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…
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#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…
A Fire Ritual for the Heart @ Library
The Claverack Library here in the Hudson Valley (NY) is hosting an exhibition Creativity Amid Chaos. My video ‘A Fire Ritual for the Heart’ will be featured in the Marilyn and Bob Laurie Gallery. There is an opening today from 5-7pm — and it’s Food Truck Day, too! Stop by the library to see all…
NYC with the QoE
Spring break has mostly been work but I did manage to make another escape to spend the day with the fabulous Stephanie down in the city. Just before another collaboration escapes on Monday, Respectable Horror, which I edited and she supplied the wonderful cover art featuring cover model Poppy. She’s not just skin and bones…
Live at the Library
I’ll be joining a bunch of local authors including my fellow Mavens of Mayhem AKA the Upper Hudson chapter of Sisters in Crime for a gathering at the East Greenbush Library. We’ll have books to sign and sell and plenty of time to chat. Join us 3-4pm at the East Greenbush Community Library! I will…
Tonight: Nassau Free Library 6pm
Now that the snow’s done for a while why not consider hopping on over to the Nassau Free Library (just east of Albany) for a fun event with me and my fellow Sister in Crime & Maven of Mayhem, Frankie Y. Bailey.
Upcoming Appearances
° Meet the Authors: Frankie Bailey and K.A. Laity Nassau Free Library January 26, 2015 @ 6:00 pm Rescheduling due to snow Professor Frankie Bailey (UAlbany) and Professor K. A. Laity (College of St. Rose) will be visiting the library to talk about their published mystery books and will introduce Mavens of Mayhem, the local…