I train writers to stretch beyond their comfort zones and grow their writing careers.

I train writers to focus on opportunities that earn and that will likely keep earning.

I train writers to focus on targets they can hit and to hit them over and over while they build up to targets they might not hit as often or as cleanly.

I teach classes on topics that have proven through much trial and improvement to be the most helpful and prosperous to writers.

Upcoming classes I am teaching to writers all over the country include these two six-week email classes turn around on Wednesdays:

• Writing & Publishing the Short Stuff, Especially For Moms LINK
  
• Discover Your Specialty & Launch Your Platform LINK
  

And these two six-week classes that turn around on Thursdays:

• Pitching Practice: Write Six Queries In Six Weeks LINK
  
• 60 Ways To Flex Your Content & Prosper In Your Niche LINK
  

My classes were recently updated and improved. They will updated and improved again over the summer of 2012. Therefore February and April are your last two chances to take these classes at these prices.

In a moment, I am going post the scholarship application to the following two classes:

• Writing & Publishing the Short Stuff, Especially For Moms LINK
  
• Discover Your Specialty & Launch Your Platform LINK
  

I was going to teach Micro-publishing for Mom Writers in February and 60 Ways to Flex Your Content in April, but I’ve flipped the order, so now 60 Ways starts in February and Micro-pub starts in April. Sorry for any inconvenience this change may have caused.

Happy writing. I hope to work with you!

Monday, January 2nd: January – May Dream Teams Begin

All my Dream Teams are full. I look forward to sharing motivational resources, time, and advice with these awesome groups! Next chance to participate is August – December. Take classes now to prepare to enter the appropriate group for your skill level.

Tuesday, January 3rd: Willamette Writers in Portland, Oregon

See you in Portland, Oregon!
6:30 pm at The Old Church
Topic: New Year, Fit Career: Five Flabby Habits To Lose & Five Healthy Habits To Keep
More info / Become a member

Wednesday, January 4th: Two Classes Begin

Work With Me: Writing & Publishing The Short Stuff and Discover Your Specialty & Launch Your Platform begin. A little room remaining in each class. Contact me at christina at christina katz dot com if you want to join us for a six-week workout that will either take your writing to the next level or lay the groundwork to grow a prosperous platform. Scholarship winners have been announced for each of these classes. Stay tuned to apply for the next scholarship in mid-February.

Thursday, January 5th: Two Classes Begin

Work With Me: Pitching Practice, Write Six Queries in Six Weeks and 60 Ways To Flex Your Content & Prosper in your Niche. A little room remaining in each class. Contact me at christina at christina katz dot com if you want to join us for a six-week workout that will either take your writing to the next level or help you make the most of the writing you have already done. These are advanced classes, subject to prerequisites. No scholarships are available for these classes.

Tuesday, January 10th: Global Publication Party for The Writer’s Workout w/a 3-part Flash Class for Readers

Your copy of the brand new Writer’s Workout entitles you to participation in a FREE three-part flash class specifically designed to help you make the most of what you have to offer in 2012. Here’s all the info on how to participate. I need your receipt submitted by noon on January 9th. So don’t delay. Order today and then email me your receipt, if you’d like to join us.

Thursday, January 12th: Willamette Writers Salem Branch

See you in Salem, Oregon!
6:30 pm at Roth’s
1130 Wallace Road NW
Topic: New Year, Fit Career: Five Flabby Habits To Lose & Five Healthy Habits To Keep
More info / Become a member

Friday-Sunday, January 20-22nd, 2012: Writer’s Digest Conference

See you in New York City!
Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers
811 7th Avenue (between 52nd St and 53rd Street ), New York, New York
Topics:
Mailbox Full of Money: Micro-publish Your Way from Beginning to Book Deal
Panel Moderator: Hardcore Author Marketing – What to Do to Rise Above in the Digital Age
More info & register

Saturday, January 28th: Making It In Tough & Changing Times

See you in Portland, Oregon!
Lunch speaker & panelist
Lunch Topic: Never A Better Time To Be A Writer
Panel Topic: Risk It!
Saturday, January 28th, 8:30 am – 6:30 pm
Tabor Space, 55th and Belmont
More info & register
Making It in Tough and Changing Times (download the schedule)

Hosting The Northwest Author Series (ongoing)

January 29th
Presenting Karen Karbo
Passions Into Paychecks: Make A Living Without A Brand
At the Wilsonville Public Library in the Oak Room
Cost is $5.00 at the door. Door prizes awarded.
More info here.

