Testimonials

Published Works From Slipper Camp:

Nicki Gilbert: So Much More Than A Squeeze, March 31, 2016 (https://www.brainchildmag.com/2016/03/so-much-more-than-a-squeeze/)

Rachel Zients Schinderman: I was having a bad case of the ‘moms’ … and then my ex-boyfriend walked in, May 11, 2018
(http://www.latimes.com/style/laaffairs/la-hm-la-affairs-rachel-zients-schinderman-20180512-story.html)

Melissa Bird:
1.  The Crack in the Ceiling, June 14, 2017:
(https://kindovermatter.com/2017/06/the-crack-in-the-ceiling.html)

2. Fear, July 21, 2017:
(https://kindovermatter.com/2017/07/fear.html)

3. The Letter, October 12, 2017:
(https://kindovermatter.com/2017/10/the-letter-3.html)

4. He is Never Coming Back, January 16, 2018:
(https://kindovermatter.com/2018/01/never-coming-back.html)

Testimonials for Slipper Camp:

“I’ll be honest. At first, I was hesitant to participate in Linda Schreyer’s online writing workshop Slipper Camp. I wasn’t sure if I could keep up with writing 1000 words every other day, and I was also a little writer blocked. I’d received some negative notes on my memoir earlier in the summer and hadn’t opened my manuscript since. Linda’s encouragement helped me to overcome my fears and decide to take Slipper Camp, if only to see where it took me. Every other morning, a new writing prompt arrived in my inbox, and so much more. Linda’s emails were rich with writing wisdom, quotes, questions and stories.. all communicated with the discipline of a teacher and the understanding of a sister writer. I enjoyed every minute of Slipper Camp. Yes, it was challenging, but also incredibly rewarding, and the phone call at the end to discuss my writing was revelatory. Most importantly, the entire experience jump-started my creative juices and got me back into my book. I am now participating in National Novel Writing Month, writing every day, and feeling absolutely liberated. Linda, you gave me back my literary wings. I can’t thank you enough!”
—Niva Dorell Smith

“I loved Slipper Camp so much that I am taking it again, and would recommend it to anyone.  Your prompts have sparked my story ideas without fail.  I have used them for independent entries and to start and continue work on an idea that was just a germ and to date, with the help of Slipper Camp, is already 15,000 word long. Your insight after my first Slipper Camp helped me to solidify the direction and the  media for my project.   I have never produced so much work so quickly. It’s been work, no doubt, but it has been a joy to learn that I am capable of such work on a deadline.”

—Gail E Moss

“I cannot speak highly enough about my experience in participating in your Writer’s Online Boot Camp. I needed an excuse to start writing again and your 10 day Boot Camp was the perfect kick in the pants that I needed. What I had not expected, however, was how much I learned about myself as a writer and how much I enjoyed the process of being a writer. I also appreciated the open and honest feedback you provided at the end of the Boot Camp. I am current working on several writing projects which came directly out of those 10 day Boot Camp exercises.”
—Jan Book

“What a treat Slipper Camp turned out to be for me. And a surprising one at that. I have been in and out of writing groups and classes. I even have a Masters in writing. But this experience was just delightful and I learned so much. Mostly it was about developing a rhythm as a writer. You can know all the rules and study and study but to be a writer you must actually write. Writers have a tendency to do everything they can to avoid actual writing. Slipper Camp allowed me an opportunity to train my muscles to write regularly in a fun environment. And Linda’s prompt’s were fun and original. But mostly she was a tremendous cheerleader. Writers are a sensitive lot and Linda’s encouraging style hit just the right note for me. I highly recommend Slipper Camp!”
—Rachel Schinderman

“Whether it was fate, karma, or just good luck, I am thankful that I read Tears and Tequila which lead me to Linda’s Slipper Camp. I have participated in two camps and have signed up for two more. I have become a better, more organized writer and thinker thanks to Slipper Camp.”
—Luanne Keifer

“I loved my Slipper Camp experience so much I did it a few times. It was a great way to push myself to actually sit and write. Not only was it a great start to writing my book, working with Linda was a real pleasure. After my coaching sessions with her, I had a clear plan and she inspired me in so many ways. We have become friends and I am grateful she is part of my writing journey. “
—Lori Rischer

For Her Writing Classes:

“Five years ago I retired from my full time medical practice. I’d been writing novels since the sixth grade, and had a large backlog of unpublished first drafts that I was serious about rewriting. A friend connected me to Linda Schreyer and she has been fabulous. I’ve now published four novels, The Hannah Kline Mystery series. Each one was edited by Linda and worked on in one of her writing classes. The classes are small, so everyone gets a chance to read and obtain constructive feedback. The other writers in her classes are talented and interesting. The classes forced me to keep writing, even when I wasn’t in the mood, and Linda’s thoughtful edits made my books so much better. Every writer should be lucky enough to have a Linda.”
—Paula Bernstein
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“Linda Schreyer offers her students a warm and nurturing environment while providing constructive critiques. I have grown so much as a writer in terms of my skills, voice and courage to generate material. Linda is also a great resource beyond her classes with advice about publishing and additional workshops that enrich a writer’s life.”

