Official Site for Eric Witchey and the Fiction Fluency creative writing programs
The 2025-26 Fiction Fluency program opens for registration soon. Click on Seminars or Contact Eric for more information. Watch this space for other seminars and events.
2025 Seminars:
Stories, Recent and Upcoming:
- May 27th, 2025: Garden Gnomes du Plume. Garden Home Library. "Fluency Connecting Character to Meaning. (in-person seminar) https://wccls.bibliocommons.com/events/68081a8e8d0cb67dacdb1757
- July 30th-August 3rd 2025: Willamette Writers Conference. Three in-person seminars. https://willamettewriters.org/event/willamette-writers-conference-2/
- Aug. 2nd, 9:00 to 10:30 AM. Every Sentence Reflects the Story: Fluency in Systemic Story Thinking
- Aug. 2nd, 1:14 to 2:45 PM. Character IS Conflict: Fluency in Conflict Tactics
- Aug. 3rd, 10:30 to 11:30 AM. Playing Story: Fluency in Prompt-and-Concept Story Development
- Descriptions of the above three seminars appear in the conference listings, here: web.cvent.com/event/0fab5e7b-cc67-4a39-892c-90665e3f7e0c/websitePage:645d57e4-75eb-4769-b2c0-f201a0bfc6ce
- Date in Sept. or Early Oct. 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:
- 2025, March: "Three Tales to Heraklion." ed. Andy Brown. Scrawl Place.
- 2024, Aug: "Give a Man a Fish, Feed Him for Eternity." Timberline Review. Aug.
- 2024, April: “Lost Island Story Hour.” April Issue of Nowa Fantastyka. Translated into Polish by Lucasz Sowa.
- Feb. 9th online site version, 2024: “Flirting Implicature in Cooperative Discourse.” Flash Fiction Online, ed. Rebecca Halsey.
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.