Robert Kirk Donaldson is a marriage and family therapist licensed in California and Nevada, and a journal, memoir, and short story writer. He has certificates in Memoir Writing from both Pacifica Graduate Institute and San Diego Writers, Ink, and a certificate in Fiction Writing from Gotham Writers Workshop. Robb experiences creative writing as a potent healing tool because the tales of our past, moments both extraordinary and mundane, are deeply meaningful and always worth written celebration as either journal, memoir, or fiction. Robb has facilitated numerous groups and workshops, including Artist’s Way groups and several New Year’s Eve intention setting workshops. He is delighted and grateful to be co-facilitating this special New Year’s Eve writing adventure with Judy Reeves.

Judy Reeves is a writer and teacher whose books include A Writer’s Book of Days, named “Best Nonfiction” by the San Diego Book Awards; Writing Alone, Writing Together; A Creative Writer’s Kit; The Writer’s Retreat Kit and, most recently, Wild Women, Wild Voices. Her fiction, nonfiction, and poetry has appeared in the San Diego Reader; The Frozen Moment; A Year in Ink; Connotations Press; Serving House Journal; Waymark; Expressive Writing, Classroom and Community, and other journals and anthologies. Two plays, written with a women’s writing ensemble, were produced by the Fritz Theater. She’s also served as editor for several journals and chapbooks, including three editions of A Year in Ink. She has been leading community-based writing practice groups for thirty years and teaches at writing conferences internationally and at San Diego Writers, Ink, a nonprofit literary center she cofounded. Her memoir, When Your Heart Says Go, was released in October 2023. Judy’s website is judyreeveswriter.com.