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Just Added! In-Person Workshops In September
5 week autobiographical writing workshop at Bucks on BridgeI’ve just added four in-person workshop in September, to be held at Bucks on Bridge in their art space run by the artists’ collective Soupcon. I’m a partner, and this has been a terrific space to hold workshops. I just completed a 5 week journaling workshop there in April, and we’ve all bonded so much we’ll be reconvening in July.
You can read about each of the four workshop here on the website, and register at the links below:
Fiction Writing Essentials, Monday September 8 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
REGISTER HERE ($40)They’re Alive! Creating Vivid Characters, Monday, September 15, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
REGISTER HERE ($30)Self-Publishing with KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing), Monday, September 22, 10:00 AM – 12:oo PM
REGISTER HERE ($40)Guided Autobiography: A 2 Hour Introduction, Monday, September 29, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
REGISTRATION FOR THIS ONE WILL BE OPEN IN MID-JUNE ($40)
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Fiction Writing Essentials at the Bristol, PA, Library
This was one of my best workshop experiences yet: enthustiastic attendees who told me it could have gone another two hours. Several of them expressed interest in a self-publishing workshop and spoke to the program director about it afterward. Such a great morning.
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The Twist Podcast #293: Taking an Escape Cruise, This Week’s Survey, and a Rick Rose Interview with Poet Dr. Tacey Atsitty
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as Mark prepares to flee on a cruise ship and Rick offers another great interview, with Dr. Tacey Atsitty, winner of the Wisconsin Brittingham Prize for Poetry.
Cord-cutter or total abstinence? You can take the survey at the link. Multiple options are allowed.
RESULTS OF LAST WEEK’S SURVEY (because multiple options are allowed, it’s not a simple “100 percent” total).
What’s your preferred way of enjoying books?
eBooks: 52.94%
Hardback/paperback 41.18%
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This Week’s Survey: Television for the People
Cord-cutter or total abstinence? You can take the survey at the link. Multiple options are allowed.
RESULTS OF LAST WEEK’S SURVEY (because multiple options are allowed, it’s not a simple “100 percent” total).
What’s your preferred way of enjoying books?
eBooks: 52.94%
Hardback/paperback 41.18%
Audiobooks 23.53% -
The Twist Podcast #292: Garden Goodness, Peanut Butter Possibilities, and an Interview with Filmmaker Dasha Brown
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we make the most of a dying empire, calculate the number of peanuts in a jar, and enjoy Rick’s interview with filmmaker Dasha Brown.
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April Showers Bring May Workshops! Fiction Writing Essentials at the Grundy Library (Bristol, PA) – May 3
May 3 is just around the corner! It’s a busy workshop month for me, kicking off with Fiction Writing Essentials in Bristol, PA. Support your local library!
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The Twist Podcast #291: Taser Treats, Vanishing Venezuelans, and an Interview with Madison’s Own Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we wade knee-deep in the MAGA madness, defend the Constitution, and enjoy Rick’s interview with Madison City Council’s Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford.
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A New Testimonial
“I’ve been working with Mark on my autobiography for several months. He is insightful, talented, and a wonderful asset in bringing my life’s story to the page. He made it possible and pleasant. And fun!” – K.C.
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A New Goodreads Giveaway! ‘Night Flight to Murder Town: A Marshall James Thriller’, Runs April 9 – 30
For U.S. residents only, per Goodreads
Win 1 of 100 copies of ‘Night Flight to Murder Town: A Marshall James Thriller.’
Marshall James returns for one more walk down murder’s memory lane in ‘Night Flight to Murder Town, Book 4’. Marshall is thinking of leaving New York City with his husband for a new life away from the hectic pace of the nation’s largest city. But how did he get here in the first place? After three stories detailing his harrowing Hollywood past, where lovers, losers, and a serial killer or two nearly ended his life before he could make something of it, he finally tells us how and why he left LaLa Land for Gotham.
It was 1991 and a Christmas card showed up in the mail. An old flame was inviting him to make the move. L.A. had become a ghost town for Marshall and he was ready to get as far away as he could, as fast as a plane would take him. He caught a night flight to New York, and he soon found himself on a new and deadly path to a future he never saw coming.
Money laundering, drug dealing, murder, and high stakes crimes by high-profile people all welcome him with a lethal embrace. It’s an origin story like no How did he end up here? Why did he stay? And is love possible after all that death and destruction? Find out in Night Flight to Murder Town. You’ll need to fasten your seat belts for this one. -
New Workshop Coming in July: They’re Alive! Creating Characters With Lives of Their Own
Character Creation: They’re Alive!Join us on Wednesday, July 30 from 10:00 am – 11:30 am eastern via Zoom ($30)- Limit 6This 90 minute workshop focuses on creating characters with lives of their own, from the protagonist and antagonist to the casual passerby.Writing is Listening
It Takes a Village
Motive, Means, and Opportunity: No Character Wasted
Who was that masked woman?
Without Conflict There Is No Drama
The Character Biography
AND MUCH MORE!Lean how to welcome a character into your mind and onto the page, with award-winning author and workshop instructor Mark McNease, from the comfort of your desk. This is an online workshop with a 6-person limit.
