collage with 4 small images

Riba Taylor
Teacher and writer

This page is designed for my students, to let you keep track of me over time (should the inclination to do so arise!) and to share a bit of my own work in progress, slow though the progression may be. šŸ˜‰

I will try to update the information here on at least a semi-regular basis to let you know what community college courses I’m teaching and what creative writing workshops might be coming up. I’ll also include links here for any online creative projects of my own as I begin to develop them (see No Holds Barred at the bottom of the page).

Enjoy perusing. And always, happy writing.

Riba

picture of a teacher's desk with an apple

TEACHING SCHEDULE FOR SPRING 2024 (online)

This fall I am teaching two one-unit sections of Becoming a Successful Online Student for Mendocino College. These are 4-week classes that explore specific tips for online learning and include emphasis on active reading, study skills and time management.

Section 4417
January 22nd through February 15th

Section 0141
April 1st through April 26th

CatWriting

Creative writing workshops (online)

These workshops provide a chance to practice, share and offer feedback on spontaneous writing. Beginning writers are encouraged. Old hands at this craft are very welcome, too. You may even find something reawakened in your own writing during the course of a workshop. The one-and-a-half-day workshops are synchronous and the four-week workshop is asynchronous, although I may schedule some optional synchronous writing activities during the course of the four weeks.

Workshops range from one or two hours to full day or three-day workshops. Ongoing meetings are a future possibility, as well. These will be through Zoom that allows us to see and interact with each other in “real time.”

No current dates are scheduled, but you can sign up here to be on my email list:
Email list

You can also become a member of my Meetup site and be sure organizer announcements are turned on. I’m not currently active here, either, but this is where I will be most likely to post events and classes when I return to this work. Thanks!
Desert Writing group

My own creative projects (online)

small photo of the city of Guanajuato, Mexico

No Holds Barred

This is my current blog. I generally post once per week. I hope you’ll stop by. (Though this is also not being added to at this time. Soon, I hope! šŸ˜‰
No Holds Barred