I’m a painfully slow writer. A couple sentences per day is considered good progress for me and I don’t even write every day.

Being slow isn’t a euphemism for being concise or efficient. It just means that I’m slow.

Being slow generally means that my writing is relatively short. My upcoming short story collection is only 118 pages soaking wet with dedications and acknowledgements.

Writing short leads me to read short. One thing leads to another and then I’m teaching a class on Exploring the Short Novel (4 weeks) from February 9 to March 2 at Lighthouse Writers in Denver.

Short is relative in this case but I loosely define it as a novel that you can comfortably finish in one sitting, generally less than 150 pages.

The texts for the class are Cold Enough for Snow (95 pages) by Jessica Au, The Flowers of Buffoonery (96 pages) by Osamu Dazai, and Chronicle of a Death Foretold (120 pages) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

There’s beauty in the brevity of each of these books. The purpose of this class is to explore the uniqueness of being short and precise and how shorter narratives must differ from larger novels.

Join me on this short adventure in Denver.

Other Upcoming Classes and Presentations

Below is an evolving list of classes and presentations that I’ll be engaged with in the coming months:

Writing in Color Fest : 2:15-3:45 p.m. on Sat., March 21, 2026
On a panel titled One Year Later – Publishing for BIPOC Writers in Uncertain Times with The Word (full schedule).

Intermedia Short Story Workshop (8 weeks): March 23 – May 11, 2026.
Let’s talk about short stories together!

Book Celebration for HANDS: 6:30-7:30 p.m., May 8, 2026
Pre-order Hands on Bookshop or Amazon. Or better yet, request it from your local bookstore or library!