This Wednesday we have a visit from Phyllis Carito: Ready to write your memoir? I am a writer and educator and I believe we all have a story to tell. I’d like to share my expertise and encouragement with you about writing a memoir. How you develop your story with the theme and facts clearly…
Category: Writer Wednesday
#WriterWednesday @ Claverack Free Library
WRITER WEDNESDAY 1 Oct 2025 Claverack Free Library 6pm #WriterWednesday at Claverack Free Library returns this month and we have some exciting plans for the future. This month we’re going to look at Flash Fiction, which seems the perfect genre for this moment when we are all pressed for time and there are so many…
#WriterWednesday @ Claverack Free Library
#WriterWednesday at Claverack Free Library this month features HVWG member Rhonda Rosenheck: Sharp Ideas in Short Forms with Rhonda Rosenheck, M.Ed. (she/her/hers) Haiku, Senryu and Tanka are terse poetic forms adapted to English from the Japanese poetic tradition. Their seeming simplicity can unmask breathtaking insights, universal truths, underlying humor, and unanswerable questions. This generative workshop…
#WriterWednesday @ Claverack Free Library
#WriterWednesday at Claverack Free Library continues April 2 from 6-7pm and continues the first Wednesday of each month. A seasoned writer will give a brief talk and then we’ll have time to share opinions and experiences. This week’s topic: “What is the current state of publishing in the US?” AKA Everything You Thought You Knew…
#WriterWednesday @ Claverack Free Library
#WriterWednesday at Claverack Free Library begins next week, March 5 from 6-7pm and continues the first Wednesday of each month. A seasoned writer will give a brief talk and then we’ll have time to share opinions and experiences. The first topic: “Can you really edit yourself?” What are the perils and pluses of editing your…
Write 4 a Day: 23 Mar 2025
Keep an eye open for the new FREE online course inspired by the retreat and the journal.
Writer Wednesday: Rita Lakin – The Only Woman in the Room
THE ONLY WOMAN IN THE ROOM Rita Lakin I can’t recommend this book enough. A terrific travelogue through the Hollywood and television industries from the PoV of writing — and you know how those industries hate writers. Lakin has a multifaceted career that spans the 60s, 70s and 80s, everything from Dr. Kildare to The Home Front…
Midwestern Mysteries & Me
I’m in the current issue of Mystery Readers Journal talking about my roots in the Midwest. Thanks are due to the fine hostess, Janet Rudolph. Although I’ve not lived in my home state in ages, something of that heritage remains. Pick up a copy!
Write 4 a Day: 23 April 2017
Don’t you deserve at least one day to write? Write 4 a Day is a new series of monthly one-day writing retreats in upstate New York. While I shall be hosting the events, let me be clear that there is no workshop no agenda no required activities no assignments no schedule no WiFi Write. Don’t…
Writer Wednesday: After the Marathon
I’m heading down to London today for the first of two conferences with my pal Debi. It signals the end of my sabbatical and all the writing it has engendered. More importantly, it means I have to leave Dundee and those I love here, but I’m going to stick to talking about writing here (if…