See Calendar for dates of all Workshops, Seminars, and Retreats.
In this popular eight-week, mixed-genre workshop participants work on their own creative projects and hone their editorial skills by offering feedback on the work of others. The focus, however, is on moving your own work forward. We look at concept, style, structure and marketability with an eye to what needs to be done to meet your current literary goals.
This workshop runs for 8 weeks and meets on Tuesday or Thursday nights (two separate workshop sessions) from 7pm to 9pm.
There is discount for Left Coast Writers/for information about Left Coast Writers go to www.leftcoastwriters.com.
Space is extremely limited and inclusion is on a first come, first served basis, so if you want to join us you must advise by reserving your spot in advance.
For a list of best-selling and prize-winning graduates of this workshop or to reserve a space or ask questions, send a note using the contact form. See the calendar for upcoming workshop dates.
Join Linda, a published poet, travel writer, and novelist, in a workshop designed to acquaint you with the implements of the writer’s craft and to show how to wield those tools to create not just a publishable product, but literature. The focus here will be on creative writing, especially fiction and poetry, but nonfiction writers are welcome, too. Participants read a little and write a lot, gaining confidence, skill, and a clear picture of what they want to write, where they want to publish it, and how they can achieve this vision.
The Book Passage Children’s Writers and Illustrators’ Conference will cover all aspects of writing and illustrating for children—from developing ideas to honing skills to finding a publisher. Participants will work closely with other writers and illustrators, as well as with agents, editors, and publishers. The conference is designed to meet the differing needs of those who create for different age groups. Participants will choose an area of emphasis for the morning sessions, such as writing for picture books, early readers, young adult books or illustration, and then work with a teacher in a workshop setting. In the afternoon, participants choose from panels of common interest, such as working with editors, working with agents, marketing and promotion. There will be many opportunities for faculty and participants to talk, laugh, and exchange ideas in classes, lunches, and at evening events.
The Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference has an extraordinary reputation among publishers, editors, and writers. Alumni have published books, articles, and photos—many as the direct result of lessons learned and contacts made at the conference. There is no finer travel conference anywhere in the world.
The Conference offers an array of workshops, panels, and evening activities. There are many hours of informal interaction between faculty and students during lunch and in discussions that often last late into the evening.
Award winning novelist, poet, travel writer, editor, and teacher, Linda Watanabe McFerrin and literary agent, Andy Ross are conducting a 7-day writing workshop for fiction and creative non-fiction. The workshop will focus on craft and, where it’s appropriate, getting your project ready for publication. The workshop will run from September 7 (arrival) – September 15 (departure), 2018.
Registration in now open. See details below. To register or get more information, email Andy at andyrossagency@hotmail.com or Linda at http://lwmcferrin.com/services/.
The Workshop:
Mornings after breakfast you’ll attend workshops from 10 am to noon devoted to literary craft. Be prepared to bring portions of your writing projects. We will discuss them in group and individually with Linda and Andy. Afternoons will consist of exploring your environment, sampling the local fare, and finding the best spots to linger and write.
Workshops will be directed by Linda and Andy. We will conduct classes and workshops on:
- Finding your literary voice
- Creating irresistible characters and centers of interest
- Creating spellbinding plots and strategies for structure
- First pages
- Best literary bells and whistles
- Steps to getting published (or self-published)
For more information, contact either Linda here or Andy Ross at andyrossagency@hotmail.com
The four-day Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference has a strong tradition of great authors and teachers. It covers everything mystery writers need—from developing ideas and writing skills to finding a publisher. Participants work closely with mystery writers, agents, editors, and publishers as well as investigators and crime-fighting professionals.
In this conference, mystery writers learn the clues to a successful writing career. Editors, agents, and publishers tell participants what they need to know to get published. Authors offer classes on setting, dialogue, suspense, point of view, and openings. They tell how to write about private eyes, amateur sleuths, and police protagonists, and how to create thrillers and historical mysteries. Panels of detectives, forensic experts, police, and other crime-fighting professionals provide information that allows crime fiction writers to put realism in their work.
Writing without the proper tools is like trying to build a house with a spoon. Humor, honesty, imagination, invention, attention, surprise, intent—these are a few of the tools used in creating literature. Join Linda, a published poet, travel writer, and novelist, in a workshop designed to acquaint you with the implements of the writer’s craft and to show how to wield those tools to create not just a publishable product, but literature. The focus here will be on creative writing, especially fiction and poetry, but nonfiction writers are welcome, too. Participants read a little and write a lot, gaining confidence, skill, and a clear picture of what they want to write, where they want to publish it, and how they can achieve this vision.
Character-driven—it’s one way to ensure that your writing is compelling. But how do you create characters that captivate a reader? Digging up all you’ll need to know to create characters that jump from the page can be as complicated as a covert operation. So let’s put on our best sleuthing attire and gather the info on our protagonists, antagonists, confidantes, love interests and assorted supporting characters. This workshop includes plenty of in-class exercises and amusing tips on craft. Bring pages to read and work on.
All the world is a stage, and so is the narrative that frames your characters. Whether it’s poetry, fiction, or creative non-fiction, a well-conveyed sense of place is key. Jump on a magic carpet to other places and times in this one-day workshop.
In this one-day workshop, you’ll learn to balance setting, character, and dialogue to create stellar scenes. Some of the exercises have given birth to award-winning work by past participants. Bring your laptop and/or paper and pen and discover how a good writer takes center stage on the page and holds it.
It’s a far-out, jet-propelled day of creativity and imagination. Join Linda Watanabe McFerrin well-known travel writer, editor and author of award-winning novels in a day of world building, plotting and adventure into new literary realms.
