CURRENT WRITING & EDITING OFFERINGS

TO BOOK A SERVICE EMAIL ME AT:

ccnycinc@gmail.com OR vanessamariagabb@gmail.com

SUMMER MULTI-GENRE BOOK CLUB

Reading and discussion is foundational to any writing practice; this option helps to provide a structure within which you may hone your close reading skills by working with a variety of just-published selections and examining their construction and content to get a feel for the current literary landscape.

Sessions will run slightly differently from a typical book club in that while we will be sharing self-to-text reflection, we will deeply engage with the book at hand, unpacking form and content, focusing on both individual poems, as well as the way the pieces coalesce to form a whole.

Selections:

July: The Time of the Novel (novella), Lara Mimosa Montes

August: Becoming Ghost (poetry), Cathy Linh Che

September: I’ll Tell You When I’m Home (memoir), Hala Alyan

We will meet once each month for a two-hour session, July through September through, at a mutually agreed-upon date and time via Zoom. Sessions will be recorded for you to return to at your convenience.

To keep the experience intimate, space is limited to FIVE members and only will run with a minimum of THREE members. You must commit to the three-month experience.

Registration fee: $315

Registration closes June 30

SIGNATURE 1X1 MENTORING

Real-time dialogue and coaching around existing writing projects and/or building into a more consistent writing practice to create new work via customized prompts, exercises and reading assignments. Sessions take place via Zoom or telephone at mutually agreed-upon slots, weekly, bi-monthly, monthly, etc.. All genres/levels

3-hour package: $365

6-hour package: $725

9-hour package: $1080

Registration is rolling but limited, on a first-come, first served basis. Please let me know if cost is prohibitive for you and we will work something out!

POETRY EDITING SUPPORT

Written feedback on manuscript drafts, including a full global editing report (big picture observations and suggestions for development and refinement), as well as local, in-line feedback, and proofreading.

up to 25 pages: $335 + 15 min Zoom or telephone follow-up call

up to 50 pages: $680 + 30 min

up to 75 pages: $920 + 1 hour

up to 150 pages: $1560 + 2 hours

PRIVATE GROUP CRITIQUE

For you and up to TWO other poets of your choosing/in your network via Zoom. Sessions available on a monthly basis.

$100 per poet per 2-hour session / 1x per month

(group critiques typically meet anywhere from 3-12 sessions throughout the year for a discount)

*if you are interested in this option, but do not have a group and would like to be matched up within a group, let me know!

PUBLIC GROUP POETRY WORKSHOPS

Public workshops are offered intermittently and meet via Zoom. They can be sequential or standalone reading/generative/critique workshops that meet for 2-3 hours per session. Past themes have included, “Poetry and Parenthood”, “Love Poetry” and “How to Revise”.

Themes are announced here when available and via my monthly mailer. Please email the above address to be added to the mailer.