Coming up next week at the Writing Academy, we are so excited to have author, performer, and all around great person, Melissa Brayden talking to the class about giving an author reading. Melissa walks participants through the important concept of nailing that author reading every time. (Even if you’re an introvert!) After Melissa’s class, we give the students a chance to do their own author reading for each other. It’s a great, safe way to practice performing in front of a gr

Welcome back from our administrative break! We came busting back from vacation with a stunning class on writing sex by the inimitable Karelia Stetz-Waters. Karelia led the WA students through the ins and outs of writing sex in a safe, entertaining, and sometimes hilarious class. Of course, we acknowledge that not all authors write sex. Some people do a fade-scene even in romances. And some speculative, horror, and mystery writers don’t feel a need for intimacy in their books