But they’ve started up a waiting list so make sure to put your name in ASAP by clicking on this link. And thank you for your wonderful support. Stay tuned for my intensive online memoir class this winter!! Will share details just as soon as I know more.
Year: 2025
Registration is NOW OPEN for my spooky Halloween-themed Stanford Continuing Studies creative writing class, offered online this October!
Hello everyone. I’m very excited to report that registration is now open for my brand-new Stanford Continuing Studies class: Strange Sparks: Unlocking Stories Through the Uncanny and Supernatural. Registration is strictly limited to 18 students. This is a new, spooky Halloweenish edition of my popular Ideas Generator class, designed to incite microfiction as well as personal essays with prompts and discussions that will surprise, unblock, unsetle and upwell the deepest depths of your imagination. Information and sign-up link here
The misadventures of a solo dad — my new story in the Washington Post
hi everyone. Thanks for reading. Here is my newest essay in the Washington Post. Got a lot of great reactions for this one. Please let me know if you are able to read this or if the paywall blocks you out (if so, I’ll find a workaround.) Cheers and thanks for checking in. And see below for more updatess
Summer update– announcing new Stanford classes
Hello, everyone. Thanks for visiting me here — including those of you who read my Father’s Day piece in the Washington Post and to everyone who is continuing to read and respond to Amy’s inspiring story from August 2023. Her essay continues to reach readers all over the world. I appreciate every one of you. I’ve been keeping very busy, which keeps me grounded and focused – and this is shaping up to be another full year for me. I’m excited to announce that I’m back for another round of small and intimate creative writing classes at Stanford University through their continuing studies program. Coming this October – a brand-new Stanford class called Strange Sparks: Unlocking Stories Through the Uncanny and Supernatural. The class is not yet open for registration but save the dates — the sessions will take place on Zoom on Thursdays, Oct 9, Oct 16, Oct 23, Oct 30, Nov 6, from 6 to 8 p.m….