Events

Braiding Narratives with Sage Tyrtle

02/01/2025 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM PT
Learn to weave seemingly unrelated threads together seamlessly

Far More than Simple Retellings with Melissa Marr

02/02/2025 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM PT
Using memes and templates as story spines.

Create Bizarre New Beasts and Extraordinary Extraterrestrials with James L. Sutter

02/08/2025
Make your magical monsters, spine chilling horrors, and alien ecosystems feel fresh and original

Community: Writing Disabled Characters in Speculative Fiction with Dr. Lara Ameen

02/26/2025 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM PT
For beginning, intermediate, and advanced writers, this workshop uses a disability studies methodology as an approach to writing speculative fiction and how to avoid stereotypes of disabled characters.

Creating Mood and Tone with Karin Lowachee

03/01/2025 01:00 PM - 03:30 PM PT

How Not to Let Your Story Run Away From You with Rohini Chowdhury

03/21/2025 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT
Strategies for Staying in Control Without Stifling Creativity

Plotting for Pantsers with Eden Robins

04/01/2025 04:30 PM - 06:30 PM PT
Creating story scaffolding for discovery writers.

Community Class: Getting Unstuck with Aliza Greenblatt

04/05/2025 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT
Tools and techniques to recapture the energy and excitement of your story.

Creating a Language for Fantasy and Science Fiction Worlds with Frauke Uhlenbruch

04/22/2025 05:30 PM - 07:00 PM PT
Linguistics meets imagination in a three-part practical class.

Community Class: From Bookseller to Debut Author

04/26/2025 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM PT
A Conversation with Elaine U. Cho and Amy Bishop-Wysick

Community Class: Writing the Local Weird with Andy Duncan

05/10/2025 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT
Learn to research hometown folklore and regional oddities as background for compelling stories.