Robin lives in remote high plains desert of the Great Basin. She leads workshops from Ike's Canyon Ranch in the spectacular Monitor Valley of Nevada. In spring and summer 2022, she'll lead two sets of once-a-month workshops online. They are stand alone workshops, so you can sign up for one or all, or dip in and out.
Craft-focused Generative Writing
One Saturday per month/ 9am to noon PST/ Starting March 19
A free wheeling but craft-based generative workshop to inspire and delve into totally new writing. For writers of all levels.
$75 per session.
$375 for all six sessions.
March 19 -- Writing deeper: Mining the deepest depths.
April 16 -- Dialog as your best friend.
May 14 -- Telling not showing.
June 11 -- "Twilight Knowing"
July 9 -- Building character.
August 6 -- Playing with Time.
Reading (the Booker Prize) like a Writer
One Wednesday per month / 4-7pm PST / starting April 6
A deep-dive reading experiment for writers interesting in honing their craft by examining and then experimenting with the fine work of other writers. For writers of all levels.
$50 per session.
$250 for all six sessions.
Reading schedule for Reading (the Booker Prize) like a Writer:
April 6 -- Patricia Lockwood's, "No One Is Talking About This"
May 4 -- Nadifa Mohamed's, "The Fortune Men"
June 1 -- Anuk Arudpragasam's "A Passage North"
June 29 -- Richard Power's "Bewilderment."
July 27 --Maggie Shipstead's "The Great Circle"
August 24 -- (the winner) "The Promise" by Damon Galgut