2019

Summer

SOON! Friday, July 12, from 9:30 – 12:30 p.m. Flash Fiction Workshop. Think you don’t have time to write? Anybody has time for flash fiction, and by the end of this workshop, you’ll have at least two finished stories. Location: The Joyful Jewel in Pittsboro, N.C., at 44-A Hillsboro Street, Pittsboro, NC 27312. To register, visit The Joyful Jewel in person or call (919) 883-2775.  Class size is limited so register early to secure your space.

SOON! Friday, July 21, from 9:30 – 12:30 p.m. Flash Essay Class. The personal essay is hot, hot, hot. From mini-memoirs to tiny love stories, there are countless ways to share your personal stories. Join us to read some and write a couple of your own. Location: The Joyful Jewel in Pittsboro, N.C., at 44-A Hillsboro Street, Pittsboro, NC 27312. To register, visit The Joyful Jewel in person or call (919) 883-2775.  Class size is limited so register early to secure your space.

Saturday, August 18 at 1 p.m. Writers Morning Out. Greek Kouzina, 984 East Street in Pittsboro. Leading a discussion on “The Year of Living Dangerously with Short Fiction.”

Sunday, August 25 at 4 p.m. McIntyre’s Fine Books, Pittsboro, N.C. Reading from  Waiting for the Wood Thrush, with other N.C. Poetry Society poets.

Spring

Saturday, May 11, Weymouth Center for Arts and the Humanities, Southern Pines, N.C. Annual Awards Day for the North Carolina Poetry Society. Reading my poem “Eulogy of the Northern Red Oak,” which was chosen by SandraBeasley as a finalist for 2019 N.C. Poet Laureate Award.

Saturday, April 13 from 9.a.m – 3 p.m. – Flash Fiction Bootcamp II Workshop. Think you don’t have time to write? Anybody has time for flash fiction, and by the end of this workshop, you’ll have five finished stories. (This workshop is a continuation of the popular Flash Fiction Bootcamp I) but is open to new as well as returning students and features entirely new prompts and readings. Atten-hut! Central Carolina Community College Creative Writing Program in Pittsboro, N.C. Register here. or by calling (919) 545-8044. Cost $50.

Wednesday, April 10 at 7 p.m. 60th Issue of The Phoenix Literary Magazine Launch Party. Pfeiffer University, Stokes Student Center, Community Room. Reading my poem: “I Like My Bagel Toasted.”

2018

Friday, November 16, at 3 pm in the Fairways Gallery at Carolina Meadows in Chapel Hill, N.C. Reading from a selection of authors in The Mighty Ant Anthology: Stories for Seniors.

Saturday, October 13, 2018 at Central Carolina Community College in Pittsboro: Flash Fiction: Revision and Publication. Now that you’ve written your first flash fictions, you’re ready to show them off! Bring a story of your own and learn how to revise, prepare and submit it for publication in online or print magazines, and how later to create a book-length collection and find publishers. Read about the event here.

Thursday, Sept. 6 at 6:30 p.m. at the Chatham County Agriculture and Conference Center in Pittsboro. Celebrating the launch of  The Mighty Ant Anthology: Stories for Seniors.

Saturday, September 22, 2018 at Central Carolina Community College in Pittsboro: Flash Fiction Bootcamp I. Think you don’t have time to write? Anybody has time for flash fiction, and by the end of this class, you’ll have five finished pieces. Bring your favorite writing gear (notebook and pen/pencil or laptop) and get ready for some prompts, new inspirations, and instant feedback. Atten-hut! Read about the event here.

Saturday, August 6 – Poetry in Plain Sight. Reading at Winston-Salem Library. Read more here.

Monday, June 6. at Scuppernong Books in Greensboro. Final event celebrating the launch of The Collection: Flash Fiction for Flash Memory.

Saturday, March 3 at Central Carolina Community College in Pittsboro: Flash Fiction, A DIY Kit! Participants will receive a starter kit for their own creative plundering, including delicious prompts, tips, samples, and vocabulary words, all of which will help germinate our individual kits and lead to even more stories in the future. Read about the event here.

Friday, March 2 from 6 – 7:30 pm at the Orange County Library in Hillsborough, N.C. Launch of The Collection: Flash Fiction for Flash Memory.