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Dec.20.2010
Elsewhere on a writers’ discussion board, a novice author asked me which writers' conferences I recommended. Earlier in my writing career I was a "writers’ conference junkie," attending as many workshops and programs as I could cram. It was my self-designed MFA...
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Jun.25.2010
Riting Myth, Mythic Writing:Invoking the Embodied Energy of Presencewith Dennis Patrick Slattery
Two Separate Retreats Offered in Santa Barbara, CA August 12-15 or August 19-22
Thursday 6:30-8:30 pm Friday 9:00 am-5:00 pm...
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Jun.11.2010
For two years, I’ve lead writing workshops at a homeless shelter for youths aged 18 to 24. Each time I step into the classroom – two white boards and three tables pushed together – I have no idea what’s in store. Will anyone show up? Will whoever does be in the mood to write? I pull from my bag...
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May.24.2010
Over the weekend I attended a workshop led by Brooke Williams, author of the lovely memoir Halflives and my neighbor here in the beautiful southern Utah wilderness. Brooke is now at work on the story of one of his Mormon ancestors. Or possibly at work on more than one story about more than...
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Mar.20.2010
We've had a cancellation in the workshop, "O Taste and See: Writing the Senses in Deep France," May 17-24. This frees up a space for you, for for you and a partner. The village, Auvillar, is one of the "100 Most Beautiful Villages in France." You can't get a bad meal, the...
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Feb.04.2010
I'm excited about these workshops because I like hearing what others cook up, like incorporating our surroundings, like learning new things about people. Yes, I'm teaching, but I am, even more, there to encourage people to put forth the erotic ideas they already have inside them (and help...
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Jan.18.2010
Here's your chance to write in France, in a little jewel of a village. (Did you see Chocolat with Johnny Depp? The village of Auvillar looks just like the movie.) In fact, Auvillar is one of the "most beautiful villages in France." The people are really kind and sweet, the food is...
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Jan.18.2010
Here's your chance to write in France, in a little jewel of a village. (Did you see Chocolat with Johnny Depp? The village of Auvillar looks just like the movie.) In fact, Auvillar is one of the "most beautiful villages in France." The people are really kind and sweet, the food is...
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Oct.31.2009
The Story Witch stirs the cauldron. A friend called asking me if I were giving my “Tap Memoir & Write Memoir” workshop at Book Passage on November 1st because it was All Saints Day. Well, no. That timing had never occurred to me, but it’s an interesting tie, and it provoked a good chuckle...
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Oct.08.2009
Window display at Toronto's Come As You Are sex toy store, where I'm teaching How to Write Erotica on October 26th, 7:30 pm.
With Rachel Kramer Bussel
Professional erotica author and editor Rachel Kramer Bussel, editor of The Mile High Club, Do Not Disturb, Tasting Him, Tasting Her, and...
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