Past
Events
October 13, 2007
F Scott Fitzgerald Literary Conference
Class on Novel Writing
October 27, 2007
“Dialogue: How to Talk
the Talk”
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
The Writer’s Center, Bethesda,
MD
Dialogue seems as though it should be easy since we all talk! But
written dialogue should reverberate
beyond the sounds of everyday conversation, serving many purposes:
revealing character, moving the story forward, supporting your
setting. How do you accomplish these effects in your own fiction and
memoir? This supportive, hands-on workshop offers tips and techniques
that will help the voices of your
characters come alive. We’ll be doing a number of exercises
in class, so bring pen
and paper! 1 hour lunch break.
November 4, 2007
Class:
“Finding Your Voice: Creating
Memorable Fiction and
Memoir”
12:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Writer’s Center (Leesburg), Leesburg Town Hall, 25 West Market
Street, Leesburg,
VA.
Have you always wanted to write but
couldn’t quite find the courage to pick up a pencil? Or
perhaps you’re a secret writer, scribbling stories in private
notebooks, compulsively filling the pages
of your journal? This supportive, hands-on workshop will give
you courage to write and
direction about how to proceed. Through discussion and writing
exercises, participants will learn some basic techniques of
fiction/memoir writing.
The goal is to leave with several promising pieces to finish at home.
Bring a pen and lots of paper!
November 17, 2007
Baltimore
Writers’ Conference
Novel Writing Panel
Friday, January 4,
2008
2:30-4:30 PM
Reading & Discussion
Polish-American
Historical Association Conference
March 14-16, 2008
Writers
at the Beach Conference
June 14, 2008
March 3-5-2006
Pure Sea Glass: Writers at the Beach Conference
Dewey Beach, Delaware
Teaching/Readings
January - May 2006
Johns Hopkins University Graduate Writing Program, Washington, D.C.
Writing the Novel
February 12, 2006
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
The Writer's Center
Bethesda, Maryland
Finding Your Voice: Creating Memorable Fiction and Memoir"
March 25, 2006
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
The Writer's Center
Bethesda, Maryland
"How to Talk the Talk: Focus on Dialogue"
October 24-November 18, 2005
Visiting Writer in Fiction
Wichita State University
Wichita, Kansas
September 18, 2005
12:30 p.m.- 6:30 p.m.
The Writer's Center
Bethesda, Maryland
"Finding Your Voice: Creating Memorable Fiction and
Memoir"
September 14, 2005
7:30 p.m. - 10 p.m.
The Writers' Center
Bethesda, Maryland
"How to Talk the Talk: Focus on Dialogue"
March
12, 2005
10
a.m. to 4 p.m.
Class: Finding Your
Voice: Creating Memorable Fiction and Memoir
The Writer’s Center
4508 Walsh Street
Bethesda, Maryland
For more information: 301/654-8664
Visiting Writer in Residence
Converse College
Spartanburg, South Carolina
January 2005
Johns Hopkins University Graduate Writing Program
Washington, D.C
Writing the Novel
September - December 2004
The Writers' Center, Bethesda, Maryland
Top Ten Fiction Writing Pitfalls & How to Correct Them
October - November 2004
The Writers' Center, Bethesda, Maryland
Beginning Your Novel
Top Ten Fiction Writing Pitfalls & How to Correct Them
June-July 2004
November 10, 2005
Watermark Books
Wichita, Kansas
More information
October 24-November 18, 2005
Visiting Writer in Fiction
Wichita State University
Wichita, Kansas
October 20, 2005
7 pm
Café Muse Reading Series
Friendship Heights Village Center
4433 South Park Avenue
Chevy Chase, Maryland
For more information: www.wordworksdc.com
or 301/656-2797
October 15, 2005
8th Annual Library
of Virginia Literary Awards
A Year and a Day-- one of three finalists
for the 2005 fiction award
Pictures
from the Virginia Literary Awards Event
September 19, 2005
Time: 7 p.m.
Montgomery College
Rockville, Maryland
June 15, 2005
Discussion of A Year and a Day
John Marshall Branch
Fairfax County Public Library
6209 Rose Hill Drive
Alexandria, Virginia 22310
703 971-0010
April 22-24, 2005
Bethesda Literary Festival
Bethesda, Maryland
For more information: www.bethesda.org
March 4-5, 2005
Reading, Class & Panel
Writers at the Beach: Pure Sea Glass
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
For more information: www.writersatthebeach.com
or 302/841-2172
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
8 p.m.
American University
Washington, D.C.
Related Interview
in American Weekly Magazine,
February 22, 2005
January 2005
Converse College
Spartanburg, South Carolina
Thursday, May 20,
2004
7:30 p.m.
Chop
Suey Books
with Colleen Curran
1317 W. Cary St.
Richmond, Virginia 23220
804-497-4705
Saturday, April 24, 2004
4:30-5:30 p.m.
Creative Partners Gallery
4600 East-West Highway
Bethesda Literary Festival
Bethesda, Maryland
with Carolyn Parkhurst, author of The Dogs of Babel
Thursday, April 22, 2004
7 p.m.
Borders
Books
34300 Woodward
Birmingham, Michigan
248 203-0005
Thursday, April 15, 2004
8 p.m.
Prairie Lights Bookstore
15 S. Dubuque Street
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
319 337-2681
Listen to the
reading!
(Find 2004 archives at bottom of page; scroll to April 15, 2004, for
audio)
Wednesday, April 7, 2004
8 p.m.
State University of New York--Brockport
The New York Room, Cooper Hall
350 New Campus Drive
Brockport, New York 14420
585 395-5713
Tuesday, April 6, 2004
7 p.m.
State University of New York--Geneseo
Lederer Gallery
Brodie Fine Arts Building
Geneseo, New York 14454
Saturday, April 3, 2004
Friday, March 26, 2004
4 p.m.
Virginia Festival of the Book
New Dominion Bookshop
404 E. Main Street
Charlottesville, Virginia
"Loved and Lost: Fiction Reading & Discussion"
with Denise Orenstein (Unseen Companion) and
M.J. Rose (Sheet Music)
434 924-6890
Charlottesville, Virginia
Sunday March 21, 2004
7 p.m.
The Writer's Center
4508 Walsh Street
Bethesda. Maryland 20815
with Rick Barot (The Darker Fall)
Reception to follow
Cost: $3 for members; $5 for non-members
301 654-8664
Thursday, March 18, 2004
7 p.m.
Ruminator Books
1648 Grand Avenue
Saint Paul Minnesota
651 699-0587
Wednesday, March 3, 2004
7 p.m.
Olsson's Bookstore
Arlington/Courthouse
2111 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, Virginia
703 525-4227
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