Past students ranging in age from seventeen to sixty-five have come from all over the United States and Canada. Many have gone on to be published. Two graduates, Lynda Rucker and Carrie Vaughn, received honorable mention in the latest edition of The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror. It would take me a long, long time to pick up by trial and error what I learned in six weeks here. I think it's an invaluable experience.
Students have the option of receiving college credit.
The website includes writing and publishing tips as well as excerpts from previous guest lectures. One wanted to know how I deal with distractions when I write. Another asked about copyrights. The third wanted to know more about flash fiction. Fox that I am, it finally occurred to me that it was just as easy to send an answer to a thousand people as to one.