1-hour Retreat
- May 9, 2025 1-Hour Retreat: Mother's Day
Books
- May 9, 2025 Zine: Summer To Be Read
Haiku
- May 9, 2025 The Story of April in Nine Haiku
Lorrie Tom Writes
- May 25, 2025 Press and Play
- Mar 4, 2025 Minus 1 + 3 Practices = Lorrie's Lent Life
Once in a while book club
- Jun 3, 2025 Lorrie's 2025 Endless Summer Reading Guide
- May 9, 2025 Zine: Summer To Be Read
- May 9, 2025 Zine: Spring To Be Read
- Dec 6, 2024 My Reading Life Began With a Crime
- Nov 20, 2024 Books Lighting Me Up: November
- Nov 20, 2024 Some of My Best Friends Are Books
- Jul 30, 2023 Once-in-a-While Book Club FAQ
Retreat
- Feb 17, 2025 1-Hour Retreat: Winter
Women's Mini Retreats
- May 9, 2025 1-Hour Retreat: Mother's Day
- May 9, 2025 1-Hour Retreats: Overview
- Jul 30, 2023 Women's Writing and Art Retreat FAQs
Writing Tips Tools and Inspiration
- Oct 31, 2024 Colon Confessions
- Jan 18, 2024 Favorite Reading & Writing Tips, Tools, & Hacks
- Dec 7, 2022 Parent's Reading & Writing Resources
- Apr 18, 2022 Mrs. Tom's Guide to Adding Details to Your Writing
- Mar 14, 2022 Helping Kids Love Writing Without Lifting a Pencil
- Jan 17, 2022 Falling in Love with Revision and Editing
- Oct 18, 2021 Help Your Kids Love Writing With Three Little Lines Anyone Can Write
- Sep 17, 2021 Help Your Kids Write Well With a Favorite Read Aloud and 3 Simple Questions Any Parent Can Ask
- Jun 29, 2020 Getting Out of Simple Sentence Jail With Dashes and More
- May 10, 2020 Is Writer's Block a Real Thing?
- Feb 26, 2019 Write Fast as a Speeding Racer!
- Oct 16, 2018 Ten Tips for Growing Writing Confidence Without Using Magic
- Sep 25, 2018 Copying is Good and Essential
- Aug 28, 2018 Do This One Trick and You'll Be a Better Writer
- Dec 6, 2017 In the Beginning, Ya Just Don't Have to be PerfecK
- Oct 31, 2017 My Writing Tools and Rooms
all things haiku
- May 9, 2025 The Story of April in Nine Haiku
- Apr 25, 2025 Chef's Kiss for 2025 Poetry Pie Writers
- Apr 25, 2025 Poetry Pie Writing Challenge: Sunday, 4/20/25
- Apr 25, 2025 Poetry Pie Writing Challenge: Satruday, 4/19/25
- Apr 25, 2025 Poetry Pie Writing Challenge: Friday, 4/18/25
- Apr 25, 2025 Poetry Pie Writing Challenge: Sunday, 4/13/25
- Apr 25, 2025 Poetry Pie Writing Challenge: Saturday, 4/12/25
- Apr 25, 2025 Poetry Pie Writing Challenge: Friday, 4/11/25
- Apr 25, 2025 Poetry Pie Writing Challenge: Sunday 4/6/25
- Apr 25, 2025 Poetry Pie Writing Challenge: Saturday 4/5/25
- Apr 4, 2025 Poetry Pie Writing Challenge: Update #1
- Mar 21, 2025 2025 Poetry Pie Writing Challenge
- Feb 21, 2025 Find Something Ugly and Write About It
- Feb 18, 2025 Anatomy of Lorrie's 2025 Haiku
- Feb 18, 2025 Happy Holdays Haiku
- Oct 4, 2024 Power Lines and Wrinkles
- Sep 27, 2024 Haiku Conundrum
- May 24, 2024 Make it a 5-7-5 Afternoon!
- Apr 30, 2024 Chef's Kiss to Poetry Pie Writing Challenge Poets!
- Apr 18, 2024 Power Lines Poetry
- Mar 22, 2024 Bird + Haiku = Birdku
- Jan 19, 2024 Anatomy of Lorrie's 2024 Haiku
- Apr 18, 2023 Haiku With Friends
best books of the year
- May 9, 2025 Zine: Summer To Be Read
- May 9, 2025 Zine: Spring To Be Read
- Feb 18, 2025 2024 Best Books of the Year
- Nov 27, 2023 2023 Best Books
- Sep 6, 2023 Discover the Best Books I Devoured This Summer
- Dec 17, 2019 My 2019 Book List (and Why I Have Issues with Book Lists)
- Dec 4, 2018 My Top 10 Holiday Books (2018)
currently reading
- Jun 3, 2025 Lorrie's 2025 Endless Summer Reading Guide
- May 9, 2025 Zine: Summer To Be Read
- May 9, 2025 Zine: Spring To Be Read
- Apr 1, 2025 Books Lighting Me Up: February & March
- Feb 18, 2025 Books Lighting Me Up: January
- Feb 17, 2025 One Book Lighting Me Up In All The Wrong Ways
- Dec 6, 2024 My Reading Life Began With a Crime
- Nov 20, 2024 Books Lighting Me Up: November
- Nov 20, 2024 Some of My Best Friends Are Books
- Oct 23, 2024 My Bookshelf Shopping Spree
- Sep 27, 2024 Books Lighting Me Up
- Aug 30, 2024 Books Lighting Me Up (Summer Edition)
- May 31, 2024 Books Lighting YOU Up!
