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Sinclair’s 2025 Calendar

Here’s where I’ll be and what I’ll be teaching — online & in person — in 2025!

This page will be updated as things are added.

Updated: December 2, 2025

December

Tuesday, December 16 | 6-7:30pm PT | Get Yourself Off: Spicy Self Publishing 101, online through Patreon

Saturday, December 20 | 2-4pm | Enhancing Long Distance D/s | in person in Seattle through Pan Eros | Fetlife

Tuesday, December 23 | 6-8pm PT | Your Year in Kink online through Wicked Grounds

January 2026

Note: Patreon workshops in 2026 are in progress; I will be checking in with y’all about what day of the week / time is preferred. Keep an eye out for a poll!

Tuesday, January 27, 2026 | 6-8pm PT | High Protocol for D/s online through Wicked Grounds

February 2026

Friday, February 13th | 4:30-6pm PT / 7:30-9pm EST | online | Valentine’s Day Erotica Reading through Charis Books (details TBA)

Tuesday, February 24 | 6-8pm PT | Writing Spicy Part 1 online through Wicked Grounds

March 2026

Tuesday, March 3 | 6-8pm PT | Writing Spicy Part 2 online through Wicked Grounds

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 | 6-8pm PT | online | Cock Confidence through She Bop (details TBA)

Tuesday, March 23 | 6-8pm PT | Beyond Spicy: Writing the Taboo online through Wicked Grounds


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Previously in 2025

January

January 11, 18, 25 | 4-6pm | Writing Spicy at Charlie’s Bookstore, in person in Seattle

January, 2025 | date TBA | Daddy 101 through Wicked Grounds

February

February 6 + 13, 2025 | 6-8pm PT | Writing Spicy through Wicked Grounds

March

March 20, 2025 | 7-9pm | The Art of Ownership through Wicked Grounds

April

Sunday, April 13, 2025 | 1:30-4pm | online | Murmurations: An Echobird Press Spoken Word Event | pre-recorded & available for 48 hours | tickets

Monday, April 22, 2025 | 6-8pm | Daddy 101 through Wicked Grounds

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 | 7pm | in person | Conversation with Sam Cat on their book Polyamory Advice You Won’t Get From Your Monogamous Friends & a book release party at Charlie’s Queer Books in Seattle, WA

May

May 1-4, 2025 | in person | Northwest Leather Celebration in Sacramento, CA

May 10, 2025 | 7pm PT | in person | Conversation with Sam Cat, author of “Polyamorous Advice You Won’t Get From Your Monogamous Friends,” at Charlie’s Queer Books in Seattle, WA

May 27, 2025 | 7-9pm | Cock Confidence through Wicked Grounds

June

Tuesday, June 16 & June 27, 2025 | 7-9pm PT | Writing Spicy 1 & 2 through Wicked Grounds

Wednesday, June 18 | 6-7:30pm PT | How Do I Write the Sex Part Tho? online through Patreon

June 24-30, 2025 | Dark Odyssey: Fusion near Baltimore, MD

July

Tuesday, July 15 | 6-7:30pm PT | Enhancing Long Distance D/s online through Patreon

Tuesday, July 22 | 6-8pm PT | High Protocol For D/s online through Wicked Grounds

August

Tuesday, August 19 | 6-7:30pm PT | Fierce Submission: Spicy Publishing 101 online through Patreon

Tuesday, August 26 | 6-8pm PT | Cock Confidence online through Wicked Grounds

September

Saturday, September 6 | 11:30-4pm | Building Blocks of D/s Intensive | In person in Seattle through Pan Eros | Fetlife

Sunday, September 14 | 4-5pm PT | Heat On The Page: Write Erotica With Confidence free panel discussion | RSVP on Zoom | details on writingspicy.com

Tuesday, September 16 | 5-6:30pm PT | “If You Ever” Virtual Launch Party (Free)

Tuesday, September 16 | 6-7:30pm PT | Daddy 101: Building the Foundation online through Patreon

Tuesday, September 23 + 30 | 6-8pm PT | Writing Spicy 2-part workshop online through Wicked Grounds

October

Saturday, October 11 | 12:30-2:30pm PT | online | The Vulnerable Dominant through The Stockroom

Tuesday, October 21 | 6-7:30pm PT | But How Do I Write the Sex Part Tho!?, online through Patreon

Saturday, October 25 | 2-4pm | Enhancing Long Distance D/s | in person in Seattle through Pan Eros | Fetlife — POSTPONED

Tuesday, October 28 | 6-8pm PT | Beyond Spicy: Writing the Taboo online through Wicked Grounds

November

Saturday, November 1 | 12-2pm | The Protocol Game | In person in Seattle through Pan Eros | Fetlife

November, 2025 | Leather Reign conference | in person in Seattle

Tuesday, November 18 | 6-7:30pm PT | online | Frameworks for D/s Training, through Patreon

Tuesday, November 25 | 6-8pm PT | Daddy 101: Build the Foundation online through Wicked Grounds

Published by Sinclair Sexsmith

Sinclair Sexsmith (they/them) is a queer trans butch writer focusing on sexualities, genders, kink, and relationships. Their short story collection, Sweet & Rough: Queer Kink Erotica, was a 2016 finalist for a Lambda Literary Award, and they are the editor of 5 editions of Best Lesbian Erotica. Their latest book is Your Year in Kink: A Workbook to Reflect, Plan, & Create Your Kink Life. They lead the online erotica writing group, Writing Spicy, annually.

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