Writing workshops to nourish your creative soul
Spring 2026 Class Schedule
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MEMOIR & FICTION WORKSHOPS
Introducing TINY GEMS: A Short-Form Memoir Workshop!
Is there a story from your life that you’ve always wanted to write, one you find yourself returning to again and again? Perhaps it’s a moment that changed you, something you’d like to understand more deeply. Or a vivid image, a memory that divides your life into “before” and “after.”
If you’ve been circling a story but aren’t sure where to begin, Tiny Gems: A Short-Form Memoir Workshop is for you.
I’ll lead you through a step-by-step process of transforming those haunting images into compelling pieces of memoir. In this six-week beginner-friendly online workshop, we’ll break things down in a clear, accessible way, looking at how to shape a piece, how to find your voice on the page, and how to bring scenes to life through dialogue, sensory detail, and other elements of the writer’s craft. Like Michelangelo freeing the angel from the marble slab, you’ll learn to separate your specific story from the surrounding noise.
You’ll have the opportunity to turn in a short piece (up to 1500 words) for constructive feedback from the group and detailed written feedback from me, giving you a strong foundation for revision. Please plan on approximately two hours outside of class each week for writing, reading, and reflection. Class size limited to eight.
Tuesdays, April 28 - June 2
4-6 pm Eastern / 1-3 pm Pacific
About Tiny Gems
The Intensive Memoir & Fiction Workshop is entirely based around discussion of participants’ work and is limited to six people. If you are interested in the Intensive Workshop and you have not worked with me before, please reach out before registering.
Wednesdays, April 15 - June 3
4-6pm EST / 1-3pm PST
Live via Zoom
OFF-LEASH WRITING WORKSHOPS
ONLINE
Wednesdays, April 15 - June 3
1 - 3 pm EST / 10 am - noon PST
Live via Zoom
Thursdays, April 16 - June 4
1-3 pm EST / 10 am-noon PST
Live via Zoom
IN PERSON
Tuesdays, April 21 - June 2, 2026
10:30 am - 12:30 pm EST
Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Which workshop is right for you?
Off-Leash Writing Workshops
Free your voice and generate lots of vivid, honest writing.
Off-Leash Writing
In this workshop, you will:
Receive juicy, inspiring writing prompts to get your hands moving.
Write—right there in the moment—wild and fast and free, and generate lots of raw, vivid, honest material
Share your work with the group and be witnessed and held in all your beautiful, complicated humanity.
Witness and hold others in all their beautiful, complicated humanity.
Get introduced to beautiful, provocative poetry, music, artwork, and other sources of inspiration for your writing.
Learn to see writing as a practice, where you show up and put words on the page, even when you don’t feel “inspired.”
Practice going towards what scares you and learn to trust your own voice.
Leave everything on the page and walk out feeling lighter and more deeply connected.
In this workshop, you won’t:
Be given homework. Everything takes place in real time.
Be critiqued on your writing. This workshop is all about freeing your voice and getting ink on the page.
Memoir & Fiction Workshops
Shape and polish your rough, wild drafts into finished work.
Memoir & Fiction
In this workshop, you will:
Discuss elements of the art, craft, and practice of writing and revision.
Do in-class writing exercises tailored to your needs.
Receive detailed, actionable feedback from me and a small circle of creative peers.
Get written notes and suggested edits from me.
Read and comment on the work of other writers in your cohort.
Learn to receive constructive feedback without getting knocked off center.
Be encouraged at all times to stay true to your vision and your unique voice.
Discuss avenues to publication.
Leave each session feeling emboldened and inspired to keep going.
In this workshop, you won’t:
Be taught to write like William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, James Baldwin, or any other (fabulous) writer besides yourself.
Be given feedback in a disrespectful or discouraging way.
Learn to write a bestseller in thirty days
