Straitjackets Magazine — COVER ART by Ellyn Wolfe

Straitjackets is an online literary magazine by the Diamond Valley Writers’ Guild members.

May 5

May 5 COVER ART by Ellyn Wolfe

Ellyn Wolfe’s career as a life coach, stress management specialist, and former corporate Human Resources director consumed her life until she escaped into retirement and breathed fresh air into her creative side. She joined a writer’s group, became editor and publisher of Straitjackets Magazine, and recently published her first book, a memoir, Grateful for the Color Blue: Surviving the Loss of an Adult Child, rated “5 stars” and “Outstanding” by Writer’s Digest Magazine. Her undergraduate and master’s degrees in Psychology are from Harvard.

http://ellynwolfe.com

Grateful for the Color Blue: Surviving the Loss of an Adult Child. Available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Grateful-Color-Blue-Surviving-Adult/dp/1734997109/

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