Inkubator is here! Plus, a fall nature writing workshop in the Cuyahoga Valley

Cleveland Inkubator, the annual free writers' conference I helped start back in 2015, kicked off earlier this week and continues this weekend with a free conference at Cleveland Public Library downtown. Don't miss it! There are still workshops available, plus a keynote with author Elizabeth Acevedo on Friday night. And it's all FREAKIN' FREE. :) 

Inkubator now claims to be the "largest free writing conference in the country." Which is awesome. And totally unverifiable. Because, really, where does one measure such things? The Guinness Book of World Records? And who cares, anyway? But what a great tag line ... 

If you want to get your nature on, I'm teaching a fall workshop on "Writing About Nature." It's being held in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, so participants will not only have a chance to write about nature but also do nature-y things like go on hikes and stuff. So, in summary: nature, writing, nature, nature, nature. This event is being organized with the Conservancy for the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. 

Finally, recently I had the chance to be a featured writer at Story Club Cleveland. Thanks, Dana Norris and others, for organizing this really sweet event, and then for trying to trap me and Amy Eddings in a dungeon-like elevator from the 19th century (we escaped). My story was about ... well, it's called "Bugs From Hell," and you'll just have to give it a listen to find out. My skillz kinda suck, y'all, so the sound is just phone quality and there's a little bit before and a little bit after, but you can still listen to it if you want. (How's that for selling it?) 

More soon. Promise. Gotta run to Lowe's, then pick up kids. 

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