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Creative Writing Workshop
Need help with your writing? Join a diverse group of writers to explore writing principles and techniques. Our workshops provide learning, supportive analysis of each others’ work, and general discussion of all things writing. To join, please send me an email using the form at the bottom of this page so I can add you to the workshop email list. (This list is only used for workshop announcements.)
We meet from 6:00 PM to 7:45 PM on the second Monday of each month at the Essex Branch of the Baltimore County Public Library, 1110 Eastern Blvd, Essex, MD 21221. If you can’t make it at 6:00 PM, feel free to drop in when you can get there.
Here are our upcoming dates and topics:
- December 9, 2024, 6:00 PM – 7:45 PM
- Writing productivity (open discussion).
- January 13, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:45 PM
- Creating real and engaging characters.
- February 10, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:45 PM
- Topic TBA.
- March 10, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:45 PM
- Topic TBA.
- April 14, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:45 PM
- Topic TBA.
- May 12, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:45 PM
- Topic TBA.
- June 9, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:45 PM
- Topic TBA.
- July 14, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:45 PM
- Topic TBA.
- August 11, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:45 PM
- Topic TBA.
- September 8, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:45 PM
- Topic TBA.
- October 27, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:45 PM
- Note: This is 2 weeks later than usual due to the library being closed for the Columbus Day holiday.
- Topic TBA.
- November 10, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:45 PM
- Topic TBA.
- December 8, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:45 PM
- Topic TBA.
Maryland Writers’ Association Workshops
I’m a member of the Maryland Writers’ Association and periodically present writing workshops at MWA chapter meetings around the state. Some of these are in-person events and some are held via Zoom (or are hybrid meetings, Zoom + in person).
- None scheduled; check back for updates
Other Events
- None scheduled; check back for updates
Past Events
The following events were recorded and can be accessed online. The most recent events are at the top, and the oldest are at the bottom.
- Fiction Fix Online, January 2024
- I join with five other authors to read excerpts from our works. My selection is my short story “Keep Out Signs” from my collection Manifest Secrets.
- Diabolic Shrimp Interview, November 1, 2022
- I talk with author and philanthropist Josh Grant about A Day for Bones, The Belt, bonsai, and various and sundry other stuff.
- Fiction Fix Online, October 2022
- I join with five other authors to read excerpts from our works. My selection is from the first chapter of my recently-released fourth Howard County Mystery, A Day for Bones.
- Meet the Authors (MtA) September 24, 2022
- I talk with host Andrew Sweet about A Day for Bones, The Belt, and other subjects.
- Diabolic Shrimp’s Monday’s Tartar Sauce #4
- I join host Josh Grant and three other authors to talk about all things new: new ideas, new projects, and a “new” trivia game. Amazingly (because I’m fairly awful at trivia), I won!
- Fiction Fix Online, October 2021
- I join with five other authors to read excerpts from our works. My selection is the entire short story “Falling Star” from my collection The Realm of Tiny Giants.
- Meet the Authors (MtA) S1E6
- I talk with host Andrew Sweet about The Realm of Tiny Giants, my forthcoming novels, and various other subjects.
- Diabolic Shrimp’s 2021 Golden Shrimpy Award Show
- Weasel Words wins!
- Meet the Authors (MtA) S1E5
- Host Andrew Sweet interviews Daniel Martin (Althea’s Dreams) and myself.