Dzanc Creative Writing Sessions

01/08/2018

We're back.....1/15/18!

We're relaunching our Creative Writing Mentorships program this month. Check our website for details of the program and profiles on our new mentors. Program goes live January 15.

10/12/2010

We've had a great recent run of feedback going to writers and then said writers emailing back about just how great the notes are, especially for the inexpensive price paid for the one-to-one critiques from published authors that they've read and enjoyed in the past!

Please select your desired time block below, then enter the author's name who you would like to work with. After your payment is made through PayPal, you'll receive an email within two days with instructions for how to send your work through DCWS.

09/28/2010

Feedback from Steve De Jarnatt, who happened to have a story included in Best American Short Stories 2009:

"I just got another set of incredible notes from DZANC CREATIVE WRITING SESSIONS. (This time the wonderful writer Jeff "Ovenman" Parker - but have been fortunate in the past to have had awesome Gina Frangello, Alyssa Nutting and others too) Fellow writers: YOU MUST TRY THIS!!! It is ridiculously cheap too."

Please select your desired time block below, then enter the author's name who you would like to work with. After your payment is made through PayPal, you'll receive an email within two days with instructions for how to send your work through DCWS.

08/04/2010

The goal for August is one new session started per day--reminder, for every three people that sign up that mention you as their source of learning about the DCWS, you get a free one-hour session!

Dzanc Books is pleased to announce our newest program: the Dzanc Creative Writing Sessions. The DCWS is an online program that will allow writers to work one-on-one with published authors and editors to shape their short story/novel/poem/etc. Sessions will be done via email, and the pricing str...

07/19/2010

are available year round, any day of the week, and summer seems an especially great time to look for another great pair of eyes to be looking over your work.

Dzanc Books is pleased to announce our newest program: the Dzanc Creative Writing Sessions. The DCWS is an online program that will allow writers to work one-on-one with published authors and editors to shape their short story/novel/poem/etc. Sessions will be done via email, and the pricing str...

06/08/2010

Our page has been updated as some new authors have volunteered to be mentors (Charles Blackstone, Benjamin Buccholz, Elizabeth Crane and Nina McLaughlin). Summer seems to be the perfect time to take advantage of this amazing program!

Dzanc Books is pleased to announce our newest program: the Dzanc Creative Writing Sessions. The DCWS is an online program that will allow writers to work one-on-one with published authors and editors to ...

05/04/2010

Latest feedback from a happy customer! "Thanks SO much...this was incredibly helpful - exactly the type of thing I was looking for. I'll definitely be using this service again!! What an awesome way to get feedback!!" --Megan Renehan

04/03/2010

Just a reminder that the DCWS is still around and working out great - what some people have said after their experiences:

"I can't say enough about how valuable this process has been for
me—and will continue to be as I digest her comments and revise my story.
Her insight, encouragement and suggestions are just what I needed.
I will definitely participate in this program again in the future!
Thanks so much for the opportunity."


—Jennifer Hollmeyer (regarding mentoring author, Katrina Denza)




"I am so glad you guys have this, I cannot tell you how pleased I am."


—James Moore



"I found the experience quite wonderful."


—Caitlin Hamilton



"Thank you so much for your time and for your words of encouragement.
And thanks especially for being so straight with me—this is exactly the
kind of tough coaching I need."


—Michael Mussman



"Thanks so much for the in-depth critique . . . Also, I'm applying your
no-holds barred editorial style to many of my other stories. I
appreciate your time and insights."


—John Fox



"I wanted to let you and Michele Battiste know that your program
through her guidance has been extremely useful for me. I had gotten to a
point in my project at which I felt stuck, and I don't have an
effective writers group here in Japan to help me. Michele's comments and
critique reminded me of some long-standing tendencies that I had
forgotten I need to avoid, and she also made some insightful points
which were new ideas for me. Best of all, I am reinvigorated and working
hard on the project again. Thank you so much for that."


—Jessica Goodfellow



"Thanks so much! Ah, these comments from Laura van den Berg are just
what I needed. I can't wait to use this service again for another
story."


—Kassie Duthie



"I was very impressed with DCWS services and would use them in the
future."


—Kim Johnson



"Thank you so much. I'm thrilled with my DCWS experience, and the level
of thought and critique I received from Gabriel. Tremendously helpful, I
will definitely do this again. Thank you to you & Dzanc &
Gabriel!"


—Marie Gauthier (after working with Gabriel Welsch)

Dzanc Books is pleased to announce our newest program: the Dzanc Creative Writing Sessions. The DCWS is an online program that will allow writers to work one-on-one with published authors and editors to ...

08/10/2009

Two of our latest session writers and their comments about the program: "Thanks so much! Ah, these comments from Laura van den Berg are just what I needed. I can't wait to use this service again for another story." -- Kassie Duthie "I was very impressed with DCWS services and would use them in the future." -- Kim Johnson

08/07/2009