Write what keeps calling
Laguna Writers offers workshops and retreats designed to help you rediscover your voice without pressure, critique, or perfection.
Here, writing begins with a prompt, unfolds in community, and grows through encouragement.
Upcoming Events:
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Upcoming Dates in 2026:
Saturday, July 18th
Saturday, August 15th
Sunday, October 4th
Time: 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Location: Online via Zoom
Investment: $75 per workshop (or choose to sign up for all three for $200)
What’s included: A guided writing session with facilitated feedback and a takeaway poem and prompt
A deposit is required to hold your place.
Retreat Dates: May 22-29, 2026
Location: Valldemossa, Mallorca Island, Spain
Investment: $600 Deposit + balance by December 1, 2026. Rates vary depending on the room; the balance amount will be sent to you as an invoice. Discounted early bird rates available through December 1, 2026.
What’s included: Five days of writing workshops, and feedback from Chris on up to 15 pages. Your choice of a shared or private room, transportation to and from the airport and on the island, meals every day, a picnic at a local olive oil farm, a massage, and visits to local attractions.
A deposit is required to hold your place.
Retreat Dates: September 14-20, 2026
Location: Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, WA
Investment: $600 Deposit + balance by April 1, 2027. Rates vary depending on the room; the balance amount will be sent to you as an invoice. Discounted early bird rates available through September 20, 2026.
What’s included: Five days of writing workshops, and feedback from Chris on up to 15 pages. Plus a private room and bath, breakfast delivered to your door, transportation on the island, meals every day, and visits to local attractions.
Hello, dear readers and writers.
Life is a paradox.
Paradox can create tension in a piece of writing, and this prompt can help you do that. It can also help you make sense of difficult circumstances, whether they’re you’re own, or those of a character you’re working with. And it all starts with these two lists: “The worst that could happen,” and “The best that could happen.”
Kitchen Inheritance: Memories and Recipes from my Family of Cooks
This collection of narratives and recipes tells a non-traditional coming of age story. Part food memoir, part family recipe book, this is the story of a man on a journey, which ultimately leads him to see himself as part of a large and growing family.