The 12-week Flash Novel Mastermind: registration now open!

Do you have a book inside you? Is it time???

The Flash Novel Mastermind

A 12-week creative incubator to get your work across the finish line

September 23-December 13

Whether your book is a flash novel, novella, memoir or creative nonfiction, if you are a dedicated writer, drawing on the skills of flash fiction, then this is the long-term container of inspiration, motivation, community and support you have been wanting to bring your ideas to fruition. 

Are you tired of saying: one day I’ll finish my book?

Do you want to get started or write “the end” in 2024?

If so, you are in the right place.

Do you ever:

  • Feel unsure about your book idea?
  • Feel alone in the writing process and not sure what kind of support you need?
  • Feel directionless, like you are fighting or forcing your idea?
  • Feel impatient, like you just need to get to the end of a first draft so you can figure out what you’re really trying to say?
  • Wish you had a cheering squad to keep you motivated and inspired?
  • Wish you had a creative personal trainer, someone to hold you accountable and celebrate your progress? 

I get it! I’ve spent more than 20 years navigating the ups and downs of writing a book: from the giddy idea phase to the steady, day by day of making it happen. And what I’ve learned from writing more than 10 books–from flash novels and collections to anthologies and craft books–is that my writing thrives when I have close, long-term relationships with mentors and teachers, regular exposure to new writing, and colleagues I can trust.

Only you can write your stories

But you don’t have to do it alone!

LIMITED SPOTS: FIND OUT MORE

LAST CHANCE: August 19-30: Love Your Book: Ten Days to Launch, Develop, and Gain Momentum on Your Flash Novel, Novella, or Memoir

Love Your Book: 10 Days to Launch, Develop, and Gain Momentum on your Flash Novel, Novella, or Memoir August 19-30, 2024

You have a book inside you. It could be your first book or your seventh. It could be a novella-in-flash, a linked collection, a flash memoir, a flash novel or another sort of hybrid form. You love the short prose form, but you’re ready to think bigger–a book, but using the tools of the micro form. 

When a story speaks to us–when it chooses us–we must listen. 

Maybe you’ve already started. Maybe it’s still in your head. Either way, you suspect an untraditional book, using an untraditional structure, might need some unconventional methods. And you are right!

I call this the “flash book” in Going Short, and it is my personal sweet spot; I find the most fulfillment when I’m embracing both the narrow focus of the pieces themselves–the “bricks” of the story—as well as the long-term relationship of building a bigger structure with those bricks. I’ve written four flash novels as well as a linked collection, and since 2015, I’ve been leading groups of writers through the ups and downs of the book-writing process–from the giddy flush of a beginning all the way to the powerful, resonate ending. 

Does this speak to you? If so, join me for a 10-day generative exploration and writing adventure, a “flash flood” with your book or book idea, and gain clarity, momentum, and enthusiasm on both your vision and your next creative steps.

Give yourself the gift of 10 days this August to play, experiment, and understand your story more fully, so that you can do the necessary work of bringing it to life!

Join us for $259 here (regular price $299)

Questions? Feel free to drop me a line. I’d love to work with you and your book!

xo Nancy

P.S. This 10-day, asychronous workshop is also designed to lead into the full Flash Novel Mastermind, opening in September, for those who are ready to keep going. Want to do both? Drop me a line!

Upcoming Workshop August 19-30: Love Your Book: Ten Days to Launch, Develop, and Gain Momentum on Your Flash Novel, Novella, or Memoir

Love Your Book: 10 Days to Launch, Develop, and Gain Momentum on your Flash Novel, Novella, or Memoir August 19-30, 2024

You have a book inside you. It could be your first book or your seventh. It could be a novella-in-flash, a linked collection, a flash memoir, a flash novel or another sort of hybrid form. You love the short prose form, but you’re ready to think bigger–a book, but using the tools of the micro form. 

When a story speaks to us–when it chooses us–we must listen. 

Maybe you’ve already started. Maybe it’s still in your head. Either way, you suspect an untraditional book, using an untraditional structure, might need some unconventional methods. And you are right!

I call this the “flash book” in Going Short, and it is my personal sweet spot; I find the most fulfillment when I’m embracing both the narrow focus of the pieces themselves–the “bricks” of the story—as well as the long-term relationship of building a bigger structure with those bricks. I’ve written four flash novels as well as a linked collection, and since 2015, I’ve been leading groups of writers through the ups and downs of the book-writing process–from the giddy flush of a beginning all the way to the powerful, resonate ending. 

Does this speak to you? If so, join me for a 10-day generative exploration and writing adventure, a “flash flood” with your book or book idea, and gain clarity, momentum, and enthusiasm on both your vision and your next creative steps.

Give yourself the gift of 10 days this August to play, experiment, and understand your story more fully, so that you can do the necessary work of bringing it to life!

Join us at the early registration rate of $259 here (regular price $299)

Questions? Feel free to drop me a line. I’d love to work with you and your book!

xo Nancy

P.S. This 10-day, asychronous workshop is also designed to lead into the full Flash Novel Mastermind, opening in September, for those who are ready to keep going. Want to do both? Drop me a line!

May 21: Fbomb Punk Prom!

When: 7 pm

Where: The Mercury Cafe, Denver

Featuring: Jessie McWilliam, Eric Fischman, and the KGB Punk Prom Band with members of Punketry, Black Market Translation, Girls Just Wanna Have Us, and Kinky Mink!

Host: Nancy Stohlman

Theme: Punk Prom!

PLUS everyone dressed in the prom finest will be entered to be chosen as the 2024 Fbomb Royalty.

Take your prom pictures with our balloon arch!

Dance to to the sounds of the janky Fbomb Punk Prom Band.

5 min open mic slots will GO FAST.

See you there!