Join Jaime Parker Stickle, Leanne Phillips, Brenna Humphreys, and Lisa Diane Kastner at the Central Coast Writers Conference on September 25th and 26th, 2026, for “Does an MFA Matter?” There’s a lot of noise around the question to MFA or not to MFA. So let’s have a conversation that explores […]

Leanne will be presenting at the Central Coast Writers Conference on September 25th and 26th, 2026, on “How to Write a Book Proposal for Memoir and Nonfiction.” A book proposal is a marketing tool that will help you sell your book to an agent and that will help your agent sell […]

Leanne will be speaking at the SLO NightWriters general meeting on Tuesday evening, October 13th, at 6:30 p.m. on “Elevating Your Prose: Eliminating common mistakes and adding craft elements to develop your voice and improve your writing style.”