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Events
2012 Writing Workshops: Five-day Residential Workshop Retreats Creating Compelling Characters April 29--May 3, 2012 Dahlonega, GA Building characters out of words is an essential part of a writer's craft. Creating complex characters who are plausible, yet not stereotypical, is central to writing poetry, fiction, essays, plays, and memoirs alike. We aspire to create not merely realistic characters, but fascinating ones who will go on to haunt our readers long after they've read our work.
Finishing and Marketing Your Book FL Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL. May 13-17, 2012 This intensive workshop is designed for writers at all levels of experience who have a book-length project in mind and want guidance in completing it and making it attractive to readers. Participants will write and critique sample chapters, produce synopses and outlines, and learn how to "pitch" ideas to agents and editors. We'll also discuss the advantages and limitations of self-publishing. You will have the opportunity to receive detailed critiques from the group and a private consultation with Susan. Details here: http://411.fit.edu/cwi/ Testimonials: Elizabeth Power (Co. Galway, Ireland): "Susan is a gifted teacher and her classes are a combination of skill, humour and adventure. Homework, class work , workshop and individual meetings made for hard work and solid gains in my writing. Additional benefits were the book list, international contacts and comprehensive information on publishing. I learnt loads." Dr. Sameh Gabarin (Toronto, CA): "Learning the illusive craft of fiction writing involves layers upon layers of skill building and sensitivity acquiring. The ordinary—words, sentences, meanings, movement, imagery, emotion—is remoulded into the captivating. The transformation from self-centeredness to selflessness, thus becoming a medium for the reader’s mind, requires discipline and a lot of training. This is what Susan Hubbard showed me how to do, kindly, patiently and with the sharpest of intellect." |
Susan Hubbard is the award-winning author of seven internationally published books, including The Society of S (2007), The Year of Disappearances ( 2008), and The Season of Risks, (2010), all published by Simon and Schuster. Hubbard's short story collection, Blue Money, won the Janet Heidinger Kakfa Prize for best book of prose by an American woman published in 1999. Her first book, Walking on Ice, received the AWP Short Fiction Prize. Hubbard co-edited 100% Pure Florida Fiction, an anthology. Her short fiction has appeared in TriQuarterly, The Mississippi Review, Ploughshares, and other journals. Her fiction has been translated and published in more than fifteen countries. Hubbard is Professor of English at the University of Central Florida, where she received the College of Arts & Humanities' Distinguished Researcher Award in 2008. She has received teaching awards from Syracuse University, Cornell University, the University of Central Florida, and the South Atlantic Administrators of Departments of English. She has held writers' residencies at Yaddo, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Djerassi Resident Artists' Project, and Cill Rialaig. In 2002-03 Hubbard served as President of Associated Writers and Writing Programs (AWP). She contributed chapters to The Handbook of Creative Writing (Edinburgh University Press, 2007), and to Power and Identity in the Creative Writing Classroom: the Authority Project (Multilingual Matters Ltd., 2005). |