UPDATE:

The Prosperous Creative Affirmation Intensive is going to launch on February 1st rather than in January as previously announced. Because I have a pretty busy month.

In less than two weeks, I start teaching one of my favorite classes again. The class is Discover Your Specialty & Launch Your Platform.

There are many things that make my approach to platform development unique. For one thing, I understand that platform means everything to writing career success. At the same time I am able to balance that idea with the knowledge that the best, most authentic and well-rounded platforms don’t just spring up overnight.

My classes take six weeks, and I’d say that six weeks is the minimum amount of time any writer should spend developing their platform concept before they jump online and start blogging or building a site.

Why?

Because every writer has a unique platform dynamic yet most writers are not aware what theirs is. In my class, Discover Your Specialty & Launch Your Platform, we take our time uncovering that platform dynamic, exploring it, and most importantly, making sure it is authentically meaningful to the writer.

You can take the class whether you already have an idea of what your platform should focus on or not. Because guess what? It’s not dollar signs that are going to motivate you to establish your name and get known for what you write, it’s loving what you do so that you can sustain the effort long enough to get known and attract readers.

I hope you are in the platform journey for the long haul because it’s a career-long effort. For the past six years I have been teaching writers how to build a platform alongside their writing in order to amplify their reach, make an indelible impression in reader’s minds, and create future revenue streams to sustain their writing efforts.

Here are several reasons why you may wish to work with me rather than someone else:

• I wrote the book on platform. It’s called, Get Known Before the Book Deal. It’s one of the first and most comprehensive books on platform for writers.
• I recently wrote a workbook on platform called, “Build Your Author Platform & Prosper.” It’s a companion to my book, Get Known Before the Book Deal, and it will launch on January 1, 2012.
• I have written several feature-length articles for Writer’s Digest magazine on platform for writers across the genres and from the perspective of all levels of writers from aspirant to bestselling author.
• I have worked with hundreds of writers over the past ten years, working with many of them over time as they write, get published, build up clips, establish a specialty, break into national publications, write ebooks and books, and create lasting and profitable platforms.
• But perhaps the most important reason to work with me rather than someone else is because I am not interested in leveraging your platform for my own or others’ financial interests. I have my own platform, I have my own paid writing work, and I already teach and speak in a distinctive niche. This means when I am focused on you, I am focused on what is best for your career in the long run, not what you can do for me in the short run. I want you to prosper by establishing your own platform and growing it over time.

Platform development for authors is one of my specialties as a writing career coach. I work with writers across a range of skill sets, so I understand how platform matters in every phase of a writer’s career development.

I prefer to work with writers in this class who are just getting started identifying their strengths and understanding how to better position their platform in the marketplace. My former students have the option to continue working with me via my training groups, if they so choose.

I understand writers, the state of the industry, and the unique challenges that writers face on a daily basis. I don’t want you to sell your soul; I want you to listen to what your inner voice is telling you to do, not what external forces want you to do for them. I want to help you declare and maintain ownership over your career while at the same time helping you partner wisely with others.

Establishing a platform is a whole lot easier, when you take the time to understand your motivations and make the most of your strengths.

You do not have to be a woman, a mom, or a nonfiction writer to take this class. It definitely helps if you are already an established writer and you have some idea of the direction you’d like to go with your writing but you will learn that in the process of the class, anyway.

