Maine Media Workshops + College Via Zoom 10am-5pm ET with a lunch break from 1-2pm ET for five consecutive Thursdays plus weekly individual sessions

This January will be the fifth iteration of this online workshop, which I’ve been teaching since early 2021. The class is always a highlight of my year, for so many reasons. I get to more or less clear my schedule for a five-week period to dedicate my head and heart to picture books in development and hanging out in the virtual studio with author/illustrators and visual storytellers. Students can be from anywhere! There’s so much flexibility for one-on-one feedback sessions, and for those of us in northern wintery locations, not having to leave our cozy homes in full-on winter is pretty great. This is an intensive: if you’re committed to the course goal of completing a dummy book, in five weeks we go from idea to dummy book—no small undertaking! There are weekly assignments to keep you on track, but you’ll also gain fundamental tools and resources that you can put to use at any time. Please feel free to reach out with any questions, I’m also happy to consider author-illustrator collaborations for the course but let’s talk before you register to make sure it’s a good fit.

Here’s a link to the course description and registration information.