I’m delighted to let you know I’m teaching Fear & Writing for the 2021 Portland Book Festival! This year, the Portland Book Festival will be a hybrid event with virtual events from November 8-13 and in-person events on November 13. After attending lots of inspiring author events, join me the day after the festival for my … Continue reading Portland Book Fest is Hosting Fear & Writing!
I’m delighted to announce I’m teaching my Fear & Writing workshop at the 2020 Portland Book Festival! Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this is the first year the festival will be virtual. There are tons of authors speaking from November 5-21 so make sure to check the schedule to find some great events to attend. … Continue reading Teaching Fear & Writing at the 2020 Portland Book Fest
When I’m writing alone in my home office, I often wonder if my work has an impact on anyone besides myself. You see, I don’t just write for myself, I write to communicate with people. I think the same thing about the Fear & Writing workshops I teach and my online course under the same … Continue reading You Never Know How Your Work Will Impact Others
Do you have a story, novel, memoir, screenplay, or poem that you’ve been thinking about for years, but haven’t written? When you try to write, do you almost always feel an urge to do something else? Does procrastination or fear stop you from writing? If you answered YES to any of these questions, you are … Continue reading Fear & Writing Course is Now Available!
Recently, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Andrea Gough, Librarian at the Seattle Central Library, for the Seattle Writes podcast. I love answering questions about my creative process so this was super fun. We talked about: The episode is 26 minutes. Hope you enjoy it! ps. Here’s the article about working with Prince … Continue reading Fear & Writing on the Seattle Writes Podcast
Later this summer, I’m opening registration for my FEAR & WRITING course. It will take only 30 minutes a day, over the course of seven eight days, to complete. My goal is to make it so fun and simple, you will look forward to writing every day. I’m super excited about it, but before we … Continue reading The Story Behind Fear & Writing
In Seattle, weather is the bane of every workshop teacher’s existence. When it’s raining, you fear that no one will come out for your workshop. When it’s sunny, you think the same thing. Whether the weather is rainy or sunny, it can end up having the same outcome: no one shows up. The first time … Continue reading Fear & Writing #2
A week ago, I was on my way to teach my Fear & Writing workshop for the first time for the Seattle Public Library’s Seattle Writes Program, and I was scared. For several years I had attended Seattle Writes workshops and enjoyed them. I figured that until I had “made it” as an author, that I’d … Continue reading Facing Fear at my Fear & Writing Workshop
I’m excited to present to you my first ever VLOG! That’s a video blog post! I’m now recording vlogs in addition to writing blog posts. It’s a way to shake myself up, have fun creating something with Marcus, and most importantly, to share things I’ve learned in a visual and auditory way, rather than just … Continue reading Vlog #1! How to Feel the Fear & Write Every Day
These last four months have felt like wading through mud. Thick, sticky, disgusting, tiring mud. For about four months, I wrote approximately one chapter per week of my suspense novel, SEVEN DUDES. Which for most people doesn’t sound terrible. But for perfectionists like me, it feels like a snail’s pace. Every day I sat down … Continue reading Writing Through 4 Months of Mud
