 Seminar: Honest Writing--Finding Your Voice
Instructor: Samar Fitzgerald
Cost: $55 Members | $60 Non-Members
Saturday, February 11, 2012 | 9:00am-1:00pm
How do we define honest writing in fictional narratives? How do we get to that place where we write honestly and truly? How useful are the labels we apply to different prose styles, and must we ultimately choose between Hemingway's minimalism and Faulkner's stream of consciousness? Short readings and in-class writing exercises will help us think more critically about these kinds of questions. We'll also discuss when and how we should imitate other voices we love.
Samar Fitzgerald's fiction has appeared in the New England Review, StoryQuarterly Online, The Southern Review, and other publications. She has an MFA from the University of Wisconsin, where she received the Friends of Creative Writing Award and the August Derleth Prize. She lives in Staunton, VA, and is working on a novel.
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2nd Annual Reading by the Science Fiction/Fantasy/Speculative Fiction/Horror Group |
Thursday, February 16, 7:00pm
Sci Fi/Fantasy/Speculative Fiction Reading
Come and hear members of the WriterHouse Science Fiction/Fantasy Writing Group read their short stories and excerpts from larger works. Allow their tales to take you away to lands both strange and familiar, just over the horizon and right around the corner.
Light refreshments will be provided. Seating is limited, so make sure that you arrive on time to assure a seat.
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Seminar: Book Promotion 101
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Seminar: Book Promotion 101
Instructor: Bella Stander
Cost: $90 Members | $100 Non-Members
Friday, March 23, 2012 | 9:00am-noon
Topics covered in this seminar: setting realistic goals; making a marketing plan; pitching your book; dealing with publicists, booksellers and media; bookstore events and readings. Attendees must have a forthcoming or recently published book from a commercial trade publisher, a publishing contract with a commercial trade publisher, or a literary agent. This seminar is not suitable for self-published authors or those whose books are produced by subsidy publishers. Guest speakers to be announced.
Publicity expert Bella Stander is the proprietor of Book Promotion 101, offering publicity consulting to commercially published authors. She has conducted workshops across the country and spoken at numerous writers' conferences. Stander is also the publisher of Bella Terra Maps and a consultant to the Virginia Festival of the Book.
Meet the Instructor: Bella Stander
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We're excited to announce a new feature on our blog: interviews with authors about the craft of writing and the writing life. The interviews will also be posted to NowComment, which will allow readers to ask questions and comment on the interview with the authors participating during a limited time window. This is a pioneering way of interacting with our featured authors.
Our first interview, posted now on the WriterHouse blog, is with Susan Gregg Gilmore, author of Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen and The Improper Life of Bezellia Grove. More interviews are in the pipeline, so stay tuned.
->Read the interview with Susan Gregg Gilmore
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