TAKING WOMEN WRITERS UNDER OUR WING

“We think back through our mothers if we are women.” —Virginia Woolf

“We are traditionally rather proud of ourselves for having slipped creative work in between the domestic chores and obligations. I’m not sure we deserve such big A-pluses for that.” —Toni Morrison

“I am interested in writing away the invisibility of women’s lives, looking at writing as an act of redemption. In order to do this, I need the companionship, the example, of other women who are writing.” —Carol Shields

“We need all the examples we can get. I am, I’m sure, one among many women writers who look to established women authors as guideposts. We scour interviews like detectives, hoping to gather clues about what it takes to turn the ideas in our heads into bound books with our names on them.” —Sara Fredman, “Margery Kempe had 14 children and she still invented the memoir,” Electric Literature, 2020

Created by an internationally acclaimed novelist, beloved writing teacher, and seasoned professional editor, Birds & Muses provides women writers the practical and moral support they need to complete their literary fiction and creative nonfiction book projects.

Offering one-on-one Mentorships and Developmental Editing, small-group Writing Intensive Retreats, and Bookgardan, a year-long, low-residency book cultivation program open by application to an intimate cohort of dedicated writers, Birds & Muses is the culmination of author and mentor Kate Moses’ thirty-plus years of experience in the literary field and as an advocate for women and their creative work.

Through Birds & Muses, Kate shares all the publishing-professional savvy, technical craft expertise, and creative wisdom that she learned as a self-taught writer feeling her way alone toward the completion of her first four award-winning books, and subsequently as a respected member of the national literary community. Birds & Muses means you don’t have to do it alone: you’ll be guided and sustained by Kate and her belief in you and your writing.

Birds & Muses is an inclusive, nurturing community for all writers who identify as female. Please explore the website to learn more about each of our programs, about the Birds & Muses approach to helping women writers get their work done, and to find out if Kate could be the mentor you’ve been looking for.

“There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside you.” —Zora Neale Hurston

AUTHOR & MENTOR KATE MOSES

“Reaching into the beating heart of a story . . . Kate, that’s your superpower.” —Shobha Rao, award-winning author of Girls Burn Brighter and An Unrestored Woman

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