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MEET THE AUTHOR
VALERIE FIORAVANTI
writes fiction, essays, and prose poems. Stories from her linked collection, Garbage Night at the Opera, have appeared in North American Review, Cimarron Review, Hunger Mountain, and others. These stories have received four pushcart prize nominations and Special Mention in Pushcart Prize XXVIII. She received a Fulbright Fellowship in Creative Writing to work on a novel set in Italy, Bel Casino, which is one of two novels currently in the works. Her essays and prose poems have been published in Silk Road, Puerto del Sol, International Living, and others. She lives in Boulevard Park in Sacramento, and runs the Stories on Stage reading series and Midtown Writing Workshops.
CAREER EXPLORATION
FLATMANCROOKED
published its first anthology, First Winter, which included the work of Ha Jin, and a new Jorge Luis Borges translation. Flatmancrooked publishes a fiction and poetry anthology, novellas under the New Novella imprint, and novels under the HyperLimited imprint. Flatmancrooked has held events and readings on both coasts, published three more print books, has four in various stages of production, has been asked to speak at myriad universities, and has partnered on various ventures with the likes of McSweeney’s, Opium, AWP, and SxSW. In 2010, Flatmancrooked will launch the Zero Emission Book—a project that will take viable and green publishing to a brand new level.
WRITING WORKSHOP
by ROBERT YEHLING
What's the difference between a short story, a novella and a novel? What happens when your short story wants to become a novel? In this workshop, you'll learn some of the basic approaches of starting, finishing and writing short stories.
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MEET THE AUTHOR
DAWN LAIRAMORE -
Dawn’s first novel, Ivy’s Ever After, published by Holiday House in May 2010, is a middle-grade fractured fairy tale about a princess and a dragon who team up against the handsome prince.
Visit www.IvysEverAfter.com to read Chapter 1.
Dawn earned a B.A. in English from the University of California, Davis. She has worked as an editorial assistant for a small publishing house, as a technical writer for a giant software conglomerate, and currently spends her days as a civil litigation paralegal. From time to time, she enjoys leaving the real world behind and hanging out in kingdoms of long ago and far away.
CAREER EXPLORATION
RACHEL DILLON
graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1994, with a Bachelor of Science in Art, emphasizing in Graphic Design. Rachel is the author and artist of a nonfiction children's book, "Through Endangered Eyes - a poetic journey into the wild." It was published by Windward Publishing in 2009. Rachel combined her passion for animals, teaching children, and creative expression, to write and illustrate her first book. Rachel is currently working on her second endangered species book with Windward Publishing, "Through Desert Eyes." Rachel is a signature member of Artists for Conservation.
WRITING WORKSHOP
Writing That Connects With Children
Learn how to write stories and poems that keep a child interested, inspire them to ask questions, and make them want to hear it again.
The focus will be writing for children 4-7 years old. Learn where children are developmentally at that age to help you determine the type of messages they understand. We will also discuss readability levels, and the power of repetition.
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PRE-WORKSHOP LECTURE
Revision: Where the Fun Begins
(Really)
You think, "The good part was
making everything up in the first
place." You think, "But I like what I've written." You think, "I don't want--or need--to write a second draft. Or fifth. Or tenth."
This workshop will focus on thinking of revision as "deepening"
rather than just "changing" or "bettering" your writing. Learn to make what
you love about your stories or essays shine.
Discover why effective writing is composed of many layers of thought, time, and drafting.
And most of all, experience the fun, freedom, and playfulness that re-visioning (seeing again) can bring to your writing process.
Tanya Egan Gibson is the author of How to Buy a Love of Reading
(May 2009 - Dutton), a novel about nouveau riche parents who try to cure their teenage daughter's
hatred of books by commissioning a custom-written novel for her and dubbing themselves the
Medicis of Long Island.
Hailed as "a fresh and
funny new voice in the
world of fiction" by Mark Childress
(Crazy in Alabama), Tanya is a former high school English and
creative writing teacher
who lives in Marin County with her husband and two young children.
She would love you to
visit her website, ttp://www.howtobuyaloveofreading.com, and share a story about how reading changed--or even saved--your life.
WRITING WORKSHOP
Members will be working in groups of 5, led by an author, educator, literary agent or Masters student at the university. Members will workshop their beginning pages and have the opportunity to receive feedback on their writing. Special guests working with students at this meeting are:
Verna Dreisbach, agent & author
Tanya Egan Gibson, author www.howtobuyaloveofreading.com
Kim Culbertson, author www.kimculbertson.com
Lindsey Clemons, agent
Larsen-Pomada Agency, SF
Michelle Hamilton, author
www.worldofsamar.com
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