I have been asked to speak at the February meeting of the East Texas Writer’s Guild on February 10, 2025. They meet from 6:30pm-8:00pm in the Genecov Room of the Tyler Area Chamber of Commerce Building (aka The Blackstone Building) in downtown Tyler. Hope to see some of you there!
Tag: Writing Lessons
Today I’m giving a lesson on Sounds in Poetry over at the Tyler Public Library at 1pm in the Makerspace (behind the computer lab on the third floor). But don’t let that scare you away if you’re not a poet. I’m covering poetry, a little bit about songwriting, and how to use lyricism in your prose as well.
Hope to see you there!

I will be speaking at the Open Door Writing Group (at the Tyler Public Library) at 1pm on January 22nd on the topic of “Sounds in Poetry”.
If you think this sounds familiar, it’s because I’ve been talking about doing this lesson for about three years now, but we needed more poets in the audience. We have more poets now! 🙂 YAY!
Come on over and join us!
I will be speaking at the Open Door Writing Group – Night Group today at the UU Fellowship (1629 Old Omen Road in Tyler) at 6pm on the topic of “Humorous Writing”. Come on over and join us!

I spoke today at the Open Door Writing Group – Day Group (at the Tyler Public Library) on “Elements of Crime Writing”. Despite some technological conundrums early on, I got my slide show up and running and the lesson ran smoothly. Several writers piped in with good bonus information, which I always love to hear…and add to my notes for later presentations. I’m always improving on my lessons, y’all.
You should definitely come visit this group sometime! More information here: opendoorwritinggroup.com
I will be speaking at the Open Door Writing Group – Night Group at the UU Fellowship of Tyler next Thursday, July 25, 2024 on the topic of “Story Beats and Echoes”. This is an updated version of what I taught at the day group, so come on over and join us!
I will be speaking at the Open Door Writing Group – Day Group on July 24, 2024 at 1pm at the Tyler Public Library on the topic of “Character Reactions”. Come on and join us! 🙂
I will be speaking at the Open Door Writing Group – Night Group next Thursday, April 25, 2024 at 6pm at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Tyler (1629 Old Omen Road in Tyler) on the topic of “Character Reactions”. Come on out and join us! 🙂
I will be speaking at the Open Door Writing Group at 1pm at the Tyler Public Library on April 24, 2024 on the topic of “How to Write for an Anthology”. Come on over and join us! Open Door Writing Group

I will be speaking at the newly formed Open Door Writing Group – Night Group at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (1629 Old Omen Road in Tyler, TX) at 6pm on April 18, 2024 on the topic of “How to Write for an Anthology”.
I’m trying to get everybody on board for the upcoming ODWG Frog Anthology!
Come on over and join us!
