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A VIRTUAL WRITING CAMP

Join me and the brilliant writer, editor, and teacher Natalie Serber for a five-week virtual summer writing camp! 

Tuesdays, July 15 – August 12 
4–6pm PDT / 7–9pm EDT

Each week, we’ll explore a topic designed to sharpen your skills and boost your creative momentum:

🖋️ Breathing Life into Characters 

💬 Writing Snappy, Natural Dialogue 

🎭 Exposition vs. Dramatization: When to Show, When to Tell 

🧰 Self-Coaching and Smart Editing Tricks 

🌟 Keeping the Faith: Confidence and Creative Stamina

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What You’ll Get: 

✨ Energizing discussions on craft and process 

📚 Sample readings and inspiring resources 

📝 Prompts and time to write and share 

🤝 A warm, supportive writing community

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Heather Aimee O’Neill is a writer, teacher, and developmental editor with nearly two decades of experience helping writers craft compelling stories and refine their voice. She is the author of the forthcoming novel The Irish Goodbye, set to be published by Henry Holt on September 30, 2025, as well as the poetry collections Memory Future and Obliterations (co-authored with Jessica Piazza).

A former creative writing and queer literature instructor at CUNY Hunter College, she now teaches at the Sackett Street Writers’ Workshop and mentors writers through manuscript critiques and immersive writing retreats. She lives in Brooklyn with her wife and two sons. 

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Natalie Serber is a fiction writer, essayist, and educator based in Portland, Oregon. She is the author of Shout Her Lovely Name, a New York Times Notable Book, and the memoir Community Chest. Her work has appeared in publications such as The New York Times, O, the Oprah Magazine, Salon, and The Rumpus. Serber holds an MFA from Warren Wilson College and has received awards including the John Steinbeck Award, Tobias Wolff Award, and H.E. Francis Award.

She teaches writing and offers editorial services, and she publishes a weekly newsletter, read.write.eat., where she shares book recommendations, writing prompts, and reflections on life and creativity.

Meet
Heather & Natalie

Whether you're revising a draft, starting something new, or simply craving some writerly connection this summer, we’d love to have you with us. 

Spots are limited to keep the group intimate.

Cost: $525

with a $50 early bird discount for those who register and pay before June 1.