Latest reviews

I thoroughly enjoyed Brenda's teaching style. I learned what I'm doing right and some new information as well. I recommend this class and will be taking another from Brenda as soon as I can.

Another wonderful interesting prompt. It certainly kickstarts the imagination.

I like the concept. I think it works well. But I was shocked at the low number of participants and the low number of total votes. Granted, I was not able to see what the final vote counts were after the event ended, so it's possible the total was considerably higher than when I last checked. I'd like to see some sort of incentive implemented to increase the number of total votes, as a total of less than 10 votes between 3 stories is barely worth recognizing.

The one-on-one time with the instructor was the saving grace for this class. It was an extremely valuable half hour where I learned what works and what doesn't for podcasts, and it helped me hone my skills for future use.

The reason why I only gave three stars for the course is because my expectations were not met. I signed up for a two-week course, which made me believe that there would be daily check-ins, skills to learn and build on each day, and a continuous discussion. Instead, I received all the information for the entire two weeks in the first hour (which took me less than an hour to read through and make notes on). There was one homework assignment that the instructor provided a bit of feedback on, but no further discussion past that point besides general clarifications on expectations of the assignment. The instructor also provided links to pages where we could see examples of podcast pitches, but as far as I could figure, you needed to create an account to be able to access the information.

To me, this was not a two-week course, but rather an opportunity to pay for some info sheets and a professional critique. If the "course" was advertised this way, I would have had very different expectations coming into it.

I'd recommend this course for anyone who wants to get a critique on podcast pitches and practicing being interviewed on a podcast. If you are looking for information on podcasts (finding them, prepping for them, etc), a Google search will be just as good.

Kris offered no to minimal feedback on homework, so after the first several attempts, I didn't submit. She quoted extensively from her own works. I was disappointed.

I found this class to be very rich in information and helpful. Beth is a great instructor and very encouraging. She can critique without being critical--an essential skill.

Angela helped put my book on the right track by pointing out developmental mistakes, along with minor edits. She was gracious, easy to communicate with and full of helpful ideas. I highly recommend her classes.

Great information in the class, but not enough. For the one week class, there were only two lessons with only a few points to make. I expected more. If I had spent this much on, say, a book for this information, I wouldn't have been very disappointed. However, there was also the opportunity to post a scene for feedback, and that does add considerable value.

This class had so much good information. I love all the details she put in each lesson. I will be using this in my future books in my cozy mystery series.

Neat approach to creating the outline of a murder mystery. Would be nice to see some actual content of a murder book, sanitized of course.

Brenda gave us great tools to use and I'll be using her reference notes as I make progress on my current book. I would definitely enroll in another of her lectures.

I loved this class. The teacher, Tere, gave me a whole new perspective on writing with tropes and I'm so excited to use what I've learned in my upcoming stories.
Definitely FIVE stars! ️️️️️

Really appreciated this approach to using our characters' vulnerabilities and flaws to make them more relatable (and interesting).

Loved how each lesson and exercise built on the previous one. Really helped me think through my characters' motivations and flaws, and how to translate those to conflict to move the story forward.