I will be updating the class in the fall and raising the price accordingly, which means you have three chances to register between now and then. Here are what some past students have had to say about Discover Your Specialty & Launch Your Platform:

Christina embodies what it means to be a great coach. She is direct, honest, not afraid to say what a writer struggling with a particular issue needs to hear. Christina has the tremendous confidence that comes with experience; that confidence made me strong when I needed it. She told me, with conviction, that what I have to say is important, and that I shouldn’t hesitate to say it. ~ Valorie H.

Discover Your Specialty & Launch Your Platform is a great class for writers at any stage of career development. I had been doing a small amount of platform development prior to the class and found that I could enfold that work into my plans going forward. Now I feel so much more professional, focused, and confident. These six weeks of class work have moved me forward months (even years) in building my platform.  I know now where I’m going and can communicate that clearly to others. ~ Lara K.

I highly recommend this class for writers struggling to define their niche or confused about how to communicate it compellingly. Christina is a wise guide who facilitates the kind of inner exploration it takes to find and flesh out an authentic, sustainable platform. This class helped me get clear on who I am and what I bring to my audience. And that’s priceless. ~ Heidi L.

Christina Katz’ Discover Your Specialty & Launch Your Platform class was a combination of therapy and boot camp. She forced me to dig deep and deeper yet, to discover what motivates and inspires me to write. ~ Sandra F.

Christina’s exceptional class focused my thoughts to build a specialty platform plan. Her assignments challenged and helped me look deeply into lifelong experiences to build an organized plan for getting published. ~ Bill H.

Building a platform isn’t for the faint-of-heart, but the clarity I found after digging into the possibilities was an invaluable learning experience. I now have a clearly defined roadmap to follow and a better understanding of how to continue building my writing platform grounded in practical techniques rather than just dreamy possibilities. ~ C. Hines

This course not only taught me more about myself and what inspires me to write, but also showed me concrete actions to take in order to establish a strong platform for my writing career. With Christina’s practical advice and informed guidance, I learned exactly what steps I need to take to reach my writing goals. ~ Sarah L.

Before I took this class, I was struggling to identify topics that would be of interest to editors and readers. Now, I have the beginnings of a platform that will help me generate as much work as I want or need just by developing and marketing my area of expertise. ~ B. Meleski

In an uncertain publishing environment, platform has never been more important for writers. I’m so thankful to Christina for providing me with an opportunity to strategize and for helping me come up with a workable platform plan. ~ Sharon V.

Christina is a real, honest-to-goodness teacher. When I wasn’t working to my ability, she noticed, demanded more, and gave me the tools to succeed. Nobody ever gets where they’re going without a great teacher. Christina helped me find my wings. ~ Lynne S.

I found this class to be much more than I expected. Don’t sign up unless you have plenty of time to devote to it (not to mention paper and ink!) because you will not want to waste the opportunity to have Christina help you find, develop, or fine tune your image and point you in the right direction. ~ Carol A.

Learn more here. Space is limited. Register by December 28th for the class that begins on January 4th.

I hope to work with you in 2012!

I have been teaching my Writing & Publishing The Short Stuff Class since fall of 2006 and, even though it is a beginning-level class, I enjoy it every single time.

The classes are small in size, focused in goals, incremental in growth, and big on productivity. My aim when I developed this class was no less than “proving” to moms that they could do this whole writing and submitting thing by helping them actually do it.

And because the class is so personally empowering and inspiring to my students, it never gets old for moms or for me. Some students have even taken the class twice! If you are a mom and you want to see what you can accomplish with your writing in just six short weeks without giving up your regular routine, this is just the class for you in 2012.

I will be updating the class in the fall and raising the price accordingly, which means you have three chances to register between now and then. Here’s what former students, past and recent, have said about the class:

I love writing and I love my kids and I love how Christina helps us learn how to balance these two loves.  ~ Kristin W.

Christina teaches as a wise friend of the new writer; encouraging through little steps, nudging the timid along, leaving each student thinking, “Gee, I really am a writer!” ~ Johannah B.

