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Two Halloween Creative Writing workshops in San Diego

October 5, 2025 Laurie

Steampunk Creative Writing  Writers will learn about the steampunk genre and participate in two mind-bending writing adventures from the Now…

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Posted in: Fiction, Genre Writing, Horror, Science Fiction, Writing Coach

Soulful Screenwriting Returns on National Screenwriters’ Day

January 2, 2021 Laurie Leave a comment

SOULFUL SCREENWRITING: AN EMPOWERING INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP SERIES Explore the soul of a screenplay and yourself as the writer: Tuesdays –…

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Posted in: Fiction, Genre Writing, Horror, Inspiration, Screenwriting, Writing Coach Filed under: dramatic writing, play writing, screenwriting, TV writing, workshop series

New Work by Now Write! Contributors

December 10, 2019 Laurie Leave a comment

Now Write! contributors are extremely prolific.  Here is a small sample of books that came out in the last two years.…

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Posted in: Contributor, Fiction, Genre Writing, Horror, Inspiration, Nonfiction, Science Fiction

RIP The Scariest Guy in America: Jack Ketchum

February 16, 2018 Laurie Leave a comment

I was deeply saddened to learn that Dallas Mayr, better-known by his pseudonym, Jack Ketchum, passed away on the morning of…

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Posted in: Contributor, Fiction, Horror, Inspiration Filed under: Center for Fiction, Jack Ketchum

Genre-la Speculative Fiction Writers’ Conference

January 21, 2017 Laurie 1 Comment

Education and Inspiration for Writers of Speculative Fiction Next weekend (Jan. 27-29) is the 2017 Genre-LA™ Creative Writers Conference in…

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Posted in: Fantasy, Genre Writing, Horror, Inspiration, Science Fiction Filed under: Devorah Cutler-Rubenstein, Genre-LA Writers' Conference, Pamela Jaye Smith, Pen Densham

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