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Earlier this year I started an organization called SWAG: the Staunton-Waynesboro-Augusta Group of Writers, a sub-group of the Blue Ridge Chapter of the Virginia Writers’ Club. My primary purpose in forming the group was to provide a vehicle for the reading series I envisioned, and the first reading was held on Bloomsday, June 16. Our next reading will be September 29 and will feature the poet Todd Davis and the local nature essayist Janet Lembke.

But before we get there, SWAG is hosting another event: a Self-publishing Workshop. This will be presented by two local authors, Alexandra Jefferds, author of the novel Earlier Heaven, and Caleb Crimes, author of Star Wars Jesus.

The workshop is free and open to the public on Saturday, August 28, from 1:00-3:00 pm, at the Staunton Public Library.

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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