All times are Pacific Time (if you’re not sure how that matches with your time zone, here’s a resource). Cost is $99; $79 for Patreon supporters and former students (this includes workshops at conferences and conventions).
- High-Speed Worldbuilding for Fiction and Games: Session 1 with James L. Sutter, Saturday, May 14, 2022, 9:30-11:30 AM Pacific Time.
- Power and Politics in Worldbuilding: Schemes, Factions, and Culture with Michael R. Underwood, Saturday, May 14, 2022, 12:00-2:00 PM Pacific Time.
- High-Speed Worldbuilding for Fiction and Games: Session 2 with James L. Sutter, Sunday, May 15, 2022, 9:30-11:30 AM Pacific Time.
- Story Fundamentals with Cat Rambo, Sunday, May 15, 2022, 12:00-2:00 PM Pacific Time.
- Creating an Online Presence for Writers with Cat Rambo, Saturday, May 28, 2022, 9:30-11:30 AM Pacific Time.
- Radio Gaga with Jordan Kurella / Shiv Ramdas, Saturday, May 28, 2022, 12:00-2:00 PM Pacific Time.
- Freelancing, Hustles, and Sidegigs: Ways to Work without Derailing Your Writing with Cat Rambo, Sunday, May 29, 2022, 9:30-11:30 AM Pacific Time.
- Queer Is a Verb: Disrupting the Norm with Evan J. Peterson, Sunday, May 29, 2022, 12:00-2:00 PM Pacific Time.
- Character Builder for Outliners with Tobias Buckell, Saturday, June 4, 2022, 9:30-11:30 AM Pacific Time.
- Wrangling Short Stories with John Wiswell, Saturday, June 4, 1:00-3:00 PM Pacific Time. CLASS IS FULL; WAITLIST ONLY.
- Handling Social Media for Writers with Cat Rambo, Sunday, June 5, 1:00-3:00 PM Pacific Time.
- Where Babies Come From: Speculative Reproduction with Evan J. Peterson, Sunday, June 5, 4:00-6:00 PM Pacific Time.
- Working with Genre Tropes with Cat Rambo, Saturday, June 18, 9:30-11:30 AM Pacific time.
- Taking Your Titles to the Next Level with Cat Rambo, Saturday, June 18, 1-3 PM Pacific time.
- Revising, Rewriting, and Fine-tuning Fiction with Cat Rambo, Sunday, June 19, 9:30-11:30 AM Pacific time.
- Cross-Examining Your Character with Henry Lien, Sunday, June 19, 1-3 PM Pacific time.
- Epistolary Fiction: Stories in Letter with Jamie Lackey, Saturday, June 25, 9:30-11:30 AM Pacific time.
- Follow the Money: Using Economics in Plotting, World-building, and Character Development with Cat Rambo, Saturday, June 25, 1-3 PM Pacific time.
- Description and Delivering Information with Cat Rambo, Sunday, June 26, 9:30-11:30 AM Pacific time.
- Writing Relationships with Cat Rambo, Sunday, June 26, 9:30-11:30 AM Pacific time.
- Publicity Bootcamp for Writers with Cat Rambo, Saturday, July 2, and Sunday, July 3, 9:30-11:30 and 1-3 PM Pacific both days, 4 sessions total.
- The Tactical Reviewer with Tobias Buckell, Saturday, August 13, 9:30-11:30 AM Pacific time.
- Beginnings and Endings with Cat Rambo, Saturday, August 13, 1-3 PM Pacific time.
- Mission Impossible: Surviving Burnout with Jordan Kurella, Sunday, August 14, 1-3 PM Pacific time.
- Body Language and Description As Genre with Jennifer Brozek, Saturday, August 20, 9:30-11:30 AM Pacific time.
- Planning Your Tabletop Campaign with Monica Valentinelli, Saturday, August 20, 1-3 PM Pacific time.
- Secrets Revealed: Getting Your Book Into the Right Hands with Jennie Goloboy and Catherine Lundoff, Saturday, August 21, 9:30-11:30 AM Pacific time.
- Punk U: The Whys and Whats of Writing -punk Fiction with Cat Rambo, Saturday, August 21, 1-3 PM Pacific time.
- Finding the Telling Detail with Nisi Shawl, Saturday, August 27, 9:30-11:30 AM Pacific time.
- Colons & Semicolons: Wielding the Lesser-Known Tools of Punctuation with Sarah Buhrman, Sunday, August 28, 4-6 PM Pacific time.
- Make Your Fiction Sing: Songwriting Techniques that Carry Into Prose with Sarah Pinsker, Sunday, September 11, 9:30-11:30 AM Pacific time.
- Working in Other Worlds: Writing for Franchises with Jennifer Brozek, Sunday, September 18, 9:30-11:30 AM Pacific time.
- Writing to Prompts with Jamie Lackey, Saturday, October 1, 9:30-11:30 AM Pacific time.
- The Rhythm of Story: How Word Choice & Sentence Structure Set Tone with Sarah Buhrman, Sunday, October 9, 4-6 PM Pacific time.
- Crimson Peaks and Menacing Mansions: Writing Gothic Horror with Catherine Lundoff, Sunday, October 23, 9:30-11:30 AM Pacific time.
- Let’s Do This: Getting Ready for NaNoWriMo with Kate Heartfield, Sunday, October 23, 1-3 PM Pacific time
- Witches Are People Too: Writing Well-Rounded Pagans and Spellcrafters with Evan J. Peterson, Sunday, October 23, 4-6 PM Pacific time.
- Self-Editing: From First Splat to Professional Finish with Jennifer Brozek, Sunday, December 4, 9:30-11:30 AM Pacific time.
- Staying in Your Lane: Writing Marginalized Groups You are Not a Part of with Sarah Buhrman, Saturday, December 10, 9:30-11:30 AM Pacific time.
- Christmas in Narnia: Creating Traditions for Fictional Cultures with Evan J. Peterson, Saturday, December 10, 1-3 PM Pacific time.
To register for a class, send e-mail with the following details:
- Which class or classes and the dates.
- Whether you would prefer to pay via Paypal, Venmo, check, or some other means.
- Please identify yourself if you are a returning student or support Cat on Patreon to qualify for the special rate.
You should receive confirmation of your registration within 48 hours.
Live classes are taught online, are limited to 15 participants, and require a reliable Internet connection, although in the past participants have logged on from coffee shops, cafes, and even an airplane. A webcam is suggested but not required.
Note from Rambo Academy founder Cat Rambo: I’ve been teaching writing for over three decades now. Over ten years ago, I started working with what would become the Rambo Academy for Wayward Writers. Since then literally hundreds of students from across the globe have come through my classes; many are out there publishing away and I’m cheering every time I see one on a table of contents or on an award ballot. If you’ve got questions about the classes, please don’t hesitate to mail me with them. Here’s some testimonials for a few past ones.