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What would be the impact if our current policy to insure safety and prevent drowning were to pay people to swim with each swimmer? No one could go swimming unless they had a paid professional, or paraprofessional, swim with them. Our present policy in human services and mental health is kind of like paying people to insure the safety and well-being of others.
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From a new student in the Toolbox class:
Lara, you definitely have found a calling in being a teacher. I am so excited. I have been walking around with characters and stories in my head my whole life. The thought that I may be able to actually get them out of my head and share them and maybe, maybe have people PAY for them is beyond belief for me.
I came home and wrote for an hour straight then woke up and wrote for another half hour. Thanks again for your enthusiasm and encouragement.
Cheers!
It's nice to start the day with a smile.
Typically, Wednesdays are "Recipe of the Week." But, I'm testing out a bunch of new salsa recipes today, and fall registration opened today for fully members of the YMCA, so I thought I'd take this opportunity to share information about the series of classes I teach three times a year at the Brandywine Y.
ADULT CREATIVE WRITING SERIES
THE WRITING TOOLBOX [04505]
Calling all closet writers! Dust off your manuscripts and bring them
to class, where we’ll discuss the craft of creative writing, as well as
workshop your short stories and novel excerpts (no poetry, please).
Want to try your hand at writing but have nothing prepared? We’ll
do weekly writing exercises to help you get those juices flowing – and
get your ideas onto a page. Our instructor is award winning young
adult novelist and college instructor Lara Zeises, whose novel True
Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet (written under her pseudonym
Lola Douglas) was recently made into a Lifetime television movie. Past
class members are welcome to join us to continue with your work.
Class is limited to 10 students.
Session: 10/05/10-11/09/10
Day/Time: Tue 7:00-7:50 pm
Fee: Full Member $48 / Program Member + Public $54
FICTION WRITING WORKSHOP [04506]
Want to get intensive feedback on your short stories and novel
excerpts? This companion course is for you! Member will be encouraged
to submit 15 to 20 pages of fiction (no poetry, please) to
the class for critique. We’ll also talk about revision strategies and
other topics for intermediate to advanced writers. Please have a
work in progress before signing up; e-mail instructor Lara Zeises at
[email protected] if you have any questions. Class is limited to 10
students.
Session: 10/05/10-11/09/10
Day/Time: Tue 8:00-8:50 pm
Fee: Full Member $48 / Program Member + Public $54
COMBINATION WRITING TOOLBOX/
WORKSHOP PACKAGE [04508]
If you’re interested in signing up for both adult creative writing courses,
please register for the combination package under code [04508].
Fee: Full Member $72 / Program Member + Public $80
Note that you save $24 by enrolling in both the Toolbox and Workshop sections.
Some additional info: several people from my summer class indicated that they'd prefer to meet biweekly, like we did this June through August. The promotional copy for fall classes had already gone out, but the special education coordinator and I talked and if everyone who enrolls decides they'd prefer biweekly classes, we can officially make the class biweekly. Also, all classes going forward will be offered biweekly, so if that appeals to you keep an eye out for info on our winter/spring session.
To register, either log on to http://www.ymcade.org/branches/brandywine/index.cfm, or call 302-478-9622. And let me know if you have any questions about the class or anything else!
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I've been leading creative writing workshops at the Brandywine YMCA on and off since 2002. My first crop of writers boasts one soon-to-be-published MG author, the lovely and talented Cindy Callaghan, and another whose agent is currently shopping her humorous chick-lit myserty novel, and yet another who's agent hunting and still yet another who will be following the same path once she gets back to revising her YA manuscript (CK, I'm looking at you!).
Anyway, here are the details:
ADULT CREATIVE WRITING SERIES
THE WRITER'S TOOLBOX
Calling all closet writers! In this class, we'll talk about the fundamentals of fiction, as well as complete weekly exercises to get those creative juices flowing. Open to writers of all levels, including past students of this course, lead by award-winning young adult novelist and college instructor Lara Zeises. Class is limited to 12 students.
Session: 2/16/10 - 3/23/10
Day/Times: Tues 7:00-8:00 pm
Fees: Full Members $48 / Program Members + Public $54
FICTION WORKSHOP
Want to get intensive feedback on your short stories and novel excerpts? This companion course is for you! Members will be encouraged to submit 15 to 20 pages of fiction (no poetry, please) to the class for critique. We'll also talk about revision strategies and other topics for intermediate to advanced writers. Please have a work in progress before signing up; e-mail instructor Lara Zeises at [email protected] if you have any questions. Class is limited to 10 students.
Session: 2/16/10 - 3/23/10
Day/Times: Tues 8:00-9:00 pm
Fees: Full Members $48 / Program Members + Public $54
COMBINATION WRITER'S TOOLBOX/FICTION WORKSHOP PACKAGE
If you're interested in signing up for both adult creative writing courses, please register for the combination package under code [04508]
Fees: Full Members $72 / Program Members + Public $80
You can access the Brandywine YMCA's online catalog here: http://www.ymcade.org/branches/brandywine/programs.cfm. Let me know if you have any questions!
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The fiction writing workshop I lead at the Brandywine YMCA has moved to Thursdays starting this fall. The six sessions run from 10/1 to 11/5, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., and registration is open to full members as of TODAY!
For a more complete description of the class, as well as instructions on how to enroll, click here.
VERY busy week ahead, so I must get back to work!
So, remember how I told you I was going to be teaching a creative writing class at the Brandywine YMCA starting this January? Well, registration for Y members opened this week, and open registration begins next week. Here are the details:
ADULT FICTION WRITING WORKSHOP
Calling all closet writers! Dust off your manuscripts and bring them to class. We'll discuss the craft of creative writing and workshop your short stories and novel excerpts (no poetry, please). Want to try your hand at writing, but have nothing prepared? We will also do weekly writing exercises to help you get those juices flowing - and get your ideas onto the page! Our instructor is award-winning young adult novelist Lara Zeises, whose novel True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet (written under her pseudonym Lola Douglas) was recently made into a Lifetime television movie. Class is limited to 10 students.
Day/Time: Mon 01/12/09 - 2/18/09 7:00-8:00 pm
Fees: Full Members $48 / Program Members + Public $54
You can find the rest of the registration information here.
Registration also opened this week for the SCBWI of Eastern PA's 17th Annual Pocono Mountain Retreat, which will be held at the lovely Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort from April 3-5, 2009. This year's theme is "Inspire the Fire." I'm so excited, because I've heard such wonderful things about this conference over the years, and not only do I get to attend, but I'm going to be the keynote speaker for Friday night! The workshops look fabulous, too - I'm especially interested in Verla Kay's one on creating a web site that works for you, because I almost feel like in this day and age, the author web site is dead. I mean, it's really more about the blog and the Facebook page and the Twitter updates, isn't it? All of which overwhelm me on a regular basis.
On an unrelated note: Thankfully, the unrelenting rain has finally (!) moved on out. My head feels like it weighs a thousand pounds, and my sinuses are like, "Hi, we feel like size 10 feet shoved into size 6 shoes. How's it going?" Oy.
Happy weekend, everyone!
