Strategizing for Publication Success
Ready to find a home for your manuscript and keep writing in the process? Join award-winning author and master writing instructor Virginia Pye for this online clinic-style writing seminar to discover mindful strategies for every stage of the process, including creative ways to:
share drafts and with whom
set up a reliable system for magazine submissions
strategize about and take steps toward getting a literary agent
learn how and when to apply to writer’s colonies, conferences, and fellowship programs
generate more than one writing project at a time without undermining your efforts
With these and other concrete suggestions, find your way to set up professional writing practices and increase chances for success - even before receiving that first acceptance letter!
Write Now! is a series of monthly Mindful Writing Workshop exploring essential elements of craft that lead to memorable storytelling. Experiment with writing exercises that engage your creative flow state and discover new ways to celebrate your storytelling skills.
$22 to Be inspired and Write Now! All levels welcome.
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Virginia Pye’s collection, Shelf Life of Happiness, won the 2019 IPPY Gold Medal for Short Fiction and her two historical novels, Dreams of the Red Phoenix and River of Dust, also received literary awards. Her essays have appeared in Literary Hub, The New York Times, Huffington Post, Cleveland Plain-Dealer, and elsewhere. She is Fiction Editor of Pangyrus, and a board member of the Women’s National Book Association, Boston Chapter. Virginia holds an MFA from Sarah Lawrence, was a Tin House Workshop Scholar, and a repeat fellow at the VCCA. Virginia has taught writing at NYU, and UPenn, and most recently, at GrubStreet’s Muse and Marketplace conference. Her forthcoming novel, The Book Lovers, will be published by Regal House Publishing in the fall of 2023. www.virginiapye.com
