Fernwood Writers Workshop

NYWC is offering a new slate of online workshops! I cannot recommend these highly enough -- and you are especially lucky if you take the Finishing Lines workshop with NYWC founder Aaron Zimmerman. He started me on my writing journey 25 years ago, and his great heart and wise guidance still resonate every time I write or lead workshops.

If you're not able to take a workshop right now, but you want to make sure that NYWC can continue to do the invaluable work that they do (and not just for NYC; note the hundreds of free online workshops they offered during the first year of the pandemic), then please consider making a donation. I can't imagine a world without NYWC in it, so please pitch in if you can!

THREE-PEAT: A Genre Workshop Series - NY Writers Workshop registration goes live Wednesday, May 15 / 7:00 pm ET THURSDAYS / 7 – 9 p.m. ET VIA ZOOMMay 23 – June 27 NY Writers Coalition staff aren’t just administrators who produce some of your favorite workshops online and in person. We’re skilled poets and writers who explore literature and...

Another extended workshop coming up! April 7, 10-3pm PST (with break from 12-1pm). Space is limited; email soon to register!

workshop schedule UPDATE: March 2021 DAY-LONG WORKSHOP Wed, April 7, 2021, 10am-3pm PST [lunch 12-1pm] via Zoom Click here for more information. Space is limited! Email [email protected] to register. Due to...

Announcing a day-long workshop! March 3, 10-3pm PST (with break from 12-1pm). Space is limited; email soon to register!

http://www.fernwoodwriters.com/workshop-schedule.html

The New York Writers Coalition is offering free and low-cost online workshops for the duration of the current crisis. Go to https://nywriterscoalition.org/2020/03/18/join-a-virtual-workshop/ and sign up!

Join a Virtual Workshop Join a Virtual Workshop What Looking for community, creativity, and time to center yourself during this time of social distancing? Join NY Writers Coalition’s free virtual creative writing workshops. No writing experience is necessary, and writers of all levels of experience are welcome. Our work ...

Still a few spots left in the upcoming fall workshops! Email now to register.

Wednesdays:
afternoons
October 18 -- November 15 (five weeks)
1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
$140

Tuesdays:
evenings
October 17 -- November 28 (seven weeks)
7:15 - 9:30 p.m.
$250

Still a few spots left in the upcoming April workshops! Email now to register.

Wednesdays:
April 19 - May 17 (five weeks)
1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
$135

Tuesdays:
April 18 - May 9 (four weeks)
7:15 - 9:30 p.m.
$150

Hello writers! New workshop cycle beginning this week, and two spaces left:
March 1 - April 5 (six weeks)
7:15 - 9:30 p.m.
$225

Want to clear the decks and focus on writing? Sign up for the December concentrated week-long workshop!

workshop schedule | fernwood writers workshops December 5-9, 2016 | 7-10pm | $200

Super-short stories wanted!

420 Characters Tiny Story Contest 420 Characters Tiny Story Contest Tiny Stories are really, really, really short stories — only 420 characters, including every letter, space, and

From writer Clare Gomez Edington: "Hey my writer friends look at her story. After years of having her writing rejected by publishers, L'Engle decided to give up writing on her 40th birthday. She later admitted that she was failed to do so and continued to work on her stories subconsciously. A Wrinkle in Time was rejected nearly thirty times before being published. In discussing the reasons for its rejection, L'Engle wrote that "A Wrinkle in Time had a female protagonist in a science fiction book" which was very unusual."

Today in Mighty Girl history, Madeleine L'Engle -- author of such children's classics as the “A Wrinkle In Time” Quintet -- was born in 1918. After years of having her writing rejected by publishers, L'Engle decided to give up writing on her 40th birthday. She later admitted that she was failed to do so and continued to work on her stories subconsciously. Shortly after her birthday, during a cross-country camping trip, she had the idea for what would become her most famous novel, "A Wrinkle in Time." After finishing the novel the following year, it was rejected nearly thirty times before being published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in 1962.

In discussing the reasons for its rejection, L'Engle wrote that "A Wrinkle in Time had a female protagonist in a science fiction book" which was very unusual. Moreover, many publishers likely found the book to be "too different... because it deals overtly with the problem of evil, and it was really difficult for children, and was it a children's or an adults' book, anyhow?" After its initial publication, the novel has been continuously in print and it is often cited as one of the most beloved children's books of all times. L'Engle ultimately wrote four sequels to "A Wrinkle in Time," including "A Swiftly Tilting Planet" for which she won a National Book Award.

In describing the appeal of writing for children, L'Engle once said: "The child will come to it with an open mind, whereas many adults come closed to an open book. This is one reason so many writers turn to fantasy (which children claim as their own) when they have something important and difficult to say."

If you'd like to introduce a new generation to these classic stories, the entire Wrinkle in Time Quintet is available in a beautifully illustrated box set at http://www.amightygirl.com/the-wrinkle-in-time-quintet-box-set

"A Wrinkle in Time" has also been adapted into an excellent graphic novel, for ages 10 and up, at http://www.amightygirl.com/a-wrinkle-in-time-the-graphic-novel

For a wonderful t-shirt for teens and adults featuring artwork from the first edition 1962 cover of "A Wrinkle in Time," visit http://www.amightygirl.com/a-wrinkle-in-time-t-shirt

For more Mighty Girl stories that have been popular for generations, check out our blog posts: "Beloved Books: Twenty Mighty Girl Classics" for girl-empowering classics published prior to 1950 (http://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=10440) and "Beloved Books, Part 2: Twenty Mighty Girl Modern Classics" for ones published between the 1950s and 1980s (http://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=10458).

Here's what Karen's been busy with: two more shows, tonight at 8.45pm and Saturday at 7pm. Then in June, look for new workshops!

Slick By Karen Lee Pickett. Uno Fest May 2015. Slick by Karen Lee Pickett. Uno Fest May 2015. Presented by Intrepid Theatre in Victoria BC. A review.

An ode to ink.

Ted Bishop: The intimacy of ink Ink: Sexy, silent, private