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Idaho Writers

Reports from Idaho: Novel Revision Retreat Several participants from the Idaho Novel Revision Retreat have blogged about the weekend. And here are pictures of some of the great writers who were there.

CA Retreat

I’m just back from a Novel Revision Retreat in San Rafael, CA. What a great time. I always learn so much from other writers. My suite-mate wasn’t taking my class, but I watched her

A Washington Voice Retreat

Western Washington SCBWI Retreat: Voice The retreat was great. There were about 40-45 people there and they were split into two groups. Group A came to me, while Group B went to Patti Gauch, then we swapped for the same presentation again. I sorta knew how Patti would approach voice (and I might have done [...]

Meet Me

I’ll be speaking a couple times this month. Stop by and say hello! Say Hello Weekend on the Water, Western Washington SCBWI Professional Retreat. This retreat, I’ll be teaching about Voice and Scenes. Arkansas Curriculum Conference, Little Rock, AR. Geared toward teachers, I”ll be presenting PAPER LIGHTNING: Prewriting Activities to Spark Creativity to English Language [...]

Get Help Revising Your Novel

The Novel Revision retreat was originally designed as a weekend getaway to focus on writing. But often it’s not possible for people to travel to a site. Help Revising Your Novel My passion is to help people revise their novels. Here are three opportunities: Online Workshop. Online Novel Revision Workshop I’m only doing a limited [...]

Current Teaching Schedule

Here’s the current schedule for my teaching/speaking for the next year or so. 2008 October 6-8 Books to Bridge the Region, NW Indiana October 11 Educator’s Day, B&N, Little Rock November 7-9 Scene and Voice, Weekend on the Water: Fall Professional Retreat Western Washington SCBWI November 13-14 Arkansas Teacher’s Conference 2009 February 6-8 OK SCBWI [...]

Writer’s Toolbox Retreat

The deadline is fast approaching for registration for the Writer’s Toolbox Retreat. Arkansas SCBWI Fall Retreat The Writer’s Toolbox:Nonfiction, Fiction and Marketing Skills September 19-21, 2008 The Lodge at Mount Magazine. Space is limited. The Arkansas SCBWI Fall Retreat is an intensive weekend retreat that focuses on specific craft issues for experienced writers. This year’s [...]

2008-9 Speaking schedule

I’m out the next two days speaking to teachers and writers. I’ve had a couple people ask, so I’ll post my schedule for the next year or so: 2008 June 5 Pine Bluff, AR, Delta Institute, teacher’s in-service June 6 Arkansas Writing Conference, Little Rock, AR. June 16 Western Arkansas Education Cooperative September 19-21 AR-SCBWI [...]

Meet Literary Agent Michelle Andelman

The 2008 Arkansas SCBWI Fall retreat focuses on a Writer’s Toolkit, with sessions on nonfiction, fiction and marketing. When: September 19-21, 2008 Where: Mt. Magazine State Park, Arkansas Meet Michelle Andelman, Literary Agent Michelle Andelman, the east coast representative for the Andrea Brown Literary Agency, will be presenting sessions on the marketplace. Participants will have [...]

Nebraska Retreat

Life has been interesting this week! I was in Nebraska teaching a Novel Revision retreat when the tornadoes hit Little Rock last week. Fortunately, no one I knew had major housing problems. Just lots of trees down. And the switch near our office blew; which blew modems in nearly every computer; even today, four days [...]

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