Category: Workshops and Retreats

August 3, 2011

>Write-Brained Network — Workshop on September 10, 2011

> The Write-Brained Network is a writing organization based in the Shenandoah Valley (but with a national membership). And they are putting together a…
June 18, 2011

>Tinker Mountain Writers’ Workshop 2011

> I haven’t posted lately because I’ve been at a workshop: the Tinker Mountain Writers’ Workshop at Hollins University. I wasn’t planning to do…
October 18, 2010

>Under The Volcano – Writer’s workshops in Mexico

> Looking for a writers’ workshop? Want to get away to Mexico in January? Believe me, this is a perfect combination. January is fantastic…
October 10, 2010

>James River Writers Report–Day 2

> The second day of the James River Writers Conference was just as packed as the first. It began with the “first pages critique”…
October 8, 2010

>Report from James River

> It’s been a busy couple of days. I drove down to Richmond on Thursday morning in order to participate in the first “pre-conference”…
October 7, 2010

>James River Writers Conference

> I’m off to Richmond today for the kickoff of the James River Writers’ Conference. I attended a few years ago as a participant…
August 11, 2010

>James River Writers Conference — October 8-9

>The 2010 edition of the James River Writers Conference is fast approaching. It’s October 8-9 at the Library of Virginia in Richmond, and this…
July 25, 2010

>Sewanee Writers’ Conference — Day 12

> This is it. I head home early in the morning, and so there will be no more posts about Sewanee 2010. It’s been…
July 24, 2010

>Sewanee Writers’ Conference — Day 11

> Friday was a great day. We started with the last Fellows’ reading. First, Jehanne Dubrow read from her book Stateside. Then Cheryl Strayed…
July 23, 2010

>Sewanee Writers’ Conference — Day 10

> On Thursday, the first event was Jill McCorkle’s craft lecture in which she employed an extended anatomical metaphor for writing fiction–using the heart…