Write With Me

Duration: 4 weeks

For new writers eager to begin and explore a variety of prose activities—fiction and nonfiction alike. This immersive package uses prose designed to teach, helping you work on several pieces and develop your writerly senses.

Includes:
• Five inspiring reading assignments
• Five creative exercises to expand your writing chops
• Personalized feedback on one exercise submission

Perfect for those testing the waters of writing in a low-pressure, inspiring way.

Duration: 4 weeks

For beginning writers who want to speak on a personal issue but don’t know where to start. This affirming, artistic testimony package helps you begin telling your story with political awareness and voice.

Includes:
• A reading list designed for you
• Five creative exercises based on emulation and voice
• Personalized feedback on one exercise submission

Perfect for those testing the waters of writing in a low-pressure, inspiring way.

Duration: 4 weeks

A soft place to start for writers feeling unsure, sensitive, melancholy, or creatively blocked. For authors wanting to try fiction or nonfiction inspired by sadness, loss, grief, or longing.

Includes:
• A reading list of five authors whose work shaped me
• Five creative exercises based on emulation and voice
• Personalized feedback on one exercise submission

Perfect for those testing the waters of writing in a low-pressure, inspiring way.

A 60-minute one-on-one Zoom to talk through your writing: poetry, memoir, fiction, finished draft, or concept. Ask publishing questions or work through creative blocks.

Includes:
• 60-minute session
• Follow-up email with a tailored reading/viewing list
• Optional feedback on a short piece (up to 20 pages)

A two-session program with me: One phone call to discuss your work, prose or poetry, and a second session to offer impressions and next steps for revision. A personalized teaching opportunity and great way to get feedback on a developing piece.

Includes:
• Two sessions: one phone call and one 60-minute Zoom
• Follow-up email with a tailored reading/viewing list
• Feedback on one short piece (up to 20 pages)

For writers with a partial draft or seeking feedback on a selection of their work: fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry, or academic writing. Quartz is a clarifying stone, perfect for sharpening story, voice, and direction.

Includes:
• Full read of up to 120 pages
• Ten-page editorial letter with narrative insights, structural suggestions, and questions
• Line-level feedback and margin notes to support clarity and craft—plus ongoing guidance throughout your journey

For those called to memoir or fiction but new to writing. This yearlong program helps non-writers build a book from scratch with steady care and creative mentorship.

Includes:
• 12- or 24-month first-draft mentorship (pause/resume anytime)
• Weekly readings and monthly page submissions with feedback
• 30-minute welcome session and a custom schedule for your book

For the serious writer who has drafted a project and is ready for full-spectrum support: craft, clarity, and soul. Obsidian is the stone of excavation and truth. This package is for those unafraid to go deep.

Includes:
• Full read of your manuscript (up to 90,000 words)
• Fifteen-page editorial letter with analysis, clarity notes, and narrative strategy
• Line-level feedback, marginalia, and personal encouragement throughout the process