Friends:
MEMBER NEWS
Area Five's very own Kathleen King will be offering a three-part workshop, Jump Start Your Creative Life: Journaling for Crafters, Artists, Writers and Other Creative People and Those Who Want to Be on Sundays, July 12, 19, 26, 1-3 p.m. at Weaving Willow Craftworks in Lititz. Learn techniques to unleash your untapped creativity or deal with those dry spells, such as: Flow Writing, Timed Writing, Dialogues with your Demons, Mind Mapping, Visual Journaling, Be Attitudes, Observations and Reflections, Creative Timeline, Damping Down Doubt and Drought, Dancing with the Dawn, Pondering Possibilities. Cost: $75.00.
Contact Kathleen at authorkmking@ptd.com for more information or to register. Kathleen is a published novelist and a journaling instructor. Her journaling workbooks are available on her webpage, www.kmkingauthor.com.
Please send me your good writing news to be included in upcoming newsletters. I know we have a talented group. Do you have a new book coming out? An upcoming presentation? Have you won a writing award? Let us share your joy!
MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL
You should be receiving a separate email reminding you to renew your membership. You will see that Pennwriters now offers two new features regarding renewal and payment, both of which are optional: (1) you can set your membership to automatically renew every year; and (2) you can use secure ACH direct debit to make payments. Please consider using these new features, which make life easier for everyone in the long run.
FREE WORKSHOP THIS WEEK
Jessica Brody, author of Save the Cat! Writes a Novel, will be giving a free workshop on Friday, June 5 at 1:00 p.m. According to the promotional materials from Authors Publish, she will show you how to turn your writing into a consistent, joyful, and productive practice – using a system that’s helped thousands of writers quickly finish their novels. Register to watch it live or to receive the recording at the link below:
» Free Talk: Fast Draft Your Way from Page One to Done (With Jessica Brody)
2027 CONFERENCE: SAVE THE DATE
It's never too early to save the date for next year's Pennwriters conference -- it will be even more special than usual because it's the 40th. It will be on May 21-23 at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Green Tree (Pittsburgh). You will start seeing emails this fall soliciting workshop presenters and then early next year providing registration information. Pro tip: register early and reserve your hotel room at the same time.
2028 CONFERENCE: HELP WANTED
We need conference coordinator/s for the 2028 conference in Lancaster. If interested, email Dan Arndt at president@pennwriters.org.
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Write well. Be well.
Rob Teplitz
Area 5 Representative