Online Classes

Instructor: Steve Edwards
Author of Breaking Into Back Country
Dates: Saturdays, January 6, 13, 20, 27, 2024
Time: 9 to 10:15 am CENTRAL TIME
Format: Zoom

"Watching Steve teach and his "words of wisdom" at the beginning of each class period, and his attentive presence and his gentleness in interacting with his students are admirable and inspiring."  - former workshop participant. 

How to Publish in Today's Landscape

Instructor: Chris Fischbach
Literary Agent and founder of Fischbach Creative
Dates: Tuesdays, January 16, 23, 30, February 6, 2024
Time: 6 to 8 pm CENTRAL STANDARD TIME
Format: Zoom

An insider's guide to the publishing world of today, presented with an eye toward what authors need to know to get published.  

Instructor: Pamela Petro
Author of The Long Field: Wales and the Presence of Absence, A Memoir
Date: Saturday, February 3, 2024
Time: 9 to 11 am CENTRAL TIME
Format: Zoom

“We often think of home as a structure with a street address. But home is actually a much harder thing to pin down. It’s an experience, an attitude, a time of life, a feeling of being “at home” that is influenced by many factors, including people, landscape, weather, and age."

Instructor: Tommy Dean
Author of Hollows, A Flash Fiction Collection 
Date: Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Time: 5 to 7 pm CENTRAL STANDARD TIME
Format: Zoom

Instructor: Sue William Silverman
Author of Acetylene Torch Songs: Writing True Stories to Ignite the Soul

Date: Saturday, March 2, 2024
Time: 9 to 11 am CENTRAL STANDARD TIME
Format: Zoom

"Silverman reclaims and honors the disparaged term 'confessional,’ encouraging writers to use their passions, hauntings, and experiences as fuel for quality nonfiction. Snapping with bright fire, this new craft guide is also a guide for the soul: audacious, pulsing with life, and sure to inspire." Sonya Huber, author, Voice First: A Writer's Manifesto

Instructor: Kelly Madigan
Author of The Edge of Known Things
Genre: Creative Writing
Level: Intro to advanced
Dates: Tuesdays, March 19, March 26, April 2, April 9, April 16, 2024
Time: 6 to 8 pm CENTRAL TIME
Limit: 8 participants

This workshop is brought to you by The LoHi Trail, a network of people coming together to explore a sustainable, long distance walking route through the Loess Hills, combined with ideas and enthusiasm for preservation of the steep slopes and fragile ecosystem. We recognize that there is also a trail of stories.