2013 schedule of classes at Writers Circle
Robert S. King Moss Memorial Library, Hayesville, NC - TBA
Nuts‐and‐Bolts Guide to Online Submission Systems
and Market Lists for Writers
Most publishers today allow electronic submissions, either by dedicated software online or by email. Learn how to use the most popular online systems and also how to compose email
submissions with or without file attachments. In addition, you will discover how to use the most popular market lists so that you can identify the magazines or publishers best suited for your writing.
About the Instructor
Robert S. King is a widely published poet and editor. He is the author of six poetry collections, the latest of which is One Man’s Profit (Sweatshoppe Publications, 2013) and is the former Director of FutureCycle Press and the former President of the Georgia Poetry Society. See his website at www.robertsking.com
For information on the class contact Robert S. King at 828-367- 0128, rsking@futurecycle.org
Seating is limited; please register early.
Send a check for $30.00 to Writers Circle, 581 Chatuge Lane, Hayesville, NC 28904
Glenda Beall - Healing Through Writing - Writers Circle Studio
Tuesdays May14 -- June 18 -- 2 - 4 p.m.
Since losing her husband four years ago, Glenda has lost four other close members of her family. She is often asked how she has handled all the loss and continued with her work and other interests. Her writing has enabled her to publish a poetry book, open a writing studio in her home, publish poetry and essays on her experiences, and through writing she has connected with others who are grieving. This class will be for those who have suffered loss in their lives, whether it be divorce, loss of siblings, parents, or beloved pets. This will be a class of mind-body and spiritual, but not religious perspective.
“When people are given the opportunity to write about emotional upheavals, they often experience improved health,” says Dr. Pennebaker, author of several books, including “Opening Up” and “Writing to Heal.”
We will write, we will laugh, we might cry, but at the end of the six weeks, we will have grown in our understanding of how words can help us heal.
Don't wait. Register now. Send a check for $30.00 to Writers Circle, 581 Chatuge Lane, Hayesville, NC 28904 - write Healing on the memo of your check.
Gene Hirsch - Poetry Class, Sunday, May 19, 1 - 4 p.m.
at Writers Circle Studio. Fee: $30. Send check to Writers Circle, 581 Chatuge Lane, Hayesville, NC 28904
As you all well know, poetry is about life experiences, thoughts and feelings - those we want to preserve. They help us in our emotional growth. This workshop provides a conducive environment and empowering instruction for people at all levels of writing, Limit, first 8 people.
The instructor, Gene Hirsch, is a former professor of Medicine with > 50 years background in teaching human experience, meaning and values and 21 years teaching at John C. Campbell Folk School in a writing program that he established.
He has published poetry in both poetry and medical journals including Hiram Poetry Review, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Journal of Medical Humanities, Potato Eyes, Human quest,The Pharos (Honorary Medical Society), and in anthologies, including Crossing Limits, Tyrany of the Normal, Behavioral Medicine, Freeing Jonah (5 volumes), and others.
Location: Writers Circle Studio
Workshop: THE ESSENTIAL PRACTICES OF WRITING -- This workshop will focus on four habits all writers need to foster in practicing their craft. Some time will be given to invention strategies, hopefully resulting in the creation of at least one new piece, and students are encouraged to submit a short piece ahead of the workshop for possible review and critique. All questions and topics for discussion are welcome.
Register for this class by sending a check for $40.00 to Writers Circle, 581 Chatuge Lane, Hayesville, NC 28904
Carol Crawford
Workshop - Tuesday afternoon, July 9, 1 - 4 p.m.
Writers Circle Studio
Fee: $30
Big Picture Revision
Never mind the commas – there are often bigger things to think about when you finish a first draft and begin the work of revision. In this workshop we will take an essay you have written before the class and look at it with fresh eyes, finding its natural trajectory and structure. We will clarify what’s confusing and emphasize what’s strong, so that you can write the story you want to write.
"Please bring a short (1000 word) essay, story or excerpt for us to work on during the class."
