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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 more than 15 years. After studying History in graduate school\, he spent several years working in conservation programs with teenagers. His time as a Montessori educator revealed the power of combining creativity with learning and inspired him to explore his own creative practice. In addition to his longtime love of storytelling\, he has developed interests in calligraphy\, puppetry\, poetry\, and block printing. A San Antonio native\, he spends his free time exploring the crystalline waters of Central Texas. \n \n  \n 
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/teen-writing-circle-2025-03-29-2025-04-26/2026-03-28/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop,Youth
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260323T200000
DTSTAMP:20260626T043454
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SUMMARY:Old Drafts\, New Writing: Turning Text into Graphic Literature with Octavio Quintanilla
DESCRIPTION:Literary Masters Lecture Series \nHave a draft you don’t know what to do with? Learn how to transform it into graphic storytelling.\nMonday(s)\, March 23 & 30\, 6:30-8pm CT\, via Zoom\nNonmember: $90; Member: $75; Student/Educ/Mil: $63\n \n \n  \n\nIn this 2-part master session\, you’ll learn how to:\n\n\nModel from authors and artists who successfully blend literature and visual art.\n\n\nDevelop an understanding of how to break down existing writing (poems\, essays\, short stories) into panels and visual sequences.\n\n\nPractice quick sketch methods for turning a written scene into a graphic draft.\n\n\nLearn how to transform your old writing into graphic literature! In this two-part lecture\, led by 2025 Texas Poet Octavio Quintanilla\, we will explore how writers can use new and existing work to create graphic literature—a form that merges text with visual storytelling to evoke powerful\, multidimensional narratives. Each session features an engaging craft talk\, actionable writing strategies\, and a live Q&A with the author. \nOctavio Quintanilla is the 2025 Texas Poet Laureate and an award-winning poet and visual artist exploring the intersection of text and image. Learn from one of Texas’s leading literary voices.  \n\nOctavio Quintanilla  is the 2025 Texas Poet Laureate and the author of the poetry collections\, If I Go Missing (Slough Press\, 2014)\, The Book of Wounded Sparrows (Texas Review Press\, 2024)\, and Las Horas Imposibles / The Impossible Hours (University of Arizona Press\, 2025)\, winner of the 2024 Ambroggio Prize of the Academy of American Poets. He’s the founder and director of the literature & arts festival VersoFrontera\, publisher of Alabrava Press\, and former Poet Laureate of San Antonio.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/old-drafts-new-writing/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260318T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260318T200000
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SUMMARY:The Big Texas Author Talk featuring Lauren D. Woods
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Wednesday\, March 18th\, 2026\, via Zoom for a conversation with Lauren D. Woods\, to discuss her new book\, The Great Grown-Up Game of Make-Believe (Autumn House Press).\n\n\n(Virtual Readings Quarterly @ 7pm CST) \n\n\nRSVP \n  \nWinner of the 2024 Autumn House Fiction Prize\, these lyrical\, haunting stories invite us to question the stories we tell ourselves and to imagine other paths—joyful\, whimsical\, even absurd—through the world. \nA wife finds herself literally shrinking in her house\, day by day; a mother recalls the surreal day when her infant daughter survives a close encounter with a bear; and\, inside her lover’s heart\, a woman discovers a secret nightclub populated by all the women he’s loved and left. \nIn the worlds Woods conjures\, childhood memories ripple through adult lives\, and characters test the limits of their self-created realities. The Great Grown-Up Game of Make-Believe urges us to contemplate how we can escape loneliness and heartbreak and live on our own terms. \n\nAbout the Author\n \nLauren D. Woods\, originally from the Dallas area\, now lives and writes in Washington\, DC\, where she was a 2024-25 Washington\, DC Arts and Humanities Fellow for Fiction. Her writing has appeared as a spotlighted story in The Best Small Fictions\, as well as in The Antioch Review\, The Normal School\, Passages North\, Hayden’s Ferry Review\, Red Rock Review\, Southern Humanities Review\, and Lunch Ticket\, among others. Lauren works in consulting and lives with her husband\, four children\, two cats\, and a guinea pig. The Great Grown-Up Game of Make-Believe is her debut collection. \n  \n\nAbout the Moderator\n \nMichael Don is the author of the story collection Partners and Strangers\, a finalist for the 2019 Foreword Indies Book of the Year Award in short fiction. His stories and essays have appeared in journals such as The Southampton Review\, World Literature Today\, Puerto Del Sol\, The Baltimore Review\, Passages North\, Southern Humanities Review\, and Washington Square Review. He is a professor at George Mason University\, co-editor of Kikwetu: A Journal of East African Literature\, and co-organizer of the Fox City Lit reading series.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/the-big-texas-author-talk-featuring-lauren-d-woods/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20260318T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20260318T203000
