Appearances & Upcoming Workshops
Instructor-Lead Courses:
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Teeny Tiny Poems (Poetry Barn)
DATE: 4 Weeks, Starting February 6th, 20-22 Price: $305 Location: Online via Poetry Barn From haiku to nonets (a nine line poem), short poems are having a moment. Some of the bestselling poets of today write small poems. In this workshop, we’ll explore and compose tiny poems that are under 15 lines. Learn how to write the shortest of poems such as the Rondeau (a poem of fifteen lines with two rhymes throughout) or the humble sonnet. We’ll discuss techniques for crafting powerful images and details in very few words. Whether you’re planning a chapbook or poetic sequence, or just want to explore shorter forms, this workshop will help you generate new powerful tiny poems. Journaling for Writers (Writing Workshops Dallas)
DATE: 4 Weeks, Starting November 28th, 2022 Price: $259 Location: ONLINE via Wet Ink Do you feel lost in your writing process? Get organized by journaling! In this workshop, we'll cover the basics of journaling for writers. Not just as a method of processing and keeping track of your thoughts, but as a method of improving your writing life and working towards a career as a writer. We'll cover tracking your writing, how to manage large ideas or projects, tracking submissions, creating goals, revising in a journal, and more, all while exploring popular methods of journaling to find the one that works for you. At the end of the class, you'll set up your journal for the new year. National Flash Fiction Month: 30 Short Stories in 30 Days (Writing Workshops Dallas)
DATE: 4 Weeks, Starting July 1, 2023 Price $299 Location; ONLINE via Wet Ink This generative workshop is chock full of 30 writing prompts for short story writers. Whether you write micro fiction, flash fiction, or short stories, these 30 prompts are meant to inspire and support you in this unique writing challenge. Whether you're writing to a specific theme, assembling stories for a collection, or want to try writing a series of connected stories, this workshop will explore new contemporary structures like The Tryptich or The Wikipedia Entry. |
Self-Paced Workshops (Ongoing):
Self-Paced Course: 30 Poems In 30 Days
DATE: Ongoing
TIME: Asynchronous, Self-paced via Poetry Barn
PRICE: $149
This class came out of NaPoWriMo (National Poetry Writing Month), which happens every year in April. Similarly, the goal of this self-paced class is to write 30 poems in 30 days. However, you might write one poem a day, or several poems in a day, and then give yourself a break. It’s totally up to you! Whether you’re writing to a specific theme, assembling a group of poems for a chapbook, or you want to try writing a longer poetic sequence, this workshop is meant to support you with generative prompts and experiences to get you creating plenty of new work.
DATE: Ongoing
TIME: Asynchronous, Self-paced via Poetry Barn
PRICE: $149
This class came out of NaPoWriMo (National Poetry Writing Month), which happens every year in April. Similarly, the goal of this self-paced class is to write 30 poems in 30 days. However, you might write one poem a day, or several poems in a day, and then give yourself a break. It’s totally up to you! Whether you’re writing to a specific theme, assembling a group of poems for a chapbook, or you want to try writing a longer poetic sequence, this workshop is meant to support you with generative prompts and experiences to get you creating plenty of new work.
Self-Paced Course: Queer Poetics
DATE: Ongoing
TIME: Asynchronous, Self-paced via Poetry Barn
PRICE: $99
This workshop is an intersectional primer on LGBTQIA+ writers throughout the history of poetry. We’ll explore poets like Walt Whitman, Adrienne Rich, Allen Ginsberg, and Audre Lorde, but also the contemporary queer poets who have catapulted into the mainstream like Jericho Brown and Danez Smith. We’ll write poems alongside and inspired by the voices of queer poetics. This class is meant both for writers who want to explore their queerness and for writers who want to learn more about the history of queer poetry.
