“Writing through the experience of grief can offer clarity and consolation to ourselves and our readers, taking what is trapped inside our heads and hearts and shaping those emotional experiences on the page.”

Whether you’re a first time author or just starting to dip your toes into the world of writing, we’re here to help you navigate the tricky world of publishing!

This class is for inspiration and revitalization of our poems, hopefully prompting us to let go of tired ideas that are no longer serving us. We will also include ample time for writing and sharing our own work.

Instructor Sarah Audsley will lead you through a five-week workshop where you’ll read and discuss poems, have time to write, and will tackle the publishing/submitting hurdle together.

In honor of Galentine’s Day, we’re hosting this free interactive master class on how to write a steamy scene.

Writing fiction is both easier and harder than it might seem. Sometimes the difference between getting it done and not getting it done is to just…get in there and start. This class will help you do just that. The goal here will be to either get you started on a new story or move you along on that work-in-progress that has you feeling stuck.

Have you ever thought about how tarot can inspire your writing? In this generative writing workshop, we’ll employ tarot as a tool for playful inspiration and reflection rather than serious fortune-telling. Tarot actually began as a game in Italy, with the earliest cards dating back to the 1440s, and it didn’t become associated with divination and the occult until the 19th century. This workshop will explore the creative side of tarot and how it can be used as a way to expand your writing. Feel free to bring in your hopes, dreams, and desires for the new year, and we’ll discuss how to weave those future concepts into your writing practice.

This in-person masterclass will encourage you to explore the most poignant images of your past and where you came from. We will dive into how our memories are shaped and look at how research can augment or expand those memories. Writers will practice looking at memory through place as a way to deepen fleeting snapshots of our experiences.

Inspire yourself in this hands-on, two-hour masterclass intensive where we will use all our senses (visual, olfactory, auditory, gustatory, taste) to create psychic meaning on the page. This workshop is designed to help writers think about image as a revelation of consciousness and imagination that can move a narrative forward.

Whether you're writing a mystery novel or a memoir, every story needs to be put together in a purposeful way. But the question of how to structure a book can often leave writers feeling lost. How and why are stories constructed in a specific way? What is a plot point and how do we know when they're necessary? And just what is the difference between all of these types of structures anyway?