www.nataliegoldberg.com

Natalie is the author of Writing Down The Bones: Freeing The Writer Within (Shambhala), which broke open the world of creativity and started a revolution in the way we practice writing. The book has sold over a million copies and been translated into fourteen languages. She has also written ten other books, including the novel Banana Rose (Bantam), Top of My Lungs: Poems and Paintings (Overlook Press), Living Color: A Writer Paints Her World (Bantam), and, most recently, Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir (Free Press). Natalie has taught seminars in writing as a practice for the last thirty years. She lives in northern New Mexico.

www.wilbers.com

Steve is a writing consultant, author, and syndicated columnist. Since 1983 he has offered seminars in effective writing to more than 10,000 business, technical, legal, and academic writers. His website offers a huge range of resources on writing for business and pleasure. His books include Keys to Great Writing (Writer’s Digest Books), which offers advice on how to write with clarity, emphasis, and style; two collections of columns, Writing for Business (winner of a 1994 Minnesota Book Award) and Writing by Wilbers; and a poetry collection, This Northern Nonsense: Ernest Oberholtzer and Mallard Island (Red Dragonfly Press).

www.realspeaking.net

Gail is the founder of Real Speaking, which helps people to mine the deep wells of their life experience and self-expression to become powerful platform speakers. Gail has been instrumental in the success of many prominent speakers. She is a former executive vice president of the National Speakers Association, and is the author of Transformational Speaking: If You Want to Change the World, Tell a Better Story (Celestial Arts/Brilliance Audio).

www.rosannebane.com
www.BaneOfYourResistance.wordpress.com

Rosanne is a creativity coach who helps writers and artists move through resistance, transform it into energy and action, and fully enjoy and succeed in their work. In addition to one-to-one coaching, she offers classes, workshops, and retreats to help writers and artists make the most of their creativity. Her blog, The Bane of Your Resistance, is a place to share insight and information about the many forms of writer’s resistance (writer’s block, procrastination, distractions, looking for answers in the fridge, keeping yourself too busy to write, etc.) so you can stop resisting and start really enjoying your writing. Rosanne is the author of Dancing in the Dragon’s Den: Rekindling the Creative Fire in Your Shadow (Nicolas-Hays) and the forthcoming Around the Writer’s Block: Simple Ways to Apply Neuroscience to Stop Resisting and Start Realizing Your Writing Potential.