About Leilani
Leilani Barnett is passionate about helping writers reach the next level! Using the power of some of the most beautiful places in the world, she pulls stories out of travelers and help writers break the chains keeping them from living their most creative lives.
Leilani works with beginning writers as well as published authors to skillfully craft and edit marketable publications. She's the author of Sacred Journaling: Ten Ways to Craft Your Ideal Life, and her work has also appeared in English Journal, Perceptions, She Speaks: An Anthology of Women's Voices, The Wanderlust Within: Travel Stories from All Around the World, Wanderlust: A Travel Journal, Raven's Perch, Tipping the Scales, The Westchester Review, and other publications.
She holds a Bachelor's degree with a double major in English and journalism, an M.A. in literature, and an M.A. in educational leadership.
✅WHERE HAVE YOU HEARD LEILANI SPEAK?
- Institute of International Education
- Toyota Cooperate Headquarters
- Texas Writers' Guild
- Write Now Meetings
- National Council of Teachers of English Conferences
- International Reading Association Conference
- Dallas ISD Teacher Trainings
- Texas Regional Workshops at Region VIII, X, and XI
- Alabama Council of Teachers of English
- H.E.R. Place -- Journaling for Women
✅ WHO ARE SOME OF THE PEOPLE LEILANI HAS WORKED WITH?
These are a few of the writers who have attended a Journal Jumpstart or Writing Adventures workshop, contracted with Leilani to edit, or called on her to write materials to go along with their books:
- Pat Cunningham Devoto, author of My Last Days as Roy Rogers, The Summer We Got Saved, and Out of the Night that Covers Me
- Valerie Solosky, author of Monday Morning Leadership for Women and Do It Right: The New Book of Business Etiquette
- Talya Tate Boerner, author of The Accidental Salvation of Gracie Lee
- Roxanne Dunn, author of Murder Richly Deserved, Murder Unrehearsed, and Murder Undetected.
- Kate Mele, author of the forthcoming novel, Red Lipstick
