By Paula Treick DeBoard
Have you always thought about writing a book, but you don’t know where or how to get started? The answer, believe it or not, may be in just… starting.
We can help you with that!
For fiction writers, check out the three-part Historical Fiction Workshop series led by Paper Lantern Writers, held in Bookish on three Sunday afternoons: October 12, October 26 and November 9. Each session has been carefully planned to introduce you to the important elements of writing historical fiction: researching your novel, digging into your historical world, and expanding on history. Organizer Edie Cay, an accomplished novelist, stresses that these skills are useful for all genres of fiction writing, and all writers are welcome! Visit www.bookishmodesto.com/events<www.bookishmodesto.com/events> for links to these workshops and to find more information.
We’re also, believe it or not, edging closer to November, that month of pumpkin spice everything, cozy scarves and ubiquitous Christmas music. But for writers, November has long been known as “national novel-writing month.” For the second year in a row, we’re putting our own spin on this with Novelish, a month-long writing community with individual challenges and group meet-ups. Last year, we had dozens of participants and THOUSANDS of words written on our manuscripts. Send us an email at bookish@bookishmodesto.com<mailto:bookish@bookishmodesto.com> with the subject NOVELISH to get on our mailing list for more info.
And check out event page for more information about Second Tuesday Poetry on October 14, featuring five poets reading for ten minutes each: Casey Giffin, Daley Perry, Cynthia Barstad, Paloma Contreras and Melchor Sahagun III.
