Truthful Tuesdays July schedule
6 Prompts for the senses! 13 Prompts for working with photographs and artifacts. Bring a photo! 20 Story to stage Johanna Nutter on creating & performing theatre based on real life 27 The 3 minute memoir: […]
Truthful Tuesdays May Workshop Schedule
Each workshop is held on Tuesdays 7-830 Pacific time via Zoom. This month I’m doing three generative workshops where we look at some ideas and tips on the subject and two or three short writing sessions. […]
ICSA Meet the author interview
I am sometimes cautious about who I use the word ‘cult’ around when I talk about my past since I think it can get interpreted to mean ‘one who believes and works towards big ideas’ and […]
Roots and routes prompts Tuesday April 20th
This Tuesday we’re taking prompts inspired by the upcoming Prairie Fire issue on Roots and Routes (deadline May 31st) We’ll do some brainstorming and tackle prompts to spark or deepen our work on where we come […]
Little stories big truths: Flash CNF workshop May 15th
Little stories that pack a punch! We’ll look at examples, do writing exercises & explore the exciting flash creative non-fiction form. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/149271736783
Writing & resilience
A three part workshop on building self-care, courage & resilience into your writing practice. This workshop series provides: Space & encouragement for your creativity Writing time & prompts Strategies for working through tough stuff Readings & […]
Little Fiction | Big Truths – “Millions”
My piece “Millions” is now available in the amazing (and free!) flash non-fiction issue of Little Fiction | Big Truth. Packed with little stories about big moments, it’s a real honour to keep such great […]
My tattoo story
Red Star Tattoo, the title of my memoir comes from the time I spent as a teenage radical. Some of the founding members inside the secret revolutionary organization I’d joined had home-made red star tattoos. And […]
Teaching + coaching
I’m a creative late bloomer who loves helping people find their voice. I’ve taught workshops for SFU Writer’s Studio, Royal City Literary Arts Society and other organizations. I host Truthful Tuesdays workshops & Writing the Sound […]
Brevity blog – What I learned about writing from dog training
“Here is a thing you should know about me. Sooner or later it will all come back to dogs….” Read about how what I learned in dog training class helped my writing class on the Brevity […]