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SUMMARY:Veterans' Writing Collective with Sarah Colby
DESCRIPTION:The Veterans’ 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-2020-07-15-2021-11-17-2023-08-16-2023-12-20/2026-03-18/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event,Online Workshop,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20260228T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20260228T133000
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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 more than 15 years. After studying History in graduate school\, he spent several years working in conservation programs with teenagers. His time as a Montessori educator revealed the power of combining creativity with learning and inspired him to explore his own creative practice. In addition to his longtime love of storytelling\, he has developed interests in calligraphy\, puppetry\, poetry\, and block printing. A San Antonio native\, he spends his free time exploring the crystalline waters of Central Texas. \n \n  \n 
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/teen-writing-circle-2025-03-29-2025-04-26/2026-02-28/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop,Youth
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20260223T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20260223T203000
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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-2-2020-08-31-2020-09-28-2021-06-28-2022-05-30-2022-06-27-2022-07-25-2023-03-27-2023-12-25-2025-04-28-2025-05-26/2026-02-23/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20260218T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20260218T203000
DTSTAMP:20260626T043454
CREATED:20191105T075945Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T183639Z
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SUMMARY:Veterans' Writing Collective with Sarah Colby
DESCRIPTION:The Veterans’ 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-2020-07-15-2021-11-17-2023-08-16-2023-12-20/2026-02-18/
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/Chicago:20260216T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260216T200000
DTSTAMP:20260626T043454
CREATED:20251022T181712Z
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SUMMARY:Creating an Immersive Setting and Atmosphere with Andrew Porter
DESCRIPTION:Literary Masters Lecture Series \nWrite a World for Readers to Explore\n  \nMonday(s)\, February 16 & 23\, 2026\, 6:30-8pm CT\, online via Zoom.\nNonmember: $90; Member: $75; Student/Educ/Mil: $63\n*EARN CPEs; TWO SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE\n \n \n  \n Join us for the first Literary Masters Lecture of the year and learn to craft an immersive setting and atmosphere readers can truly sink into! Each session features an engaging craft talk\, actionable writing strategies\, and a live Q&A with the author. \nIn this two-part intensive lecture\, award-winning fiction author Andrew Porter will share practical techniques for building immersive settings and atmospheres\, explore their vital role in fiction and nonfiction\, and offer craft tools participants can practice on their own after the lecture. \nThis lecture is open to writers of all genres and skill levels 18+. \nParticipants will leave this lecture series with:\n\nAn understanding of the important role setting and atmosphere play in a piece of writing\nTechniques for creating an immersive setting and atmosphere in any genre\nAdditional activities to complete at home following the lecture\n\n\nAndrew Porter is the author of four books\, including the story collections The Disappeared (Knopf) and The Theory of Light and Matter (Vintage) and the novels In Between Days (Knopf) and The Imagined Life (Knopf\, 2025). A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop\, he has received a Pushcart Prize\, a James Michener/Copernicus Fellowship\, and the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction. His work has appeared in Best American Short Stories\, One Story\, Ploughshares\, American Short Fiction\, The Southern Review\, and on Public Radio’s Selected Shorts. Currently\, he teaches fiction writing and directs the creative writing program at Trinity University in San Antonio\, Texas.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/creating-an-immersive-setting/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20260131T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20260131T133000
DTSTAMP:20260626T043454
CREATED:20241125T170232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260624T154222Z
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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 more than 15 years. After studying History in graduate school\, he spent several years working in conservation programs with teenagers. His time as a Montessori educator revealed the power of combining creativity with learning and inspired him to explore his own creative practice. In addition to his longtime love of storytelling\, he has developed interests in calligraphy\, puppetry\, poetry\, and block printing. A San Antonio native\, he spends his free time exploring the crystalline waters of Central Texas. \n \n  \n 
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/teen-writing-circle-2025-03-29-2025-04-26/2026-01-31/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop,Youth
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20260126T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20260126T203000
DTSTAMP:20260626T043454
