that self-compassion and joy nurture creativity.
The workshop time will incorporate a variety of writing experiences: there will be exercises meant to invite inner exploration, as well as more playful techniques designed to encourage experimentation. All of these practices are intended to uncover the stories that live beneath the surface—“The Inside Story”—waiting to be brought to the page.
We will also invite you to separate your writing from who you are, freeing you from constraints that can impede your creative process. Our approach is to encourage a light touch even when dealing with heavy subjects.
Whether you are a published writer or just beginning your journey, you are warmly welcome to apply. Together we will create a space where curiosity and craft come together to elevate our writing and deepen our understanding of ourselves.