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Cindy Skaggs is a novelist and a college professor who holds an MFA in Creative Writing (Fiction) from Rainier Writing Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University (2017) and an MA in Creative Writing (Creative Nonfiction emphasis) from Regis University (2015). She is the author of eight published romantic suspense novels, including Untouchable, Unforgettable, Unstoppable, and the Team Fear series. She is also a Pushcart Nominee for her essay "Matchbook Memory" (2015).

Cindy enjoys sharing her love of story with writers and readers in the form of keynote addresses, classes, workshops, and book talks. To contact for public speaking events email: Cindy@CSkaggs.com

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Speaking and workshops for writers

  • This is my circus; these are my monkeys: Multiple character scenes in fiction
  • Order from Chaos: Fiction plotting devices for nonfiction writers
  • Moonstruck and Minor Characters
  • The Dark Hero
  • Character Bac·cha·na·li·a: Group brainstorming for building believable characters
  • Basic Novel Writing Course (weekend intensive)
  • Advanced Novel Writing Course (8-week course)​
  • Fear and the Writer 
  • MS Word for Writers 
  • Nanowrimo
  • Three Act Story Structure
  • Band of Brothers: Stories of the military brotherhood
  • Plotting for fiction and creative nonfiction
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Testimonials

PictureBasic Novel Writing Course: Class Gift presented to Cindy August 2017
"I spent most of my USAF time as an Evaluator Pilot--scoring instructor pilots in the air and in the classroom--and I know a good teacher when I see one.  Your subject matter knowledge is outstanding, and yet you have the self-confidence to admit when you don't know something. That's rare. Also, you listen very well, and grasp the essence of the sometimes vague ideas we students are trying to express. And, above all, you're always very supportive." (Basic Novel Course)

"[T]he most important lesson was the value of community. I'd never witnessed anything like the brainstorming sessions you led us through--the synergy was amazing. That taught me the need to work with other writers to overcome the shortcomings of my own perspectives on character and plot. " (Character 
Bac·cha·na·li·a)

"I really liked the character development [Character Bac·cha·na·li·a] and three act story structure lessons, and the practical steps they gave me to get my story going." (Basic Novel Course)

"It has made me more mindful and deliberate in what I write and how I think creatively." (Basic Novel Course)

​"I loved your presentation on multiple character scenes." (This is my circus; these are my monkeys)

Previous speaking engagements

  • April/May 2021 - Northern Colorado Writers Conference 2021: "Moonstruck and Minor Characters" and "Character Bacchanalia"
  • March 2021 - Brilliant Flash Fiction: "Writing Brilliant Flash Fiction." 
  • March 2021 - First Draft Friday podcast: "Minor Characters."
  • October 2019 - Pikes Peak Library District, Teen Writing Workshop
  • September 2019 - Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Colorado Gold Conference Faculty: "Moon Struck and Minor Characters" and "This is my Circus; These are my Monkeys: Crafting Multi-character Scenes"
  • May 2019 - Pikes Peak Writer's Conference ​Faculty: "Moon Struck and Minor Characters" and "This is my Circus; These are my Monkeys: Crafting Multi-character Scenes"
  • April 2019. Mountain of Authors. Pikes Peak Library District.
  • February 2019 - "Order from Chaos: Fiction Plotting Devices for Nonfiction Writers." Pikes Peak Writers.
  • October 2018 - "No such thing as an Easy Button." American Association of University Women.
  • October 2018 - Arts Month Poetry & Prose reading at Pikes Peak Community College 
  • May 2018 - Mountain of Authors. Pikes Peak Library District
  • ​Aug 2017 - June 2018: Advanced Novel Workshop.
  • July 2017: "This is my circus and these are my monkeys." Craft presentation at Rainier Writing Workshop.
  • July 2017: Reading from Whiskey Company at Rainier Writing Workshop.
  • May-Aug, 2017: Designed and taught a ten week Basic Novel Writing Course (10 students).
  • July, 2015 - July 2017.  Founder and facilitator of 21st Century Writers (Pikes Peak Library District). Monthly workshop, critiques, and craft presentation on topics such as plotting, story structure, dialogue, setting, multiple character scenes, minor characters, and voice.
  • April 2017. Mountain of Authors. Pikes Peak Library District.
  • July, 2016. "Under Pressure" presentation at Rainier Writing Workshop.
  • April, 2016. Mountain of Authors. Pikes Peak Library District.
  • February, 2016. Creative Magazine Radio Interview.
  • April, 2015.  Master of Arts Symposium: Thesis Presentation.
  • August, 2014.  "Don't think meat just throw" presentation for MOSAIC Writers Group.
  • April, 2014, Writers Studio 9th Annual Literary Festival, Selected Reading from the Creative Nonfiction Essay "Matchbook Memory."
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