CREATED:20191105T141203Z
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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-2-2020-08-31-2020-09-28-2021-06-28-2022-05-30-2022-06-27-2022-07-25-2023-03-27-2023-12-25-2025-04-28-2025-05-26/2026-01-26/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
END:VEVENT
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20260121T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20260121T203000
DTSTAMP:20260626T043454
CREATED:20191105T075945Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T183637Z
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SUMMARY:Veterans' Writing Collective with Sarah Colby
DESCRIPTION:The Veterans’ 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-2020-07-15-2021-11-17-2023-08-16-2023-12-20/2026-01-21/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event,Online Workshop,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251229T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251229T203000
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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-2-2020-08-31-2020-09-28-2021-06-28-2022-05-30-2022-06-27-2022-07-25-2023-03-27-2023-12-25-2025-04-28-2025-05-26/2025-12-29/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251227T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251227T133000
DTSTAMP:20260626T043454
CREATED:20241125T170232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260624T154220Z
UID:12342-1766836800-1766842200@geminiink.org
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 more than 15 years. After studying History in graduate school\, he spent several years working in conservation programs with teenagers. His time as a Montessori educator revealed the power of combining creativity with learning and inspired him to explore his own creative practice. In addition to his longtime love of storytelling\, he has developed interests in calligraphy\, puppetry\, poetry\, and block printing. A San Antonio native\, he spends his free time exploring the crystalline waters of Central Texas. \n \n  \n 
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/teen-writing-circle-2025-03-29-2025-04-26/2025-12-27/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop,Youth
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://geminiink.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/TWC-website-header.png
ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251217T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251217T203000
DTSTAMP:20260626T043454
CREATED:20191105T075945Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T183637Z
UID:11155-1765996200-1766003400@geminiink.org
SUMMARY:Veterans' Writing Collective with Sarah Colby
DESCRIPTION:The Veterans’ 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-2020-07-15-2021-11-17-2023-08-16-2023-12-20/2025-12-17/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event,Online Workshop,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sarah Colby":MAILTO:veteranscollective@geminiink.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251213T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251213T130000
DTSTAMP:20260626T043454
CREATED:20250814T171156Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250814T171156Z
UID:12905-1765620000-1765630800@geminiink.org
SUMMARY:Poetry as Praise with Amanda Johnston
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, December 13\, 10am–1pm CT\, online via Zoom\nNonmember $75; Member $65; Student/Educ/Mil $53 \n*EARN CPEs\nTWO SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE\n \nHonor that special someone\, a major milestone\, or that first sip of coffee with a praise poem! \nThrough times of hardship and joy\, poetry connects us to our shared human experience. Praise poems give writers a vessel to carry wonder and gratitude and to deliver loving messages to their community. \nIn this one-day workshop led by Texas Poet Laureate Emeritus Amanda Johnston\, participants will explore poetic forms of praise\, learn how to identify and celebrate the awe-inspiring everyday moments of life\, and craft new works that can be given as gifts to loved ones. \nThis class is open to writers of all skill levels 18+. \nIn this workshop students will: \n\nExplore poetic forms of praise.\nWrite and share new praise poems.\nBuild an idea catalog for future works.\n\n\nAmanda Johnston is a writer\, visual artist\, and the 61st Poet Laureate of Texas. She earned an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Southern Maine. She is the author of two chapbooks\, GUAP and Lock & Key\, and the full-length collection Another Way to Say Enter\, and editor of the anthology Praisesong for the People: Poems from the Heart and Soul of Texas\, coming Fall 2025 from Host Publications. Her work has appeared in numerous online and print publications\, among them Callaloo\, Poetry Magazine\, The Moth Radio Hour\, Bill Moyers\, The Rumpus\, and the anthologies Furious Flower: Seeding the Future of African American Poetry and Women of Resistance: Poems for a New Feminism. She has received fellowships\, grants\, and awards from Cave Canem\, Hedgebrook\, Tasajillo\, the Kentucky Foundation for Women\, The Watermill Center\, American Short Fiction\, Prizer Arts & Letters\, and the Academy of American Poets. She is a former Board President of Cave Canem Foundation\, a member of the Affrilachian Poets\, and founder of Torch Literary Arts. \nIG: @poetamandajohnston\nFacebook: Amanda Johnston\nWebsite: AmandaJohnston.com \n 
