Conferences and workshops

• "Creative Writing for Beginners," March 13, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. – get the creative juices flowing by asking yourself the following questions: what makes a story? how do you turn a dull descriptive passage into writing that grips? (with Paul Butler).
• "Prepare to Publish," March 13, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. – make marketing part of your creative plan from the very beginning. Whether you have an idea or a completed manuscript, this workshop will focus your efforts on the essential question of who is your readership and how you will search for a publisher (with Paul Butler).
• "Five-Week Novel Writing Workshop Series," March 24-April 21 (Wednesday evenings) – intensive class workshop series which will help you create a synopsis, and identify key scenes, drafts of which you will write through the course. You may have some of the novel written already, or you may wish to start from scratch with an idea. There is no such thing as a "born novelist"; even if you see yourself as a beginner, by the end of the five weeks you will likely be past the point of no return, too excited about your story to abandon it. (With Paul Butler.)
• "Level 2 Novel Workshop," March 20, all day (maximum in workshop: 3, one place left). This ultra small class, intense workshop requires the sharing of two chapters and a synopsis ten days before the workshop date and exploration of all structural and stylistic issues.