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Writer, Editor, Coach, Community Organizer
Lauren is an author, writing coach, and community organizer. She’s passionate about balancing living in the present with working toward a better future. She supports writers through generative workshops, editorial services, publication submissions support, coaching calls, and community meetups.
As a former full-time organizer and long-time volunteer for nonprofits, Lauren is familiar with today’s challenges. She is committed to helping those doing essential advocacy and organizing for their communities through individual coaching and group workshops.
Lauren is a trained and certified Amherst Writers & Artists writing workshop facilitator.
Contact: hello@laurenoertel.com
Book a free 30-minute consultation to see how Lauren can support you.
Coaching calls
Story/book development writing support
Editorial services
Submissions for publication
Group workshops for sustainable activism
Individual coaching for sustainable activism
Individual coaching for stress management
Free Writing Workshops for Stress Management
Free Writing Submissions Meetups
This three-part series provides a range of revision strategies and editing techniques to help your poems reach their fullest potential.
Check out the details on the event page.
Lauren is the coauthor of the book Inside Out: A Texas Prisons Poetry Story, and her debut full-length poetry collection, Scars & Other Luxuries, is forthcoming with Finishing Line Press in November.
Her individual poems, short stories, and short nonfiction pieces have been published widely, and she is revising her second novel.
