Writing on the Verge

Writing on the Verge

Why We're On the Verge

And why writing matters in times like these

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Amy Shearn
Jul 29, 2025
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Women PAST the verge, yikes

You may have noticed that the name of this newsletter has changed. I started this thing on a whim after I was unceremoniously laid off from my media job and was trying to figure out if I could do what I’d actually wanted to do all along — teaching, working 1:1 with editing and coaching clients, and running retreats. (So far so good… now booking new clients for November!)

Three years in (!) I’m finally thinking about how to be more cohesive with my offerings, and what seems to work best for my writers. My most popular and beloved writing class is called Writing for Women on the Verge, and like an encouraging/permissive Brooklyn mother, I’m letting her grow and expand as she wants to, from generative class to intermediate workshop to (coming soon!) a self-paced course and (coming a little less soon but still soon!) retreats. This newsletter is really part of the same project, so I’m renaming it “Writing on the Verge” for tidiness’ sake, but its theme hasn’t ch…

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