Apr
27
3:00 PM15:00

The Newburyport Literary Festival (Newburyport, MA)

The Ties That Bind: Complicated

Family triangles are at the heart of two recent novels by bestselling authors. Adrienne Brodeur’s Little Monsters, set on Cape Cod, explores how the relationships between a widowed oceanographer and his grown son and daughter are threatened by the secrets they each keep. Stephen McCauley’s hilarious You Only Call When You’re in Trouble features a struggling architect of tiny houses whose devotion to his outrageous sister and cherished niece continually disrupts his life. Nancy Crochiere (Graceland) will moderate.

This event will take place at the Firehouse Center for the Arts and is free and open to the public.

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Apr
6
3:45 PM15:45

The San Diego Writers Festival (San Diego, CA)

Panel: Engaging, Gripping, and Utterly Unputdownable: How to Write a Page-Turning Novel

High stakes, open loops, big questions, and so much more. Join award-winning authors Adrienne Brodeur, Tammy Greenwood, Joe Ide, Anastasia Zadeik, and Amy Wallen (moderator) as they reveal tools, secrets, and tricks of the trade on how to write a book that keeps readers turning pages until they reach the very . . . last . . . one.

This event will be held in the Winn Room at the Coronado Public Library. The Festival is free and open to the public.

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Feb
17
1:45 PM13:45

Atlanta Writers Club (Dunwoody, GA)

  • 2101 Womack Road Dunwoody, GA, 30338 United States (map)
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Atlanta Writers Club Meeting for AWC Members and First-Time Visitors

“Developing Character”: “In order for the drama to deepen, you must show the loneliness of the monster and the cunning of the innocent,” or so says Vivian Gornick in The Situation and the Story. In this craft talk, I’ll discuss how to write believable and nuanced characters – characters who, like each of us, don’t necessarily always act in their own best interest. Topics will include where to begin, research versus imagination, and writing into character.

There will be a book signing following the talk.

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