- Apr 25, 2024 Books Lighting Me Up
- Mar 29, 2024 Currently Reading and More!
- Feb 23, 2024 Currently Reading
- Jan 29, 2024 Currently Reading
equation for a happy creative summer
- Aug 20, 2024 Dear Sweet Readers
- Jun 21, 2024 Equation for a Happy Creative Summer
family of writers
- Nov 13, 2024 Catching Magic
- Oct 31, 2024 Colon Confessions
- Oct 18, 2024 If 229 Villa Rita Could Speak
- Oct 10, 2024 There is No Place Like the Grand Canyon
- Sep 17, 2024 North Face Extreme
- May 10, 2024 Writing Lessons from a Third Grader
- Mar 7, 2024 Student Writers are Teachers Too!
- Nov 15, 2023 A Thank You Letter to 242 Writers
- Nov 2, 2022 Family of Writers FAQ
- Nov 16, 2021 10 Reasons Family of Writers is Awesome!
- Jul 13, 2018 Five Things I Learned From Teaching Family of Writers
lessons from student writers
- May 10, 2024 Writing Lessons from a Third Grader
- Mar 7, 2024 Student Writers are Teachers Too!
living the writing life
- Jun 13, 2025 1-Hour Retreat: Summer
- May 25, 2025 Zine: Week in the Life (Printable for YOU!)
- May 19, 2025 Keeping a Week in the Life of Me Journal During the Pandemic
- May 9, 2025 1-Hour Retreat: Mother's Day
- May 9, 2025 1-Hour Retreats: Overview
- May 9, 2025 The Story of April in Nine Haiku
- Mar 21, 2025 2025 Poetry Pie Writing Challenge
- Mar 1, 2025 An Ode to Skiing
- Feb 18, 2025 What Worked in 2024
- Feb 18, 2025 All the January Journaling
- Feb 17, 2025 1-Hour Retreat: Winter
- Oct 31, 2024 Colon Confessions
- Sep 27, 2024 Haiku Conundrum
- Aug 30, 2024 A Poem For My Latest Circle Around the Sun
- Apr 5, 2024 What’s Your Favorite Story About Reading?
- Mar 15, 2024 Birdwatching Helps Your Writing Soar
- Feb 16, 2024 Waiting for God
- Jan 30, 2024 Faux Pas With a Famous Poet
- Jan 19, 2024 Anatomy of Lorrie's 2024 Haiku
- Apr 18, 2023 Haiku With Friends
- Apr 6, 2023 Live the Writing Life Without Publishing
- Dec 7, 2021 Finding Writing Rituals That Work
- Apr 21, 2020 5 Favorites, Surprises, and Lessons from Keeping a 7-Day Quarantine Journal
- Mar 9, 2020 20 Reasons People Resist Writing
- Nov 26, 2018 Sometimes Soup is More Important Than Writing
- Nov 6, 2018 5 Reasons I LOVE Lists
- Oct 23, 2018 Three Criteria for Favorite Poems
- Oct 2, 2018 Look Up for a Moment
- Sep 10, 2018 List Girl
- Aug 29, 2018 Our Lives in Books
- Jul 6, 2018 I Almost Missed it by That Much!
- Jun 27, 2018 My Sweet Encounter with Mrs. Fig
- Jun 24, 2018 The Sweetest Summer Memory (2018)
- Jun 14, 2018 How The Princess Bride is Part of Our Lives
- Jun 7, 2018 This Book is the Property of: NOT ME
- Apr 13, 2018 The Dream Rejection
- Nov 30, 2017 Writing Haters - This Post is Dedicated to You
poetry pie writing challenge
- May 9, 2025 The Story of April in Nine Haiku
- Apr 25, 2025 Chef's Kiss for 2025 Poetry Pie Writers
- Apr 25, 2025 Poetry Pie Writing Challenge: Sunday, 4/20/25
- Apr 25, 2025 Poetry Pie Writing Challenge: Satruday, 4/19/25
- Apr 25, 2025 Poetry Pie Writing Challenge: Friday, 4/18/25
- Apr 25, 2025 Poetry Pie Writing Challenge: Sunday, 4/13/25
- Apr 25, 2025 Poetry Pie Writing Challenge: Saturday, 4/12/25
- Apr 25, 2025 Poetry Pie Writing Challenge: Friday, 4/11/25
- Apr 25, 2025 Poetry Pie Writing Challenge: Sunday 4/6/25
- Apr 25, 2025 Poetry Pie Writing Challenge: Saturday 4/5/25
- Apr 4, 2025 Poetry Pie Writing Challenge: Update #1
- Mar 21, 2025 2025 Poetry Pie Writing Challenge
- Mar 18, 2025 2025 PPWriC FAQ
- Apr 30, 2024 Chef's Kiss to Poetry Pie Writing Challenge Poets!
