“Nick’s class totally met my expectations. Enjoyable and learned a whole lot. Excellent class and I would recommend it to anyone writing genre fiction (or general fiction). The in-class exercises were great, and Nick’s lectures and insight and anecdotes about the publishing industry were very helpful.” —Joel Davis

“The course exceeded my expectations – Nick’s knowledge of commercial fiction in general and his specific editorial experience were invaluable. I liked all of the exercises.  I’m not fond of the on-the-spot tests of any kind (probably all those dark years in junior high) but the exercises opened up the class to exploring some ways to generate ideas for stories. And I liked Nick’s teaching style.  Even though there is a “skeleton” that he follows, his ad lib approach with ton’s of anecdotes and sidebars was great. —Doug Jensen

I actually learned more than I thought I would.  Also, Nick was very patient with me that I didn’t know anything about genre fiction at all. I liked how everyone got a chance to talk about how they felt about other people’s work.  Even the exercises were talked about thoroughly. I feel that I got instruction from someone who is less stuffy than what I am used to in literary fiction and so it felt refreshing and motivating. —Cecily Anders