Dear reader,
For the second year in a row, with totally new classes, I bring you the Solstice Super Sale Bundle. I will present the sale here and then tell you about why I do this, why I am retiring ALL recorded classes, and what to expect in the coming year.
Seven classes, Five Bonuses, Endless Inspiration
NEWSLETTER CLASS : Purchased by over 2k students, this is perhaps the best and clearest class I have ever made on the power of email marketing and writing essays in a newsletter format
ECHOES OF SELF : My class all about how I research and organize my notes for a newsletter
TEACHING AS A PRACTICE : A course for visioning your own online course and putting it into the world
ORGANIZING A DAY : A class to help you organize your weeks, days, and take an inventory to make menus and lists of your gratitudes and to dos.
THE SHAPES OF OUR OFFERINGS : The ULTIMATE class in building and maintaining a creative ecosystem for your business
THE POETICS OF SQUARES : A QUILT IN A WEEKEND : Quilting 101 for the people! The only time a quilt class recording has ever been sold!
YOUR EVER CHANGING JOB : A guided template to help you pivot within your work
LEAD MAGNET TEMPLATE
CLASS OUTLINE TEMPLATE
SALES PAGE TEMPLATE
CRAFTING HIDDEN MARKETING GEMS
PROJECT DATABASE
I am in a great transition with my work and my job. I am still finding the language for it but after being in small groups in my MFA program I long for this kind of connection with my students and peers. I long for more 1:1 sessions, more small cohorts, figuring out how to do business in unusual and creative ways. I don’t have as much desire to reach the masses as I once did, I have a desire for intimacy and truly figuring out the pieces of the puzzle together.
So in this coming year keep an eye out for new offerings for smaller groups, more opportunities for creative advising, and more solid writing in this space.
I am really turning my energy toward Landscapes right now, the writing group I facilitate. In 2025 we have a lot of very special guest workshop teachers, guest hosts, and more. It is the place I want to pour the most of myself into, the place that I get the most back from, the place where I see people literally change from within.
“Landscapes is the sweetest, most supportive co-working space I have found. The group sincerely celebrates anything and everything you choose to do (or not do) with the time in a way that feels most true to the creative ebbs and flows and centers showing up as a win in and of itself. I’ve gotten so much done in Landscapes: novel chapters, residency applications, replying to neglected text messages, and (finally) closing all my browser tabs.”
Tamara Santibañez
This week Landscapes is free when you sign up for a free trial. We meet 5:30-7:30amEST M-F,our regular Tu/Thu 11-1EST and a special Solstice Cave Day from 12-4pm EST
I am offering these things this week because I find that the next few weeks can be hard. Holidays, family, our own expectations of how we were going to “do” this year. Measuring ourselves against other people’s year end lists etc.
So it is my hope that we can gather in Landscapes and be together though that, keeping the focus on our work and our practice. May we also use these spaces for rest, comfort, and connection. A place to do morning pages, throw in a load of laundry, and connect with the other freaks of the world.
With the Solstice Super Sale during these last few weeks of the year you have all the resources I could think of to self study for your creative practice, your small business, and your personal life.
While selling class recordings is a nice way of generating some passive income I have been inspired by others who write so beautifully about composting : this great post from , this from , and in general the great works of .
Some of the past class recordings I mention my former partner by name, refer to particular events that were happening in my life, and include specific details of that time. In part this is what makes them magic. I don’t teach from an evergreen place, I teach live because I like to be in the room with the mystery of what is present. Beholden to the unknown, attuned with what is lingering.
So much has changed in the last five years and it feels time to put these courses to bed. Developing classes and workshops is a foundational element of my creative practice, and keeping these around is feeling like I can’t quite see the future all the way. It is time to compost, time to risk losing some passive income, and continue to invent places for us to gather both in person and online.
The Solstice Super Sale and free week of Landscapes are for this week only. Then it is time to read Bernadette Mayer’s Midwinter Day and take a break from public facing work for a week while I tend to book writing.
Thank you for being a reader. If you missed last week’s episode of Common Shapes about creating a new suite of offerings give it a listen. I think in my visioning of MORE it helped me know how to clear out the dust of the past.
I’d love to hear how reimagining and archiving your own work has felt and what has opened up for you.
Happy full moon in Gemini from your favorite Gemini freak show
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Meeting every M-F 5:30EST through Dec 20 and every Tue/Thu from 11-1EST