HEATHER KING

Welcome! You’ll find here my books, a weekly arts and culture column and a decade’s worth of blog posts.

I also offer writing workshops, coaching and manuscript editing, and talks on a variety of subjects–with an overall thrust toward the promotion of the artistic vocation.

“Desire lines” are the names given by urban planners to what happens when one person’s impulsive shortcut encourages others to follow, creating informal, unmapped channels through a city.

What if, together, we could begin to make new desire lines—for ourselves, for the world?

BOOKS

BLOG

BACK TO WONDER: NOTES ON A MAGIC SHOW

HEATHER KING 05/27/2022 1 Comment

I try to keep my eyes on his hands, which seem to be in sight at all times. Aha, he partly rolled up his sleeve! …

MARY HAS CHOSEN THE BETTER PART

HEATHER KING 05/22/2022 17 Comments

Interestingly, I’m always way more comfortable writing for free than for money. For whatever that’s worth, which is maybe nothing.

OPICA: AN INNOVATIVE PROGRAM FOR THOSE WITH MEMORY LOSS

HEATHER KING 05/13/2022 2 Comments

Even when she could no longer get up and dance, or paint, Mary’s mother could still clap her hands. She loved the staff coming up …

HALLOW: A PRAYER APP(!)

HEATHER KING 05/06/2022 4 Comments

Here’s the fun part: depending on the content, for the voice you can choose Francis (Deliberate and Calm), Abby (Casual and Warm), or Jonathan (Heartfelt …

PHOTOGRAPHER JOSEF SUDEK, THE POET OF PRAGUE

HEATHER KING 05/01/2022 No Comments

“Luminous,” “mysterious,” “haunting,” “ethereal,” “otherworldly,” “timeless,” and “romantic” are a few of the words regularly applied to his work.

THE SAINT WITH THE ASH BLOND WIG

HEATHER KING 04/23/2022 7 Comments

The day of my appointment, I found a seat and looked around at the ten or so others, perched stiffly on the edges of their …

WRITING WORKSHOPS

My eight-week writing workshops–the next one runs from August 7 through September 25, 2021!–combine instruction, writing prompts, in-class critique/discussion and an atmosphere of intense welcome, encouragement and support.

MENTORING/EDITING

With decades’ worth of experience, several award-winning memoirs, and the #1 regular arts and culture column in the country two years running from the Catholic Press Association, I can help you envision, shape, write, revise and edit your essay, short story, memoir, novel, poetry collection or manuscript.

SPEAKING

I’ve given talks across the country and here in LA on conversion, recovery from addiction, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, everyday mysticism, prayer, and the nobility of artistic vocation.