Aristotle called plot “the most important element of storytelling.” But to plot properly, you must have a plan, and the plan must give rise to emotion. Does the plot always seem to elude you? Spend a day planning and plotting and find out what you’re missing. Bring your flat-lining fiction and nonfiction and fix it.
Ever wonder how to write that first travel story?
Send yourself on assignment and begin your travel writing career.
LEARN TO:
• Match your travel plans up with a market
• Track your journey through notes, journals, images and collectable data
• Capture your adventure and captivate audiences in words and in images
• Share your experience in print and online
From landing an assignment to planning and embarking upon your journey to finishing a story that will satisfy both you and your editors — in this workshop you’ll experience the trials and thrills of travelwriting first hand.
Enrollment is limited to 10 writers. Selections will be made based on submitted samples.
Join poet, travel writer, and novelist Linda Watanabe McFerrin for a five-hour seminar that will cover the entire process of writing for publication. You’ll learn about everything from preparation to payment and come away with a blueprint for moving private pieces into public places.
The perfect product is not enough. Find out how proposals, presentation, professionalism, and people fit into the picture. Past students have had great results, subsequently publishing work in magazines, newspapers and online.
Bring a notebook, a pen, and plenty of questions. This seminar will cover everything you need to know about getting your work into print.
If you have trouble steaming up the page or even your life, this is the workshop for you. Spend a day learning the techniques for adding spicy, sensual, and sometimes funny sizzle to your work and your days. The class is full of quick free-writes and entertaining exercises that will have you moving from comfort to erogenous zones in no time.
The workshop fee includes, champagne, chocolate, and copious creativity.
Linda is the perfect teacher for this class and topic. She treated us with enormous dignity while maintaining her brilliant sense of irreverence.
– A.B.
Great to get the juices flowing. Safe, fun, sassy. I would like to take this class again.
—L.K.
Excellent, quite delicious and informative.
– C.S.
Yummy!
– M.F.
Join Linda, a published poet, travel writer, and novelist, in a workshop designed to acquaint you with the implements of the writer’s craft and to show how to wield those tools to create not just a publishable product, but literature. The focus here will be on creative writing, especially fiction and poetry, but nonfiction writers are welcome, too. Participants read a little and write a lot, gaining confidence, skill, and a clear picture of what they want to write, where they want to publish it, and how they can achieve this vision.
Join me, if you can, for a breathtaking once-in-a-lifetime introduction to Japan, land of mountain temples, soothing onsens and people known for their extraordinary grace and generosity. It was also my home for many years, a place I have returned to again and again and one that I am so excited to share with others, both on the page and in person. Some of our Wanderland Writers crew will be there and in addition to a fabulous adventure, there is a writing component and an award-winning publication waiting for your stories if you can complete your literary assignments.
We will depart on Sunday, August 13th to arrive in Tokyo, “the new capital”, on Monday, August 14th— very special time, as this is the last week of Japan’s magical Obon season.
From quiet Shinto shrines to silvery high-rise towers, from the ancient to the newer-than-new, you’ll be dazzled by one of the world’s most exciting metropolises. We’ll explore it as few have: district by district or “ward” by “ward,” uncovering the best of each city within the city.
From Taito, home to Ueno, Asakusa and the ancient city; to super modern Shinjuku, the stylish streets of Shibuya, ultra-elegant Chuo, and wildly “western” Minato as well as other surprising corners of this fast-paced and thoroughly quirky world capital; you’ll learn enough to chart your own path through a destination that has been known to defy “western” understanding.
Our trip ends at either Narita or Haneda airports on Monday, August 21st, or you can create your own additional itinerary and simply hop on a bullet train that will whisk you to “the old capital”, Kyoto, truly one of the most picturesque places on the planet, to Nara, or wherever else your wanderlust might lead.
Of course we will be using some of the stories and images from your trip in the next exciting anthology in our award-winning Wanderland series.
This is the second trip for this anthology so space is very, very limited. For more information and to register, send me a confirming e-mail by return, along with your most recent literary bio.
Award winning novelist, poet, travel writer, editor, and teacher, Linda Watanabe McFerrin and literary agent, Andy Ross are conducting a 7-day writing workshop for fiction and creative non-fiction. The workshop will focus on craft and, where it’s appropriate, getting your project ready for publication. The workshop will run from September 7 (arrival) – September 15 (departure), 2018.
Registration in now open. See details below. To register or get more information, email Andy at andyrossagency@hotmail.com or Linda at http://lwmcferrin.com/services/.
The Workshop:
Mornings after breakfast you’ll attend workshops from 10 am to noon devoted to literary craft. Be prepared to bring portions of your writing projects. We will discuss them in group and individually with Linda and Andy. Afternoons will consist of exploring your environment, sampling the local fare, and finding the best spots to linger and write.
Workshops will be directed by Linda and Andy. We will conduct classes and workshops on:
- Finding your literary voice
- Creating irresistible characters and centers of interest
- Creating spellbinding plots and strategies for structure
- First pages
- Best literary bells and whistles
- Steps to getting published (or self-published)
For more information, contact either Linda here or Andy Ross at andyrossagency@hotmail.com
Wanderland Writers editors Linda Watanabe McFerrin and Joanna Biggar are off to Cuba, putting together another exciting Wanderland Adventure .
Interested? Contact Linda for details.
