Three New June Webinars to Strengthen Your Writing

This June, Sibyl Writing Craft is offering three new webinars designed to help writers strengthen some of the most important elements of storytelling: backstory, scene work, and character.

Whether you’re revising a manuscript, exploring new creative territory, or looking to sharpen your craft, these classes offer practical tools and fresh inspiration you can apply right away.

WEBINAR • Thursday, June 25, 2026 • Noon - 1:15am PST

The Trouble with Backstory

How to Weave Character History into Compelling Fiction with Katherine A. Sherbrooke

Backstory can deepen a story—or bring it to a halt. Learn how to reveal your characters’ pasts in ways that build tension, momentum, and emotional impact with novelist Katherine A. Sherbrooke.

LEARN MORE

WEBINAR • Friday, June 26, 2026 • Noon - 1:15pm PST

Writing the Sex Scene and the Fight Scene

Turning Heat and Tension into Powerful Storytelling with Claudia H. Long

Learn how the same storytelling techniques can make both fight scenes and sex scenes unforgettable. Discover pacing, tension, heat, and emotional stakes that keep readers hooked.

LEARN MORE

WEBINAR • Saturday, June 27, 2026 • 9 - 10:15am PST

Writing Vivid, Memorable Characters

Bring Your Characters Fully to Life on the Page with Christine Walker

Want readers to connect deeply with your characters? Discover how accomplished writers use emotion, sensory detail, and perspective to bring fictional and real people fully alive on the page.

LEARN MORE

Special Writer’s Weekend Bundle

Purchase all three webinars together for $145, a $20 savings, and receive a $15 coupon toward a future Sibyl Writing Craft course.

Explore the Writer’s Weekend Bundle

BROWSE ALL UPCOMING WORKSHOPS

Sibyl Writing Craft Books

The Sibyl Writing Craft series gives writers the tools to succeed—from crafting striking sentences and authentic voice to navigating publishing and building a lasting career. With guidance from acclaimed authors and industry experts, these books blend inspiration and practical wisdom to help you write with artistry, publish with purpose, and thrive as an author.

BROWSE SIBYL WRITING CRAFT BOOKS

109 Carpenter Street, Suite B, Grass Valley, CA 95945
Unsubscribe · Preferences

Great Books, Great Prices: 40% Off All Month Long

Summer Reading Starts Here40% Off Select Titles Kick off your summer reading with exceptional fiction and memoir at exceptional prices. Throughout June, enjoy 40% off a selection of our most-loved titles. Whether you're looking for a page-turning novel, an inspiring memoir, or a literary escape, you'll find plenty of great reads to fill your summer bookshelf. Discover your next favorite book and save while supplies last. Ready for your next great read? These featured titles are just a few of...

4 days ago • 1 min read

Escape to the Isle of Touperdu

New release from Sibylline Press! FANTASY | Trade Paper: 9798897400089 • $22 | Epub: 9798897400096 • $9.99 The Newcomers The Chronicles of Touperdu, Book I Pam Troy The Newcomers arrive on the Isle of Touperdu 1880. As immigrants flee the violence and upheaval of the post-Reconstruction South, whispers spread of a distant refuge—a place where reinvention is possible, and the past can be left behind. For New Orleans chef Amadeo Roselyn, Touperdu promises freedom: a chance to build a restaurant...

10 days ago • 1 min read

His goal: marry an heiress by Labor Day

American Royalty: A Novel by Susan Price Augie van Meer believes he can dream a new life into reality. It’s 1974, and the struggling actor empties his bank account to rent a carriage house in Newport, Rhode Island, for the summer. His goal: marry an heiress by Labor Day. Armed with movie-star looks and unwavering optimism, Augie slips into the glittering world of Gilded Age mansions, private clubs, and old-money traditions he barely understands. When Daphne Moorecourt, the volatile daughter...

14 days ago • 1 min read