Consults & Consult Packages

In light of the global crisis I am reducing my rates
for this interim

Hourly rate reduced to sliding scale
$60-$90 an hour
 




Manuscript Evaluations  

Chapter/short stories, fiction, narrative nonfiction
 
Short Story up to 4000 words: $150
(two dollars for each additional page)
 
Long Works up to 80,000 words — $600 (two dollars for each additional page)



Workshops  

Monthly Ongoing Feedback workshop - 3 hours 
West Los Angeles - 
limited to five ~ $25-$40 ~ sliding scale
I share work as well — thank you!

Pay what is practical and consider too
the value of our work together. 
Some months may be leaner than others
for us both.



Roving JUST WRITING Workshop ~ 3 hours ~ $55 limited to ten — several writing exercises to jump-start new work and explore your creative potential. Write & share for fun and encouragement. Not a critique workshop. Designed to spur creative ideas and techniques. 
(Host gets a discount.) Gather your friends!


One Day Weekend Feedback Workshops
for Long Works
usually offered quarterly — up to 5,000 words
(approximately 20 pages)
1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. limited to four participants. $125 
Includes several handouts on style, character, setting, dialogue, plot, and other variables of story.
​Individual attention.
Sometimes I share work as well.




Contact me first before paying through PayPal.
 72 hour cancellation period
​for the short monthly workshop.

Additional information sent with inquiries.

​Fees are nonrefundable.



​“You are indeed a master craftsperson.
Your advice has been superb.”-- Matts Djos, Ph. D., Professor of Literature Emeritus Colorado Mesa University