Toni Bailie participates in three Lake County writing groups: Stone Soup Writers, Easy Writers, and Writers of the Purple Sage. She writes a monthly column for the Outback News and feature stories for the Surprise Valley edition of Ruralite Magazine. She has been a life-long journaler and has developed a six-week creative journaling class. Toni won second place in poetry in the Autumn 2010 wiriting contest by An Association of Writers in Roseberg, Oregon.