Official Site for Eric Witchey and the Fiction Fluency creative writing programs
Click on Seminars or Contact Eric for more information. Watch this space for other seminars and events.
Active Seminars:
- Fiction Fluency 2025-2026. Year-long Zoom Master Class: SOLD OUT. Contact Eric to put your name on the alternate list.
- Terror Tales Samhain Story Weekend near the shore in Yachats, Oct. 30th to Nov. 2nd, is open for registration. As of 08/03/25, three off-site or dorm slots remain.
- Advanced Fiction Fluency in a beach house in Depot Bay, Sept. 3rd to 10th: SOLD OUT. Prerequisite is full-year program.
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2025 Seminars:Sept. 20th and 21st: 2025-26 Full-Year Zoom Fiction Fluency Master Class begins. Description, dates, and pricing on the Active Seminars page.
Sept. 3rd-10th. 2025 TBD: Advanced Fiction Fluency on the Oregon Coast Oct. 30th-Nov. 3rd 2025: Terror Tales Retreat in Yachats on the Oregon Coast
Stories, Recent and Upcoming:
Stories, Recent and Upcoming:
- 2025, October: "Our Maple Syrup Anniversary." ed. Charlie Brown. Dark Magicks Magazine Halloween Issue.
- 2025, March: "Three Tales to Heraklion." ed. Andy Brown. Scrawl Place.
In addition to his conference seminars, offerings for writing organizations, and the 12-month Fiction Fluency Program, Eric Witchey designs and delivers custom offerings for writing groups, critique groups, and individuals. For more information, click on the Contact tab at the top of this page and email him.
Biography
Eric Witchey holds degrees in Interdisciplinary English (Theoretical Linguistics, Computer Science, and Literature) and English from Colorado State University in Ft. Collins, Colorado. He has worked as an independent consultant, teacher, and writer for nearly 30 years. Eric is a graduate of Clarion West and has received creative recognition from Writer's Digest, New Century Writers, Writers of the Future, ralan.com, Short Story America, the Irish Aeon Awards, International Book Awards, Independent Publisher Awards, and other organizations. In addition to the production of hundreds of technical documents and many communication courses, he has sold novels, poetry, and many, many short stories. His fiction has sold nationally and internationally in 13 genres under a number of names. Eric is active in the writing community as a teacher of seminars in communication skills, business writing, technical writing, composition, fiction, grammar, story analysis, and editing. He has taught writing at many conferences and seminars, and he has taught classes for Colorado State University, Portland State University, and Chemeketa Community College. His writing how-to articles have appeared in Northwest Ink, Writers Northwest, The Writer Magazine, Writers Digest Magazine, and other print and online magazines. He feeds his life-long addiction to scribbling by reading and writing daily. He has been active in the Society for Technical Communications, Pacific Northwest Writers Association, Willamette Writers, WordCrafters in Eugene, The Oregon Writer's Colony, the Wordos Professional Criticism Group, the ReFreys, and many other organizations. He has served as a judge for fiction contests, and he has also served on the Board of Directors for the Oregon Writer’s Colony, Creative Development Network, and The Short Story Writers Association. When not writing or teaching, he uses small bits of feather and pointy wire to terrorize fish, and he stares through magnifying lenses at the internal mysteries of antique, model locomotives.
Biography
Eric Witchey holds degrees in Interdisciplinary English (Theoretical Linguistics, Computer Science, and Literature) and English from Colorado State University in Ft. Collins, Colorado. He has worked as an independent consultant, teacher, and writer for nearly 30 years. Eric is a graduate of Clarion West and has received creative recognition from Writer's Digest, New Century Writers, Writers of the Future, ralan.com, Short Story America, the Irish Aeon Awards, International Book Awards, Independent Publisher Awards, and other organizations. In addition to the production of hundreds of technical documents and many communication courses, he has sold novels, poetry, and many, many short stories. His fiction has sold nationally and internationally in 13 genres under a number of names. Eric is active in the writing community as a teacher of seminars in communication skills, business writing, technical writing, composition, fiction, grammar, story analysis, and editing. He has taught writing at many conferences and seminars, and he has taught classes for Colorado State University, Portland State University, and Chemeketa Community College. His writing how-to articles have appeared in Northwest Ink, Writers Northwest, The Writer Magazine, Writers Digest Magazine, and other print and online magazines. He feeds his life-long addiction to scribbling by reading and writing daily. He has been active in the Society for Technical Communications, Pacific Northwest Writers Association, Willamette Writers, WordCrafters in Eugene, The Oregon Writer's Colony, the Wordos Professional Criticism Group, the ReFreys, and many other organizations. He has served as a judge for fiction contests, and he has also served on the Board of Directors for the Oregon Writer’s Colony, Creative Development Network, and The Short Story Writers Association. When not writing or teaching, he uses small bits of feather and pointy wire to terrorize fish, and he stares through magnifying lenses at the internal mysteries of antique, model locomotives.