• Stepping Into the Story – Using Psychodrama to Deepen Character Development

    Easthampton Public Library Annex 52 Main Street, Easthampton, MA, United States

    Dive into character building using psychodrama with author and poet Kevin Thomas! March 28th from 10am-12pm Easthampton Public Library Annex In this experiential writer’s craft workshop, participants will use psychodrama to enter their characters’ worlds as fully as possible—speaking in their voices, seeing through their eyes, and discovering unspoken motivations. By moving beyond the page Read More

  • The Quintessential Query

    ZOOM MA

    Writing a book is only the first step in getting published. If your publishing goals include finding a literary agent to represent your work to the Big 5 and other large publishing houses, you’ll need a query letter that grabs their attention.  May 16th, 1-2:30 pm on ZOOM. Register HERE. In this presentation, Marsal Lyon Literary Read More

  • How to nail your next public reading

    Easthampton Public Library Annex 52 Main Street, Easthampton, MA, United States

    Whether your next reading is in-person or virtual, an open mic, a journal launch, or a longer feature, join Michael Favala Goldman for a practical guide to mastering techniques that connect you with your text and with your audience in your own unique and memorable way. We will learn about presence, pacing, physical space and Read More

  • Quite contrary – Contradictions in Poems

    How can you inject more 'oomph' into your poems, deepening them with pleasing  contradictions? Poems often thrive on internal tensions that pull the sounds, images, and themes  in the poem taut. In this fun, interactive workshop, we'll look at some poems containing  opposing effects or contents, then create new work that dances on both sides Read More

    Free
  • How to Write a Memoir with Pamela Marin author of Motherland

    Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060

    Do you have a memoir brewing but need a little guidance to help get in on the page? Join acclaimed author and memoirist Pamela Marin Saturday October 3rd from 10:30-12:30 to help you jumpstart your own memoir or get back to the project you’ve been trying to finish. After a brief discussion of the differences Read More