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Preview Day Friday, 9am-2pm May 31, 2024 | Join me for a free preview of the activities Patreon members will receive. |
Write-Ins Fridays 7:30-9am Pacific Not Recorded Starts June 7, 2024 | Most Fridays, we will meet to write together. Bring your partially completed drafts, your revisions, or just your notebook. I will offer an optional prompt at the beginning of our writing time and we will close by sharing our progress. |
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Craft Drills Mondays 11am-12pm Pacific Replay available Starts June 10, 2024 | In these one-hour sessions, we will look at a particular writing move, examine how it works, and try it in our own writing. You will leave with lines and phrases to add to your ongoing work. |
Submission Deep Dives Wednesdays 11am-12pm Pacific Replay available Starts June 12, 2024 | We will look at a single open call for submissions, examine the submission guidelines, and explore the submission manager used by the journal. We will have time to gather our own work that might fit the venue and close with a Q&A session. |
Poem Swaps Fridays 11am-12pm Pacific Not recorded Starts June 14, 2024 | Bring a poem draft to swap with a peer. In a safe, structured environment, we will use a feedback protocol to highlight what’s working in the poem, and what opportunities it carries. |
Pop-Up Community Circles Approximately once a month 2 hours Not recorded Next event: TBA | As writers we need community, and it can be hard to come by. Join us for a community circle where we listen and speak from the heart about our lives, our writing journeys–or anything else. |
Poetry Workshops
Chapbook, Baby Thursdays 10am-12pm Pacific June 13 through July 18 $225 for 5 weeks No Class on July 4, 2024 Replay available | We will learn what makes a successful chapbook and participate in activities designed to help you create your own. Participants should come with a minimum of 15 drafted poems to work with. One 30-minute consultation is included with this course. |
Poetry Consultations
30-Minute Consultation By appointment Recording optional $50/session | For thirty minutes, we discuss your writing goals, questions and dreams and what resources are available to you in your journey. |
45-Minute Feedback Session By appointment Recording optional $75/session | In preparation for your call, I will read and add line notes on up to three pages of poetry, or 2 pages of double-spaced prose. |
*Everyone deserves the opportunity to nourish access to their inner artist. These offerings are priced to reach community members on limited budgets: creatives, teachers, students, retirees, etc. For corporate or organizational support, please see my professional services page.
Where Else Do I Teach?
Merced College
Adjunct faculty in the English department.
UC Merced
Mentor for teacher candidates.
YMCA of Central NY
Creative writing teacher for the Writer’s Voice.
Council Heart & Circle Ways
Community circles trainer & facilitator.
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