"Please bring a short (1000 word) essay, story or excerpt for us to work on during the class."
Carol is also on the faculty of the John C. Campbell Folk where she teaches annually.
Karen Holmes -- Saturday, July 20 , 1 - 4 p.m. Writers Circle
Workshop: "Be Your Own Best Critic: Self Editing for Poets" -
Congratulations, you've written a poem! Have you revised it? Several times? Most poems start with a good idea but need lots of polishing before they're good poems. But it can be hard to critique your own work. In this class, I'll teach a method I learned from poet Thomas Lux to help you see your poems with a critical eye -- an eye that alerts you to use a better word, metaphor, linebreak, etc. and to delete unnecessary words.
These kinds of edits can make your poems sound better and communicate better. Bring a poem to the class, and go home with ideas on how to add vitality to it and to your other writing too.
Karen Paul Holmes left the corporate world in 1999, where she was last Vice President of Communications at ING, a global financial company. Since then, she has led a kinder, gentler life as a freelance writer, poet, and writing coach. She now splits her time between Atlanta and the Blue Ridge Mountains and has studied with poets Thomas Lux, Travis Denton, Dorianne Laux, Joseph Millar, William Wright, and Nancy Simpson (whom she counts as her first mentor).
Karen has taught writing at national business conferences and at the John C. Campbell Folk School. Originator and host of a poetry critique group in Atlanta and Writers’ Night Out in Young Harris, Georgia, Karen’s poetry credits include Poetry East, Atlanta Review, Main Street Rag, Caesura, and The Sow’s Ear Poetry Review. Poems have also appeared in anthologies such as American Society: What Poets See (FutureCycle Press), and the Southern Poetry Anthology Vol 5: Georgia (Texas Review Press). In 2012, she received an Elizabeth George Foundation emerging writer grant for poetry.
Register now: Send check for $30.00 to Writers Circle, 581 Chatuge Lane, Hayesville, NC, 28904. Write Karen's class on memo line of check.
Will Wright - August 11, Saturday 3 hours
Fee $40.00
Mary Mike Keller -
Workshop: Bones To Flesh -
Duration: Wednesdays, August 21, 28, and September 4.
Mary Mike Keller will again be teaching “Bones to Flesh”. This year the class will concentrate on writing our ancestors’ stories. Research techniques will be explored that can uncover the lives of those elusive ancestors. We will be using photographs, family traditions and old fashion sleuthing to form the frame work that adds flesh to bones. The class is for all who are seeking to know more about their family’s history..
The class will conform to the student’s needs, whether beginner or more advanced. Each year this class varies as I try to meet the needs and desires of the class. Individual help will be given to each
student.
Mary Mike is a seasoned genealogist and published writer. She can be reached at 706-896-1899 for information about the class.
Robert Lee Brewer September 7, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Workshop: Create and Re-create Your Poetry
Duration: 3 hours
Cost: $40
Description: Most poets love creating poetry. It’s the fun part of poeming. However, many poets loathe the idea of revision—it’s kind of like work, right? Well, not so fast. Robert Lee Brewer, editor of Poet’s Market and author of Solving the World’s Problems (Press 53), believes revision can be as enjoyable as the original vision. Learn how in this 3-hour course that aims to go through the creation and re-creation process with specific tips on both processes—and real-time feedback.
Bio: Robert Lee Brewer is the Senior Content Editor for the Writer’s Digest Writing Community. In addition to handling the Writer’s Market, he edits Poet’s Market, manages the Poetic Asides blog, writes a poetry column for Writer’s Digest, and a whole lot more. Named Poet Laureate of the Blogosphere in 2010, Brewer has been a featured poet at several events around the country and will have his debut full-length poetry collection, Solving the World’s Problems, published by Press 53 in September 2013. He’s married to poet Tammy Foster Brewer, who helps him keep track of their five little poets (four boys and one princess).
Michael Diebert - Saturday, October 12
Writers Circle Studio
