One-on-one coaching:
I have helped my clients with things like figuring out their writing goals, improving specific pieces of writing, finding potential outlets to publish their writing, preparing a piece of writing for submission, establishing writing routines, brainstorming ideas, and more.
Contact me for rates and availability.
Upcoming classes, workshops, and events:
Funny at 40 (or Beyond) – online
Writing Workshops
Sunday, May 19th, 2024
11 AM – 2 PM, Eastern Standard Time
I have previously taught classes at the Virtual Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop, Gotham Writers, the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College, Thurber House, and the Hudson Valley Writers Center.
My students have been published in places like McSweeney’s, The New Yorker’s Daily Shouts, The Guardian, Salon, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Points in Case, Greener Pastures, Slackjaw, and other outlets.
Feedback from former students:
“It’s a Book Club hosted by your funniest friend. Except you get to write the book!”
“Janine is The Source when it comes to humor writing: what elements make for good humor writing; the entire range of using humor, from inclusion in novels to essays to short pieces; the different forms, formulae and styles of humor writing; how to analyze humor pieces and how other writers use their voice and language; where to submit pieces to get started in the genre. She obviously knows the genre A-Z, loves it, and generously shares all that she knows. Her enthusiasm for the genre is inspiring.”
“Thank you for all of these great resources, and for an amazing class. Your class was so much fun and so different from any writing I’ve ever done.”
“What a great class – it was my first ever real writing class and I got so much out of it!”
“This class was wonderful. Janine really knows the world of humor writing and publishing.”
“Your humor writing class was the best part of 2021! The class was so inspiring. I have been focusing on writing short humor pieces using everything I learned from your class, with the goal of submitting something. My first two pieces got rejected, but my next two got published after one rewrite. Thank you for your knowledge and inspiration!”