Welcome, I am Julaina Kleist-Corwin

I’m a teacher, writer, and story consultant

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Jordan Bernal’s THE KEEPERS OF EIRE

Jordan has received the proof of her novel. Get to know her dragons and you will be hooked for the next book in the series. Good job, Jordan. http://1dragonwriter.wordpress.com/2013/11/10/506

Winners of the Western Flash Contest

We did it! After the two judges of the Western Flash Contest had opposing winners chosen, I took the four submissions to the members of my writing classes to participate in the judging process. The first place winner is Jeremy Milburn for “The East Coast Dandy”. Congratulations, Jeremy. Please email me so we can get […]

Western Short Story Contest Decisions Delayed

Four entries to my Western short story contest have the two judges at opposite ends of  choosing a winner. I asked them to categorize the flash stories from one to four and they each had a totally different list. I’m looking for another judge to break the unusual results.

Book Title Decisions

I’m still deciding on the title for our class genre sampler, or anthology is what some people like to call it. The book started out as A Class of Muses, then Secrets, Surprises, and Smiles. I didn’t care for Smiles in the title, although our humorist, Stacey Gustafson certainly makes us smile with her essays. […]

Secrets, Surprises, and Smiles

My anthology has a new name and I’ve changed the focus. The old name was A CLASS OF MUSES. Now it’s SECRETS, SURPRISES, AND SMILES.  I’m calling it a Sampler or a Collection of Genres instead of an anthology. Progress is slow but with the help of my friend, Linda Todd, it’s coming together. We […]

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