Welcome to my schedule page. All times are Pacific Time. For a class-only schedule, go to the Write Right Now page. Unless otherwise noted, all times are Pacific time.

CONTINUOUS SCHEDULE
Tuesdays (Starting in March) - Write, Right Now LIVE - 7 pm on Twitch
Every 1st Saturday - Creative Writing Lab - 12-2 pm
Every 3rd Sunday - Poetry Unleashed -4-6pm (Signups, 3:30-4pm)
Every last Friday - Gallowglas Army social hour - 6-8pm
Both at the Parliament Wine Lounge in Old Sacramento.

UPCOMING EVENTS

March 7, 2026
Reading as a Contact Sport - 8-10 am
The Making of Another Motion Picture Masterpiece, by Tom Hanks

Book Release
The Sharpened Edge of Fate - TEARS of RAGE, book 5

March 14, 2026
4 Principles Primer - 8-9 am - FREE
This is a basic crash course in my 4 Principles of Engaging Writing, the foundation of all my teaching.

March 20, 2026
World Storytelling Day
Parliament Wine Lounge
Old Sacramento, CA
Release: The Re-Imagined Dragon & The Good, the Bard, & the Ugly

March 28, 2026
Reading as a Contact Sport - 8 am
The Graveyard Clay, by Máirtín Ó Cadhain

April 1, 2026
Book Release - Cameos II

April 11, 2026
A Sense of the Poetic - 8-10 am - $20

April 12, 2026
Reading as a Contact Sport - 8 am
Brutal Imagination, by Cornelius Eady

April 18 & 19, 2026
Tulare County Renaissance Faire
Visalia, CA

April 25 & 26, 2026
Tulare County Renaissance Faire
Visalia, CA

April 30, 2026
Book Release - The Nemo Point

May 5, 2026
Cinco de Michael
Gallowglas's birthday, and the first day of Gallowmas
We're having an epic taco Tuesday party in Sacramento
I'm also launching the first installment of Perchance to Dream on this page.
"Not even the end of the world could end free market capitalism."

May 23, 2026
Book Release - Legend of the Dragon Bone Flute

May 30, 2026
Reading as a Contact Sport - 8 am
The Saint of Bright Doors, by Vajra Chandrasekera

June 6, 13, 20, & 27 - 8 - 10:30 am
How Be the Supreme Workshop Partner - $150

June 28, 2026
Reading as a Contact Sport - 8 am
The Tainted Cup, by Robert Jackson Bennet

July 3, 2026
Book Release - TEARS of RAGE, book 6

July 11, 2026
Mid-Year Free For All - 8 am Pacific - FREE!

August 1, 2026
Reading as a Contact Sport - 8 am
XX, by Rian Hughes

August 15 & 16
Valhalla Renaissance Faire tentative
South Lake Tahoe, CA
Book Release - Trials of the Dragon Bone Flute

August 23 & 24
Valhalla Renaissance Faire tentative
South Lake Tahoe, CA
Book Release - The Magilogical Menagerie - THE KINGDOM'S WILD - 1

August 27-31, 2026
World Science Fiction Convention
Anaeheim, CA

September 5, 2026
Reading as a Contact Sport - 8 am
Someone You Can Build a Nest In, by John Wiswell

September 14, 2026
4 Principles Primer - 8 am Pacific - FREE

Sept 26, 2026
Reading as a Contact Sport - 8 am
The Book Eaters, by Sunyi Dean

October 3 & 4, 2026
Hanford Renaissance Faire tentative
Hanford, CA

October 22, 23, 24 & 25, 2026
World Fantasy Convention
Oakland, CA

October 27-31, 2026
World Science Fiction Convention
Anaeheim, CA

November 1, 2026
Reading as a Contact Sport - 8 am
2026 Nebula Award winner, by TBA

November 27,28, & 29
LosCon
Los Angeles, CA

December 5, 2026
4 Principles Primer - 8 am - FREE

December 6, 2026
Reading as a Contact Sport - 8 am
2026 Hugo Award winner, by TBA

December 26, 2025
Year's End Free For All - 8 am Pacific - FREE!