power lines and poetry by lorrie
- May 25, 2025 Press and Play
- Mar 21, 2025 2025 Poetry Pie Writing Challenge
- Mar 4, 2025 Minus 1 + 3 Practices = Lorrie's Lent Life
- Mar 1, 2025 An Ode to Skiing
- Feb 21, 2025 Find Something Ugly and Write About It
- Oct 4, 2024 Power Lines and Wrinkles
- May 17, 2024 Under the Surface
- Apr 18, 2024 Power Lines Poetry
- Mar 1, 2024 Good Night and Have a Pleasant Tomorrow
- Apr 23, 2019 Dawn Songs
- Apr 16, 2019 Ode to My Red Purse
- Apr 9, 2019 Why I Wore My Good Luck Shoes Today
- Apr 19, 2018 There is no Place like the Grand Canyon
- Nov 20, 2017 10 Things That Could Be Morning Commute Poems: November
summer reading guide
- Jun 3, 2025 Lorrie's 2025 Endless Summer Reading Guide
- May 9, 2025 Zine: Summer To Be Read
- May 9, 2025 Zine: Spring To Be Read
- Aug 30, 2024 Books Lighting Me Up (Summer Edition)
- Jun 14, 2024 Lorrie Tom's Ultimate Summer Reading Guide
- Jun 7, 2024 Mrs Tom's 2024 Ultimate Summer Reading Guide
- May 16, 2023 The Ultimate Summer Reading List: Curated by Mrs. Tom for Your Best Beach Day Yet!
upcoming events
- Mar 21, 2025 2025 Poetry Pie Writing Challenge
- Jan 23, 2025 2025 Course & Retreat Offerings
- Jul 31, 2023 Ignite Reading and Writing Joy with Mrs. Tom's 2023/24 Courses
writing prompts
- Jun 13, 2025 1-Hour Retreat: Summer
- May 25, 2025 Zine: Week in the Life (Printable for YOU!)
- May 19, 2025 Keeping a Week in the Life of Me Journal During the Pandemic
- May 9, 2025 1-Hour Retreat: Mother's Day
- May 9, 2025 1-Hour Retreats: Overview
- May 9, 2025 The Story of April in Nine Haiku
- Feb 21, 2025 Find Something Ugly and Write About It
- Feb 18, 2025 Anatomy of Lorrie's 2025 Haiku
- Feb 18, 2025 What Worked in 2024
- Feb 18, 2025 All the January Journaling
- Feb 18, 2025 Happy Holdays Haiku
- Dec 6, 2024 My Reading Life Began With a Crime
- Nov 13, 2024 Catching Magic
- Oct 18, 2024 If 229 Villa Rita Could Speak
- Oct 10, 2024 There is No Place Like the Grand Canyon
- Sep 17, 2024 North Face Extreme
- Aug 30, 2024 A Poem For My Latest Circle Around the Sun
- May 17, 2024 Under the Surface
- Mar 22, 2024 Bird + Haiku = Birdku
- Mar 15, 2024 Birdwatching Helps Your Writing Soar
- Mar 1, 2024 Good Night and Have a Pleasant Tomorrow
- Feb 16, 2024 Waiting for God
- Feb 9, 2024 Make Valentine's Day Extra Special With This Fast and Easy Writing Idea
- Apr 21, 2020 5 Favorites, Surprises, and Lessons from Keeping a 7-Day Quarantine Journal
- Apr 30, 2019 Get Your Mother's Day and Father's Day Gift Idea WRITE here!
- Feb 5, 2019 List Love
- Jan 29, 2019 How to Write: Five Loves and a Dud
- Jan 22, 2019 Let Me Tell You Something About Names
- Jan 8, 2019 5 Loves and a Dud!
- Nov 20, 2018 My List of Perfect Things
- Oct 23, 2018 How to Write: First Line Last Line Poetry
- Sep 17, 2018 How to Write: Memories
- Aug 24, 2018 How to Write: Random Autobiography
- Aug 23, 2018 How To Be
- Jun 24, 2018 How to Make: Literary Timelines
- May 29, 2018 How to Write: I Always Like Summer Best
- Nov 18, 2017 How to Write: Very Short Very True Stories

I believe in families writing together,

knowing life is better

when we huddle close and share stories.