LITERARY TEACHING BACKGROUND

Tricia teaches creative writing workshops and literature study groups mostly via Zoom, from her home studio in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada (see WORKSHOPS & STUDY GROUPS for upcoming offerings and registration information).

She teaches a literature study group each winter, also via Zoom, through Soapstone in Portland, Oregon, USA. (Click on the Soapstone link to find details and registration information.)

Tricia has been an instructor at the University of Maryland, George Mason University, Oregon State University, The Attic Institute, and Soapstone in Portland, Oregon. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing (Fiction) from George Mason University.

COURSES TAUGHT

• Generative “Writing From…” workshops, e.g., Writing from Visual Art; Music; Media; Tales & Myths (Tricia’s home studio/Zoom)
• Elements of Fiction (in Tricia’s home studio and at The Attic Writers Workshop)
• Time-to-Write / Craft Workshops (in Tricia’s home studio and at The Attic Writers Workshop)
• Critique Workshops (Long Fiction/Nonfiction Projects) (in Tricia’s home studio)
• Literature Study Groups (at Soapstone and via Zoom/Tricia’s home studio)
• Introduction to Fiction Writing (at George Mason University)
• Western Literary MasterWorks (at George Mason University)
• English Composition (at George Mason University)
• Advanced Composition (at Oregon State University)
• Introduction to Research Writing (at University of Maryland)
• Business Writing (at Oregon State University)