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I have just spent the last five days writing at the Sonoma Writers Camp, led by authors, Ellen Sussman and Elizabeth Stark.

Amazing! Twenty-four talented writers (twenty-three women and one courageous guy, Robert Ward) wrote, ate, hiked, laughed and bunked together at the Occidental Arts & Ecology Center.

In addition to our three-hour, daily morning workshops led by Ellen and Elizabeth and designed for us to break boundaries and take risks with our writing, we had author, agents and writing consultant panels, student readings, and an evening with author, actor, voice of Ken Burns documentaries, Peter Coyote. (I’m such a groupie. I brought my CD of Suddenly Naked, a movie about writing that he starred in, for him to sign.)

The best thing, I was inspired to start plotting the rewrite of my first-draft book that’s been collecting dust for the past two years.

An A+++ writers camp.

AWC Author Talk - Janis Cooke Newman

September 29th, 2021

Join me October 3 at 4pm as I talk with author Janis Cooke Newman about books, craft, and the writer’s life.

Janis Cooke Newman is the author of two award-winning historical novels, Mary: Mrs. A. Lincoln and A Master  Plan for Rescue, and the memoir, The Russian Word for Snow.

The founder of Lit Camp, a juried writer’s conference based in Northern California, Janis is an editor and teacher committed to helping writers get their work out into the world.

My new project, The Ames Writer’s Collective, is committed to building and uplifting communities through the art of writing and storytelling, while advancing the literary arts in Ames, Iowa.

When: Sunday, October 3, at 4:00 PM
Where: Dog-Eared Books

I hope to see you there!