Instructor: Leslie Hall
Date: Saturday, September 19, 2026
Type: Zoom
Duration: 1 Hour
USD Fee: FF&P Member – $15; Non-Member – $20

We do our best work when we are operating at our best. Protecting our time and managing tasks is important. However, running on adrenalin, sleep deprivation, and an over-arching feeling of just not being good enough can derail our plans. Time out! Let’s slow down and look at how we can create smoke detectors—processes and plans–to help us identify burnout before it combusts. Self-care yes, but there is so much more we can do. Communication styles, setting boundaries, and setting goals and plans to keep focused will help. Come and learn how to be the best version of yourself so you can accomplish big goals!

The workshop covers:

• Ways to spot burnout and how to avoid it
• Why self-care matters and why it is personal
• Creating a positive mindset about our work and our role
• Importance of setting boundaries
• Improving communication with your family, friends, writers, readers, publishers
• Identifying priorities and setting goals to stay focused

About the Instructor:

Leslie J. Hall the author of the Kaitlyn Willis Road Signs mysteries, a humorous, PG-rated, amateur sleuth series starring a NW code enforcement officer. Her short story, A Strange Rain, will appear in Better Off Dead: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin anthology December 2025. She also writes women’s fiction. Leslie loves to speak, teach, and share her passion for writing with others. When not writing, Leslie volunteers for writer-related events, leads Write Night (a weekly virtual facilitated critique group), teaches beginning writing at community colleges in continuing ed, and when not doing all of that, hangs out at the beach with a book (or 2!). She lives in Bremerton, WA with her husband and her pandemic rescue cat, Mia.

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