2025
WINTER 2025
manuscript tune-up (*TWO SPOTs LEFT)
Does your writing project need some loving support? I have two spots available in Manuscript Tune-Up, a personalized manuscript consultation services designed to help your writing shine. Dates flexible.
2024
SEPTEMBER 21, 2024
WHAT’S YOUR STORY?
Old Victoria SchoolHouse, Victoria-by-the-sea, 10 AM-12 PM
This workshop is sold out. Get in touch with the festival to have your name placed on the waitlist, or sign up for my newsletter to learn when I’ll be offering the next workshop.
We all have a story to tell. My signature life writing workshop uses writing prompts, memory work, and creative play to safely guide participants through writing a short memoir or life writing excerpt. This two-hour interactive workshop is designed for both new and experienced writers. A safe and creative space to explore your own voice and begin to craft a story from your life. This workshop is held as part of the Wild Threads Literary Festival. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased here.
FALL 2024
manuscript tune-up (*ONE SPOT LEFT)
Does your writing project need some love? This fall, I have two spots available in Manuscript Tune-Up, a personalized manuscript consultation services designed to help your writing shine. Dates flexible.
NOVEMBER 10-14
TURNING INWARD: A COASTAL WELLNESS AND WRITING RETREAT
OCEANSTONE RESORT, PEGGY’s COVe, nova scotia
Nourish yourself with this luxurious wellness and writing retreat alongside the Atlantic at Nova Scotia’s iconic Oceanstone Resort. As the days grow shorter, sink deeper into your writing and while you indulge in self-care. Turning Inward combines a flexible retreat schedule, offering optional workshops in writing, yoga, gentle movement, and meditation, and offers the powerful healing energy of a full-service seaside Nordic spa.
PAST EVENTS
April 10
THE ART OF SUBMITTING: WRITING CONTESTS, LITERARY MAGAZINES, PUBLICATION + MORE
Charlottetown Library Learning Centre, 6-8 PM
This hands-on workshop is designed to help both new and continuing writers navigate the world of literary and trade magazines, literary contests, and other publishing opportunities. Limited to 12 writers.
April 24
MASTER YOUR STORY: GRANT WRITING FOR WRITERS AND CREATIVES
charlottetown library learning centre, 6-8 pm
In this two-hour, hands on workshop, we’ll explore what goes into a good grant proposal. We’ll look at how to generate powerful project proposals, writing samples, and project outlines. Limited to 12 writers.
may 8
DEVELOPING THE PERFECT PITCH
charlottetown library learning centre, 6-8 pm
In this two-hour, hands-on workshops, we’ll explore what editors, juries, and screeners look for in a pitch. I’ll share tips from my years of pitching magazine articles, book outlines, and projects. Limited to 12 writers.
may 24-26
write from the heart
spring writing retreat (SOLD OUT)
Dive into your writing and recharge your batteries with this luxurious weekend retreat. Held at a chic and elegantly appointed farmhouse outside Victoria-by-the-Sea, this spring writing retreat combines workshops, group discussions, quiet writing time, and gourmet vegetarian meals. Limited to 8 writers.
summer 2024
manuscript tune-up
Does your writing project need some love? This summer, I have two spots available in Manuscript Tune-Up, a personalized manuscript consultation services designed to help your writing shine. Dates flexible.
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