I feel alive when you feel alive. Through my unique blend of intuition, skill, and experience, I ensure people make deep discoveries through guided writing. I shifted 25 years of editorial, magazine publishing, and writing experience, into teaching, leading, and intensive one-one-one work with individuals. Through a specific prompt-based writing approach I’ve cultivated, I’ve witnessed people’s unimaginable breakthroughs.
I’m a published author of the acclaimed book, “Me, My Selfie & Eye – a midlife conversation about lost identity, grief, and seeing who you are.” I’m proud of what it shares, how it’s helped people feel less alone. Having a published book was a major accomplishment, especially because I never thought I’d write one. Which is why I understand people’s struggles with writing. I. Totally. Get. IT! I’m beside you every milestone breakthrough of the way.
My recent book “WinSome & Fuckdamonium,” a collection of my poems, was released spring 2022. I’m finishing “The Art & Invitation of Self-Conversation – Writing That Moves You Beyond Fear To Freedom,” based on my work and results with hundreds of clients, and an anthology of poems, collected from every state’s Poet Laureate, reflecting the human experience of 2020.
My hundreds of images capturing Santa Fe’s enchantment are available for purchase at From Santa Fe With Love.
In November 2021, My essay “What We Don’t Owe” won 1st place in the Santa Fe Reporter’s Annual Writing Contest. This was a huge honor!
I graduated magna cum laude with a MFA in creative writing from Pacific Northwest College of Art–a program seeped in voice as a means and responsibility for equity and social justice. I believe it is our diverse voices that will inform, guide, and heal us.
I’m the creative writing outreach teacher for New Mexico School for the Arts (a public arts-based high school) and visit underserved communities and pueblos across New Mexico to ensure hundreds of students discover confidence through writing.
I work with individual clients to ensure they successfully realize book-project dreams. I hold weekend retreats on topics related to crushing procrastination, clarifying themes, exploring poetry, and charting productive paths to complete writing projects. I host a podcast talkshow, “Eyedentity Talk with Janna Lopez” and interview legends and luminaries from all walks of life. I’m a former magazine publisher and editor.
Spring 2022, I was an invited guest reader for the community stage at the inaugural Santa Fe Literary Festival. I shared two new works, i am a woman because, and querencia~.
I’m a New Mexico State Poetry Society member.