2018 Calendar
Linda Watanabe McFerrin
01/02/18
Left Coast Writers® Literary Salon: New Years Celebration with Matthew Felix, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA
01/08/18
Left Coast Writers®@ the Ferry Plaza Book Party: Barbara McVeigh, Author of Redemption: How Ronald Reagan Nearly Ruined My Life, 6pm to 7pm
Book Passage, One Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA
01/09/18
Workshop: Advanced Writers Workshop, 7pm to 9pm
James Presho House, Oakland, CA
01/13/18
Left Coast Writers® Book Launch: Jay Humphrey, Author of The Day You Love Me, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA
01/16/18
Workshop: Advanced Writers Workshop, 7pm to 9pm
James Presho House, Oakland, CA
01/21/18
Left Coast Writers® on FCCFree Radio’s Lilycat on Stuff: Matthew Felix, 12pm to 2pm
http://www.fccfreeradio.com/
01/23/18
Workshop: Advanced Writers Workshop, 7pm to 9pm
James Presho House, Oakland, CA
01/30/18
Workshop: Advanced Writers Workshop, 7pm to 9pm
James Presho House, Oakland, CA
02/05/18
Left Coast Writers® Literary Salon: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA
02/06/18
Workshop: Advanced Writers Workshop, 7pm to 9pm
James Presho House, Oakland, CA
02/10/18
Left Coast Writers® Book Launch: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA
02/12/18
Left Coast Writers®@ the Ferry Plaza Book Party: TBD, 6pm to 7pm
Book Passage, One Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA
02/13/18
Workshop: Advanced Writers Workshop, 7pm to 9pm
James Presho House, Oakland, CA
02/18/18
Left Coast Writers® on FCCFree Radio’s Lilycat on Stuff: TBD, 12pm to 2pm
http://www.fccfreeradio.com/
02/20/18
Workshop: Advanced Writers Workshop, 7pm to 9pm
James Presho House, Oakland, CA
02/27/18
Workshop: Advanced Writers Workshop, 7pm to 9pm
James Presho House, Oakland, CA
03/05/18
Left Coast Writers® Literary Salon: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA
03/10/18
Left Coast Writers® Book Launch: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA
03/12/18
Left Coast Writers®@ the Ferry Plaza Book Party: TBD, 6pm to 7pm
Book Passage, One Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA
03/18/18
Left Coast Writers® on FCCFree Radio’s Lilycat on Stuff: TBD, 12pm to 2pm
http://www.fccfreeradio.com/
04/02/18
Left Coast Writers® Literary Salon: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA
04/09/18
Left Coast Writers®@ the Ferry Plaza Book Party: TBD, 6pm to 7pm
Book Passage, One Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA
04/14/18
Left Coast Writers® Book Launch: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA
04/15/18
Left Coast Writers® on FCCFree Radio’s Lilycat on Stuff: TBD, 12pm to 2pm
http://www.fccfreeradio.com/
05/04/18-
05/05/18
Hawaii Book and Music Festival
Oahu, HI
05/05/18-
05/11/18
Camp Mokule’ia Writers Retreat
Camp Mokule’ia, Oahu, HI
05/07/18
Left Coast Writers® Literary Salon: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA
05/12/18
Left Coast Writers® Book Launch: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA
05/14/18
Left Coast Writers®@ the Ferry Plaza Book Party: TBD, 6pm to 7pm
Book Passage, One Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA
05/20/18
Left Coast Writers® on FCCFree Radio’s Lilycat on Stuff: TBD, 12pm to 2pm
http://www.fccfreeradio.com/
06/04/18
Left Coast Writers® Literary Salon: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA
06/09/18
Left Coast Writers® Book Launch: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA
06/11/18
Left Coast Writers®@ the Ferry Plaza Book Party: TBD, 6pm to 7pm
Book Passage, One Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA
06/15/18-
06/17/18
Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Conference Publishing Panel
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA
06/17/18
Left Coast Writers® on FCCFree Radio’s Lilycat on Stuff: TBD, 12pm to 2pm
http://www.fccfreeradio.com/
07/02/18
Left Coast Writers® Literary Salon: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA
07/09/18
Left Coast Writers®@ the Ferry Plaza Book Party: TBD, 6pm to 7pm
Book Passage, One Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA
07/14/18
Left Coast Writers® Book Launch: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA
07/15/18
Left Coast Writers® on FCCFree Radio’s Lilycat on Stuff: TBD, 12pm to 2pm
http://www.fccfreeradio.com/
08/06/18
Left Coast Writers® Literary Salon: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA
08/09/18-
08/12/18
Book Passage Travel Writers and Photographers Conference
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA
08/11/18
Left Coast Writers® Book Launch: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA
08/13/18
Left Coast Writers®@ the Ferry Plaza Book Party: TBD, 6pm to 7pm
Book Passage, One Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA
08/19/18
Left Coast Writers® on FCCFree Radio’s Lilycat on Stuff: TBD, 12pm to 2pm
http://www.fccfreeradio.com/
09/03/18
Left Coast Writers® Literary Salon: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA
09/07/18-
09/15/18
Writing and Publishing Your Book, Writing Intensive Workshop
Santa Fe, NM
09/08/18
Left Coast Writers® Book Launch: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA
09/10/18
Left Coast Writers®@ the Ferry Plaza Book Party: TBD, 6pm to 7pm
Book Passage, One Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA
09/16/18
Left Coast Writers® on FCCFree Radio’s Lilycat on Stuff: TBD, 12pm to 2pm
http://www.fccfreeradio.com/
09/27/18-
09/30/18
Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA
10/01/18
Left Coast Writers® Literary Salon: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA
10/08/18
Left Coast Writers®@ the Ferry Plaza Book Party: TBD, 6pm to 7pm
Book Passage, One Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA
10/13/18
Left Coast Writers® Book Launch: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA
10/21/18
Left Coast Writers® on FCCFree Radio’s Lilycat on Stuff: TBD, 12pm to 2pm
http://www.fccfreeradio.com/
11/05/18
Left Coast Writers® Literary Salon: Celebration for Marin County Poet Laureate, Rebecca Foust, hosted by Linda Watanabe McFerrin, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 100 Bay St, Sausalito, CA
11/10/18
Left Coast Writers® Book Launch: Cathy Zane, Author of Better than This in Interview with Linda Watanabe McFerrin, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA
11/12/18
Left Coast Writers®@ the Ferry Plaza Book Party: TBD, 6pm to 7pm
Book Passage, One Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA
11/18/18
Left Coast Writers® on FCCFree Radio’s Lilycat on Stuff: TBD, 12pm to 2pm
http://www.fccfreeradio.com/
12/03/18
Left Coast Writers® Literary Salon: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA
12/08/18
Left Coast Writers® Book Launch: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA
12/10/18
Left Coast Writers®@ the Ferry Plaza Book Party: TBD, 6pm to 7pm
Book Passage, One Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA
12/16/18
Left Coast Writers® on FCCFree Radio’s Lilycat on Stuff: TBD, 12pm to 2pm
http://www.fccfreeradio.com/
Linda Watanabe McFerrin’s LIFE INTO LITERATURE is the perfect class for kick-starting your imagination. Her assignment a Myth in the Family compelled me to go home and list all the myths I could think of. (I brought to class a 3-page scene.) A year and a half later I completed and sold my novel. Linda’s warmth sparks your creativity, coaxes the integrity of your story and melts away the insecurity that can sometimes plague a new writer.