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/poetry-as-praise/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Online Workshop
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://geminiink.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Amanda-Johnston-website-header.png
ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251129T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251129T133000
DTSTAMP:20260626T043454
CREATED:20241125T170232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260624T154219Z
UID:12341-1764417600-1764423000@geminiink.org
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 more than 15 years. After studying History in graduate school\, he spent several years working in conservation programs with teenagers. His time as a Montessori educator revealed the power of combining creativity with learning and inspired him to explore his own creative practice. In addition to his longtime love of storytelling\, he has developed interests in calligraphy\, puppetry\, poetry\, and block printing. A San Antonio native\, he spends his free time exploring the crystalline waters of Central Texas. \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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://geminiink.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/TWC-website-header.png
ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251124T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251124T203000
DTSTAMP:20260626T043454
CREATED:20191105T141203Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260423T145553Z
UID:11142-1764009000-1764016200@geminiink.org
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
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://geminiink.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/open-writers-lab.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251119T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251119T203000
DTSTAMP:20260626T043454
CREATED:20191105T075945Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T183636Z
UID:11154-1763577000-1763584200@geminiink.org
SUMMARY:Veterans' Writing Collective with Sarah Colby
DESCRIPTION:The Veterans’ 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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251113T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251113T200000
DTSTAMP:20260626T043454
CREATED:20250814T163233Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250814T163233Z
UID:12891-1763058600-1763064000@geminiink.org
SUMMARY:Writing in the Land with Emmy Pérez
DESCRIPTION:Literary Masters Lecture Series\nThursday(s)\, November 13 & 20\, 6:30–8pm CT\, online via Zoom\nNonmember $90; Member $75; Student?Educ/Mil $63 \n*EARN CPEs\nTWO SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE\n \nHave you been seeking a more intentional connection to nature? Writing about the land is an intimate way to slow down and reconnect to earth with purpose. Join us for the last Literary Masters Lecture of the year! Each session features an engaging craft talk\, actionable writing strategies\, and a live Q&A with the author. \nIn this two-part lecture\, led by 2020 Texas Poet Laureate Emmy Pérez\,  we will discuss poems\, songs\, and prose that center the land and our connections to places and the environment. We will use these discussions and short writing activities to examine nature through a creative lens\, explore attention to detail\, integrate historical and cultural contexts\, and encourage an eco-justice approach to the writing. We will leave the lecture with our own research plans to explore a place of personal interest. \nThis lecture is open to writers of all skill levels 18+. \nIn this lecture students will: \n\nDiscuss poems and short prose pieces\nStart drafting a poem or short prose piece \nDevelop a research plan to include online and in-person exploration of a land or a waterway of interest\n\n\nEmmy Pérez\, Texas Poet Laureate 2020\, is the author of Solstice\, With the River on Our Face\, and the forthcoming Boxes with Zero Tolerance\, and Paper america: New and Selected Poems. She is a recipient of fellowships from the Academy of American Poets\, United States Artists\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, and CantoMundo. A member of the Macondo Writers Workshop since 2008\, she is a professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley\, where she also serves as chair of the Department of Creative Writing.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/writing-in-the-land/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event,Lecture,Online Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251027T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251027T203000
DTSTAMP:20260626T043454
CREATED:20191105T141203Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260423T145552Z
UID:11141-1761589800-1761597000@geminiink.org
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-2-2020-08-31-2020-09-28-2021-06-28-2022-05-30-2022-06-27-2022-07-25-2023-03-27-2023-12-25-2025-04-28-2025-05-26/2025-10-27/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Workshop
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://geminiink.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/open-writers-lab.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251025T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251025T133000
DTSTAMP:20260626T043454
CREATED:20241125T170232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260624T154219Z
UID:12340-1761393600-1761399000@geminiink.org
