Hi, I’m Sharon.
I wasn’t always a writer
Before I step from bed, my day begins with gratitude.
Gratitude for breath.
Gratitude for another day to live and work with grace.
Gratitude for the joy of expression through the written language.
But it hasn’t always been this way.
Joyful or with grace.
I couldn’t have picked a more indirect route to the writing
and publishing world if I tried.
I was almost sixty, alone, and depressed. It wasn’t the lowest point of my life, but it was that one final blow of a sixty-year cycle of personal challenges that completely knocked me off my feet. I had collapsed on my floor, sobbing to a God I had not known or cared to know. A God that I felt had abandoned me as a child, allowing me to grow like a weed without direction or nurturing.
In that moment, I gave up and asked God to take me or send help. I could no longer do it on my own. Help came in the form of writing. Spiritually inspired letters written to myself reminding me of my path, talents, and self worth.
I became an open believer of Divine intervention, a receiver of Divinely inspired messages, and a deeply spiritual person.
It was time to make a change.
So, I followed the internal nudges and decided to start a new career. Of course, I chose something of which I had no experience, skill or talent, and something where I would sit for ten to twelve hours a day, seven days a week. A career riddled with rejection, loneliness, without a guarantee for a promotion, or even a salary.
A profession that would demand that I stand completely naked in front of the world displaying every fat dimple on my rumpled behind through misspelled words, incomplete thoughts, dangling participles, and those blasted compound words–of which continue to plague my existence!
I had found my direction.
I was no longer a weed, but a glorious wildflower nurtured through my spiritual connection.
I had struggled and triumphed over life’s challenges.
I had become a writer.
I am an award-winning, best-selling author, an International Business Professional (IBP) Certified Publisher, and a former member of the Independent Book Publisher Association (IBPA).
What People Say:
Lindsay Rush
Company name
The Aspire to Write Today webinar, Awaken Your Inner Voice, was an inspiring and beneficial experience. We began by gaining an understanding of our inner, creative voices and concluded with an exercise to get those creative ideas flowing freely. Having direct access to Sharon CassanoLochman and her creative genius was a privilege. There is a lot to be learned from her and the Aspire to Write Today webinars are a great opportunity for that. The Aspire to Write Today webinar, Awaken Your Inner Voice, was an inspiring and beneficial experience. Having direct access to Sharon CassanoLochman and her creative genius was a privilege.
Sally Barrilla
Reporter for The Meridian
I found myself being able to easily relax back into my writing zone with Sharon’s helpful use of meditation, especially the imagery of the meadow. I also enjoyed hearing her explain the different types of obstacles or distractions writers may face including lack of time but as well as describing several manners anyone can begin to write. I had no idea how many words would pour out of me in just one hour especially 1,536 words! I also enjoyed the various prompts Sharon was asking us to write down and answer including as to why we have arrived at a meadow and just what exactly are the secrets that this particular meadow has. I recall that as I was writing the meadow prompt, my surroundings had completely changed from my bedroom to an environment around thousands of wildflowers near the crisp blue sea. I also found it fascinating how I can continue writing as much as I can without letting life’s challenges in the way, especially setting up certain times of the day and night I can freely write. This session was completely life-changing for me, a writer. I definitely plan to return to more sessions.
Janice B.
I took Sharon CassanoLochman’s Creative Writing Webinar and was impressed. She led us through a wonderful creative writing exercise to help us get in contact with our inner voice and writing style. I found it to be very reassuring and helpful in building up my confidence as a writer. Her teaching style is warm, open and non-judgmental. Best of all, she makes it playful and fun. Sharon is a great writer with lots of experience in honing your craft and finding your voice as a writer. I highly recommend her. Thank you Sharon!
Writers write
What you may not know about me is that I am an avid sunrise and sunset enthusiast!
Mornings and evenings, I can be found with my sweetheart outside on our shoreline property connecting with nature and acknowledging God’s blessings and promises of another day. It is my source of overwhelming compassion, the backdrop to my Spiritual Verses, and the calm or rage of the moment. I have sat along this glorious shoreline in rain, sun, shade, fog, snow, and ice penning dramas, verses, and children’s adventures. Sometimes the best lessons come not from a book or the Internet—but life.
My message for you—the aspiring author— is to draw from your environment. Draw from what you know. Draw from the core of your being–the pull from the Universe that calls to you—the aspiring author—to write.