—Debi Pomerantz

“Although you commented that the class goes deep because we do, you really do a wonderful job of guiding, encouraging, and deepening the conversation as well as developing this terrific avenue of expression for our thoughts, feelings, observations, etc. All your years of therapy, spiritual work, and writing work clearly show, as well as your innate gifts.”
—Fern and Barbara, on Linda’s writing classes

Testimonials for the first Alchemy of Healing:

“We were all glowing under your encouragement and support. I am so honored to have been part of the group.
Yoga prior to writing unleashed such a lovely atmosphere for responding to your well thought out prompts. It was a most enjoyable, most memorable day.”
—Patty Paul

“Thank you everyone for a beautifully intense, thoughtful, thought provoking, special and healing day. I was awed by your talents and grateful for the warmth and encouragement given to me – a novice!  If you had just smiled, it would have been enough, if you had just smiled and said kind words… It would have been enough…if you had just smiled, said kind words and hugged… It would have been enough!!!!! Anne and Linda- you were both perfect!!!!! Thank you for making this happen – and please thank your caterers and cookie “dealers” for the scrumptious food!
When is the next one?!”
—Nicole Netanel

“Thank you everyone for a beautiful “Spa Day”. It changed my whole outlook.I have been bragging all week to my family and friends how one wonderful day with such a beautiful group of women has filled my heart with joy, with understanding, with new life. I was feeling loss, no, that I had died inside. But you ladies breathed life into me…I was lifted by your kindness and honesty.”
—Carol Edwardson

For her Creative Workshops

“Hi Linda! Thank you again for an exhilarating experience today…That’s the best description of the day I can come up with..a kind of jump start on feeling and acting creatively! I really enjoyed meeting everyone and seeing the scope of our creative powers.”
—Joanie

“Hi Linda, Yes! That was a great time. I came away from it feeling really energized and lots more comfortable and confident about sharing my creativity with others out “there” in the world.”
—Lisa

Praise for  the Novel Tears and Tequila

“A big-hearted novel informed by the authors’ compassion and real-life experience in the field of grief, Tears and Tequila is chockablock with humor, hope, and the promise of consolation.”
—Leah Hager Cohen, author of The Grief of Others, Train Go Sorry, No Book but the World, I don’t know, and more

“Linda Schreyer and Jo-Ann Lautman have created a world that you want to inhabit in Tears and Tequila. Yes, it’s about grief, but that is overtaken by love, redemption and rebirth – and a lot of laughter!”
—Bethany Rooney, television director and producer, The Wonder Years, Beverly Hills, 90210, Crossing Jordan, and more

“This novel about love, loss and renewal will make you laugh, cry and invest in the lives portrayed. With compassion and a light hand which only true understanding can provide, the authors impart important life lessons on how to cope with grief and find a new path to happiness.”
—Edie Lutnick Co-Founder and President, The Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund

“Tears and Tequila is a page-turning story filled with unique characters, whose adventures reveal the true nature of grief: painful and sad, yes, but also marked by humor, irreverence and, ultimately, transformation. “
—Hope Edelman, bestselling author of Motherless Daughters, Motherless Mothers, Along the Way: The Journey of a Father and Son, and more

“At some point in our lives all of us will be forced to endure grief. Tears and Tequila eloquently and humorously portrays the agony that we must deal with to come to terms with the finality of death. There truly is a light at the end of the tunnel and this special book beautifully depicts this.”
—Melissa Rivers, actress, television host, and producer

“Joey Lerner is long overdue for reinvention and restoration. Readers will love Linda Schreyer and Jo-Ann Lautman’s Joey, and her bittersweet and often humorous journey, As Joey goes from handyperson to grief group counselor in a rundown learning center called “Oasis,” she finds refuge, love and ultimately her own path.”
—Leora Krygier, author of When She Sleeps, Juvenile Court, and First the Raven

“Linda Schreyer and Jo-Ann Lautman have succeeded in creating a page-turner of a novel about youthful widows and widowers without succumbing to mind numbing stereotypes and outdated stage theories. Set in a magical realm called Oasis, where grievers come to heal and grow, the grief group members infuse the book with vitality and their own unique voices as they share their pain, sorrow and even some light-hearted fun. Tears and Tequila, takes readers on the roller coaster that is grief, while reminding us that human beings can learn to live, love and thrive after untimely loss.”
—Lauren Schneider LCSW at Our House Grief Support Center- Clinical Director of Child and Adolescent Programs