| WORKSHOP LEADERS
1. (Fri.) Opening Session
Write Place ~ Write Time ~ Write
Now
Bill Kent, author of seven
novels and two nonfiction books, has written for more than forty national
and regional publications. He teaches novel writing at Temple University.
2. (Sat.) Newspaper Writing:
Feature This: Colorful Writing
Jo Ciavaglia has won regional,
state and national writing and newspaper awards. Her work also appears
on Harvard University’s Nieman Narrative Digest, an online resource highlighting
the nation’s best narrative journalism.
3. (Sat.) Websites
Leah Kauffman is the writer/singer
behind the satirical Web hits "Crush on Obama" and "My Box in a Box."
She is the founder and editor of Phrequency.com (Philadelphia Media Holdings),
an interactive Website dedicated to local music news.
4. (Sun.) Writing for Alternative
Weeklies
Breaking in and staying within an
editor’s good graces.
Tara Murtha is a staff writer,
columnist, blogger (and ex-arts editor) at Philadelphia Weekly.
Obsessed with A&E, she has interviewed entertainers such as Joan Baez,
Sarah Silverman and Deborah Harry.
5. (Sun.) Tracking Details
Keep your characters’ appearances,
histories, settings, etc., at your fingertips.
Mindy Starns Clark has written
eleven books, including Shadows of Lancaster County (fiction) and
The
House That Cleans Itself (nonfiction). Visit her at www.mindystarnsclark.com.
6. Novel: Plot and Pacing
Keep readers eagerly turning pages,
whatever your genre.
T.L. (Tracy) Higley is the
author of six novels, including the Seven Wonders Series. She primarily
writes historical suspense, and has traveled extensively to research her
settings, characters and stories.
7. Novel Setting: Time and Place
Improve era and locale to make your
work more compelling and marketable.
Brent Monahan has had ten
novels published, two made into movies. He teaches creative writing
at Rutgers and Rider Universities.
Tracy MacNish’s latest novel
in her Georgian England “Beneath the Veil” series garnered top awards from
The
Romantic Times.
8. Nonfiction Book
How to write successful nonfiction
books, query letters and proposals.
Yvonne Latty is the author
of In Conflict and We Were There: Voices of African-American
Veterans, from World War II to the War in Iraq.
9. Poetry I
Starting from scratches: how to
imaginatively transform experience into art.
Jeffrey Ethan Lee is a creative
writing professor at West Chester University and senior poetry editor for
Many
Mountains Moving (mmminc.org). His books include identity
papers (Colorado Book award finalist) and invisible sister.
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10. Writing the Fantastic:
Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Supernatural Fiction: An exploration
of writing in the fantasy genres.
Gregory Frost’s latest novels
are the acclaimed Shadowbridge and Lord Tophet. His short
fiction is collected in Attack of the Jazz Giants & Other Stories.
He is a fiction workshop director at Swarthmore College.
11. Memoir
The you they want to read.
Writing and publishing stories of self.
Tom Coyne is the author of
A
Course Called Ireland, Paper Tiger, and the novel A Gentleman’s
Game, which was adapted into a motion picture starring Gary Sinise.
He teaches creative writing at St. Joseph’s University.
12. Cookbooks & Food Writing
Eat your words: food writing for
magazines, newspapers and cookbooks.
Jim Tarantino has written
numerous articles on food and is the author of three cookbooks which have
sold more than 140,000 copies. His latest is Marinades,
Rubs, Brines, Cures & Glazes.
13. Juvenile
Creating age-appropriate stories
to enchant young readers.
Judith Byron Schachner is
both the author and illustrator of numerous books for young people. Her
popular Skippyjon Jones series encompasses eight books. Other titles
include Willy and May, Mr. Emerson's Cook, and more, with
subjects ranging from history to pets to wackiness.
14. Short Story: Popular
Understanding the fundamentals of creating “page turner” popular fiction.
L.A. Banks published more than thirty-five popular fiction novels
and twelve anthology short stories. She holds a B.S. in economics
from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton undergraduate program and an
MFA from Temple University in filmmaking.
Expanding the Short Story (Sunday)
Make short fiction--longer! Turn stories into novellas, novels and
more.
Bill Kent (see Workshop 1 bio).
15. Short Story: Literary
Super starts and fantastic finishes: the grab and the payoff.
Karen Blomain is a multi-genre writer. Streisand optioned
her Toby Press novel, A Trick of Light. Latest book, a poetry
collection, Hard Bargain. Workshops in U.S., Austria, France,
Ireland, Mexico and Russia.
16. Magazine Writing
How to sell, research and write compelling stories for magazines.
Randi Glatzer has written for Self, Glamour, Vibe, Good Housekeeping,
Philadelphia Magazine, American Health, The Village Voice and other
publications. She holds an MFA in nonfiction writing and teaches
at Temple University.
17. Poetry II
The Poetic Line—rolling it out and breaking it down.
Louis McKee, the author of fifteen collections, including Near
Occasions of Sin, has had poems in publications from APR to
Chiron
Review to Dublin Quarterly.
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