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 more than 15 years. After studying History in graduate school\, he spent several years working in conservation programs with teenagers. His time as a Montessori educator revealed the power of combining creativity with learning and inspired him to explore his own creative practice. In addition to his longtime love of storytelling\, he has developed interests in calligraphy\, puppetry\, poetry\, and block printing. A San Antonio native\, he spends his free time exploring the crystalline waters of Central Texas. \n \n  \n 
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/teen-writing-circle-2025-03-29-2025-04-26/2025-10-25/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop,Youth
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://geminiink.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/TWC-website-header.png
ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251015T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20251015T203000
DTSTAMP:20260626T043454
CREATED:20191105T075945Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T183636Z
UID:11153-1760553000-1760560200@geminiink.org
SUMMARY:Veterans' Writing Collective with Sarah Colby
DESCRIPTION:The Veterans’ 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-2020-07-15-2021-11-17-2023-08-16-2023-12-20/2025-10-15/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event,Online Workshop,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sarah Colby":MAILTO:veteranscollective@geminiink.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251007T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251007T210000
DTSTAMP:20260626T043454
CREATED:20250811T191819Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251007T182149Z
UID:12857-1759860000-1759870800@geminiink.org
SUMMARY:Introduction to Playwriting with Mikaela Simon
DESCRIPTION:Write scenes that demand to be performed.\nSTARTS TOMORROW\, OCT 7!\nTuesday(s)\, October 7\, 14\, 6-9pm CT via Zoom \nNon-member $225; Member $194; Student/Educ/Mil $158 \nClass Closed\nJoin writers from across the country connecting on Zoom.\n \nHow do you write a story that comes alive on stage? Excellent theatre has a way of getting a great story up on its feet. But how do you tell a story on the page so that it comes to life on the stage?  \nJoin New Jersey-based playwright Mikaela Simon in this three-session course which will cover the fundamentals of writing a play. Workshop participants will learn how playwriting differs from other genres\, what “show don’t tell” means when writing for the stage\, and how to use it to create dynamic storytelling.  \nThis course will examine structure\, format\, dialogue\, monologues\, characters\, dramatic action\, and theatricality. Participants will explore these elements and use them to create their own short plays and/or scenes.   \nThis course is open to writers of all genres and skill level\, 18+.  \nWalk away with the first draft of a 10-minute play or the first few scenes of a larger work!\nStudents will leave this course with: \n\nKnowledge of how to structure and format a play\nAn understanding of playwriting elements and how to use them\nThe ability to apply the concepts to long-form works\, such as one acts\, full-lengths\, etc.\n\nRead Mikaela’s Writer’s Desk Q&A!\n \n\nMikaela Simon (she/her) is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Jersey City\, NJ. She graduated in 2019 from Drew University with a BA in Theatre Arts. While in college\, Mikaela’s work was performed a number of times in the Plays in Process series\, and she was also a recipient of the Robert Fisher Oxnam Award for Playwriting in 2018\, resulting in a staged reading produced by the Ensemble Studio Theatre. Since graduating\, she has taken on the role of teaching artist for the theatre program at Yavneh Academy in Paramus\, NJ. Mikaela is also a multimedia visual artist\, and is very involved in the Jersey City arts community with her small business (@doodlealldayy). Writing has always held a special place for her\, and she looks forward to getting the chance to share the beautiful craft of playwriting with people who have a story to tell.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/introduction-to-playwriting/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://geminiink.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Mikaela-Simon.png
ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251007T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251007T200000
DTSTAMP:20260626T043454
CREATED:20250811T202428Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251006T184454Z
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SUMMARY:Deep Revision with Katey Schultz
DESCRIPTION:Turn your messy draft into a story that sings.\n*STARTS TOMORROW\, OCT 7!\nTuesday(s) October 7\, 14 & 21\, 6-8pm CT\, via Zoom\nNonmember $150; Member $129; Student/Educ/Mil $105 \n \nJoin writers from across the country connecting on Zoom.\n \nCalling all experienced writers looking to level up! Give your written work a power boost and learn to revise like a pro. \nThis three-session workshop is designed to empower writers with revision techniques for memoir\, essays\, flash\, short stories\, or novels. Whether trying to revise a stand-alone chapter or considering the broader arc of your full manuscript\, these techniques are graspable\, effective\, and empowering. \nWe’ll cover these types of revision: thematic\, developmental\, sentence-level\, and structural. You’ll practice each technique using excerpts from your own work in progress\, which you should bring with you to class. You’ll come away with systematic tools to address areas for improvement\, as well as a re-invigorated understanding of the joys of revision. \nThis course is for intermediate or advanced writers who have\, at minimum\, worked through a partial or complete first draft of a full manuscript\, or who have published books and are ready to improve their next manuscript by learning how to become their own best editors. \nYou’ll walk away with pages in hand and new skills for every story you write.