Zibby’s Writing Community is an online group of hundreds of writers, book lovers, and creatives from all over the world that meets weekly. These virtual sessions offer a way for writers to connect, with no judgement—just honest, thought-provoking conversations. Each week, the group leader, Darcey Gohring, interviews an author and leads a discussion on an aspect of the craft of writing.

Rachel and Stephanie chat with writer and teacher Darcey Gohring, who shares shares her story about being diagnosed with breast cancer at the beginning of the Covid-19 lockdown. She wrote about her journey and all the feelings along the way. What's incredible about Darcey, as listeners will hear in this episode, is her gratitude, and how she focused on finding the positives during such a difficult and uncertain time. Darcey is a prolific writer who now teaches online and in-person classes.

How can writing help you heal? In this interview, I discuss with Kara how my own experience using writing as a tool in the healing process lead me to help others. When I wrote a personal essay at the start of the pandemic about being diagnosed with breast cancer, I had no idea it would lead to my work helping other writers discover their unique voices to craft meaningful personal stories. 

I was recently interviewed for Understood's podcast "How'd You Get That Job?!" to talk about being a writer and an editor with #dyslexia. This conversation is really about how what may start out as a challenge can end up being what sets you apart. Click below to listen or find the interview wherever you get your podcasts. 

An important and honest discussion with host Dara Levan about Darcey’s recent Huffpost article, “At 29 Years Old, I Broke Off Contact with My Father. Less Than a Year Later He Died.” This article has received more shares, emails, messages, and comments than any essay Darcey has written in her 25 years as a writer. 

Join us this fall at Zibby’s Wine Country Retreat in Solvang, CA. I’ll be there to host some writing seminars! Here’s the details: Calling all readers, writers, authors, and fans! Spend two nights in the Santa Barbara Wine Country. Meet authors and panelists like Michelle Wildgen, Patty Lin, Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, Eirinie Carson. Do a writing seminar with Darcey Gohring or grab a book and read in the vines. Connect with likeminded book lovers. Drink wine. Laugh. Connect. Recharge. Be inspired. Go to www.zibbyretreats.com.

Memoirist Darcey Gohring is a freelance writer and editor based in the New York City area. She is the host of the Zibby Mag Online writing community and a writing instructor at The Writers Circle. She is a contributing author to the anthology book, Corona City: Voices From an Epicenter, and recently completed her first novel. February 18, 2023 at the Peterborough Town Library in Peterborough, NH.

This 2021 event featured “Finding Your Voice,” a discussion by keynote speaker Darcey Doyle Gohring. She talked about her journey as a writer, the importance of finding the right collaborations, and staying true to your own voice in your writing. She is the author of an upcoming book inspired by her young adult life at Green Mountain College and the surrounding countryside. She is a contributing author to the anthology book, Corona City: Voices from an Epicenter. She spent six years as managing editor of a regional lifestyle magazine. When discussing her start as a writer, Gohring says she has been writing for over two decades and credits life in Vermont as a very important inspiration in her life.

After writing an article for Newsweek about opening up the dialog around aging as a woman, my inbox was flooded with messages. Women were ready to talk, so my friend Barri Leiner Grant and I are hosting this event virtual event to get the conversation started. Let's get real & write about menopause and perimenopause, a girlfriend to girlfriend get together. Join Barri Leiner Grant, (menopausal) author, founder of The Memory Circle and certified grief coach with Darcey Gohring (perimenipausal) author and writing teacher.