Julaina Kleist-Corwin #1 Bestselling Amazon Author: After over twenty years of teaching elementary grades, high school, and county special education classes, I gave up the five days a week routine and many hours of planning and correcting papers. Now, I teach creative writing classes for adults online.
I have won several awards in short story contests and my short stories and essays are published in various anthologies. You can find “Enough Time for Christmas” and “The Crumpled Card” in Harlequin’s 2012 and 2013 Christmas anthologies. California Writers Club Literary Review published “Fried Chicken Talks” in 2013, a memoir essay in the 2017, and “The Town Crier” in the 2021 issue. The Las Positas College published my stories in 2012, 2013, and 2017 . The City of Oakland Anthologies have my short stories published in them annually from 2006 to 2017.
I’m a member of the California Writers Club, Tri-Valley Branch, and I’ve volunteered as head of registration at the San Francisco Writers Conference for over twelve years.
I also help speakers and writers to increase engagement with their audience and/readers.
I offer live Zoom writing classes. Presently, I’m teaching “5 Keys to Create Your Captivating Story.” Contact me here in the comments to find out more about them.
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Both of my above books are available on Amazon, Kindle, or order at local
bookstores.
Here is the information about joining my writing courses: https://www.atimetowritenow.com/5-keys-to-create-your-captivating-writing/
My favorite free time activity is to curl up on the couch with my Russian Blue cat, Spiriti, and read novels by Ann Patchett, Sue Monk Kidd, Ann Hood, Elizabeth Strout, and Ransom Stephens to name a few of many favorite authors. I also like to go on walks during sunrise.
Site looks great. Liked the about me.
Thanks, Pat.
Really nice, Julaina. Spiriti is such a cool name for a cat. I just almost picture you curled up with your friend and good book.
Hi Julaina,
I like your website, thanking and calming 🙂
Thank you for liking my recent blog post, I’m looking forward to seeing who your favourite author and book is.
Please feel free to promote your latest book in my blog NEWSFLASH page.
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Thanks for following me and the offer to promote my books on your blog. I like your Ape picture. May I pin it on Pinterest with your site acknowledged?
Hi Juliana,
I just wanted to say ‘Thank You’ for liking so many of my posts and being a follower of my blog 🙂
Love your blog …. clever of you not to use Like Buttons …. encourages comments 🙂
Great blog, and website Juliana. Very informative, personal with great information for writers. love it!
Hi, Juliana. I’ve nominated your blog for a Liebster Award. If you’re interested in participating, please go to:
http://jeremymilburn.wordpress.com/2013/10/10/liebster-award-nomination/
Thank you for thinking of me, Jeremy, but the award is for bloggers with less than 200 followers. I have over 700.
Congratulations for receiving it.
I am so happy to have been guided to your blog by Sheri De Grom. I look forward to reading more of your writing, which she says is superb. I love what I read here. Peace. ~ Michael
Thanks, Michael and Sheri.
Cheers, Dear Julaina,
Love,
Albert
good to hear from you one of my favorittest people.
Love,
Albert
Hi Albert,
Thanks for stopping by and reading About Me. Good to hear from you and thanks for saying I’m one of your favorittest people. You’re pretty special to me too.
Love to you,
Julaina
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It’s good to know you too. I appreciate your likes for my posts. And, I admire Your Well Wishers Program. Thank you for all you do.
Oh coming from a teaching background myself, I relate, terrific blog, I’m really enjoying it
Thanks. I appreciate your comments. I read your Valentine Story and enjoyed it. Nice to “meet” you.
Oh thank you! 🙂 Nice to “meet” you too!
You are very accomplished. A few times I visited California, I found it a charming place to be. All that lovely sunshine 🙂 Wish I could say the same for the often grey and miserable place as London, UK.
Ah, and I like fog and rain. I’ve been to London once a few years ago when the underground was on strike. I’d like to visit again sometime. We had come from Paris on the speed train. Great fun.
Oh dear, you like the fog and rain. I’ve never met anyone here who likes them 🙂 I’ve been to Paris on the Eurostar, but wouldn’t rush there again; wasn’t my cup of tea. I love the sun, sea and trees…
Your writing, Julaina, is genius – educational, exemplative, empathic. However, being a visual person, I can’t give you enough kudos for your web presentation. It is succinct, pleasant to look at and an enjoyable extension of your writing personality.
Hey, Warren, thank you for all you said. You made my day. See you in Study Hall.