Writing Classes Coming Soon - Fall 2025

Locations and Times will be announced in July /August. In-person and Virtual Classes offered. Registration will open in August.

Psychopaths, Sociopaths, and Other Personality Disorders from a Criminologist Perspective

October 25, 2025 (1:00 PM-3:00 PM)
Mustang Library Auditorium, Scottsdale, Arizona
Pre-Registration Required (Availability 140 Seats)

What are the differences between a psychopath, a sociopath, and other personality disorders? Considerations for writers to expand your characters who commit heinous crimes. Considerations for those who are intrigued by the realities of ASPD; from ODD to CD to ASPD and more.

Raging From Within

November 8, 2025 (1:00 PM-3:00 PM)
Mustang Library Auditorium, Scottsdale, Arizona
Pre-Registration Required (Availability 140 Seats)

Conflict-ology

What makes a great mystery? What makes a crime novel a page turner? What makes a movie a five star? The answer is Conflict! Readers, writers, and viewers love conflict. Learn how to develop and analyze four types of conflict and sub-conflict in life, your reading and viewing.

Man vs. Man / Man vs. Himself

Man vs. Group / Man vs. Nature

Contact Susan at sulamaestra@gmail.com or 907-529-7151 for more information or to book a speaking engagement.