Welcome to my Summer and Fall 2024 class offerings.
Below you’ll find classes that are 2-Hour Seminar classes, 30 DAY CHALLENGE CLASSES, and MULTI-WEEK courses.
Some are for writing Science Fiction and Fantasy, but a few are aimed to stretch different writing muscles like: Body Image Art-making, Spiritual Memoir, Using Tarot for your writing, and even writing exercises to warm up for bigger projects.
I’ve divided these below into ONE-DAY 2HR classes, 30 Day Challenge classes, and Multi-Week courses. Some are marked “Coming Soon.”
ONE DAY, 2 Hr ZOOM Workshops
These short classes, filled with tips, exercises and information can teach you something to bring into your writing practice.
7 Ways Tarot Can Inspire and Revive Your Writing
Learn how a simple deck of divination cards can unstick your plots, deepen your characters, and surprise you by unblocking your thoughts, building your intuition, and releasing your storytelling skills from tired patterns.
2-4pm ZOOMinar, July 27
$47
These Sacred Objects:
Giving Life and Meaning to Everyday Things
(a writing workshop)
A writing workshop exploring the meaning and importance we give things, and how consecrating those objects change, heal, and empower us. Bring your Sacred Objects to class.
2-4pm Zoominar, Saturday, July 28
$47
Writing Flash Fiction as Monologues
How do we naturally tell stories? We kinda speak in monologues. Storytellers captivate us for a few minutes. It’s a powerful way to craft flash fiction. In this class, we will examine scripts, plays, memoirs, musicals, 1st person stories, and modern monologues so we can glean techniques that strengthen flash fiction with a strong voice that will carry your reader, and surprise them.
2-4 pm ZOOMinar, Sat August 25
$47
ADHD Scaffolding for Writers
Tips, Tricks, Preps, and Structures that can help ADHD Brains Write Now!
2hr ZOOMinar, COMING SOON
$37
30-DAY CHALLENGE CLASSES
30-Day Challenges or Journeys allow you to build a skill and a habit that will keep you art-making and writing long after the 30 days are over. If you want to build skill, I know of no quicker, no more effective practice than doing something small every day.
Bear Witness to Your Body:
A 31-day Writing and Art-Making Journey towards Body Positivity
Body Image/ Body positivity is ultimately a personal journey, but it doesn’t have to be done alone.
Join us for Daily Art-Making and Journaling Prompts, 4 ZOOM Workshops, affirmation and motivation from your instructor, with a Discord Channel to meet others on this journey, all designed towards discovering and loving your (and every) body. ZOOMS: Sunday Sept 15, 22, — 2-4 pm;
Tues, Oct 8; Wed Oct 16– 7-9pm
September 15-October 16
$150
Leaping Back In: 31 Days of Writing Exercises for the Fearless
PLAY AGAIN! EXPERIENCE the JOY of Writing without deadlines, pressure, or concerns over market and audience. Write for YOU!
Get your writing muscles warmed up in 30 days with these short writing exercises, four 2-4pm Saturday ZOOM workshops, discord channel and daily encouragement in prep for NANOWRIMO (or any big writing project)
Jan 1-31, 2025
$150
Online Multi-week Courses
Have the time to devote three to six weeks to your writing? Take a full workshop with me and 15-17 other students and transform your writing, developing skills and using tools to create 2 stories or essays (or work on your longer pieces in progress). Skills you build here will be ones you can use again and again.
Memoir Techniques
for Writing
Science Fiction and Fantasy
Creative Nonfiction and Memoir can ground a reader in details, personal reflection, desires, bias, interpretation and speculation. These same narrative techniques can deepen your characters and add complexity to the voice of your flash fiction.
Three Monday 7-9pm ZOOMinars,
Sep 30, Oct 7 & 14
$87
Writing about Faith: A Spiritual Memoir Workshop
How do we write about what we can’t see, but only feel or experience? How do we begin to explain the invisible, the inexplicable, the mysterious, the transformative around us and within us. How do we make sense of the world during chaotic times? Magic, Miracles, Synchronicities.
Come write with others as we explore our lives through the lens of faith, belief, the spiritual.
6 Workshops
COMING SOON
$150
Story Consulting
Have a story you’d like to have feedback on? I’ll read up to 5000 words or 12 pages and give you developmental feedback on the story, focusing on where you have questions concerning character, plot, story structure, beginnings, endings, or any place you seek professional feedback.
One-on-One Short Story Consulting
Let me help you with your short fiction
$100 30 minutes ZOOM
$150 1 hour ZOOM
Bear Witness 
Hey, Jerome!
I read about NaNoWriMo last fall and am intrigued! I wish I lived close enough to take your courses, but I don’t think that will happen (Ter would miss me terribly), I know there are books out there like Writing for Dummies or Idiot’s Guide to Writing, and tons more. But is there a book or two or three you would recommend for someone who has a story inside she wants to get out and onto paper?
I suppose I could also check around for some writing courses around here! LOL!
Hmmm, Linda. Good question. I’m recommending the texts above: Plot and Structure, but there’s some good texts for stories too: Writing Down the Bones is a good one, and of course Janet Burroway’s books are usually a great place to start for many creative writers–and she focuses on short stories. Yes, Ter would miss you terribly if you came up here!! It’s good to hear from you. Sorry I didn’t catch this response until so late…. Hope you are well!
Jerome how much tuition is the class at UD that you will e teaching . I am not doing
I’m not sure how much. I believe students pay UDLLI one payment and can take multiple classes. The link is included in the article above. Hope that helps.
Looks like it is $80. But the best way is to contact University of Dayton Lifelong Learning Institute. They receive all the funds for the class. I’m not exactly sure how much it is. The link above has contact information. Thanks for your interest!
I’ve been digging around the site for writing/novel classes.
Since covid started, I manage to get a book going. Though with very little experience, I was hoping that there would be some writing classes to attend. Though not much luck… If you’re ever planning to have something for adults I’d absolutely sign up in a heart beat.
Just throwing that out there!
Deal. I’ll let you know. I’m thinking about a class in the spring all online.