Smoky has taught fiction writing at various community colleges and workshops for more than a dozen years. Many of her pupils went on to publish short stories and novels. Her star pupil has published four novels with Vanilla Heart publishing!

Here is her complete writing workshop plus a book of writing exercises to take the novice or experienced writer through the entire year, all in one book!

Smoky’s creative writing workshop was a critical step for me as I turned to fiction after a long career in journalism. Her course was exactly what I needed, and I’ve now published four novels.     –Robert Hays