Cascade Writers Presents, a pay what you want, online writing workshop:
June 13th 2026, 10am-1pm. (PST)
This workshop is designed to give you all the tools you need to get the most out of your three-day summer workshop with us this July, or at any creative writing critique session. Learn the ins-and-outs of the critique process as both the author and the peer-reviewer from talented authors of traditional, indie, and self-pub experience.
This will be a 3-hour online workshop discussing the art of critiquing, including:
- Popular critique methods and tips on how to pick the right one for you
- What is the Milford Method?
- Critiquing novels vs short stories
- Best practices for giving critique
- Best practices for receiving critique
- How using critique differs based on your writing process and the stage of your work
- Feedback from critique readers vs editors
- How to find good critique partners (including alpha and beta readers)
- Practical tips and preview of critiquing for attendees of the upcoming Cascade Writers 3-Day Summer Workshop
Featuring:
Maquel A. Jacob has had a passion for the written word since the age of seven, reading everything she could get her hands on which included encyclopedias and the thesaurus. At twelve, she had her first encounter with a Stephen King novel and was hooked. She became inspired to write her own brand of fiction. Combining multiple genres is her way of keeping things interesting. Always ready to learn new things, her search for knowledge never ceases. So far she has an Accounting degree, a Business Administration degree, became a certified Nail Technician via Cosmetology school and studied Digital Film and Video at the Art Institute of Portland. She is a huge Anime fan, loves a great bottle of wine and rocks out to heavy metal music. Green and lush Oregon is where she currently resides spinning imaginary worlds in her head while daydreaming. Learn more about Macquel A. Jacob at her website here: https://majacobauthor.com/. Return to Speakers list
Once a Silicon Valley software engineer, Curtis C. Chen (陳致宇) now writes stories and runs puzzle games near Portland, Oregon. He’s the author of the KANGAROO series of funny science fiction spy thrillers and has written for the Realm originals Echo Park, Ninth Step Murders, and Machina. Curtis’ short fiction has appeared in Playboy Magazine, Aliens vs. Predators: Ultimate Prey, Daily Science Fiction, and elsewhere. His homebrew cat feeding robot was displayed in the “Worlds Beyond Here” exhibit at Seattle’s Wing Luke Museum. For more info, check out his website: https://curtiscchen.com/. Return to Speakers list
When she’s not writing or being a freelance fiction editor and writing coach, Kat Richardson paints watercolors, and wanders through the mountains of Western Washington in a trailer with one hound dog and a husband—it’s even her own husband. Along the way she has been a builder of paper automata, journalist, editor, actor, singer, diamond expert, Renaissance Faire performer, and watercolor hobbyist. Her latest novel, Storm Waters—a historical fantasy noir—was released by Fairwood Press in November, 2024. She’s also the author of the Greywalker paranormal detective novels, one award-winning SF Novel, a slew of short stories, and a few unspeakable things that live in an electronic trunk. Trust me: it’s better that way…..
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