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

February 11-14, 2026
Life, the Universe, and Everything Symposium
Provo Utah
Masterclasses
Release: Dramaturgy: Making Magic with Narrative

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

April 1, 2026
Book Release - Cameos II

April 4, 2026
Reading as a Contact Sport - 8 am
The Graveyard Clay, by Máirtín Ó Cadhain

April 11 & 12, 2026
Tulare County Renaissance Faire
Visalia, CA

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

April 25, 2026
A Sense of the Poetic - 8-10 am - $20

April 26, 2026
Reading as a Contact Sport - 8 am
Brutal Imagination, by Cornelius Eady

April 30, 2026
Book Release - The Nemo Point

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!