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SUMMARY:Get to “The End”in Style: A Prose Workshop with Guadalupe Garcia McCall
DESCRIPTION:Saturday(s)\, November 1 & 15\, 10am–12:30pm CT\, Hybrid (in-person and online via Zoom) \nNonmember $125; Member $108; Student/Educ/Mil $88 \n*EARN CPEs\n \nAre you stuck trying to finish a great story? The journey to completing a first draft is always bumpy and nebulous\, but having the right vehicle (writing exercises\, plotting devices\, and writing mode) can get your story to “The End” in style. \nIn this generative two-session workshop\, participants will use various modes\, structures\, and forms of writing to enhance their stories and\, in turn\, their own writing process. We will also explore Sequence and Sequel and the cause and effect of a scene–two intimately connected elements that impact our characters\, motivations\, and plot. Students will apply these concepts to their own writing in class. \nThis class is open to writers of all skill levels 18+. \nStudents will: \n\nDiscuss their personal writing process \nAnalyze various plot structures \nUse writing exercises to apply the concepts of Scene & Sequel to their work\n\nRead Guadalupe’s Writer’s Desk Q&A!\n\nGuadalupe García McCall is the national bestselling\, award-winning author of several young adult novels\, some short stories for adults\, and many poems. She has received the prestigious Pura Belpré Author Award\, a Westchester Young Adult Fiction Award\, the Tomás Rivera Mexican-American Children’s Book Award\, among many other accolades. Guadalupe is currently an Affiliate Faculty in the MFA Creative Writing program at Antioch University LA. She lives in San Antonio\, Texas\, where she is working on the Seasons of Sisterhood series\, three YA novels set in the world of Summer of the Mariposas\, coming from Tu Books 2025-2027! Spring of the Cicadas\, book 1 in the series\, is coming in October 2025!
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/get-to-the-end-in-style/
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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SUMMARY:Voices of San Anto Workshop with Marisela Barrera
DESCRIPTION:Join writer and performer Marisela Barrera for a free\, two-session bilingual storytelling workshop at the Pan American Library. \nWorkshop participants will craft a 5-7-minute story about asignificant moment in their lives and present it at a live storytelling show. \nFlyer_English \nSpanish Flyer_Spanish \n\nAttendance at all three sessions is mandatory.\nWorkshop dates: Nov 1 & 8\, 1-5pmFinal Celebration: Nov 15\, 2-4pm \n\nRegistration is required.\nSpace is limited to 15!\nSign up at: https://www.mysapl.org/Events-News/Events-Calendar?trumbaEmbed=search%3Dvoices%20of%20san%20anto\n\nEvent is Full!\nPlease email Sarah.DeLaRosa@sanantonio.gov to request being added to the waitlist.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/voices-of-san-anto-workshop-with-marisela-barrera/
LOCATION:San Antonio Public Library\, 600 Soledad\, San Antonio\, Texas\, 78205
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Catherine Burianek":MAILTO:cburianek@geminiink.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251119T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251119T203000
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SUMMARY:Veterans Writing Collective with Sarah Colby
DESCRIPTION:The Veteran’s Writing Collective (VWC) encourages the art of writing in a workshop environment where participants are offered honest\, positive\, and constructive peer-to-peer and mentor feedback. The workshop is open to all active-duty military\, veterans\, retirees\, and their immediate family members. Writers of all levels working in all genres are welcome. \nThe VWC meets monthly online via Zoom.\nIf you would like an invitation to this class\, send an email to veteranscollective@geminiink.org\n\nSarah Colby was born in northern New Mexico and raised in the Rocky Mountains. She is married to a retired Army Chaplain and is mother to a son in the Navy. Sarah has an MFA in Creative Writing from Sierra Nevada College and an exuberant interest in making the ordinary luminous. Her war-time experiences have motivated her to be a voice for the mostly untold stories of families and loved ones during these years of protracted conflict. She is currently working on a manuscript of poems about her experiences as a military family member.\n \n 
