Join Judy Reeves and Robb Donaldson for a New Year’s Eve celebration of fun and literary games as we write our way into 2026. We’ll delve into New Year’s traditions and legends (maybe create some of our own), write to prompts, and generally have a good time. Together we’ll count down the minutes til midnight and welcome the New Year with toasts and cheers. There will be treats, and you’re welcome to bring goodies (and libations) to share. Judy 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. Robert is a licensed psychotherapist and writer from San Diego, California with certificates in Memoir Writing from both Pacifica Graduate Institute and San Diego Writers, Ink, and a certificate in Fiction Writing from Gotham Writers Workshop. He had a short memoir performed in the 2022 San Diego Memoir Showcase, and has had memoirs published in the Shaking the Tree Anthology Volume 5 and Volume 6, as well as Writing Down the Soul 2022 (Pacifica Graduate Institute), and a short story in Flash Fiction Magazine. Robert 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 fiction or memoir. Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025 – Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026 9 PM – 1 AM PST San Diego Writers, Ink: 2730 Historic Decatur Road, Suite 204
