Writer's Workshop and Retreat opportunity

"Write-by-the-Lake" 

A Writer's Workshop and Retreat 

sponsored by the Continuing Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin

This sounds like a great opportunity for writers! June 18-22 from 9:30 am - 12:30 pm every day, writers can participate in one of the following courses:

Fiction
A World of Wonder: How Fairy Tales Can Invigorate Our Vision and Our Writing (Tim Storm)
Five Days to Your First Novel (Christopher Mohar)
Writing Rhyming Picture Books: A Logical Approach to Sweet Stories, Silly Verse, and Soothing Lullabies (JoAnn Early Macken)
The Bestselling Edge ... Tactics and Techniques for Writing a WOW! Novel (Kathy Steffen
Fiction in a Flash - The Art of the Very Short Story (Angela Rydell)


Fiction and Nonfiction
Reboot Your Writing: Lifting Your Project to High Concept Status (Laurie Scheer)

Fiction, Plays, Screenplays
Stage, Screen, or Story: Creating Characters That Write it for You (Gail Sterkel)

Master Class in Fiction

Creative Nonfiction
Anthologies and the Nonfiction Writer / How to get Essays Published (Amy Lou Jenkins)

Poetry
Nuts, Bolts, and Jackhammers: A Craft Workshop for Poets (Marilyn Taylor)

For more information, visit their website 

Upcoming Event: Ruminate

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Muncie, IN branch president of NLAPW, Judy Urbanski, shared this publication with us recently.

Ruminate is a quarterly magazine that comes from Ft. Collins, CO. Its central focus is to "resonate with the complexity and truth of the Christian faith" (from the website).

You can read the magazine online and submit your writing for consideration for publication. There is also an upcoming Writer's Workshop sponsored by Ruminate on September 10th.