Upcoming Workshops

First Pages: 4-Week Generative Workshop
A 4-week generative workshop that will get you started to put pen to paper, no matter where you are in your writing journey. Group size limited.

Next 4-week session starts Wednesday, May 13th from 6.30-8.30 p.m.

A cozy writing nook with a notebook, pen, and warm light inviting creativity.
A cozy writing nook with a notebook, pen, and warm light inviting creativity.

The Re-Invention Chronicles: 4-Week Workshop for Women Writing Through Change

A 4-week series, this is a creative place for women over 50 who are facing major changes in their professional and personal lives to write their stories or any stories they want to share. Series is 6-weeks long.

Next 4-week session starts Monday, May 11th from 6.30-8 p.m.

Focuses on the manuscripts you have already completed and want to get some feedback from fellow writers.

Reach out if you are interested in participating in this workshop.

Ready to Review

A group of writers sharing ideas warmly around a virtual Zoom screen.
A group of writers sharing ideas warmly around a virtual Zoom screen.

A special 4-week workshop for middle school aged girls to create and write.

Reach out directly to schedule this workshop.

Bold Voices!

low angle view photography of a gray building
low angle view photography of a gray building

Voices entre Lenguas

Did you grow up in a multilingual home? Did you learn or hear other languages as part of moving to a new place, joining a new family, or getting a new job?

For this workshop, you will engage with writing prompts that encourage reflection how knowing, not knowing, or hearing and learning languages influenced your writing.

Next session is Wednesday, June 3rd from 6.30-8 p.m.

By special request:

The workshops below are only offered when there is a large enough interest.

Please reach out to me directly.

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Support your writing and be supported by other writers.

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Sample Workshop Schedule

A cozy writing nook with soft lighting, a notebook open beside a steaming cup of tea.
A cozy writing nook with soft lighting, a notebook open beside a steaming cup of tea.
Hands gently holding a pen poised over a journal filled with handwritten notes.
Hands gently holding a pen poised over a journal filled with handwritten notes.

Although there may be some differences, most workshop sessions follow the format below:

  • Welcome and Introductions, if necessary

  • Opening Piece: A Creative Piece

  • Brief Warm-up Writing Time

  • Prompts are shared (you are always welcome to follow a prompt or write your own)

  • Sharing, if you want to

  • Feedback for those who have shared

  • Closing Piece

Manuscript Review: Oftentimes, a workshop member may want deeper feedback from the group on a piece. During those sessions we will still write, but abbreviate other parts of our schedule.

Go to the Register page to sign up

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We will follow the Amherst Writers & Artists (AWA) Method for writing workshops. For more information, please go to my About Page or to the AWA website: https://amherstwriters.org

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A cozy writing nook with a notebook, pen, and a warm cup of tea by a window.

Reach out to ask about the workshops, scheduling and pricing.

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