\nStudents will leave this class with: \n\nAn increased confidence in your ability to apply developmental\, sentence-level\, and structural revision techniques to your works-in-progress\nA re-invigorated understanding of the joys of revision and the key role it plays in the writing process\n\nRead Katey’s Writer’s Desk Q&A!\n \n\nKatey Schultz is the author of Flashes of War\, which the Daily Beast praised as an “ambitious and fearless” collection\, and Still Come Home\, a novel\, both published by Loyola University Maryland. Honors for her work include North Carolina’s Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction\, the Linda Flowers Literary Award\, Doris Betts Fiction Prize\, Foreword INDIES Book of the Year award\, gold and silver medals from the Military Writers Society of America\, the Chicago Writers Association Book of the Year award\, five Pushcart nominations\, a nomination to Best American Short Stories\, National Indies Excellence recognition\, and writing fellowships in eight states. She has taught all over the country—at Interlochen College of Creative Arts\, Fishtrap\, 49 Alaska Writing Center\, StoryStudio Chicago\, and her own organization Maximum Impact\, among many others. She lives in Celo\, North Carolina\, and is the founder of Maximum Impact\, a transformative mentoring service for creative writers that has been recognized by both CNBC and the What Works Network.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/deep-revision-with-katey-schultz-3/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251004T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251004T113000
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SUMMARY:Twists\, Turns\, and Call-backs: How to Shape Your Story with Marcela Fuentes
DESCRIPTION:Literary Masters Lecture Series\nShape your story into something unforgettable\n\nLearn how from award-winning author Marcela Fuentes\n\n\nSaturday(s)\, October 4 & 11\, 10-11:30am CT\, online via Zoom\nNonmember $90; Member $75; Student $63  *EARN CPEs  \nSeats are limited—register today\n \n  \nWhat You’ll Learn\n\n       Knowledge of specific story shapes\n       Effective use of images\n       Understanding of how to weave in detail without losing momentum\n\n“[F]ind your writer friends. You’ll keep each other writing no matter what life throws at you.”—Marcela Fuentes\nWant to learn how to strategically use story shapes to create dynamic arcs and a satisfying plot that your reader can’t stop reading? Join us for this Literary Masters Lecture! Each session features an engaging craft talk\, actionable writing strategies\, and a live Q&A with the author. \nIn this two-part intensive lecture\, award-winning fiction writer Marcela Fuentes will share how to pick an excellent shape for your story\, create a strong opening\, and evoke striking images. She’ll also provide craft tools and ideas you can practice on your own following the lecture. \n\nAbout Marcela Fuentes \nMarcela is an award-winning fiction writer and essayist. Her debut novel Malas won the Texas Institute of Letters First Fiction Prize and the National Cowboy Museum & Western Heritage Award for Outstanding Western Novel. The book was longlisted for the Center For Fiction’s First Novel Prize and was featured in The New York Times\, Washington Post\, People\, Elle Magazine\, and Texas Monthly. Malas was Good Morning America Book Club’s pick for June 2024. She is an associate professor at TCU in Fort Worth. She was born and raised in Del Rio\, Texas.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/how-to-shape-your-story/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20250929T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20250929T203000
DTSTAMP:20260626T043454
CREATED:20191105T141203Z
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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-2-2020-08-31-2020-09-28-2021-06-28-2022-05-30-2022-06-27-2022-07-25-2023-03-27-2023-12-25-2025-04-28-2025-05-26/2025-09-29/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20250927T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20250927T133000
DTSTAMP:20260626T043454
CREATED:20241125T170232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260624T154218Z
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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 more than 15 years. After studying History in graduate school\, he spent several years working in conservation programs with teenagers. His time as a Montessori educator revealed the power of combining creativity with learning and inspired him to explore his own creative practice. In addition to his longtime love of storytelling\, he has developed interests in calligraphy\, puppetry\, poetry\, and block printing. A San Antonio native\, he spends his free time exploring the crystalline waters of Central Texas. \n \n  \n 
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/teen-writing-circle-2025-03-29-2025-04-26/2025-09-27/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop,Youth
