Classes & Events

Barbara Flores has taught writing through U.C. Berkeley Extension, St Mary’s College in California, and Palm Beach Atlantic University. She is an award winning author and playwright with three nonfiction books, a published memoir, and a soon to be published MG fiction. She received her MFA in Writing and Literature from Bennington College, Vermont. Barbara lives both in Livermore, CA and Palm Beach, FL.

The Art of the Short Story

on Zoom

Winter/Spring 2026

Whether you’re new to writing or a published author, this ongoing writing class teaches writing secrets and techniques to turn your prose into page-turners. This session focuses on how to write a compelling short story with Barbara Flores, an award-winning, five-time author. Fee includes professional editing of your work. (Sponsored by Livermore Area Recreation and Park District)

  • 2/19-3/26
  • Thursdays, 5-7:30p
  • $188 residents / $207 non-residents
  • To register: LARPD.org or call 925-373-5700
  • Contact Barbara for more information
  • Offered by Robert Livermore Community Center

How to Write a Book in Six Weeks

on Zoom

Winter/Spring 2026

Whether you’re dabbling with an idea or have a completed draft, this ongoing ZOOM class teaches writing secrets and techniques to turn your prose into page-turners—all prose genres: fiction, memoir, nonfiction, and poetry. Fee includes professional editing of your work by the instructor, an award-winning five-time author. (Sponsored by Livermore Area Recreation and Park District) 

  • 4/9-5/14
  • Thursdays, 5-7:30p
  • $188 residents / $207 non-residents
  • To register: LARPD.org or call 925-373-5700
  • Contact Barbara for more information
  • Offered by Robert Livermore Community Center

“The best [writing class] I have ever taken. If I had taken it before I went to med school, I may have become a writer instead of a pediatrician.”

“I was so elated when the essay I wrote in Barbara’s class was accepted by Good Housekeeping.”

“Everything you are teaching us is embodied in the pages of your memoir. I am so blessed and honored to be your student.”

“The class was both energizing and motivating.”

“I am a different person because of this class.”

“Barbara always has a million good ideas, and her classes and editing push me to rethink and revise.”

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