I’ve just been told my recently launched Skillshare class, “Descriptive Writing: Crafting Vivid, Immersive Scenes” has been chosen as a Staff Pick! I’m so excited and hugely grateful to the Skillshare team, led by Daniel Halper, for all their help in creating the class and filming it in NYC back in September. I was so
So 2019 has been an incredibly busy year for me. I taught several Fast Flash workshops, (I’m in the midst of teaching a Master Class as we speak), I ran some awesome writing retreats with my friend and business partner, Nancy Stohlman (Costa Rica! Italy! Grand Lake!), taught at the wonderful Flash Fiction Festival in
Many thanks to lovely Katherine Tweedle, co-editor of Barren Magazine, for interviewing me and asking such great questions. I really enjoyed our chat! Here is an excerpt: KT: First things first, Kathy. You are widely considered a master of flash. What is it particularly about flash fiction that influences you to set most of your
Yesterday, I found out that I’d been awarded a Ragdale Foundation Fellowship for 2020. I still can’t quite believe it. This goes under the heading of Things I Never Dreamed Would Happen to Me. The foundation awards only up to 30 of these each year to a variety of artists. This 25-day residency outside of
Yesterday, I emailed the announcement of my Fall schedule of workshops to those on my mailing list. I’m really excited about the new classes I’m offering! I’m also offering two Fast Flash workshops ONLY to those who’ve not been able to get in yet. You will only have received this if you’ve signed up for
Many thanks to Cheryl Pappas for this very thoughtful review of Wild Life: Collected Works published in Colorado Review. Pappas dedicated significant space to giving her thoughts on my piece “Collective Nouns for Humans in the Wild” which is being shared again in response to the most recent mass shootings in Gilroy, CA, El Paso,
July is nearly over and my last Fast Flash class of the summer concludes August 2nd. I’m already feeling the end of summer approaching and I’ve begun to look at my schedule for the Fall. There remains a high demand for my workshops and for that I’m very grateful. I’ll soon be sending out an
Many thanks to Maddie White for the lovely interview today as part of her terrific “Ask the Author” series on her blog! Here is an excerpt: What advice would you give to aspiring authors who want to write a book? Just read a lot. Write a lot. Remember that the best “ideas” come from the
Nancy Stohlman and I are very excited to be returning to beautiful Peace Retreat in Costa Rica this March for another flash fiction retreat. Registrations are now open and spaces are limited, so I hope if you’ve been thinking of joining us for one of our well-regarded inspirational and motivational writing retreats you will make
This morning as I pack for my flight to London, and onward to Bristol for this weekend’s Flash Fiction Festival at Trinity College, I feel a familiar mixture of excitement and nervousness. I have a pretty busy teaching load for the weekend. I am teaching a three-hour pre-festival session on Friday afternoon: “Embracing Your Inner