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250924T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250924T203000
DTSTAMP:20260626T043454
CREATED:20250808T191049Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250924T210745Z
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SUMMARY:Short and to the Point: Writing Microfiction with Lyzette Wanzer
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday(s)\, September 24 & October 1\, 8\, 15\, 22\, 29\, 2025 6:30-8:30pm CT online via Zoom\nNonmember $300; Member $255; Student/Educator/Military $210 \n*Please note: our printed schedule lists September 17 in error. The class begins September 24. \n*EARN CPEs\nLearn the art of microfiction! This genre challenges and sharpens your skills by teaching you how to write an attention-demanding story in only a few words.   \nIn this six-session workshop\, writers will discover the key to successful microfiction: a well-defined character and plot\, all compressed into an impactful short story. We’ll foster creativity and expand writing skills\, refining the ability to convey complex ideas concisely without sacrificing the story’s punch. Throughout the duration of the workshop\, students will write and revise a story of 300 words or less.  \nThis is an intermediate-level workshop. Prior prose or poetry writing experience is required and assumed. \nDuring this class you will: \n\nRead and parse multiple microfiction examples\nWorkshop your story with your peers\nReceive instructor feedback on your drafts\nExplore places to publish your piece\n\nRead Lyzette’s Writer’s Desk Q&A!\n\nLyzette Wanzer is a San Francisco writer\, editor\, and writing workshop instructor. She holds an MFA in Fiction from Mills College. A flash fiction connoisseur and essay aficionado\, her work has appeared in Callaloo\, The Los Angeles Review\, Pleiades\, The MacGuffin\, Flashquake\, and others. She is a contributor to Lyric Essay as Resistance\, The Chalk Circle\, Civil Liberties United\, and 642 Tiny Things to Write About. Lyzette presents at conferences including AWP\, CEA\, Litquake\, and the San Francisco Writers Conference. She judges literary contests in nonfiction and intercultural essay categories.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/short-and-to-the-point/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250917T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250917T200000
DTSTAMP:20260626T043454
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SUMMARY:The Big Texas Author Talk featuring Joaquín Zihuatanejo
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Wednesday\, September 17th\, 2025\, via Zoom for a conversation with Joaquín Zihuatanejo\, to discuss his new book\, OccupyWhiteness (Deep Vellum). Moderated by Natasha Carrizosa.\n\n\n(Virtual Readings Quarterly @ 7pm CST) \n\n\nRSVP \n\nStarting from long-form works of literature by straight\, white men\, Joaquín Zihuatanejo occupies their pages\, erasing words and sections\, leaving only his poetry behind — the white space that remains becoming colonized Brown verse. \nOccupy Whiteness is an act of rebellion that reclaims spaces and highlights a history of erasure of Brown life. An unflinching look at the present day\, the collection is haunted and blessed by the image of ancestors who braved the river and desert to travel into border states for the opportunity of freedom. These are poems meant to agitate and create unease\, to make the reader realize that neither their author nor the immigrant children he describes are Other. Through poems and interspersed photography from the border\, Zihuatanejo poignantly depicts this equally beautiful and brutal place we call home. \n\nAbout the Author\nJoaquin Zihuatanejo is a poet\, spoken word artist\, and award-winning teacher. Born and raised in the barrio of East Dallas\, in his work Joaquín strives to capture the duality of the Chicano culture. He’s been called\, “one of the most dynamic and passionate performance poets in the country\, melding equal parts comedy\, poetry\, and dramatic monologue into a crowd-pleasing display of verbal fireworks… always thrilling\, Joaquín’s hilariously manic presentation is full of compassion and nuance\, never sacrificing substance for style.” Joaquin was a National Poetry Slam Finalist\, a Grand Slam Spoken Word Champion\, and HBO Def Poet\, performing at universities\, conferences and poetry slams all over the North America and Europe. \n\nAbout the Moderator\nNatasha Carrizosa is a vessel of the word – poet\, writer\, speaker\, and teaching artist. Her grounding work is deeply rooted in her BIPOC living experiences\, mindfulness\, and truths. Author of mexiafricana\, heavy light\, and crown. Her work has been published in Manteca! – an anthology of Afro-Latino poets\, CONTRA: Texas Poets Speak Out\, The Ascentos Review\, Learn Then Burn 2\, defunkt & cutthroat magazines\, R2: The Rice Review\, huizache #9\, and AfroLatinas and LatiNegras (Critical Africana Studies.)
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/the-big-texas-author-talk-featuring-joaquin-zihuatanejo/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20250917T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20250917T203000
DTSTAMP:20260626T043454
CREATED:20191105T075945Z
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SUMMARY:Veterans' Writing Collective with Sarah Colby
DESCRIPTION:The Veterans’ 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-2020-07-15-2021-11-17-2023-08-16-2023-12-20/2025-09-17/
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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