Five Ways of Looking at Short Fiction

Here’s a great deal: A five-week workshop (including 5 books) for just $100. You can also register for individual sessions for $25 for one workshop and a book. The series is sponsored by Scuppernong Books (of Greensboro NC) and Press 53 and runs every Thursday night at 7 pm on Zoom from March 4 to April 1.

I will be teaching one of the sessions. Other workshop leaders include Clint McCown, Jen Julian, Shuly Cawood, and Kevin Morgan Watson. Topics include: “Maps of the Mind: How I Build Place in Fiction,” “In Praise of Unlikeable Characters: Life Isn’t Perfect and Neither is Fiction,” “It’s All in the Details,” “Dos and Don’ts of Submitting,” and Revision.

For a full description of the workshops, which are limited to twelve participants each and are fully interactive, visit the Scuppernong Website. Remember, you can sign up for one or more workshops for $25 each (including a book), or get the whole five-part series for $100 (including five books).

I hope to see you in the workshop!

About the author

I am the author of three novels--THE LAST BIRD OF PARADISE, OLIVER'S TRAVELS, and THE SHAMAN OF TURTLE VALLEY--and three story collections--IN AN UNCHARTED COUNTRY, HOUSE OF THE ANCIENTS AND OTHER STORIES, and WHAT THE ZHANG BOYS KNOW, winner of the Library of Virginia Literary Award for Fiction. I am also the co-founder and former editor of Prime Number Magazine and the editor of the award-winning anthology series EVERYWHERE STORIES: SHORT FICTION FROM A SMALL PLANET.

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