AUTHOR OF THE ALL-NIGHT SUN

The summer magic circle

The 2024 Summer Magic Circle
Every Weekday in July 2024, 9–10am ET


Maybe you’ve been longing to finally establish an early-morning practice. Maybe you’re determined to begin a project that’s been on your heart forever. Let me light some lanterns along the way! I know you’ll discover what I and so many writers have discovered by doing this: there is magic in the early morning.

This will be our 15th season of writing together! Every weekday morning in July, we’ll check in, set our intentions, write in supportive quiet, and share when we’re on fire!

Come for warm community, lots of inspiration, and a fresh, imaginative writing portal every morning if you need one. 

Early-bird registration is half off and available to any past student–just $100, now through May 1. After May 1, registration for the full month is $200.

Payments can be made via Venmo (@zinnaliterary) or Zelle (dianeyzp(@)hotmail(dot)com). I hope you can join us!

Hear what people are saying about the Magic Writing Circles:

“The practice of starting each day thinking of myself as a writer in the company of other people who think of me as a writer is the best gift I’ve ever both been given and have given myself. This practice is carving out a space in my brain that I haven’t been able to create on my own. I have always put writing after…after work, after the family, after errands, after after after, contingent on so many things. I thought I’d feel cramped in my day fitting this in, but honestly, it is reducing my anxiety because, finally, I am starting the day seeing myself the way I want to see myself. And the rest of the day falls into the cracks around that writing core rather than the other way around. I am so grateful.”
–Sara Dovre Wudali

“The writing portals you provide and that we yearn for are calls to our subconscious looking for answers. The fears that might have had us trapped in paralysis are gone because a group of engaged, caring people is watching, hearing, but most importantly: listening with their hearts.”
–Juana Rodriguez

“This has been the most generative, inspiring, and supportive space for me. I truly have loved every second of it.”
–Rachel Lola Wolfe