The WPSS workshop provided me with confidence, commitment and camaraderie. It was just what I needed to get myself to take the leap of submitting my work to publications. ~ Liz S.

As a busy mom trying to break into freelance writing with four little kids running around, Christina’s course was exactly what I needed! The feedback was great and the classroom atmosphere kept me on track. I’ll definitely be applying her lessons for years to come!” ~ Jennifer A.

Have you always dreamed of being a writer but then talked yourself out of it thinking “I can’t really do that.” Think again! This class is the perfect mix of practical information and inspiration that will get your pen moving. At the end of six weeks you will say “I am a writer.”  ~ Gwyneth W.

There are people out there who “get” the writer stuff, and people who “get” the mama stuff. But to have somebody who understands both is priceless. ~ Jennifer H.

Christina’s class was a great refresher to help me improve the quality of my writing, and distinguish between the kinds of articles I can publish. She had an uncanny ability to give me the right suggestions to improve not only class assignments, but my future writing work. The success of her students is clearly a priority to her.  ~ Rhonda F.

Learn more here. Space is limited. Register by December 28th for the class that begins on January 4th.

Hope to work with you!

Tessa Lemos Del Pino for the WPSS Writer Mama Scholarship

&

Denise Rovira Hazlett for the DYS-LYP Writer Mama Scholarship

Hearty congratulations, Tessa & Denise!

I look forward to working with both of you in classes in a few weeks.

Thanks to EVERYONE who applied! Choosing scholarship recipients is  extremely difficult because I always receive so many applications from worthy writers. And this time around was no exception.

Watch this blog, christinakatz.com and/or subscribe to The Prosperous Writer e-zine for all the details on future offers. I’m very happy to be able to grant one scholarship for each of these classes each time I offer the class.

If you have not checked out my classes, you can learn more on the “Register” page. I am still accepting students for the January 4th Writing & Publishing the Short Stuff class and the Discover Your Specialty & Launch Your Platform class.

I am also still accepting students for the January 5th Pitching Practice: Writer Six Queries in Six Weeks class and the 60 Ways To Flex Your Content & Prosper in Your Niche class.

Classes will fill up, so don’t wait! Space is limited.

Also please keep in mind, if you hope to participate in the January – May 2012 Dream Team, you needed to complete Writing & Publishing the Short Stuff class. If you have, I hope you will join us. More info on Dream Teams here.

Congratulations again, Tessa and Denise. I look forward to working with you!

Man, I’ve got a ton of news rolling in with more to come, so I think I will round it up each Friday, if that’s okay with you guys.

Respond To My Guest Post Over At JaneFriedman.Com

Feel free to join the conversation over at JaneFriedman.Com about what belongs at the center of a writing career. I’m pretty clear about what I think on the subject…how about you? Feel free to chime in!

Check Out This Article on “Personalize Your Parenting Writing” By Janine Boldrin

I hope you will have a chance to read this excellent article in which I am quoted on the pros and cons of building a niche on your family’s experience. Read the article here!

The Writer’s Workout Gets Buzz on About.com

It’s always an honor to be called one of the favorite writers of anyone, but especially Allena Tapia at About.com. Blushing.

A New Class For Former Students Launches in January

You may know that I teach nonfiction writing classes to mom writers who are building a writing career for the long haul. So, I’m very excited to announce that I am offering a brand new class, 60 Ways To Flex Your Content & Prosper In Your Niche. Many of my former students are already gigged up about it and I am too, because there is nothing I love more than helping writers deepen their skills and flex their creative power. FYI, my next round of classes starts in January and I’ve moved the link. It’s right here, if you are looking for it. Hope to work with you in 2012!

Several New Offerings Coming in January 2012!

