2012 Gold Rush Writers Retreat

Included Activities for All

The following activities are available to all participants

    Friday, May 4th, 6:00 pm Registration and poolside picnic at Antoinette's home.

    7:30 pm, Library, poetry reading--open mic. BRING YOUR WORK!

 

    Saturday, May 5th, 8:30 am Registration at Hotel Leger (for those not registered Friday).

    9:00 am Panel: Meet the Gold Rush Writers and learn their secrets.

    1 p.m. Talk: Accessing Creativity 101 by Ginger Bennett Griffin

    6 pm Dinner, Hotel Leger Featured Speaker Cara Black "Asserting a Quite Specific Temperament: HOW TONE CAN MAKE YOUR WRITING STAND OUT Do you obsess about the tone of your writing as you revise? You should. Tone is the most overlooked element of writing.  It can create interest, or kill it

    8:30 pm Open Mic, Hotel Leger This is a casual, laid-back event with no critiquing, just fun. Each reader is limited to 500 words-about 2 double-spaced pages. Everyone is welcome to share and stay as long as they wish.

 

Sunday May 6th

    10 a.m. Taking It Home. How will you shape your writing life? Join Lucy Sanna in bringing it all together to help you visualize a creative future.

    Noon-- Sit-down pool-side brunch with speaker Michael David Lukas


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