Appearances & Upcoming Workshops
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Writing Speculative Fiction
DATE: Starts August 30 4-Week Online Workshop via Writing Workshops Dallas PRICE: $249 The world of speculative short fiction is a highly competitive but welcoming community where a new writer can make a start in their career. In this workshop, we'll explore the fine art of writing short stories for genre markets, with an exploration of the main tropes of each genre from science fiction to fantasy to horror. Picasso said, "Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist." This workshop dives into the rules of speculative fiction and how to break them while honing your writing for pro markets. |
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Speculative Poetics: Neither Here Nor There
DATE: Starts October 1st 4-Week Online Workshop via Poetry Barn PRICE: $285 through September 17, $315 thereafter. Ask yourself “What if?” and unshackle your mind in this four-week foray into the strange. Speculative poetry is about content. From ghosts to dragons to satellites, this genre defies reality. It’s a genre of poetry that combines many other thematic elements from fiction genres like science fiction, fantasy, and horror. If you’ve ever considered your work to be outside the realm of realism and in the gray area of the surreal, this workshop is for you. We’ll read the greats of speculative poetry and the thriving community of diverse poets in the field today, while writing poems that walk through the mist of the weird. |
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Journaling Your Way Through NaNoWriMo
4-Week Online Workshop, Fairway Library, Maricopa County Libraries PRICE: FREE! DATES & REGISTRATION:
This is part of a four week series. This workshop will provide you with different methods and exercises for keeping a journal during NaNoWriMo. From tracking your word count to worldbuilding and character-building, a journal is a fantastic companion to the NaNoWriMo process. Whether this is your first time trying to write 50,000 words in the month of November, or whether you're a past winner, this workshop is for you! Each session will include a discussion of different methods of journaling as well as an accountability check-in. We'll help you stay focused and on track to win and finish your novel this year. |
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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! |
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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. |
Upcoming Events
Upcoming Workshops:
2022 TBD: Micro and Flash Fiction Workshop (Writing Workshops Dallas)
This generative workshop explores flash fiction in all its forms—from the dribble to the drabble to the micro-story—up to 1500 words. Writing flash can enhance your skills as a writer because it teaches you how to be concise and what makes a (very short) story. We’ll cover beginnings and endings—and what should lie in-between. We’ll discuss the details of rhythm, voice, and structure. Learn how to craft flash pieces that pack an emotional punch and leave the reader breathless, in the briefest of words.
2022 TBD: Journaling for Writers (Writing Workshops Dallas)
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.
This generative workshop explores flash fiction in all its forms—from the dribble to the drabble to the micro-story—up to 1500 words. Writing flash can enhance your skills as a writer because it teaches you how to be concise and what makes a (very short) story. We’ll cover beginnings and endings—and what should lie in-between. We’ll discuss the details of rhythm, voice, and structure. Learn how to craft flash pieces that pack an emotional punch and leave the reader breathless, in the briefest of words.
2022 TBD: Journaling for Writers (Writing Workshops Dallas)
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.
Past Appearances
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
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