The Long and Winding Road from Moments to Memoir

Judy Reeves's recently released memoir, When Your Heart Says Go, tells the story of a solo, around-the-world journey she took a few years after her husband died. The journey itself took place thirty years before the story about it was published. Why did it take thirty years to get from there to here? Why do some stories appear suddenly and others take decades to find their way? These are some of the questions we’ll explore in “The Long and Winding Road from Moments to Memoir.”

Bio:

Judy Reeves is an award-winning writer and teacher who has published four books on the craft of writing including A Writer’s Book of Days and Wild Women, Wild Voices. She is on the faculty of the Southern California Writers’ Conference, teaches at writing conferences internationally, and at San Diego Writers, Ink, a nonprofit literary center she cofounded. Her critically-acclaimed memoir, When Your Heart Says Go was released in 2023.