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/veterans-writing-collective-2020-07-15-2021-11-17-2023-08-16-2023-12-20/2025-11-19/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event,Online Workshop,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sarah Colby":MAILTO:veteranscollective@geminiink.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251124T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251124T203000
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SUMMARY:Open Writers' Labs
DESCRIPTION:These peer-driven workshops\, held the last Monday of each month\, are free and open to writers of all levels and focus on poetry\, flash fiction\, and short creative non-fiction.\n \n  \n\n\nOnline Via Zoom\nFor the online workshop\, sign up the day before the class to ensure you receive the Zoom link. \nThis workshop is facilitated by Kevin Ramos. Originally from the northeast\, Kevin studied theater arts at Rutgers University and The University of Washington. He’s lived all over the country before making his home in San Antonio\, Texas. Kevin has written several novels and short stories. Most recently\, publishing a short memoir called Enough about addiction\, mothers\, and missing graves. And a novel\, Hayley’s Sense of Fire (DLG Publishing Partners)\, a modern re-telling of the classic fairy tale\, The Little Matchgirl. \n\nIn-Person at Gemini Ink\n \nJoin our in-person Open Writer’s Lab with Robert Allen at Gemini Ink’s office\, 1111 Navarro St.\, San Antonio\, TX 78205. \nRobert Allen has worked as a librarian and an electrical contractor for most of his life. Many moons ago\, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from the University of Texas at Austin\, where he studied poetry under David Wevill. Allen has been active in local writer’s groups and open mics\, including the Sun Poets Society. He’s been published in The Ocotillo Review\, the Texas Poetry Calendar\, Voices de la Luna\, di-verse-city\, the San Antonio Express-News\, and Poetry on the Move. In 2006\, he started attending Gemini Ink’s free Monday night writing classes and has attended regularly ever since. With more than a decade of attending writers’ groups\, classes\, and open mics\, he now co-facilitates Gemini Ink’s Open Writer’s Lab. \nParking at Gemini Ink\nGemini Ink offers free parking along the back wall of our downtown offices. Please access this parking lot from Augusta St and first park in any of the 12 spots along the back wall. Only when these 12 spots are full do we ask that you park elsewhere in our lot. We now rent our offices from UTSA and are collaborating with them to create a secure and accessible parking lot for our community of writers and readers.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/open-writers-lab-2-2020-08-31-2020-09-28-2021-06-28-2022-05-30-2022-06-27-2022-07-25-2023-03-27-2023-12-25-2025-04-28-2025-05-26/2025-11-24/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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SUMMARY:Teen Writing Circle with Daniel Ramirez
DESCRIPTION:Register\nLast Saturday of Every Month 12-1:30pm cst via Zoom \nFor ages 13-19 years old \nAre you a teen who enjoys writing in their free time? Or are you someone who’s never had the chance to write on their own? If so\, this Online Teen Writing Circle is for you!  \nIn this once-a-month writing circle\, teens will enjoy writing in a judgment free zone. We’ll break the ice with one another and perform various writing exercises. You are encouraged to share your work with your peers and get constructive feedback\, but it is not required. Our only goal is to keep you writing! \nThis course is open to teen writers of any skill level. \nParticipants will leave the writing circle with:  \n\nNew\, unique written work\nListening and sharing experience\nConstructive feedback to help improve their writing\n\nWant to learn more about our Teen Writing Circle? Check out our Frequently Asked Questions!\n \n\nDaniel Ramirez has been an educator for over 15 years. After studying History in grad school\, he tromped around the outdoors doing conservation with teenagers. Spending time as a Montessori educator revealed the power of incorporating creativity with learning. Encouraging youth to tap into their creative abilities convinced him to discover his own. Since then\, in addition to his original love of storytelling\, he’s found a penchant for calligraphy\, puppetry\, poetry\, and block printing. A San Antonio native\, he explores the crystalline waters of Central Texas in his free time. \n \n  \n 
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/teen-writing-circle-2025-03-29-2025-04-26/2025-11-29/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop,Youth
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