—Tess Uriza Holthe
I still pinch myself over seeing Good Luck Life in book form. I can still vividly remember working the pages over in your living room. It’s proven to have a long shelf life with the Chinese New Year. It’s generated a handful of “unsolicited” speaking engagements and some great media coverage.
—Rosemary Gong
I’m going to have my first piece of fiction published. Thank you, Linda, for all the forms your generosity takes. And thank you, everyone, for the valuable and greatly appreciated support and encouragement. You’re all great cheerleaders … makes me think of one of those high school photos and that we could make one of those human pyramids with Linda on top.
—Brian Tacang
Working with Linda as an editor, sending chapters every month and meeting to discuss them, kept my book moving toward the finish line. I love writers’ groups but, with a full-time job, two kids and a book project, I wanted focused and consistent feedback. Linda guided me as I turned disconnected essays into the backbone of my first book and then into a chapter-by-chapter outline that solidified the storyline. Linda’s sharp ear, devotion to detail and encouragement to dig ever deeper, were critical to each chapter. More importantly, she laughed and cried along with me and I knew her heart was in her work and, thus, in mine. I’ve long worked as a journalist with editors. The great ones always made my work better—and didn’t stop pushing—just like Linda.
—Julie Schmit, freelance writer and former USA Today editor and reporter
Linda Watanabe McFerrin is an excellent writing coach and editor who is able to work with any and all types of writers—from helping them unblock their creativity to getting their work into a marketable state. After I studied with her I had two pieces accepted for publication!
—Kathie Kertesz, M.Ed., Learning & Communication Specialist
You have a rare gift for helping your students understand and clarify their work, and I trust you 100%. Jill always raved about what a fantastic teacher you are and now timing and geography have finally conspired to let me experience it firsthand.
—Kelly Booth
All I can say is that for 40 years there was the intention to write but not much actual writing. Then came your class. Others have said this as well: besides being a wonderful poet and writer, you have a gift for nurturing writers.
—Rebecca Foust
There’s no doubt about it, Linda has the gift. Thanks Lisa for putting onto electronic paper the words we have been saying to each other. The group is diverse yet all have very valid and insightful comments. I am constantly in awe of the quality of work that people read each week. Who knows, perhaps some day historians will look back on 2005 Oakland as the famous Watanabe-McFerrin group of writers – just like they look back on 19th century Paris, Edouard Manet and the Batignolles group!
—Unity Barry
Linda Watanabe is one of the most insightful and generous teachers I have known. She is a gift to all writers.
—Catherine Pyke
An amazing teacher.
—Daphne Blumenthal
“Linda makes me think harder and more clearly than I could believe”
—Tania Amochaev
I love her class, she’s so encouraging and inspiring!
—Ann Garrett
A few of the authors Linda has worked with and their finished books:
Alison Wright, Learning to Breathe, Penguin Group
Tess Uriza Holthe, When the Elephants Dance, Crown Publishing, a Division of Random House
Patricia Bracewell, The Shadow on the Crown, The Price of Blood, Viking (three book series)
Jasmin Darznik, The Good Daughter, Grand Central Publishing, a Division of Random House
Kunal Mukherjee, My Magical Palace, HarperCollins Publishers, India
Rosemary Gong, Good Luck Life: The Essential Guide to Chinese American Celebrations and Culture, HarperCollins Publishers
Brian Tacang, The Misadventures of Millicent Madding, HarperCollins Publishers
Janis Cooke Newman, Mary, MacAdam/Cage, and A Masterplan for Rescue, Riverhead Books
Jen Leo, A Woman’s Path, In My Bra, and Whose Panties Are These? Travelers’ Tales
Lori Makabe, Best Places Baja, Sasquatch Press
Rebecca Foust, Dark Card, Mom’s Canoe, All That Great Pitiless Song, various poetry publications and poetry awards
and many more …
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Advanced Writers Workshop
In this popular eight-week, mixed-genre workshop participants work on their own creative projects and hone their editorial skills by offering feedback on the work of others. The focus, however, is on moving your own work forward. We look at concept, style, structure and marketability with an eye to what needs to be done to meet your current literary goals.
This workshop runs for 8 weeks and meets on Tuesday or Thursday nights (two separate workshop sessions) from 7pm to 9pm.
There is discount for Left Coast Writers/for information about Left Coast Writers go to www.leftcoastwriters.com.
