writing workshop
October 31, 2009
- The Story Witch stirs the cauldron. A friend called asking me if I were giving my “Tap Memoir & Write Memoir” workshop at Book Passage on November 1st because it was All Saints Day. Well, no. That timing had never occurred to me, but it’s an interesting tie, and it provoked a good chuckle between us.Many people are dwelling on Halloween this weekend: witches on broomsticks silhouetted ...
- Continue Reading » 2 Comments
September 15, 2009
- Dear Friends,I hope your fall has begun on a cool and fresh note. All my thanks, as always, for allowing me into your lives as I share some news regarding the coming year. A few delightful things are at hand:For those of you who have been asking when my next extended writing course will be offered, New Plains Press is sponsoring my workshop, "Creative Living, Creative Writing," in ...
- Continue Reading » 0 Comments
August 10, 2009
- After taking some time off, I'm excited to be planning my next online writing workshop, "The Literature of Parenthood." When I first started teaching this class, a few years ago, I wasn't sure how it would work, an invisible classroom in cyberspace. But soon I had students as far-flung as Australia, Paris, New Jersey, California and Florida. We gathered together in a Yahoo! group site, ...
- Continue Reading » 1 Comment
June 26, 2009
- I want to share a few things with you. First one being, that the publication of my new novel, Labor Day, is now just six weeks away. This is the novel I wrote last fall while at a writing residency at The MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire. William Morrow will be bringing it out July 28th. So many of you have written to me over the ...
- Continue Reading » 0 Comments
April 23, 2009
- Hey, come on down to Argentina for this writing workshop and mix pleasure with pleasurable business:From my Web site's pitch for the next workshop: There’s no more inspiring way to practice travel writing than to immerse yourself in a foreign culture. Anyone can craft an image-rich postcard to send home, but how do you fashion prose with style and substance— that give your writing broader ...
- Continue Reading » 0 Comments
April 19, 2009
- I'll be offering a workshop on writing good sex scenes at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis, on Saturday, July 18th. For the details and to register, see http://www.loft.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=2155
- Continue Reading » 0 Comments
January 28, 2009
- Who has signed up so far for "Writing the Senses in Deep France," June 12-18th? I won't use names without permission, but I can tell you that there's one well-published fiction writer and professor of creative writing at a midwestern university, one prize-winning poet who works for a corporation in Oak Ridge, one Knoxville poet who teaches creative writing and women's literature, a ...
- Continue Reading » 4 Comments
October 23, 2008
- ONE SPOT LEFT!Jenny Pritchett will lead a private creative-writing workshop in her home in San Francisco beginning Wednesday, October 29, from 7-10 p.m. The workshop will be kept small to facilitate as much personal attention as possible. Cost is $250.The workshop is intensive; each member will be workshopped each week, which means writing and revising are paramount. We begin with group writing ...
- Continue Reading » 0 Comments
September 22, 2008
- Starting October 13th and ending November 22nd, I'll be hosting a online writing workshop. This is the time that if you ever wanted to get started on that novel, or write a short story, or just even a short short story, this will be the class to get you started.Each week we will have writing topics to get our fingers moving, read people's writing, get feedback on your work, and get to know other ...
- Continue Reading » 1 Comment
June 14, 2008
- The last week in June is my favorite week of the year and has been for more than 15 years. That's because it's time for the Santa Barbara Writers Conference (http://www.sbwriters.com). I teach the humor workshop at the week long conference. Unfortunately, I always seem to have a column due that week also. Usually, I finish my column before the conference starts, but a couple years ago I ...
- Continue Reading » 0 Comments
