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WIWA Sponsored Workshops

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WIWA offers tools to hone your craft and meet your writing goals in a series of intensive all-day workshops. Fee: $90/member, $110/nonmember. To register, call 360-331-6714 or e-mail wiwa@whidbey.com.



Upcoming:

March 20 and 27: Word for Writers. Computer guru Bobbi Sandberg teaches management skills and Microsoft Word features that make writers’ lives easier and their submissions and communications more polished. Class takes place over two Saturday afternoons.
1-4 pm, Greenbank (Site given upon registration.)

April 17: Fiction Fire for 7th - 12th Graders and Adults, co-sponsored by NILA/WIWA, the Langley Library, and ThSunset over the Olympic Mts.e Commons under the hands-on mentorship of Deb Lund, teacher and published author of children’s literature. These hands-on activities will provide the kindling you need to ignite new stories. Create characters with unique voices, sizzling settings, and plots that keep readers blazing through your pages. 
10am-4pm, Island Coffeehouse & Books, Langley

May 1: Building the Blog. Blogging expert and author, Tom Masters, takes the potential blogger through all the steps necessary to design and launch a blog. Useful for writers with publishing goals and non-writers as well.
10am-5pm Windermere in Freeland

June 12: Saturday Chat House, a full-day mini-conference patterned after the signature Fireside Chat feature of the Whidbey Island Writers Conference. Click here for details.

Photos by Bob Richardson