Space is extremely limited and inclusion is on a first come, first served basis, so if you want to join us you must advise by reserving your spot in advance.
For a list of best-selling and prize-winning graduates of this workshop or to reserve a space or ask questions, send a note using the contact form. See the calendar for upcoming workshop dates.
Retreat at Camp Mokule'ia, Hawaii 5/5-5/11Life Into Literature: Discovering the tools of the writer’s craft in Hawaii. Writing without the proper tools is like trying to build a house with a spoon. Humor, honesty, imagination, invention, attention, surprise, intent—these are a few of the tools used in creating literature.Join Linda, a published poet, travel writer, and novelist, in a workshop designed to acquaint you with the implements of the writer’s craft and to show how to wield those tools to create not just a publishable product, but literature. The focus here will be on creative writing, especially fiction and poetry, but nonfiction writers are welcome, too. Participants read a little and write a lot, gaining confidence, skill, and a clear picture of what they want to write, where they want to publish it, and how they can achieve this vision.
Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Conference Publishing Panel 5/15-5/17The Book Passage Children’s Writers and Illustrators’ Conference will cover all aspects of writing and illustrating for children—from developing ideas to honing skills to finding a publisher. Participants will work closely with other writers and illustrators, as well as with agents, editors, and publishers. The conference is designed to meet the differing needs of those who create for different age groups. Participants will choose an area of emphasis for the morning sessions, such as writing for picture books, early readers, young adult books or illustration, and then work with a teacher in a workshop setting. In the afternoon, participants choose from panels of common interest, such as working with editors, working with agents, marketing and promotion. There will be many opportunities for faculty and participants to talk, laugh, and exchange ideas in classes, lunches, and at evening events.
Travel Writers and Photographers Conference 8/9-8/12The Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference has an extraordinary reputation among publishers, editors, and writers. Alumni have published books, articles, and photos—many as the direct result of lessons learned and contacts made at the conference. There is no finer travel conference anywhere in the world.
The Conference offers an array of workshops, panels, and evening activities. There are many hours of informal interaction between faculty and students during lunch and in discussions that often last late into the evening.
Writing Intensive Workshop in Santa Fe, NM 9/7-9/15Award winning novelist, poet, travel writer, editor, and teacher, Linda Watanabe McFerrin and literary agent, Andy Ross are conducting a 7-day writing workshop for fiction and creative non-fiction. The workshop will focus on craft and, where it’s appropriate, getting your project ready for publication. The workshop will run from September 7 (arrival) – September 15 (departure), 2018.
Registration in now open. See details below. To register or get more information, email Andy at andyrossagency@hotmail.com or Linda at http://lwmcferrin.com/services/.
The Workshop:
Mornings after breakfast you’ll attend workshops from 10 am to noon devoted to literary craft. Be prepared to bring portions of your writing projects. We will discuss them in group and individually with Linda and Andy. Afternoons will consist of exploring your environment, sampling the local fare, and finding the best spots to linger and write.
Workshops will be directed by Linda and Andy. We will conduct classes and workshops on:
- Finding your literary voice
- Creating irresistible characters and centers of interest
- Creating spellbinding plots and strategies for structure
- First pages
- Best literary bells and whistles
- Steps to getting published (or self-published)
For more information, contact either Linda here or Andy Ross at andyrossagency@hotmail.com
Mystery Writers Conference 9/27-9/30The four-day Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference has a strong tradition of great authors and teachers. It covers everything mystery writers need—from developing ideas and writing skills to finding a publisher. Participants work closely with mystery writers, agents, editors, and publishers as well as investigators and crime-fighting professionals.
In this conference, mystery writers learn the clues to a successful writing career. Editors, agents, and publishers tell participants what they need to know to get published. Authors offer classes on setting, dialogue, suspense, point of view, and openings. They tell how to write about private eyes, amateur sleuths, and police protagonists, and how to create thrillers and historical mysteries. Panels of detectives, forensic experts, police, and other crime-fighting professionals provide information that allows crime fiction writers to put realism in their work.
Life Into LiteratureWriting without the proper tools is like trying to build a house with a spoon. Humor, honesty, imagination, invention, attention, surprise, intent—these are a few of the tools used in creating literature. Join Linda, a published poet, travel writer, and novelist, in a workshop designed to acquaint you with the implements of the writer’s craft and to show how to wield those tools to create not just a publishable product, but literature. The focus here will be on creative writing, especially fiction and poetry, but nonfiction writers are welcome, too. Participants read a little and write a lot, gaining confidence, skill, and a clear picture of what they want to write, where they want to publish it, and how they can achieve this vision.
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Building Character
Character-driven—it’s one way to ensure that your writing is compelling. But how do you create characters that captivate a reader? Digging up all you’ll need to know to create characters that jump from the page can be as complicated as a covert operation. So let’s put on our best sleuthing attire and gather the info on our protagonists, antagonists, confidantes, love interests and assorted supporting characters. This workshop includes plenty of in-class exercises and amusing tips on craft. Bring pages to read and work on.
Location, Location, LocationAll the world is a stage, and so is the narrative that frames your characters. Whether it’s poetry, fiction, or creative non-fiction, a well-conveyed sense of place is key. Jump on a magic carpet to other places and times in this one-day workshop.
Making a SceneIn this one-day workshop, you’ll learn to balance setting, character, and dialogue to create stellar scenes. Some of the exercises have given birth to award-winning work by past participants. Bring your laptop and/or paper and pen and discover how a good writer takes center stage on the page and holds it.
Out of This World! Travel to Other Worlds Writing Fiction, Fantasy, and Sci-FiIt’s a far-out, jet-propelled day of creativity and imagination. Join Linda Watanabe McFerrin well-known travel writer, editor and author of award-winning novels in a day of world building, plotting and adventure into new literary realms.
