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SUMMARY:INTRO TO SELF-PUBLISHING: August 2025 Nuts & Bolts Online Lunchtime Series
DESCRIPTION:Thursdays 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | August 7\, 14\, & 21\nLearn how to navigate the world of self-publishing with confidence\, from setting your goals and choosing the right platforms to preparing your manuscript for success. We will discuss book formatting using free and paid tools to create professional-quality eBooks and print editions\, and explore how AI can streamline your writing journey by supporting tasks like editing\, marketing\, and research\, all while keeping your creative voice intact. Whether you’re publishing your first book or refining your self-publishing process\, this course equips you with tools and knowledge to bring your vision to life. \nEach class in this series includes: a one-hour online workshop\, access to the recording\, the powerpoint used during the class\, and additional resources.  \nChoose one\, two\, or all three (BEST BUY!) classes in the series.  \nDetails and Registration HERE.
URL:https://jamesriverwriters.org/event/intro-to-self-publishing-august-2025-nuts-bolts-online-lunchtime-series/
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SUMMARY:IN-PERSON WRITERS WEDNESDAY AUGUST 2025
DESCRIPTION: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 in person at Ardent Craft Ales. JRW staff is always on hand to answer any questions you may have about James River Writers\, or writing in general. This is a great entry point for those who are new to the James River Writers community. You do not have to be a JRW member to attend! Come for the duration\, or drop in as your schedule allows. \nLook for us inside at a reserved table\, to the right of the front entrance. Happy Hour runs from 3-6 pm on Wednesdays\, and food is available for purchase in the beer garden\, provided by Eazzy Burger. \nDate: August 13\, 2025 \nTime: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Eastern Time (US and Canada) \nLocation: Ardent Craft Ales\, 3200 West Leigh Street\, Richmond\, VA 23230 \nCost: FREE! \nNo registration is required. \nJames River Writers is supported in part by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.   \n  \n 
URL:https://jamesriverwriters.org/event/in-person-writers-wednesday-august-2025/
LOCATION:Ardent Craft Ales\, 3200 W Leigh Street\, Richmond\, VA\, 23230\, United States
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SUMMARY:2025 AUGUST ONLINE WRITING SHOW | The Mind’s Eye: Writing Visual Imagery Across Genres
DESCRIPTION:Do you have trouble capturing the world around you in precise\, evocative language? This panel examines how effective imagery goes beyond simple description to engage emotions\, establish mood\, and bring specific places to life. Our three panelists will draw from their varied backgrounds to offer advice on using figurative language strategically\, engaging all five senses\, and selecting concrete details. Learn how powerful visual writing can create impactful experiences that linger in your audience’s minds. \nSpeakers: Yasmin Angoe\, Jeffrey Dale Lofton\, Junious “Jay” Ward \nModerator: Rosa Castellano \nDate: Tuesday\, August 26\, 2025 \nTime: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Eastern Time \nLocation: ONLINE\, via Zoom \nCost: $12 Members | $17 Non-members \nRegistration is required. \nThe Writing Show includes a social time from 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm. This portion of the evening is optional. If you choose to only attend the panel discussion\, please sign in to Zoom by 6:25 pm to keep from interrupting the panel discussion once it begins at 6:30pm. \n \n \nThis project was supported\, in part\, by the Virginia Commission for the Arts\, which receives support from the Virginia General Assembly.\n  \n  \n\n\n    \n\n \nSPEAKERS\n\n\nYASMIN ANGOE is the author of the bestselling Nena Knight espionage thriller trilogy (optioned for TV series)\, and the #1 bestselling psychological thriller\, Not What She Seems. She is the recipient of the 2020 Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for Emerging Writers of Color and was a Goodreads Choice Award nominee. Yasmin crafts and delivers multi-layered suspense fiction\, rich in family secrets\, profound explorations of the human psyche\, and familial redemption.\n  \n  \n  \n\n \n  \nJEFFREY DALE LOFTON is the author of Red Clay Suzie\, which was Longlisted for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and twice named an Indie Next Pick by the American Booksellers Association. He was also named Georgia Author of the Year for First Novel. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of Red Clay Suzie go to support the important work of The Trevor Project and the Born This Way Foundation. \n  \n  \n\n  \n \nJUNIOUS “JAY” WARD is a poet and teaching artist. He is a National Slam champion (2018)\, an Individual World Poetry Slam champion (2019)\, author of Sing Me A Lesser Wound (Bull City Press 2020) and Composition (Button Poetry 2023). Jay currently serves as Charlotte’s inaugural Poet Laureate and is a 2023 Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow. Ward has attended Breadloaf Writers Conference\, Callaloo\, The Watering Hole and Tin House Winter Workshop. His work can be found in Columbia Journal\, Four Way Review\, DIAGRAM\, Diode Poetry Journal\, and elsewhere. \n  \n  \n  \n\nMODERATOR\n \n\n\n\n  \nOriginally from Tampa\, Florida\, ROSA CASTELLANO is a poet and teacher living in Richmond\, Virginia. A finalist for Cave Canem’s Starshine and Clay Fellowship\, and co-founder of the RVA Poetry Fest\, her poems can be found or are forthcoming from RHINO Poetry\, Passages North\, Nimrod\, The Ninth Letter\, and Poetry Northwest\, among others. She has an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University\, and her debut poetry collection\, All is the Telling\, is available from Diode editions.\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://jamesriverwriters.org/event/2025-august-online-writing-show-the-minds-eye-writing-visual-imagery-across-genres/
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SUMMARY:ONLINE MASTER CLASS: Success with Writing and Publishing Short Stories with Virginia Pye
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n\n    \n\n \nThis project was supported\, in part\, by the Virginia Commission for the Arts\, which receives support from the Virginia General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts\, a federal agency.   \n  \n 
URL:https://jamesriverwriters.org/event/online-master-class-success-with-writing-and-publishing-short-stories-with-virginia-pye/
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