From a Spiral Notebook
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From a Spiral Notebook: A flashlight in the dark (opens the original)
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Hi all,First, a few notes:Harvest of Words, a six-week zoom workshop on Thursday evenings starting Sept. 17, is open for registration. More information here.Poetry for People Afraid of Poetry, a two-day workshop about (you guessed it) poetry, which will be on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, Nov. 21 and 22, is also open for registration. This one is a sort of intro to writing poetry, and it’s really fun. <a href="https://naramatacentre.secure.retreat.guru/program/poetry-for-people-afraid-
From the Spiral Notebook: Noticings (opens the original)
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Hi all,First, a few notes:The six-week zoom workshop I mentioned last newsletter, Harvest of Words, is now available for signup! It will be on Thursdays from 6 to 8 pm Pacific time, and costs $210. Sign up now to get %20 off, and there are bursaries available. We’ll write fiction, nonfiction, poetry, journal entries (whatever the writing wants to be) to prompts and then share for (only) positive feedback. Six weeks is long enough for some really interesting writing to start happening. More info
From a Spiral Notebook: How a book comes together (opens the original)
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Hi all,First, a few notes:I’ll be doing a Zoom workshop series called Harvest of Words on Thursdays, 6 to 8 pm Pacific time, from September 17 to October 22. I’m waiting for the sign-up links to be ready, but once they are you’ll be able to find them on my website. I’d love to see you there!Also I’ll be doing a weekend Zoom workshop in November, Saturday and Sunday afternoons from 2 to 4 pm, November 21 and 22. This is one of my favourite workshops: Poetry for People Afraid of Poetry. It’s a nic
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