I have had services for non-mom writers — and even non-writers — coming for a long time. Ask any of my long-time fans and I am sure they will attest that yes, indeed, I have been threatening to offer tools for non-moms for, oh, a couple years now. Well, instead, I wrote a huge book and put everything I know about writing careers into it and it’s not just for mom writers. Stay tuned for several new offering announcements as soon as we hit December.

My Ever-expanding Book Tour Appearance List

A couple more offers have rolled in for appearances in Portland, Salem, and Eugene, Oregon since I posted my book tour page. If you live in any of those places, I hope you will check your calendar and come on out! Details here.

Will The Paperbacks Arrive In Time Or Won’t They?

Well, at least the Kindle books are available, but I will probably feel better if I make the news public that I have no idea whether or not I will have paperback books available for signing for my first book launch event for The Northwest Author Series at the Wilsonville Public Library. This is just one of those kinds of things that is totally beyond my control. So should I waste a lot of energy grousing about it or just let you know and move on? I vote for letting you know and moving on. Done.

My Global Book Launch Extravaganza Is Almost Here!

Did you purchase or pre-order The Writer’s Workout? If so, please hang on to that receipt because you will need it to enter the backstage coaching room to access my “flash classes” right here on Tuesday, December 6th. Details coming Sunday…

My 2012 Class Schedule is now posted through July 2012. I work primarily with mom writers because that’s my specialty, but if this shoes does not fit you, look for new self-study classes coming soon for all types of writers across a variety of my specialty topics.

Here’s what you need to know about my classes that is new in 2012:

No price hikes. I didn’t raise my class prices even though my jaw hits the floor every time I go grocery shopping. I raised prices in August of this year, so how about we give price hikes a break with the holidays coming? (Nothing I can do about the rest of the economy, unfortunately.)

• Writing & Publishing The Short Stuff
• Discover Your Specialty & Launch Your Platform
• Pitching Practice: Write Six Queries In Six Weeks
• Micro-publishing for Mom Writers

I am now offering all four of my classes each time I teach. This means that the class sizes will be smaller, but I’ve noticed that students do better the smaller the class size, so this is a purposeful change. Also, many of my former students are in different phases of career growth and I finally got tired of them saying they wished the class that they wanted was starting sooner rather than later. Well, no more! You’ll see all the classes you want to take each time, so go ahead and take ‘em. (I am always happy to discuss timing of enrollment and payment plans with former students, so get in touch if this a concern.) Of course, new students are also welcome to contact me at any time at christina at christina katz dot com.

Classes will turn around on Tuesdays and Thursdays instead of Wednesdays. I am sure this will be no big deal but I’m saying it anyway so that continuing students can make a mental note of it.

I will continue offering scholarships in 2012. I’ve granted thousands of dollars of merit-based career development scholarships since 2006. Today, I offer two need-based scholarship for two classes respectively: Writing & Publishing The Short Stuff and Discover Your Specialty & Launch Your Platform. Next round of scholarships submissions starts on Saturday, December 3rd. Please watch this blog for details.

Please contact Abigail Green directly about her classes. Last, but definitely not least, I have thoroughly enjoyed hosting Abigail Green and her essay writing classes over the past several years. Abby has worked with many of my former students to their delight and publication success and has generously referred her students to my classes. So this change is no reflection on her absolute professionalism and teaching excellence. I am necessarily streamlining my focus to make way for a vigorous schedule in the upcoming year.

Please continue supporting Abby’s teaching and writing by e-mail subscribing to her blog Abby Off The Record now.

My classes have been growing and evolving alongside my writing career for the past ten years. If you would like to hear what my one-time and long-term students have to say about working with me, click here.

Look forward to working with you or continuing to work with you!

The Northwest Author Series Presents Emily Chenoweth

This Sunday, October 23rd, I will be hosting author Emily Chenoweth as part of the Northwest Author Series at the Wilsonville Public Library. Emily’s topic is a popular one with folks trying to decide whether to write their stories as memoir or fiction: Memoir of Fiction? Make the Most of your Choice

Here’s a description of what her talk will cover:

You’ve got a great story in mind—but how should you tell it? “Tell all the truth but tell it slant,” Emily Dickinson advised. Do you aim for a faithful description of events, or do you use your experiences as fodder for fiction? In either case, you must construct a story with narrative and emotional integrity. In this workshop, novelist and essayist Emily Chenoweth offers tips, examples, writing exercises, and supplemental readings to help you turn life into art.