DATE: Ongoing
TIME: Asynchronous, Self-paced via Poetry Barn
PRICE: $99
This workshop is an intersectional primer on LGBTQIA+ writers throughout the history of poetry. We’ll explore poets like Walt Whitman, Adrienne Rich, Allen Ginsberg, and Audre Lorde, but also the contemporary queer poets who have catapulted into the mainstream like Jericho Brown and Danez Smith. We’ll write poems alongside and inspired by the voices of queer poetics. This class is meant both for writers who want to explore their queerness and for writers who want to learn more about the history of queer poetry.
Self-Paced Course: Journaling for Poets
DATE: Ongoing
TIME: Asynchronous, Self-paced via Poetry Barn
PRICE: $99
Poets are observers. One way to keep track of your observations and ideas is through a writing journal. In this workshop, we'll cover the basics of journaling for poets, not just as a method of processing and keeping track of your thoughts, but as a method of improving your writing life and working towards a career as a writer. In this workshop, you'll cover how to manage large ideas or projects, track submissions, create goals, revising, and more, all while exploring popular methods of journaling to find the one that works for you. If you feel out of sorts or disorganized in your writing life, this workshop is for you!
DATE: Ongoing
TIME: Asynchronous, Self-paced via Poetry Barn
PRICE: $99
Poets are observers. One way to keep track of your observations and ideas is through a writing journal. In this workshop, we'll cover the basics of journaling for poets, not just as a method of processing and keeping track of your thoughts, but as a method of improving your writing life and working towards a career as a writer. In this workshop, you'll cover how to manage large ideas or projects, track submissions, create goals, revising, and more, all while exploring popular methods of journaling to find the one that works for you. If you feel out of sorts or disorganized in your writing life, this workshop is for you!
Self-Paced Course: Writing Resistance Through Erasure, Found Text & Visual Poetry
DATE: Ongoing
TIME: Asynchronous, Self-paced via Poetry Barn
PRICE: $99
Hybrid poetry forms can be a powerful form of resistance. From Jerrod Schwarz’s erasure of Trump’s inaugural speech to Niina Pollari’s black outs of the N-400 citizenship form, contemporary poets are engaging with the world through text, creating new and challenging works of art. Heralded by the rise of the “Instapoet,” visual works are a way to take poetry one step further by crafting new forms and structures that often transcend the page.
DATE: Ongoing
TIME: Asynchronous, Self-paced via Poetry Barn
PRICE: $99
Hybrid poetry forms can be a powerful form of resistance. From Jerrod Schwarz’s erasure of Trump’s inaugural speech to Niina Pollari’s black outs of the N-400 citizenship form, contemporary poets are engaging with the world through text, creating new and challenging works of art. Heralded by the rise of the “Instapoet,” visual works are a way to take poetry one step further by crafting new forms and structures that often transcend the page.
Upcoming Con Appearances
Upcoming Workshops:
August, 2023: A Nature Poet's Field Guide (Online via The Poetry Barn)
October, 2023: Writing Poetry from the Shadows: Horror and the Dark Poem (Online via The Poetry Barn)
October, 2023: Writing Poetry from the Shadows: Horror and the Dark Poem (Online via The Poetry Barn)
Past Appearances
December 2022: Journaling for Writers (Writing Workshops Dallas)
November 2022: Micro & Flash Fiction (Writing Workshops Dallas)
August 2022: Strong Women, Strange Worlds Reading (Online)
August 2022: Armadillocon (Austin, TX)
July 2022: Writing Speculative Short Fiction (Writing Workshops Dallas)
July 2022: Journaling for Poets (Nebraska Poetry Society)
June 2022: Queer Poetics (Poetry Barn)
April 2022: NaPoWriMo Write-A-Long (Poetry Barn)
March 2022: Science Poetry (Poetry Barn)