The Plot ThickensAristotle called plot “the most important element of storytelling.” But to plot properly, you must have a plan, and the plan must give rise to emotion. Does the plot always seem to elude you? Spend a day planning and plotting and find out what you’re missing. Bring your flat-lining fiction and nonfiction and fix it.
Travel WritingEver wonder how to write that first travel story?
Send yourself on assignment and begin your travel writing career.
LEARN TO:
• Match your travel plans up with a market
• Track your journey through notes, journals, images and collectable data
• Capture your adventure and captivate audiences in words and in images
• Share your experience in print and online
From landing an assignment to planning and embarking upon your journey to finishing a story that will satisfy both you and your editors — in this workshop you’ll experience the trials and thrills of travelwriting first hand.
Enrollment is limited to 10 writers. Selections will be made based on submitted samples.
Writing for PublicationJoin poet, travel writer, and novelist Linda Watanabe McFerrin for a five-hour seminar that will cover the entire process of writing for publication. You’ll learn about everything from preparation to payment and come away with a blueprint for moving private pieces into public places.
The perfect product is not enough. Find out how proposals, presentation, professionalism, and people fit into the picture. Past students have had great results, subsequently publishing work in magazines, newspapers and online.
Bring a notebook, a pen, and plenty of questions. This seminar will cover everything you need to know about getting your work into print.
Writing Sexy StuffIf you have trouble steaming up the page or even your life, this is the workshop for you. Spend a day learning the techniques for adding spicy, sensual, and sometimes funny sizzle to your work and your days. The class is full of quick free-writes and entertaining exercises that will have you moving from comfort to erogenous zones in no time.
The workshop fee includes, champagne, chocolate, and copious creativity.
Linda is the perfect teacher for this class and topic. She treated us with enormous dignity while maintaining her brilliant sense of irreverence.
– A.B.Great to get the juices flowing. Safe, fun, sassy. I would like to take this class again.
—L.K.Excellent, quite delicious and informative.
– C.S.Yummy!
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Retreat at Camp Mokule'ia, Hawaii 5/5-5/11Life Into Literature: Discovering the tools of the writer’s craft in Hawaii. Writing without the proper tools is like trying to build a house with a spoon. Humor, honesty, imagination, invention, attention, surprise, intent—these are a few of the tools used in creating literature.
Join Linda, a published poet, travel writer, and novelist, in a workshop designed to acquaint you with the implements of the writer’s craft and to show how to wield those tools to create not just a publishable product, but literature. The focus here will be on creative writing, especially fiction and poetry, but nonfiction writers are welcome, too. Participants read a little and write a lot, gaining confidence, skill, and a clear picture of what they want to write, where they want to publish it, and how they can achieve this vision.
Spirit of Japan 8/13-8/21Join me, if you can, for a breathtaking once-in-a-lifetime introduction to Japan, land of mountain temples, soothing onsens and people known for their extraordinary grace and generosity. It was also my home for many years, a place I have returned to again and again and one that I am so excited to share with others, both on the page and in person. Some of our Wanderland Writers crew will be there and in addition to a fabulous adventure, there is a writing component and an award-winning publication waiting for your stories if you can complete your literary assignments.
We will depart on Sunday, August 13th to arrive in Tokyo, “the new capital”, on Monday, August 14th— very special time, as this is the last week of Japan’s magical Obon season.
From quiet Shinto shrines to silvery high-rise towers, from the ancient to the newer-than-new, you’ll be dazzled by one of the world’s most exciting metropolises. We’ll explore it as few have: district by district or “ward” by “ward,” uncovering the best of each city within the city.
From Taito, home to Ueno, Asakusa and the ancient city; to super modern Shinjuku, the stylish streets of Shibuya, ultra-elegant Chuo, and wildly “western” Minato as well as other surprising corners of this fast-paced and thoroughly quirky world capital; you’ll learn enough to chart your own path through a destination that has been known to defy “western” understanding.
Our trip ends at either Narita or Haneda airports on Monday, August 21st, or you can create your own additional itinerary and simply hop on a bullet train that will whisk you to “the old capital”, Kyoto, truly one of the most picturesque places on the planet, to Nara, or wherever else your wanderlust might lead.
Of course we will be using some of the stories and images from your trip in the next exciting anthology in our award-winning Wanderland series.
This is the second trip for this anthology so space is very, very limited. For more information and to register, send me a confirming e-mail by return, along with your most recent literary bio.
Writing Intensive Workshop in Santa Fe, NM 9/7-9/15Award winning novelist, poet, travel writer, editor, and teacher, Linda Watanabe McFerrin and literary agent, Andy Ross are conducting a 7-day writing workshop for fiction and creative non-fiction. The workshop will focus on craft and, where it’s appropriate, getting your project ready for publication. The workshop will run from September 7 (arrival) – September 15 (departure), 2018.
Registration in now open. See details below. To register or get more information, email Andy at andyrossagency@hotmail.com or Linda at http://lwmcferrin.com/services/.
The Workshop:
Mornings after breakfast you’ll attend workshops from 10 am to noon devoted to literary craft. Be prepared to bring portions of your writing projects. We will discuss them in group and individually with Linda and Andy. Afternoons will consist of exploring your environment, sampling the local fare, and finding the best spots to linger and write.
Workshops will be directed by Linda and Andy. We will conduct classes and workshops on:
- Finding your literary voice
- Creating irresistible characters and centers of interest
- Creating spellbinding plots and strategies for structure
- First pages
- Best literary bells and whistles
- Steps to getting published (or self-published)
For more information, contact either Linda here or Andy Ross at andyrossagency@hotmail.com
Wandering in...Wanderland Writers editors Linda Watanabe McFerrin and Joanna Biggar are off to Cuba, putting together another exciting Wanderland Adventure .
