Posted on July 9, 2009 by Elizabeth
The Online Writer: a Two-Part Seminar on Website Design, Blogging, and Web-based Work for Writers
WriterHouse, 508 Dale Avenue, Charlottesville, 434-296-1922.
2 Saturdays, August 15, and September 12, 9 am – 4:30 pm
In Part 1, copywriter and communications consultant Kristen King will give a soup-to-nuts picture of what it means to be a writer in the [...]
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Posted on July 7, 2009 by Elizabeth
There are still some slots available in the summer session writing class line-up at WriterHouse. Screenwriting starts tonight, with intructor Meredith Cole. If you’re a screenwriter or would like to be, this is an excellent chance to hone your script. Creative writing for teens begins Wednesday night, with Carey Morton. Andrew Ewell will be teaching [...]
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Posted on June 20, 2009 by Elizabeth
WRITERHOUSE PUBLIC EVENTS
»NEW—Just added to the calendar—Getting Published: How to Stand Out from the Crowd—Wednesday, June 24, 7pm -Susan Gregg Gilmore, author of Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen, returns to WriterHouse to discuss the importance of a planned approach to pitching your work and suggestions to help you get noticed. Her book, new [...]
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Posted on June 12, 2009 by Elizabeth
News from Kevin McFadden of the Virginia Arts of the Book Center:
Friends of VABC, We’re gearing up for a great summer of printing seminars, not to mention a wonderful collaborative project for members (”Infinite Stakes: A Contemporary Cartomancy Deck”). Click on the links below to find out more…you can now initiate registration for classes online.
Contact [...]
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Posted on June 11, 2009 by Elizabeth
A couple of reminders, plus two new events to add to your calendar:
WRITERHOUSE PUBLIC EVENTS
»An Evening of Student Readings—Monday, June 15, 7:30 pm. WriterHouse Spring Session students from all classes will present brief samples of their work. So far, readers include Mary Ashton Burgh, Sharon Harrigan, Gary Johnson, Matt Jordan, Polly Lazaron, Linda Levokove, Heather [...]
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Posted on June 9, 2009 by Elizabeth
Over the past couple of years I’ve gotten many inquiries about workshops for teens. If you’re still looking, now’s your chance:
Roadtrip: A Creative Writing Workshop for Teens (Rising 9th-12th graders)
Instructor: Carey Morton (Editor’s note: She’s AWESOME)
Cost $100
4 Wednesdays, July 8-July 29, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
At WriterHouse, 508 Dale Ave., Charlottesville (Behind the Preston Ave. Bodo’s)
In this four-week-long [...]
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Posted on June 6, 2009 by Elizabeth
The WriterHouse Summer Session class schedule has been announced. Classes include:
Creative Writing for Teens
Intermediate/Advanced Nonfiction Workshop
Screenwriting Workshop: The Fundamentals of Screenwriting
Evening Fiction Workshop: A Dialogue Among Writers
Poetry Workshop: Shaping the Language of Poetry
Early Registration Discount: Register by June 12 and receive a 5% discount. Become a WriterHouse Member and receive an additional 10% [...]
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Posted on May 29, 2009 by Elizabeth
»Judy Longley’s poetry class was mentioned in an article on poetry in the current issue of Cville Weekly.
»Unveiling Iranian Women Writers in America with UVA Professor Farzaneh Milani, Friday June 5, 7:00 pm. UVA Professor Farzaneh Milani discusses the recent flowering of Iranian women’s memoirs in English in the context of modern Iranian literature and [...]
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Posted on May 26, 2009 by Elizabeth
Check the VPI website for more information and a schedule of readings:
The Virginia Playwrights Initiative (VPI) is a part of the Hamner Theater’s continuing mission to foster new works for the stage, specifically those by Virginia playwrights. VPI provides a venue for the playwright to workshop, rewrite and rehearse a new script with a company [...]
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Posted on May 14, 2009 by Elizabeth
Getting Published in the Children’s and YA Markets: A Cinderella Story, An Overview, and Specific Suggestions, with WriterHouse member Fran Cannon Slayton, author of the forthcoming Young Adult novel, When the Whistle Blows. Tuesday, June 16th, 7:30pm, WriterHouse. Free and open to the public. Copies of Fran’s book will be available for purchase and signing.
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Posted on April 28, 2009 by Elizabeth
WriterHouse Presents a Poetry and Story Double-Header, Friday, May 1, 8pm at WriterHouse
Join award-winning Washington DC poet Brandel France de Bravo and local poet, singer and monodramatist Browning Porter for a double-header of poetry and story. Brandel France de Bravo’s poetry has appeared in Fugue, The Kenyon Review, Black Warrior Review, and The American Voice, [...]
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Posted on April 23, 2009 by Elizabeth
Looks like a great opportunity for sharpening some fun skills:
The Charlottesville Women’s Theatre Project in cooperation with the Bridge PAI is pleased to offer two workshops aimed at digesting questions about how we write for performance and how we perform what we write.
Facilitator Kristina Weaver brings to the table a repertoire of skills and games [...]
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Posted on April 16, 2009 by Elizabeth
RESIDENT BIOGRAPHY PROJECT
The Community Partnership for Improved Long-Term Care and the Cedars Nursing Home are starting a new pilot program. Volunteers, either working independently or in teams, will visit on a regular basis with a nursing home resident at the Cedars in Charlottesville, Virginia. After establishing a personal relationship with the resident, the [...]
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Posted on April 15, 2009 by Elizabeth
Hope you enjoy this video from Marijean and CBS-19.
more about “We have video!“, posted with vodpod
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Posted on March 20, 2009 by Elizabeth
From my ever-burgeoning inbox:
WriterHouse is excited to announce that Richard Sowienski, managing editor of The Misssouri Review, named one of the top five literary magazines in the country, will be visiting Charlottesville and teaching a one-day seminar called Nonfiction Now.
In response to “flash fiction” comes “nonfiction now”—short personal essays that we’ll produce on-the-spot in this [...]
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