by Web Editor | Jun 18, 2018 | Event
Fire up the grill! Summer is here! Time for our Annual Potluck Barbecue is here. Come and enjoy good food and good company. Chat with old friends and make new friends and contacts. Please bring an item to share for the potluck according to the first letter of your...
by Web Editor | May 14, 2018 | Event, Writing
In an era of Netflix and social media, there is a limited window of opportunity to capture and hold a reader’s attention. The first page alone may determine whether a reader chooses a book or puts it down, never to pick it up again. Even then, the reader will only...
by Web Editor | Apr 9, 2018 | Event, Workshop, Writing
Whether you are writing historical fiction, a biography, an investigative piece, a polemic, or a fictional work that draws upon research to bolster authenticity, you will benefit from learning literary techniques that draw the reader in and make the important...
by Web Editor | Feb 17, 2018 | Event, Writing
Nothing is more satisfying than unveiling your book in the online marketplace: beautifully formatted and available for the world to enjoy. But how do we navigate the intimidating process leading up to the ideal debut? Valerie Estelle Frankel has written and published...
by Web Editor | Jan 12, 2018 | Event, Writing
Emotion is one of the most important, and most difficult, elements to capture in writing. You know you’ve succeeded when you feel it in the process of writing, and your readers tell you they’ve felt it too. Well-written, emotionally driven scenes allow...
by Web Editor | Dec 23, 2017 | Event, Workshop, Writing
Come for our next workshop on how to improve your writing such that it leaves an impression on an agent! Take your prose to the next level. Stretch new muscles, disabuse bad habits, and duke it out in a war of words. Cultivate that most elusive of literary elements:...