Interested? Contact Linda for details.
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2018 Calendar
Linda Watanabe McFerrinJanuary 201801/02/18
Left Coast Writers® Literary Salon: New Years Celebration with Matthew Felix, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA01/08/18
Left Coast Writers®@ the Ferry Plaza Book Party: Barbara McVeigh, Author of Redemption: How Ronald Reagan Nearly Ruined My Life, 6pm to 7pm
Book Passage, One Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA01/09/18
Workshop: Advanced Writers Workshop, 7pm to 9pm
James Presho House, Oakland, CA01/13/18
Left Coast Writers® Book Launch: Jay Humphrey, Author of The Day You Love Me, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA01/16/18
Workshop: Advanced Writers Workshop, 7pm to 9pm
James Presho House, Oakland, CA01/21/18
Left Coast Writers® on FCCFree Radio’s Lilycat on Stuff: Matthew Felix, 12pm to 2pm
http://www.fccfreeradio.com/01/23/18
Workshop: Advanced Writers Workshop, 7pm to 9pm
James Presho House, Oakland, CA01/30/18
Workshop: Advanced Writers Workshop, 7pm to 9pm
James Presho House, Oakland, CAFebruary 201802/05/18
Left Coast Writers® Literary Salon: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA02/06/18
Workshop: Advanced Writers Workshop, 7pm to 9pm
James Presho House, Oakland, CA02/10/18
Left Coast Writers® Book Launch: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA02/12/18
Left Coast Writers®@ the Ferry Plaza Book Party: TBD, 6pm to 7pm
Book Passage, One Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA02/13/18
Workshop: Advanced Writers Workshop, 7pm to 9pm
James Presho House, Oakland, CA02/18/18
Left Coast Writers® on FCCFree Radio’s Lilycat on Stuff: TBD, 12pm to 2pm
http://www.fccfreeradio.com/02/20/18
Workshop: Advanced Writers Workshop, 7pm to 9pm
James Presho House, Oakland, CA02/27/18
Workshop: Advanced Writers Workshop, 7pm to 9pm
James Presho House, Oakland, CAMarch 201803/05/18
Left Coast Writers® Literary Salon: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA03/10/18
Left Coast Writers® Book Launch: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA03/12/18
Left Coast Writers®@ the Ferry Plaza Book Party: TBD, 6pm to 7pm
Book Passage, One Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA03/18/18
Left Coast Writers® on FCCFree Radio’s Lilycat on Stuff: TBD, 12pm to 2pm
http://www.fccfreeradio.com/April 201804/02/18
Left Coast Writers® Literary Salon: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA04/09/18
Left Coast Writers®@ the Ferry Plaza Book Party: TBD, 6pm to 7pm
Book Passage, One Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA04/14/18
Left Coast Writers® Book Launch: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA04/15/18
Left Coast Writers® on FCCFree Radio’s Lilycat on Stuff: TBD, 12pm to 2pm
http://www.fccfreeradio.com/May 201805/04/18-
05/05/18
Hawaii Book and Music Festival
Oahu, HI05/05/18-
05/11/18Camp Mokule’ia Writers Retreat
Camp Mokule’ia, Oahu, HI05/07/18
Left Coast Writers® Literary Salon: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA05/12/18
Left Coast Writers® Book Launch: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA05/14/18
Left Coast Writers®@ the Ferry Plaza Book Party: TBD, 6pm to 7pm
Book Passage, One Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA05/20/18
Left Coast Writers® on FCCFree Radio’s Lilycat on Stuff: TBD, 12pm to 2pm
http://www.fccfreeradio.com/June 201806/04/18
Left Coast Writers® Literary Salon: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA06/09/18
Left Coast Writers® Book Launch: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA06/11/18
Left Coast Writers®@ the Ferry Plaza Book Party: TBD, 6pm to 7pm
Book Passage, One Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA06/15/18-
06/17/18Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Conference Publishing Panel
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA
06/17/18
Left Coast Writers® on FCCFree Radio’s Lilycat on Stuff: TBD, 12pm to 2pm
http://www.fccfreeradio.com/July 201807/02/18
Left Coast Writers® Literary Salon: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA07/09/18
Left Coast Writers®@ the Ferry Plaza Book Party: TBD, 6pm to 7pm
Book Passage, One Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA07/14/18
Left Coast Writers® Book Launch: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA07/15/18
Left Coast Writers® on FCCFree Radio’s Lilycat on Stuff: TBD, 12pm to 2pm
http://www.fccfreeradio.com/August 201808/06/18
Left Coast Writers® Literary Salon: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA08/09/18-
08/12/18Book Passage Travel Writers and Photographers Conference
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA
08/11/18
Left Coast Writers® Book Launch: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA08/13/18
Left Coast Writers®@ the Ferry Plaza Book Party: TBD, 6pm to 7pm
Book Passage, One Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA08/19/18
Left Coast Writers® on FCCFree Radio’s Lilycat on Stuff: TBD, 12pm to 2pm
http://www.fccfreeradio.com/September 201809/03/18
Left Coast Writers® Literary Salon: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA09/07/18-
09/15/18Writing and Publishing Your Book, Writing Intensive Workshop
Santa Fe, NM09/08/18
Left Coast Writers® Book Launch: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA09/10/18
Left Coast Writers®@ the Ferry Plaza Book Party: TBD, 6pm to 7pm
Book Passage, One Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA09/16/18
Left Coast Writers® on FCCFree Radio’s Lilycat on Stuff: TBD, 12pm to 2pm
http://www.fccfreeradio.com/09/27/18-
09/30/18Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CAOctober 201810/01/18
Left Coast Writers® Literary Salon: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA10/08/18
Left Coast Writers®@ the Ferry Plaza Book Party: TBD, 6pm to 7pm
Book Passage, One Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA10/13/18
