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explore the self & psyche
with a year of creative writing & ritual
all online
enrollment opens October 2026
Writer’s Residency 2027
A “residency” is period of time in which one devotes focus and energy toward improving an art or skillset.
If you could give your deep, creative, curious, and expressive self a residency — a year devoted to seasonal rhythms, archetypal symbolism, and creative writing — how would it improve your life?
How would your relationship with your wisdom improve?
How would your creativity benefit from regular tending?
By slowing down and using each season as a muse, you’ll explore and express deep territories of Self & psyche.
The Writer’s Residency uses The Darkwood Archetypes and the Wheel of the Year to support, inspire, and align you with your own seasons and rhythms.
In the Writer’s Residency you’ll:
- maintain a regular writing practice
- stay aligned with the seasons
- explore your wisdom
- get reflection and support from our cohort
- learn to “magic mind”
- create a body of work that represents your evolution throughout a year
- gain lifelong clarity about who you are and how you do things
you’ll get
- printed course materials
- 2027 Darkwood Almanac
- Writer’s Group Journal
- and more…
- two 2-hour live Zoom classes each season
- self-paced recorded classes
- Year Ahead Oracle Card Spread
- Seasonal Card Magic Mind
- Meet-the-archetypes videos
- Seasonal meditations
We’ll Meet
- on Zoom
- Tuesdays from 1 – 3 pm Eastern
- Twice for 7 seasons (Pr – WK) + once for Dreaming season
- exact dates announced when enrollment opens
Testimonials
Being in one of KV’s writers groups is like opening a book about yourself. She can hold space and time like no other to give a totally immersive experience every time we are together, be it on screens or in person. I have grown and learned so much about my magical nature, the seasons, and archetypes I now walk the wheel with. I am forever grateful for these offerings. They have opened my heart to more nectar from life.
-CS, 2024
Katie has a way of mirroring your thoughts back to you, helping you find parts of yourself that you maybe didn’t acknowledge before. She’s a guide for inviting ritual into our daily lives as a most beautiful form of self-care. The writer’s groups are for the student of the soul.
-LG, 2024
Katie’s writing group is a great space to practice writing and explore the deep mysteries within yourself. I love how her prompts help me dive deeper into the hidden parts of myself and bring them to the surface to be seen and valued. Thank you, Katie Vie, for being such a powerful guide to us writers!
-Jenn, 2024
Tuition & enrollment
- In full: $1,900 by Dec 19, 2026
- Monthly: $175 for 12 months, beginning December 1, 2026
- students on the monthly payment plan will be invoiced on the first of each month, beginning Dec 1st. You’ll be expected to pay on time with a penalty fee for missed and late payments.
- Class minimum: 4 people
- Class maximum: 8 people
details & FAQ’s
what if I’m not a “writer”?
But you are! All you need for this class is pen & paper, enthusiasm, and punctuality. We will gather in an atmosphere of support, encouragement, and a strong sense of curiosity for what our subconscious holds. Through ritual, conversation, and writing prompts, you will experience the joy of expression; your writing nature will emerge and strengthen.
This class does not focus on the craft of writing nor improving your ability to write. Instead, it uses writing as a tool for excavating your wisdom.
By the end of our year together, you will have a strong sense of how you write, uniquely, and how your writing offers clarity, guidance, and intimacy with the Self. Through devotion and simple showing-up, your “writing muscles” will tone, transforming you into someone who can express and communicate with strength, agility, and confidence.
why is this a yearlong program?
There’s a lot of benefit to rhythm and consistency. After teaching yearlong programs for a decade, I see the value in doing something regularly for an extended period. It gets the practice of self-inquiry, expression, and wisdom-seeking into your bones; it becomes part of your self-care rhythm.
There’s also a benefit to having devotion and discipline around something — showing up “when you don’t feel like it” and “when you’re not in the mood” aligns you with The Priestess energy of commitment, and The Warrior’s energy of self-worth.
Showing up for yourself teaches you to show up for yourself.
I’ve been guiding groups like this for 10 years, and the personal evolution that comes from showing up for yourself for a year is unmatched.
(And, it’s not actually a year! We meet from February – early December)
why is this called a “residency”? Especially if we don’t meet in person?
A lot like a medical or artist residency, this program gives you the opportunity to immerse. By agreeing to meet February – December, you will immerse into a regular writing practice, a regular seasonal practice, regular noticing, and regular ritual.
Again, much like a medical or artist residency, this regularity will help you build a skill set and foster ingenuity that only a devoted focus can. This writer’s group will feel like time away from your normal life, at first. And then like any residency, it will become your normal life — regular noticing, writing, clarity, and wisdom-gleaning will be part of your days.
