Writing Help, Mini-Workshops, Classes, Reader Updates

I’ve put my writers and readers in the same starting group because I’ve discovered that I have a fair amount of crossover.

I’ve created a little button list that goes out by email that allows you to choose the content you want to get from me.

If you ONLY want to receive email about my fiction, for example, only select items that are marked as being for readers.

If you ONLY want to receive writing class, workshop, and other writing information, select items marked as being for writers.

If you want both, select anything and everything.

Start here…

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One response to “Writing Help, Mini-Workshops, Classes, Reader Updates”

  1. David J Mallinson Avatar
    David J Mallinson

    hello Holly
    Here’s some spooky news – I’m here for help with my writing as I’ve been trying to get something out and having checked it’s been since 2007 for this particular one. My go-to bedtime reading used to be Jerry Pournelle’s “The Original Blog” and looks like you were friends. (and are still depending on your perception of the space-time continuum and spirituality?) I started as a software engineer in the late 1980s and used to read Jerry’s Byte magazine (yes the print version) column with alacrity and then Chaos Manor online. I loved the style and content and the fiction – The Mote In God’s Eye is so underrated. Anyway since Jerry sadly passed there has been no such matching content available daily but I did ask his advice on getting writing done. Here’s his response – from exactly 11 years ago to the day in 2013! oh God, where did the time go? So last night (I got laid off from being a software engineer last October and I’m now retired and like Frank McCourt, I now have more time) I did some gmail mining and found this, and as a result, have signed up for your free class and the new ones. It may just be the kick in the butt I need. Many thanks to Jerry for everything and you for being, in his opinion, a good place for me to go. yours sincerely David

    ———- Forwarded message ———
    From: Jerry Pournelle
    Date: Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 11:00 AM
    Subject: RE: Creative writing courses
    To: David Mallinson

    Good luck, but the best way to learn to write is to do a lot of writing….

    Best wishes on courses, but I don’t know. Holly Lisle does some on line teaching

    Jerry Pournelle
    Chaos Manor

    —–Original Message—–
    From: David Mallinson [mailto:djmallinson@gmail.com]
    Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 11:34 PM
    To: Jerry Pournelle
    Subject: Creative writing courses

    Hi Jerry

    I’m currently looking for online writing courses (or classroom courses in the Denver, CO area).

    I’ve found these 3 from what I believe are reputable educational establishments

    https://continuingstudies.stanford.edu/courses/onlinewriters.php

    http://www2.uclaextension.edu/writers/

    http://extension.berkeley.edu/catalog/write.html

    When living in the Bay Area 1999-2009 I attended two courses at the 3rd one on the list (Berkeley extension, classroom based) and
    they were pretty good.

    I have also re-read your advice here http://www.jerrypournelle.com/slowchange/myjob.html again after some years and I get that to be
    a write, you have to write.

    I’m just trying to get to it without the whole 1,000,000 words if possible. My aim is to learn to write in a structured way, with
    good habits and with the best chance of success.

    I would value your opinion on the three linked online courses, if you have one, and what you think of writing classes in general
    (online or classroom).

    I’ve tried several classroom courses over the last 10 years but I’m looking for online classes as a way to be more flexible.

    I hope this question is not too bothersome, but I’d appreciate any advice.

    many thanks in advance

    Dave

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