Courses and Workshops

Share your writing with like-minded authors for accountability and critique. 

The Writing Group You've Been Looking For

By popular request, I’ve set up this lightly facilitated, writer-driven group where you’ll be matched with a small peer pod to exchange work, stay on track, and strengthen your craft. You’ll meet, share, and give feedback inside the Writing & Publishing Circle—our private, supportive online space with a 24/7 discussion group for constant connection.

Groups are meeting now, critiquing stories and chapters, scenes and outlines. This is a safe, productive space that has strict rules about writing group etiquette and feedback recommendations. Join now! Your writing group is waiting for you!

Recorded September 20, 2025

Your stories are almost ready. Let’s make sure the world is, too!

This workshop offers a supportive, practical starting point for turning your finished pages into a publishing plan you can grow with confidence.

Write It. Share It. Publish It.

If you’re ready to turn your writing goals into forward motion, this workshop will help you lay the foundation for a publishing plan you can grow over time.

Designed for writers at any stage—whether you’re shaping your first draft or juggling multiple projects—it offers a big-picture framework that links your creative process with audience building and publishing steps.

You’ll explore how short-form publishing can fuel long-term book goals, begin mapping out the stages of your own year-long plan, and discover how today’s AI tools can support idea generation, organization, and outreach.

By the end of the workshop, you’ll have the beginnings of a personalized roadmap to guide you as you learn and take each step toward sharing your stories and finishing and publishing your book.

Linda Joy Myers & Carla King

FREE SHORT CLASS

The stories in your memoir can be short or long, fun or deep, personal or universal. In Mapping Your Memoir, you'll learn about the many ways to write your memoir and finish stories so you can start sharing them now. Join Linda Joy Myers and Carla King for this inspiring free class on Monday, March 3, 2025, from 10:00-11:00 am PT on Zoom. 

A year-long program with group coaching and instruction so you're supported from start to finish.

Join our guided and supported journey to finishing your manuscript and publishing your book. It combines classes with  an online discussion group and twice-monthly coaching throughout the year to keep you on track.

The program is for nonfiction and fiction authors to learn about publishing and create a plan we can implement together to help each other succeed.

Join to reach your goals with ongoing support, so you can publish on your schedule, on your terms!

NOTE: Whether you aim to find a publishing deal, hire a hybrid or custom publisher, a publishing assistant, or self-publish entirely on your own, this program helps you rise above the rest. And it offers incredible value at only $497 for authors and $697 for the publishing professional program. You can also choose a monthly program.

Self-Paced Course Available Now

Linda Joy Myers and Carla King show you how to weave your experiences into captivating stories that resonate with readers in this self-paced version of the course. 

This course is an excellent introduction to storytelling craft with examples and practical advice you can implement in your own writing.

This course will help you craft each scene in your memoir to make an impact on your readers.   

Carla King
Writing & Publishing Circle

Coming Soon!

A 2-hours per week intensive workshop with instruction and hands-on practice.

You don’t need to be tech-savvy to get real results.
If using AI tools like ChatGPT sounds intimidating, you’re not alone. Many of the authors I work with were skeptical or nervous at first—until they tried it.

Over the past year, I’ve helped dozens of writers—many of them self-described technophobes—learn to use AI to support their writing. And they’ve been thrilled with the results. They’ve written faster, gained clarity on structure, improved their scenes, and generated marketing content with ease.

FREE WEBINAR

Introduction to crafting powerful, standalone stories with clear arcs, vivid scenes, and emotional takeaways.

Share your mini memoirs, essays, or short stories with an audience as you build toward a larger body of work.

This is a introduction to our four-week course starting July 14. 

Instructors: Carla King and Linda Joy Myers.

Register in advance to get the replay.

September-October 2025

Let Your Scenes Breathe, Speak, and Spark with Meaning: A Deep Dive into Dialogue, Action, and Emotional Truth

Storytelling magic for creating vivid, authentic characters

Whether you're writing memoir, fiction, or posts for your blog, Substack, or magazines, this craft of writing course with instructors Linda Joy Myers and Carla King will elevate your character development. You’ll master dialogue that drives plot, use body language to reveal hidden emotions, and create scenes with authentic power dynamics that feel cinematic and true.

Perfect for writers crafting mini-memoirs, short stories, or book chapters. Four 90-minute live sessions include optional personalized feedback, class recordings, and a supportive writer community.

Stop writing characters who all sound alike. Start creating people readers will never forget.

Transform flat characters into unforgettable people in just 4 weeks

SHARE STORIES FROM YOUR BOOKS FOR PROMOTION AND PLATFORM BUILDING
A four-week course: July 14, 21, 28 and Aug 4
with Carla King and Linda Joy Myers

Whether you're just starting out or writing pieces to promote an existing book, this class is for you.

Short pieces are ideal for immediate sharing—with friends and family, in blogs and newsletters, or for publication in literary magazines, anthologies, and platforms like Substack. 

You can even collect short stories and essays into your own anthology for publication. 

You’ll learn how to identify the core message of your story and create scenes, characters, and dialogue that serve that message—briefly and powerfully.