November 2021: Journaling Your Way Through NaNoWriMo ( Fairway Library, Maricopa County Libraries , AZ)
October 2021: Speculative Poetics: Neither Here Nor There (Poetry Barn)
October 2021: ArmadilloCon Austin
September 2021: FenCon Dallas
August 2021: Writing Speculative Fiction (Writing Workshops Dallas)
August 2021: Readercon
July 2021: Re-Visioning Your Poetry (Poetry Barn)
April 2021: Writing Speculative Short Fiction (Writing Workshops Dallas)
April 2021: Flights of Foundry, Writing Narrative Poetry panel
March 2021: A Feminist Poetry Reading Primer: Writing with Our Foremothers (Poetry Barn)
October 2020: Writespace Poetry Critique
October 2020: Writespace Introduction to Found Poetry
November 2020: Writespace Journaling Your Way to a Better Writing Life
July, 2020: Writespace First Chapter Critique Session
July, 2020: Writespace Q&A with an Editor
November 2019: Malvern Books: Speculative Poetry Reading with T.D. Walker
October 2019: Gemini Ink Online Workshop: The Writing Life 101
September 2019: Zinefest Houston
August 2019: Armadillocon, Austin
July 2019: Readercon, Boston
February 2019: People's Poetry Festival, Corpus Christi
November 2018: Zine Fest Houston
November 2018: Finishing Line Press Showcase - Kaboom Books & Gemini Ink
October 2018: Book launch & Women's Voices Open Mic - Writespace Houston
September 29, 2018, 6-8pm - Art & Words Show, Fort Worth, TX - Featured Reader
August 22nd-September 12, 2018: Writespace Writing Life 101 Workshop
August 25, 2018: Writespace Poetry of the Fantastic Workshop
July 2018: Readercon: Panelist
May 2018: Comicpalooza (Panelist and hosting the SFPA Poetry reading May 25th)
June 2018: 2018 SFPA Contest chair.
June 26, 2018: Reading at Fix Coffee Bar hosted by Mike Alexander
November 2022: Micro & Flash Fiction (Writing Workshops Dallas)
August 2022: Strong Women, Strange Worlds Reading (Online)
August 2022: Armadillocon (Austin, TX)
July 2022: Writing Speculative Short Fiction (Writing Workshops Dallas)
July 2022: Journaling for Poets (Nebraska Poetry Society)
June 2022: Queer Poetics (Poetry Barn)
April 2022: NaPoWriMo Write-A-Long (Poetry Barn)
March 2022: Science Poetry (Poetry Barn)
November 2021: Journaling Your Way Through NaNoWriMo ( Fairway Library, Maricopa County Libraries , AZ)
October 2021: Speculative Poetics: Neither Here Nor There (Poetry Barn)
October 2021: ArmadilloCon Austin
September 2021: FenCon Dallas
August 2021: Writing Speculative Fiction (Writing Workshops Dallas)
August 2021: Readercon
July 2021: Re-Visioning Your Poetry (Poetry Barn)
April 2021: Writing Speculative Short Fiction (Writing Workshops Dallas)
April 2021: Flights of Foundry, Writing Narrative Poetry panel
March 2021: A Feminist Poetry Reading Primer: Writing with Our Foremothers (Poetry Barn)
October 2020: Writespace Poetry Critique
October 2020: Writespace Introduction to Found Poetry
November 2020: Writespace Journaling Your Way to a Better Writing Life
July, 2020: Writespace First Chapter Critique Session
July, 2020: Writespace Q&A with an Editor
November 2019: Malvern Books: Speculative Poetry Reading with T.D. Walker
October 2019: Gemini Ink Online Workshop: The Writing Life 101
September 2019: Zinefest Houston
August 2019: Armadillocon, Austin
July 2019: Readercon, Boston
February 2019: People's Poetry Festival, Corpus Christi
November 2018: Zine Fest Houston
November 2018: Finishing Line Press Showcase - Kaboom Books & Gemini Ink
October 2018: Book launch & Women's Voices Open Mic - Writespace Houston
September 29, 2018, 6-8pm - Art & Words Show, Fort Worth, TX - Featured Reader
August 22nd-September 12, 2018: Writespace Writing Life 101 Workshop
August 25, 2018: Writespace Poetry of the Fantastic Workshop
July 2018: Readercon: Panelist
May 2018: Comicpalooza (Panelist and hosting the SFPA Poetry reading May 25th)
June 2018: 2018 SFPA Contest chair.
June 26, 2018: Reading at Fix Coffee Bar hosted by Mike Alexander