And here’s a little more about her: Emily Chenoweth is a former fiction editor of Publishers Weekly and the author of the semi-autobiographical novel, Hello Goodbye, which was nominated for an Oregon Book Award and was named one of the top ten Northwest books of 2009 by The Oregonian. Her work has appeared in Tin House, Self, Bookforum, People, Plazm, and the anthology The Friend Who Got Away.

Hope To See You At the Chuckanut Writers Conference in Bellingham, Washington

Everything comes full circle, and I am very pleased to announce that I will be appearing at the Chuckanut Writer’s Conference in Bellingham, Washington on June 22nd and 23rd. I got my start teaching writing at Whatcom Community College, which resulted in publishing three years’ of my students work in an anthology before we moved to Wilsonville. I am thrilled to be returning to Bellingham as part of my Writer’s Workout tour. Special thanks to Lorraine Wilde for telling me about the conference. I am also thrilled to be working with Linda Howson again. She is the community education program coordinator at WCC and is also the conference chairperson. I’m also looking forward to working with Village Books in historic Fairhaven, which was one of my favorite haunts when my daughter Samantha was a baby. I can’t wait to hear more about the line-up and have a reunion with my former students. If you live in Northern, Washington state, I hope to see you there! More info coming to this link soon.

Upcoming Class Schedule: A Few Announcements

I am already being asked about my 2012 class schedule. I promise to have it posted soon. In the meantime, I thought I’d share a few comments from recent students:

Writing & Publishing The Short Stuff

I’ve been looking around at various writer’s helps on the Internet (books, Web sites, and so forth), and I’ve noticed that it all leaves me feeling a bit daunted. Your materials, on the other hand, leave me feeling “I can do this!” You are very clear about the work that it takes — the diligence needed to improve as a writer, the process of finding the right places for submission, the never-give-up attitude — but I think that one of the most valuable things about your course is the can-do attitude it imparts to your students, at least to this one. Thanks again.  ~ Caroline W.

Christina’s class was a great refresher to help me improve the quality of my writing, and distinguish between the kinds of articles I can publish. She had an uncanny ability to give me the right suggestions to improve not only class assignments, but my future writing work. The success of her students is clearly a priority to her.  ~ Rhonda F.

Have you always dreamed of being a writer but then talked yourself out of it thinking “I can’t really do that.” Think again! This class is the perfect mix of practical information and inspiration that will get your pen moving. At the end of six weeks you will say “I am a writer.”  ~ Gwyneth W.

I love writing and I love my kids and I love how Christina helps us learn how to balance these two loves. She gives us her experience and knowledge in a well-organized, friendly and encouraging format. I firmly believe that this class has helped me uncover the writer that I really want to be.  ~ Kristin W.

Pitching Practice: Pitch Six Queries in Six Weeks Feedback

I really resisted taking this class. My queries have always been decent and I really didn’t think there was much I could do to improve them. Christina really helped me kick them up a notch! I gained a ton of confidence and really have developed a process as to what needs to be included in a query and the type of background knowledge and research that I should have in place before I pitch an idea.  ~ Krysty K.

This class gave me the resources, advice, know-how and, most of all, the kick-in-the-pants I needed to confidently fire up my querying machine. I’m excited about keeping up the momentum and putting what I’ve learned into action.  ~ Christa H.

Querying is a writing muscle that can’t be developed through simply imitating someone else’s work. It has to be gained through practice – proper practice. And like gaining strength in any muscle, learning how to query requires progressive intensity. Christina Katz understands this and has constructed an excellent class that builds, week upon week. Her coaching showed me how to exercise my way to a place of real strength. After years of weak queries, I’m finally hefting pitches with muscle.  ~ Lara K.

More information on Writing & Publishing the Short Stuff and Pitching Practice

Hope to work with you soon!

I just realized that, due to the forthcoming launch of The Writer’s Workout on December 6th, this Wednesday is your last chance to take classes with me or Abigail Green in 2011.

I will be announcing the line up of classes for 2012 by the end of this month.

Here are ten reasons to take one of our classes:

1. You want to accumulate a body of publishable work, but you are not getting there on your own.
2. You like taking classes, especially inexpensive classes that conclude with you creating enough work to potentially cover the cost of the class.
3. You get distracted easily. You need help focusing on getting your own best-quality work done.
4. You are bursting with ideas and/or stories you want to share. And you have so many that it’s hard to get any of them on paper intact.
5. You get overwhelmed by all the possible ways to “break in.” You need someone to break this process down into manageable steps for you, so you can take the steps and receive validation for your work.
6. You have read tons of books or attended conferences or events that get you pumped up, but then lose steam or feel overwhelmed once you try to execute what you have learned.
7. You are ready to see your name in print.
8. You want to know if you have what it takes to get started writing for publication.
9. You know our former students get published, create a solid track record of publishing success, and build unique platforms based on growing expertise and you also want to accomplish these things.
10. You are tired of talking about writing and you are ready to actually write.
11. Bonus reason: you might want to take a Dream Team or Micro-publish an e-book working with Christina, and you know these classes are prerequisites for her advanced level training. (The next round for both begins in January 2012.)

Are you ready? If you are, we would love to work with you.

The following classes start Wednesday:

Writing & Publishing The Short Stuff—Celebrating Five Years of Working with Mom Writers! Learn more here

Discover Your Specialty & Launch Your Platform (Not just for mom writers and not just for nonfiction writers) Learn more here

Personal Essays That Get Published with Abigail Green, Newly updated! Learn more here

Personal Essays That Get Published: Level Two with Abigail Green, Newly updated! Learn more here

Hope to work with you soon!

Every time I turn around these past few months, one of my students is telling me that she has hit a writing-for-publication milestone.

I’ve heard about everything from short to long pieces appearing in such terrific publications as Scholastic Parent & Child, Parents, Family Fun, Women’s Health, and a bevy of regional publications.

It’s pretty gratifying to see my students getting consistently published, I have to say. But it’s even more fun to get published alongside of them.

Here’s a couple of back-to-school pieces of mine that appeared widely recently:

Streamline The Back-To School Paper Flood in Red River Family

and

Back To School, Back To You in Valley Parent

You may have also noticed that some of my long time students with established platforms are now publishing e-books. You can learn about Judy M. Miller’s e-book, Malia Jacobson’s e-book, Krysty Krywko’s e-book, and Cindy Hudon’s e-book in recent posts in this blog.

Another batch of my student’s e-books will be rolling out by the New Year, right alongside the publication of my third book for Writer’s Digest. Yahoo!

Sharing publishing success strategies with writers is what I do. And I love what I do. I love helping my students succeed. And I enjoy my own writing for publication work, as well.

My classes are all recently updated. I collected materials to do this over the summer and I am getting a lot of positive feedback on the latest versions of my classes. I am also seeing positive results in student assignments.

If you are interested in classes with me, the next round starts on October 12th. This time I am offering Writing & Publishing The Short Stuff and Discover Your Specialty & Launch Your Platform. The next Micro-publishing class begins in January. Make sure you tackle any prerequisites you may need in October, if you have your eye on it.

If you have your eye on a Dream Team with me in the New Year, please make sure you have taken your prerequisites.

Instructor Abigail Green also has two classes coming up on October 12th: Personal Essays That Get Published and Personal Essays That Get Published, Level Two. Late fall is a great time of year to work on essay writing. Hope you can join or rejoin Abby for a class!