Upcoming events
start strong: Unlock your story in 10 weeks
Ten meetings, Tuesday January 27 - March 31, 2026
6:00-8:30pm PT, Online via Zoom
Limited to 12 participants
Start your new year with a new book project in this fun, fast-paced generative workshop.
Each week, you’ll uncover your story through prompts and exercises to form the characters, settings, structure, and plot of your novel. You’ll harness the power of community for accountability, while also playing and experimenting in a safe, facilitated environment.
You’ll leave each session with a packet of exercises to generate at least ten pages of new material for your project. By the end of the workshop, you’ll have 50-100 manuscript pages, a plot map, a story bible, and the tools to keep writing forward.
Start your 2026 writing year strong.
Find more details and proposed syllabus here.
san francisco writers conference 2026
Meet me at San Francisco Writers Conference, February 12-15, 2026
More details coming soon.
Past events
Wooing the muse
Writing a book is challenging. Maybe you’ve hit the saggy middle of your story, or you can’t figure out the ending. Perhaps you’ve fallen out of love with your main character, or maybe you’re struggling to get your brilliant idea out of your head and onto the page in the first place.
In this fun, idea-packed workshop, you’ll discover tricks and charms to get unstuck and get your writing back on track. Through out-of-the box writing prompts, you’ll learn how to reinvigorate your characters, discover the heart of your story to illuminate your plot, and find new ways into your work when the muse refuses to be helpful. Finally, you’ll learn new techniques to jumpstart your writing, tricks to keep you going, and self-care tips to avoid burnout and keep you falling in love with the craft.
Whatever your brand of writer’s block, you’ll leave with a bag of tricks to woo the muse and help you move forward again, including free-writing and free-drawing exercises (no drawing skills necessary) that we'll have tried together in class, and a handout to remind you of all the new ways you'll have of wooing the muse.
All Our Lies Are True VIRTUAL Launch Party
To celebrate the publication of All Our Lies Are True, I threw an online launch party with Jennifer Lynn Alvarez, author of the fabulously twisty thriller, Friends Like These. We talked about the inspiration for the book, how we plot a thriller, and answered your questions. You can watch the recording here: