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SUMMARY:First Page Fiction Bootcamp with Chaitali Sen
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, May 4\, 10am-4pm CST (with 30-minute lunch); Hybrid (students can take this class online or in-person at Gemini Ink)\nInstructor: Chaitali Sen\nNonmember: $140; Member: $120; Student/Educator/Mil $75 \nClass Canceled. \nA formidable first page of fiction grabs the reader\, sets the tone for what’s to come\, and captures the essence of the entire work. But how do we create an opening that keeps the reader turning the page? \nIn this one-day workshop\, we will study and discuss various examples of compelling first pages to see what works; we will review craft elements such as character\, setting\, point-of-view\, and narrative voice; and we will write and examine our own first pages in a safe\, supportive environment.  \nThis course is open to fiction writers of all skill levels\, 18+. \nStudents will leave this class with: \n\nAn understanding of what makes for a strong first page\nTechniques for writing strong openings\nA strong first page of fiction\n\n\nChaitali Sen is the author of the novel The Pathless Sky (Europa Editions 2015) and the story collection A New Race of Men from Heaven (Sarabande Books 2023)\, chosen by Danielle Evans as the winner of the 2021 Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction. Her stories and essays have been published by American Short Fiction\, Boulevard\, Catapult\, Colorado Review\, Ecotone\, Electric Literature\, LitHub\, Los Angeles Review of Books\, New England Review\, Shenandoah\, and many other publications. Born in India and raised in New York and Pennsylvania\, she currently lives in Austin\, Texas. \n\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/first-page-fiction-bootcamp/
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:From Madness to Heaven: An Evening with Gemini Wahhaj and Chaitali Sen\, followed by a Community Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Gemini Wahhaj and Chaitali Sen\nJoin Gemini Ink on Friday\, May 10th\, for a night of prose and literary celebration as we partner with our friends at Poetic Republic Cafe to create an inviting space for the writing community to share words\, wine\, and wisdom\, with a little latte or espresso on the side. \nLet’s honor Asian-American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month with the compelling fiction of Gemini Wahhaj and Chaitali Sen\, who capture the human experience through the lens of immigration and political unrest and do so with power and elegance. Following the featured reading\, we will host a community open mic. Bring your poems\, stories\, and thoughts to share (there will be a 3-minute limit for each reader). Open mic sign-up in person\, starting at 6pm. \n\nGemini Wahhaj is the author of the novel The Children of this Madness (7.13 Books\, Fall 2023) and the short-story collection Katy Family (Jackleg Press\, Spring 2025). \nChaitali Sen is the author of the novel The Pathless Sky (Europa Editions 2015) and the story collection A New Race of Men from Heaven (Sarabande Books 2023)\, chosen by Danielle Evans as the winner of the 2021 Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction. Her stories and essays have been published by American Short Fiction\, Boulevard\, Catapult\, Colorado Review\, Ecotone\, Electric Literature\, LitHub\, Los Angeles Review of Books\, New England Review\, Shenandoah\, and many other publications. Born in India and raised in New York and Pennsylvania\, she currently lives in Austin\, Texas.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/from-madness-to-heaven/
LOCATION:Poetic Republic Coffee Co.\, 2330 S. Presa St\, San Antonio\, Texas\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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SUMMARY:Wellness for Writers with Jen Knox
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, May 11 & 18\, 10am-12pm; via Zoom\nInstructor: Jen Knox\nNonmember: $145; Member: $125; Student/Educator/Mil $75 \n*EARN CPE’S\nSCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE.\nClass cancelled (will be rescheduled)\nBetween writer’s block\, rejection letters\, and tough critiques\, the writing process can be an emotionally taxing experience. It’s easy for a writer to get discouraged. Many even abandon their practice completely. How do we support ourselves so we keep our creative engines burning\, tell the truth without injuring ourselves\, and manage the ups and downs of the writing life? \nIn this two-session workshop\, we will combine writing and wellness practices to help writers develop a more mindful approach to their work. We’ll use meditation to tap creativity\, explore the connection between self-compassion and craft\, and look at how to mine raw personal material in a safe but effective way. By the end of this workshop\, we’ll put these techniques into practice in order to write with momentum and heart\, then revise with craft and focus. \nThis course is open to writers of all genres\, backgrounds\, and skill level\, 18+ who write on a regular basis.  \nWhat you can expect in this workshop:  \n\nA nurturing and fun space to explore your deepest stories.\nWellness techniques for managing the ups and downs of the writing life and writing through and about difficult times.\nPractice using these tools to generate authentic raw material to create a piece of work after the workshop.\nPiece of authentic work.\n\n\nJen Knox teaches at Ohio State University and is the founder of Unleash Creatives. She combines her love of creativity with personal development and leadership in workshops she hosts around the world. Jen’s debut novel\, We Arrive Uninvited\, won the Steel Toe Books Award\, and her collection\, The Glass City\, won the Press Americana Prize. Jen’s short writing appears in over a hundred journals and magazines\, including McSweeney’s Internet Quarterly and The Saturday Evening Post. 
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/wellness-for-writers-with-jen-knox/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop
ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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SUMMARY:The Big Texas Author Talk featuring Glenn Blake
DESCRIPTION:A Free Monthly Online Lecture Series from WritingWorkshops.com & Gemini Ink\nWednesday\, May 15th\, 2024 via Zoom @ 7PM CST\nUp Next: Glenn Blake\, with moderator Cliff Hudder\, discussing The Old and the Lost: Collected Stories\nRSVP\nAbout The Old and the Lost: Collected Stories\n\n\nThe most complete collection of Glenn Blake’s luminous short fiction published to date.  “I was born in a land of bayous\, raised between rivers\,” Glenn Blake writes. “There is a place in Southeast Texas where two rivers meet and become one. There is a long bridge over these waters\, and as you drive across\, you can look to the south and see where the Old River and the Lost River become the Old and the Lost. You can look out as far as you can see and watch this wide water become the bay.”  These fourteen stories are set in the swamps\, bayous\, and sloughs of Southeast Texas\, a region that is subsiding—sinking inches every year. The characters who inhabit Blake’s haunting landscape—awash in their own worlds\, adrift in their own lives—struggle to salvage what they can of their hopes and dreams from the encroaching tides. \nABOUT GLENN BLAKE \nGlenn Blake has taught in the English Department at Rice University\, the Creative Writing Program at the University of Houston\, and the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins. He is currently a Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Texas at Tyler.  He is the author of Drowned Moon\, Return Fire\, and The Old and the Lost. His novel\, Degüello\, is due in December. He has edited Gulf Coast\, The Hopkins Review\, and Boulevard. He is now serving as the Director of the University of Texas Press at Tyler. In 2000\, he was elected Chair of PEN Houston. In 2020\, he was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters. \nABOUT CLIFF HUDDER \nCliff Hudder received an MFA in fiction writing from the University of Houston in 1995\, and a PhD in American Literature from Texas A&M University in 2018. He has been an archaeological laborer\, a film and video editor\, a photographer\, an air compressor mechanic\, an electrical lineman\, and an educator. In addition to articles on regional and American literature\, his short stories have appeared in several journals\, including Alaska Quarterly Review\, The Kenyon Review\, and The Missouri Review. His work has received the Barthelme and Michener Awards\, the Peden Prize\, the Short Story Award from the Texas Institute of Letters\, and the Ruth Vande Kieft Prize from the Eudora Welty Society. His novella\, Splinterville\, won the 2007 Texas Review Fiction Award\, and his novel\, Pretty Enough for You\, was named a top-10 Texas favorite for 2015 by the Lone Star Literary Life website. His third book\, Sallowsfield\, will be released in November by Texas Review Press. He serves as the chair of Psychology and Sociology at Lone Star College-Montgomery in Conroe\, Texas. In 2017\, Cliff was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/the-big-texas-author-talk-featuring-glenn-blake/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Alexandra van de Kamp":MAILTO:avandekamp@geminiink.org
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