Left Coast Writers® Book Launch: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA10/21/18
Left Coast Writers® on FCCFree Radio’s Lilycat on Stuff: TBD, 12pm to 2pm
http://www.fccfreeradio.com/November 201811/05/18
Left Coast Writers® Literary Salon: Celebration for Marin County Poet Laureate, Rebecca Foust, hosted by Linda Watanabe McFerrin, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 100 Bay St, Sausalito, CA11/10/18
Left Coast Writers® Book Launch: Cathy Zane, Author of Better than This in Interview with Linda Watanabe McFerrin, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA11/12/18
Left Coast Writers®@ the Ferry Plaza Book Party: TBD, 6pm to 7pm
Book Passage, One Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA11/18/18
Left Coast Writers® on FCCFree Radio’s Lilycat on Stuff: TBD, 12pm to 2pm
http://www.fccfreeradio.com/December 201812/03/18
Left Coast Writers® Literary Salon: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA12/08/18
Left Coast Writers® Book Launch: TBD, 7pm to 9pm
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA12/10/18
Left Coast Writers®@ the Ferry Plaza Book Party: TBD, 6pm to 7pm
Book Passage, One Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA12/16/18
Left Coast Writers® on FCCFree Radio’s Lilycat on Stuff: TBD, 12pm to 2pm
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Linda Watanabe McFerrin’s LIFE INTO LITERATURE is the perfect class for kick-starting your imagination. Her assignment a Myth in the Family compelled me to go home and list all the myths I could think of. (I brought to class a 3-page scene.) A year and a half later I completed and sold my novel. Linda’s warmth sparks your creativity, coaxes the integrity of your story and melts away the insecurity that can sometimes plague a new writer.
—Tess Uriza HoltheI still pinch myself over seeing Good Luck Life in book form. I can still vividly remember working the pages over in your living room. It’s proven to have a long shelf life with the Chinese New Year. It’s generated a handful of “unsolicited” speaking engagements and some great media coverage.
—Rosemary GongI’m going to have my first piece of fiction published. Thank you, Linda, for all the forms your generosity takes. And thank you, everyone, for the valuable and greatly appreciated support and encouragement. You’re all great cheerleaders … makes me think of one of those high school photos and that we could make one of those human pyramids with Linda on top.
—Brian TacangWorking with Linda as an editor, sending chapters every month and meeting to discuss them, kept my book moving toward the finish line. I love writers’ groups but, with a full-time job, two kids and a book project, I wanted focused and consistent feedback. Linda guided me as I turned disconnected essays into the backbone of my first book and then into a chapter-by-chapter outline that solidified the storyline. Linda’s sharp ear, devotion to detail and encouragement to dig ever deeper, were critical to each chapter. More importantly, she laughed and cried along with me and I knew her heart was in her work and, thus, in mine. I’ve long worked as a journalist with editors. The great ones always made my work better—and didn’t stop pushing—just like Linda.
—Julie Schmit, freelance writer and former USA Today editor and reporterLinda Watanabe McFerrin is an excellent writing coach and editor who is able to work with any and all types of writers—from helping them unblock their creativity to getting their work into a marketable state. After I studied with her I had two pieces accepted for publication!
—Kathie Kertesz, M.Ed., Learning & Communication SpecialistYou have a rare gift for helping your students understand and clarify their work, and I trust you 100%. Jill always raved about what a fantastic teacher you are and now timing and geography have finally conspired to let me experience it firsthand.
—Kelly BoothAll I can say is that for 40 years there was the intention to write but not much actual writing. Then came your class. Others have said this as well: besides being a wonderful poet and writer, you have a gift for nurturing writers.
—Rebecca FoustThere’s no doubt about it, Linda has the gift. Thanks Lisa for putting onto electronic paper the words we have been saying to each other. The group is diverse yet all have very valid and insightful comments. I am constantly in awe of the quality of work that people read each week. Who knows, perhaps some day historians will look back on 2005 Oakland as the famous Watanabe-McFerrin group of writers – just like they look back on 19th century Paris, Edouard Manet and the Batignolles group!
—Unity BarryLinda Watanabe is one of the most insightful and generous teachers I have known. She is a gift to all writers.
—Catherine PykeAn amazing teacher.
—Daphne Blumenthal“Linda makes me think harder and more clearly than I could believe”
—Tania AmochaevI love her class, she’s so encouraging and inspiring!
—Ann GarrettA few of the authors Linda has worked with and their finished books:
Alison Wright, Learning to Breathe, Penguin Group
Tess Uriza Holthe, When the Elephants Dance, Crown Publishing, a Division of Random House
Patricia Bracewell, The Shadow on the Crown, The Price of Blood, Viking (three book series)
Jasmin Darznik, The Good Daughter, Grand Central Publishing, a Division of Random House
Kunal Mukherjee, My Magical Palace, HarperCollins Publishers, India
Rosemary Gong, Good Luck Life: The Essential Guide to Chinese American Celebrations and Culture, HarperCollins Publishers
Brian Tacang, The Misadventures of Millicent Madding, HarperCollins Publishers
Janis Cooke Newman, Mary, MacAdam/Cage, and A Masterplan for Rescue, Riverhead Books
Jen Leo, A Woman’s Path, In My Bra, and Whose Panties Are These? Travelers’ Tales
Lori Makabe, Best Places Baja, Sasquatch Press
Rebecca Foust, Dark Card, Mom’s Canoe, All That Great Pitiless Song, various poetry publications and poetry awardsand many more …