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  • ONLINE MASTER CLASS: Shaping Your Family History Into Compelling Stories

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    Online Class via Zoom The Comfort of Your Home, VA, United States

    Do you have family stories in your head, a few trinkets you inherited, or a box of old family photographs, letters or family documents with which you always wanted to “do something?” This workshop will explore different approaches to creating compelling stories from family history. We will study how artifacts such as letters and official documents can be used […]

  • Querypalooza 2024

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    Online Class via Zoom The Comfort of Your Home, VA, United States

    Querypalooza 2024 | 2 Parts Tuesday, July 9 | 5:30–7:30 pm | Query Letter Master Class Tuesday July 16, 2024 | 5:30–7:30 pm | Private Consultation with a Query Expert James River Writers is bringing back this popular program that provides an in-depth Master Class on crafting your perfect query letter (taught by experienced literary […]

  • ONLINE WRITERS WEDNESDAY July 2024

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    Community is at the core of everything we do, and Writers Wednesday is the perfect place to strengthen that. Writers Wednesday brings together writers of every experience level and genre in a casual atmosphere to connect, laugh, and revel in a well-deserved break. While hosting this program online, we create rotating, intimate groups of 3-5 […]

  • Dust Yourself Off: Navigating “Failures” with MEG MEDINA: July 2024 In Person Writing Show

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    Award-winning author and National Ambassador for Young People's Literature MEG MEDINA shares insights from her writing journey, reflecting on valuable lessons learned from failures along the way. She'll discuss what rejections can teach about improving your craft and understanding varying tastes. Hear her tips for challenges like lackluster sales and books going out of print, […]

  • AUGUST 2024 ONLINE NUTS & BOLTS LUNCHTIME SERIES: Worldbuilding

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    Thursdays 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | August 8, 15, & 22 Whether you’re creating a fantasy world from scratch, bending history, or hoping to capture your current reality authentically, worldbuilding is an important tool in your writing arsenal. In this three-part series, we’ll share ideas and processes about where to start, how to build […]

  • IN-PERSON WRITERS WEDNESDAY AUGUST 2024

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    Ardent Craft Ales 3200 W Leigh Street, Richmond, VA, United States

    Community is at the core of everything we do, and Writers Wednesday is the perfect place to strengthen that. Writers Wednesday brings together writers of every experience level and genre in a casual atmosphere to connect, laugh, and revel in a well-deserved break. We rotate hosting these programs online and in-person, and August will be […]

  • 2024 AUGUST ONLINE WRITING SHOW | Writers (Not!) Behaving Badly

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    With social media making it easy to instantly share everyone’s very worst behavior, how do you avoid missteps for yourself and your writing career? A conference organizer, a literary agent, and an indie bookseller “spill the tea” on good intentions gone wrong and horrible intentions gone nuclear, and share best practices for playing well with […]

  • ONLINE WRITERS WEDNESDAY September 2024

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    Community is at the core of everything we do, and Writers Wednesday is the perfect place to strengthen that. Writers Wednesday brings together writers of every experience level and genre in a casual atmosphere to connect, laugh, and revel in a well-deserved break. We rotate hosting these programs online and in-person, and September will be online, via […]

  • ONLINE WRITERS WEDNESDAY October 2024 featuring Newcomers Welcome

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    Community is at the core of everything we do, and Writers Wednesday is the perfect place to strengthen that. Writers Wednesday brings together writers of every experience level and genre in a casual atmosphere to connect, laugh, and revel in a well-deserved break. We rotate hosting these programs online and in-person, and September will be online, via […]

  • IN-PERSON WRITERS WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 2024

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    Ardent Craft Ales 3200 W Leigh Street, Richmond, VA, United States

    Community is at the core of everything we do, and Writers Wednesday is the perfect place to strengthen that. Writers Wednesday brings together writers of every experience level and genre in a casual atmosphere to connect, laugh, and revel in a well-deserved break. We rotate hosting these programs online and in-person, and November will be […]

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