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Traditional Southern Gothic literature has earned its place in the literary canon through classic works by authors like William Faulkner, Harper Lee, Carson McCullers, Tennessee Williams, and Flannery O’Conner. Come learn how current writers are rediscovering this fascinating sub-genre dealing with disenfranchised voices in warped communities—not necessarily set in the American South.

We’ll start by examining some much-beloved Southern Gothic works, then move into current examples, and end the day with you generating new material of your own that embodies some of the characteristics of the Southern Gothic Revival. We’ll sprinkle writing prompts throughout the session, so you can get your feet wet by trying out the concepts being discussed.

You’ll also learn about exciting places to submit your work after you’ve spit-shined it, including one involving author Dorothy Allison and the chance to see your work in a short story anthology to be published by Twisted Road Publications next year.

Space is limited. Advance registration is required to reserve your seat.
  • When:  Sunday, June 14, 2015 |  1 PM – 4 PM
  • Where: MAD’s Condo Community Clubhouse in Winter Park FL
    (address provided upon registration)
  • Fee: $35.

Workshop to be led by: DARLYN FINCH KUHN. In addition to her two poetry collections (Red Wax Rose and Three Houses) Darlyn Finch Kuhn’s work has appeared in literary journals, newspapers, magazines and online. Her poems have been featured on Poetic Logic on the local NPR affiliate, and been read by Garrison Keillor on the Writers Almanac. She was interviewed on World Radio Paris. Kuhn is the eponymous “Scribbler,” of the Scribbles literary e-newsletter. She produces book trailer videos with her husband at Brad Kuhn & Associates in Orlando, Florida. Her debut novel, Sewing Holes, is available now from Twisted Road Publications, Bookmark It, Writers Block Bookstore, Amazon, and wherever books are sold.

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How Writers Become Authors

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Winter Park author and veteran UCF English professor Gerald Schiffhorst is conducting a new workshop this summer, How Writers Become Authors. Intended for fiction and non-fiction writers at all levels who want to develop greater skills, the six-week course will focus on Unblocking, Describing, Crafting, Revising, Editing, and Publishing. It will meet on Thursday evenings from 7-8: 30 p.m. from June 18 through July 23, 2015, at the Winter Park Public Library. Fee: $30. To register or find out more, contact the instructor at schiffhorst@yahoo.com.

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Not on Fire, Only Dying

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Not on Fire, Only Dying, by Susan Rukeyser, is available for preorder now, from Twisted Road Publications.  Get yours!

It is the fiery pinnacle of autumn in New York’s Hudson Valley when Lola, a troubled recluse, reports her newborn kidnapped from outside a seedy bar. But no one’s seen Lola with a baby, or even heard of him before now. Everyone assumes the boy is one of her delusions. Only Marko—a chivalrous, drug-dealing ex-con of Romani descent—is devoted to Lola. But even he questions her story, given her fragile sanity and reckless self-medication. With help from Mary, the owner of a local salvage business, Marko hunts for answers. From the Hudson Valley to New York City’s East Village, he follows a dark path to the truth, navigating doubt, vengeance, and love.

Susan Rukeyser

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We were young once! Come celebrate with these new young writers from Trinity Prep

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Your Scribbler had the privilege of speaking with Susan Lilley’s writing class at Trinity Preparatory School yesterday.  I gave a talk entitled “Change the Names and Make Stuff Up,” and boy, were these students bright, perceptive, and on the ball!  In twenty minutes of writing they had fresh new material underway, using the techniques we’d discussed.

Come out to Trinity House tonight, Thursday, April 30th at 7 p.m. for their annual Literary Society open mic reading.  Maybe we can convince Ms. Lilley to read a poem or two, as well.  This Lilley fan-girl will certainly try.

I’ll kick things off with a short reading from Sewing Holes, and will have copies available to sign, as well. Looking forward to celebrating these fine young writers with you!

Trinity Preparatory School, 5700 Trinity Prep Ln, Winter Park, FL 32792.

To find Trinity House, enter the campus from Aloma Avenue onto Trinity Prep Lane.  Turn right at the first road, between the ball fields and the big parking lot.  Drive past the pool, and past the roundabout, bearing left just past the track field.  Keep a’goin’ until you reach the small house by the lake, under the trees. (It’s not shown on the map.)  A lovely spot for good stories and poems.

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