nest & story

creative support for writers

Hi! Iā€™m Jaclyn.

I write sometimes-award-winning stories, poems, and picture books. I also offer creative support for emerging writers through mentorships, workshops, and classes.

Learn about my writing.

Join me in the Poem Garden.

I’ll be reading some brand new poems at this event next week! Hope to see you there. The details: Off The Page is happening at @grimsbylibrary at 18 Carnegie Ln. Grimsby, Ontario on Thursday October 24, 2024 to 6:30pm - 9pm. The featured poet
Friends, neighbours. Treasured internet acquaintances. I have some events coming up! Here are the first two — a reading at @grimsbylibrary with @januarymarierogers (hosted by the wonderful Valentino Assenza, host of @howl895fm), and a reading w
This week in Poem Garden, we’re talking about arranging our poem ingredients (images, memories, fragments of language) into form (free verse, prose poem, glosa, haibun). Putting content into form is very fun. If you’re not ready to make a
šŸ‘‹ Some bits and pieces I’ve collected from the world recently: - “Concepts can never be presented to me merely, they must be knitted into the structure of my being, and this can only be done through my own activity.” M.P. Follet
Friends: Cool stuff is coming! Stuff you can register for! Writing-y stuff! If you’re not already on my mailing list, please check out the link in my bio. You’ll get notified when registration opens for all the secret things.
This week in Poem Garden, we talked about poetic gathering strategies: places to find poem ingredients to tuck away for your future self. My personal favourite strategy is coffee window time. Sit in front of a window with your coffee and a notebook.
Poem Garden tonight! I break down the poetic process into two steps: gather (in which you gather up images, memories and fragments of language) and arrange (in which you arrange those pieces into a poem.) Tonight, we’re going to be talking abou
Tuesday night was the first session of Poem Garden! This week, we’re focusing on tuning into our somatic responses — the information our bodies give us when we read a poem closely or pay deep attention to our sensory experiences in daily
Weird Babies is a short story collection about weird babies: A miraculous set of reincarnated quadruplets. Babies born from the bellies of trout. Babies who are destined to molt like tarantulas. Babies who hatch from piles of warm clothes. It&rsquo
Hello! It is I, your local crazy poodle hair tired poet witch. I’m currently in Edmonton for the @canadianpoets board retreat. Keep an eye out for my next post which will be an exciting surprise announcement. K actually it’s not a surpris
@crownandpressgallery in #hamont is such a lovely place to read and write!
The fall 2024 edition of Poem Garden is officially full! It is going to be a spectacular group. šŸ”— to the waitlist in my stories and bio!