Classes are all online (Zoom) to accommodate various locations and so that students can be resourced with their pets, plants, and regular habitat. I also like Zoom because it allows us each to maintain a certain sovereignty, free from “emotional weather” and proximity that could be distracting.
All classes will be recorded, but only available for those in attendance to respect privacy.
what are the classes like?
classes are all online on Zoom
We call the classes “writer’s groups”. We’ll spend 2 hours in writer’s group twice per season.
At each writer’s group we’ll settle in with a (lightly guided) opening ritual and warm-up writing exercise. Then, I’ll introduce the topic, always based upon the current season and archetype. We’ll take a quick break, then do 1-2 guided writing exercises. We generally finish the class by reading what we’ve written aloud and creating a Magic Mind for each other. A Magic Mind is a short poem based on the collective consciousness.
Writer’s groups are very participatory. There’s no “sitting in the back”. You always have the option to pass and not read your work, but in general writer’s groups are attended by folks enthusiastic about participating.
are we gonna “share” in the writer’s groups? Meaning, we will have time to talk a little about our day-to-day lives and what’s going on for us?
Nope.
Instead, we will enjoy being “in between time” together, writing and weaving webs of magic and mystery, allowing our subconscious to “do the talking”.
when do the writer’s groups meet?
Writer’s groups meet from 1-3 pm EST on Zoom on Tuesdays. Dates for each season will be available when enrollment opens in October 2026.
- Priestess
- Girl Child
- Tantrika
- Queen
- Warrior
- Mermaid
- Wisdom Keeper
- Dreaming
why is there only 1 writer’s group for the Dreaming season?
The nature of The Dreaming season, or Winter Solstice, is about letting go and releasing into the dreamtime of the year. It’s a season of rest and softness, of drifting and dissolving. At Winter Solstice we release the year, and so we also release our cohort. Our Dreaming writer’s group will be the conclusion of this cohort.
will this be a closed group, or will other students join us?
This is a closed cohort.
what’s the attendance policy?
Participation is important. Writer’s groups are designed as interdependent experiences that reply upon collective contribution.
You can miss up to 3 writer’s group per year, and not more than one per season. If you miss more than that, we’ll have a chat about whether or not the program is a good fit for you. If you are dismissed for non-participation, you will still be obligated for the full tuition, including monthly payments.
Why is there an attendance policy?
In short, to help you show up for your Self.
We live in a culture that encourages women to blow off plans with themselves when work, family, and/or romantic partners “need us”. Women have been trained to consider self-care and self-betterment “low priority”; plans with our Self often read as “no plans” and get easily replaced.
I know this because I’ve done it. A lot.
The attendance policy is in place to help you stick to the plans you made for your Self and prioritize the relationship with “her” (you). They are here to support your commitment to self-awareness and personal growth. These rules are hearty incentives to show up for your beautiful, unique, miraculous Self.
Because “she’s” worth it.
I will be showing up for you for a year. I want you to show up “for you”, too.
what is the “Year Ahead Oracle Card Spread” class?
Using the oracle deck of your choice, you’ll create a layout that will help you understand the “wisdom upgrade” for each 2027 season. Using a specific set of prompts, you’ll pull 1 or 2 cards for each season, then log this information for easy access and reference all year. You’ll learn how to look for patterns, circuits, and deep meaning in this spread, and most importantly to allow it to unfurl rather than predict the future.
You’ll also get a Seasonal Card class recording for each season. These classes help you carry the magic and meaning of the Year Ahead Spread through the year.
what is the “Meet-the-archetypes” class?
To introduce (or rekindle) your basic understanding of each of the Darkwood Archetypes, I made a video for each one. The videos are casual; I chat about the archetypes, their season, tool, and place in ritual.
who participates in the Writing Residency?
This program is open to 8 women or femmes.
People in the Writer’s Residency are interested in participating, writing, using imagination & sensory wisdom, and applying the course material with devotion and organization. Writer’s Residency participants are punctual, attend class with regularity and enthusiasm, and have a natural aptitude for symbolism, noticing, and self-inquiry.
is there a pre-requisite class?
No, but! Completion of The Mystical Year is strongly recommended.
We will be working with the Darkwood Archetypes in every class, so you’ll need to know about them. Writer’s Residency participants will be responsible for reading/watching the supplied course material for each season and coming to writer’s groups with an understanding of the season and archetype we’re using as our muse.
Are there any rules?
Yes.
Intellectual Property: students will enroll with a clear understanding that the Writer’s Residency is not a teacher training, and that participating in the program is not permission or preparation to teach or practice this material. In fact, the Writer’s Residency positions you to create your own pedagogy, techniques, and methods that are unique to you.
Student Contract: before acceptance into the Writer’s Residency, all students will sign a contract clearly outlining requirements, rules, and agreements.
Enrollment will open October 2026.