Special Events:
Writing in Multiple Genres: A Talk with Sherrill Bodine, January 28, 2012, Wilmette Library
Over a long, award-winning career, author Sherrill Bodine has worn many hats. She has written category romance for Harlequin, stories for such magazines as Fate Magazine, Home Life Magazine and True Confessions, novels for Fawcett. Sixteen novels later, she has won the the Wisconsin Romance Writers of America Write Touch Readers’ Award and Talk of the Town was chosen by Cosmopolitan magazine as its “Red Hot Read” for February 2009. In 2010, she won the first-annual Bard contest from Evanston Writers Workshop.
In addition to novels, Sherrill has written a memoir about her experiences growing up with a developmentally-disabled mother, raising children while moving back and forth across the country 22 times, and traveling the world. In 2011, Sherrill joined the team of the graphic novel, Whispers from the Void, a comic created by Charles D. Moisant, scheduled to launch this Christmas.
Saturday, January 28, 2012, 1:00 - 5:00 P.M., Wilmette Public Library
Sherrill will talk to us about writing in multiple genres, from romance to memoir, graphic novels and comics. She will answer any questions you may have about starting out, submitting to magazines and novel markets, writing in general, and her experiences in specific.
We're excited to bring you distinguished authors who are also enthusiastic educators!
Dues-Paid Evanston Writers Workshop members $20 (Membership has its privileges Membership Page). (Your contribution will offset the cost for the space and an honorarium).
Non-Members $35.00
2012 Third Annual “In the Trenches With the Writer” Conference. August 24-26, 2012.
For complete details and to register, please visit our conference website www.ewwconference.com.
On-going Events:
Critique Group
(First and third Wednesday of the month organized through the Meetup.com group)
There is typically time for 3 writers on a first come, first serve basis. Pieces must be posted in the "files" section of the Meetup.com site at least three days prior to the meeting and adhere to submission guidelines.
For feedback, members of the group are invited to comment on the work either verbally or in writing or both. Comments are intended to be constructive and deal with the mechanics of the writing and its marketability rather than approval or disapproval of subject matter. Only issues of content should be addressed at the meetings. Grammatical issues or line editing shoud be given to the writer either on paper or electronically.
There is no censorship at the Evanston Writers Group. This is a primary tenent of the group. The only exception that will be tolorated is if a piece is deliberately put up to hurt another member of the group.
During the critique period, the writer should not respond to comments unless a question is specifically directed to that writer. The writer will have a chance to ask questions after all the critiques are finished.
Prompt Group
(Second and fourth Wednesday of the month organized through the Meetup.com group)
These are inventive writing exercises to prime the writing pump. Obviously it is working, the every other Wednesday critique workshop is flowing.
This group is peer led - someone taking their own valuable writing time to plan and facilitate the evening's writing activities. The group is about process not product.
This might be just what you need to renew, refresh or ramp up your writing. Bring a pad of paper and a pen, or your favorite laptop, and take away inspiration and new ideas to tap into your creative flow.