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SUMMARY:YA 4U: Young Adult Writing with Gume Laurel
DESCRIPTION:Monday(s)\, September 15\, 22\, 29 & October 6\, 2025\, from 6:30-8:30pm CT\, Hybrid (available in-person and online via Zoom).\nNonmember $200; Member  $170; Student/Educator/Military $140 \n*EARN CPEs\nTWO SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE\n \nDo you have an idea for a Young Adult (YA) novel simmering in your mind? Have you always wanted to write YA but thought you were too old to connect with young readers? Learn to write YA from a place of lived experience! \nIn this four-session workshop series\, Junior Library Guild Gold Standard author\, Gume Laurel III\, will share personal insight into YA novel writing. We’ll start by reflecting on our own young adult experiences\, so we can write from a place of familiarity. From there\, we will lean into our own young adult writing voices\, regardless of our age or writing level. Then\, we’ll get to writing! Students will leave class with at least one rough draft of a YA flash fiction story. \nThis class is open to writers of all skill levels 18+. \nStudents will leave the course with: \n\nA clearer understanding of the young adult category\nConnection to their own young adult writing voice\nOne or more drafted chapters of a young adult flash fiction story\n\n\nGume is a Texan\, native to the Rio Grande Valley\, along the southernmost US/Mexico borderlands. He has dedicated himself to crafting literary works that promote inclusion and showcase diverse characters with intersectional identities. Gume’s stories especially highlight the underrepresented groups he is a part of: Latine\, Chicanx and queer. His first hi-lo verse novel\, Samson & Domingo\, published by West 44 Books\, received Honorable Mention for Best in LGBTQ+ Themed Book from the International Latino Book Awards. His most recently published hi-lo verse novel\, Solar Punks\, gives readers a hopeful look into a future powered by renewable energy\, and is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection. When Gume isn’t writing\, he can be found getting lost on a hiking trail with his dogs Blu and Mouse. He’s also a botana connoisseur\, considers himself a professional amateur poet\, and firmly believes he could probably be a good DJ if he tried.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/ya-4u-young-adult-writing/
LOCATION:Gemini Ink\, 1111 Navarro St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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