Category: Workshops

  • Poetry and Pause: The 2022 Tucson Poetry Festival, April 23-24

    Poetry and Pause: The 2022 Tucson Poetry Festival, April 23-24

    The latest Tucson Poetry Festival will be held this weekend, April 23-24, 2022, at a variety of fantastic venues in the Tucson area. Our theme this year is “Poetry and Pause.”

  • A Guide to Workshops at The Writers Studio

    A Guide to Workshops at The Writers Studio

    It can be difficult to sort through all the offerings from the Writers Studio to pick which classes are best for you or the writer in your life to which you would like to gift a workshop. Here, then, is a guide to our offerings, depending on your writing goals and interests.

  • Fall 2021 Workshops and Free Writers Studio Class This Thursday

    Fall 2021 Workshops and Free Writers Studio Class This Thursday

    Free Writers Studio Tucson class this Thursday evening, September 23, and information about my upcoming Fall 2021 workshops

  • Free Writers Studio Class and Spring 2021 Workshops

    Free Writers Studio Class and Spring 2021 Workshops

    Free Writers Studio Tucson class this Saturday, April 10 and information about my upcoming Spring 2021 workshops.

  • The 39th Annual Tucson Poetry Festival is Coming Soon

    The 39th Annual Tucson Poetry Festival is Coming Soon

    The 39th Annual Tucson Poetry Festival is coming up in two weeks! Registration is available on our website for poetry workshops taught by our featured poets on Saturday, April 17, 2021. They will also be reading that evening and there will be an open mic (would you like to read one of your own poems?!)…

  • Free Writers Studio Tucson Class Online This Thursday

    Free Writers Studio Tucson Class Online This Thursday

    Tucson teachers Lela Scott MacNeil and I will be online for a free writing class this Thursday at 6:30 p.m. to provide a writing exercise, explain The Writers Studio method, and discuss how our program can support your personal writing goals.

  • Summer 2020 Writing and Teaching

    Summer 2020 Writing and Teaching

    This summer 2020, I’m teaching both a Tucson Workshop and “Crafting Fantastic & Imaginative Worlds”, reading a lot of speculative poetry, and writing.

  • Writing Workshops for Spring and Summer 2020

    Writing Workshops for Spring and Summer 2020

    In addition to my usual 8-week Writers Studio Tucson Workshop, I’m bringing back my popular online “Crafting Fantastic and Imaginative Worlds” workshop for poets and writers of science fiction, fantasy, and horror!

  • Fall 2019 Writing and Teaching

    Fall 2019 Writing and Teaching

    I’m preparing lesson plans and writing new exercises for two fall workshops at the Writers Studio.

  • Summer 2019 Writing and Teaching

    Summer 2019 Writing and Teaching

    I’m currently preparing lesson plans and writing lessons for two summer 2019 workshops.

  • “Crafting Fantastic & Imaginative Worlds” at The Writers Studio!

    “Crafting Fantastic & Imaginative Worlds” at The Writers Studio!

    I’m teaching a new 6-week workshop titled “Crafting Fantastic & Imaginative Worlds” and it uses The Writers Studio method of persona writing and critiquing. It begins Saturday, July 27, 2019.

  • Summer Writing Workshops at the Writers Studio!

    Summer Writing Workshops at the Writers Studio!

    Two options for the beginning level writing workshop: Saturday morning with me and Wednesday evenings with Lela Scott MacNeil.

  • A Few General Tips About Attending Workshops

    A Few General Tips About Attending Workshops

    How you participate in class can mean the difference between a rewarding learning experience and an utter waste of your—and everyone else’s—time and money.

  • The Writers Studio Experience

    The Writers Studio Experience

    It occurs to me that I haven’t written much about The Writers Studio workshops I’ve been attending regularly for the past year. It has been such a positive experience that I think I have been trying to keep it all to myself. No more.