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DECEMBER 2024

Letter from Alex
Student Success
Faculty/Student News
Scholarship for
Writers of Color

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Upcoming Classes
Events Calendar
Genre Fiction Conference

Invent a Word Contest

Writing Buzz
Meet the Faculty
The Razor
PSNY Holiday Market
Narratively Memoir Prize

Disorientation
Letter from Alex

I’ve never quite understood Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, which is probably the point because it’s pretty much an exercise in nonsense. Alice follows a white rabbit with a pocket watch through a rabbit hole where a potion shrinks her to the size of a doll then a cake makes her nine-feet-tall and she cries a lake of tears and…

It gets crazier from there. Ever play croquet with a flamingo?

But I’m reading it now with my daughter and it’s resonating for me. Alice becomes totally disoriented—and lots of people (including me) are feeling disoriented by the weather and the world and what not. And sometimes disorientation becomes the norm for a while.

Feeling disoriented can be unsettling in life, but it’s great for stories. For example…

“Cathedral” – a short story by Raymond Carver in which a curmudgeonly guy is thrown off balance when his wife invites an old friend, a blind man, to come stay with them.

Coming to America – a movie in which a pampered prince from Zamunda comes to NYC to search for a bride, posing as a commoner, a classic fish-out-of-water story.

The Year of Magical Thinking – a memoir by Joan Didion in which Joan’s husband of 40 years suddenly passes away, leaving her very much alone.

Think of the really disorienting times in your life, like…

You bring home that baby from the hospital and you’ve got no earthly idea what to do and hopefully it doesn’t turn into a pig like the baby in Wonderland.

You’re driving along and the sky is an eerie pastel shade and the radio tells you to stay away from a certain intersection because a tornado is heading right there and you realize you’re at that very intersection.

You travel to Marrakesh and you’ve been told repeatedly not to let a stranger act as your guide, but you’re wandering through the labyrinthine medina jet-lagged and you do just that and who knows where this guide is leading you?

Yeah, those things happened to me.

What’s really interesting is how your characters handle the disorientation that overtakes them. Do they find themselves drowning, or learn to ride the waves, or discover how to reach a saving shore? Or…something else?

And, hey, we have the perfect contest for these disorienting times: Invent a Word. Words help some of us make sense of things, and we’re giving you permission to add something entirely new to our language. Lewis Carroll was quite good at inventing words. Like galumph.

And as the Mock Turtle in Wonderland says, “Why, if a fish came to me, and told me he was going a journey, I should say ‘With what porpoise?’”

Alex Steele
President, Gotham Writers Workshop

Upcoming Classes(December 2024)

Our Winter schedule is now available for Online, Zoom, and NYC classes.

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Writing Buzz

On Finding Inspiration in the Language of Children’s Books – Literary Hub
Is the Twentieth-Century Novel a Genre? – The New Yorker
Sticking the Landing: On Kickers – Longreads

Jeff VanderMeer Tells Victor LaValle Why He Returned to Area X – Interview Magazine
New writing award for authors aged 60+ to prove it’s ‘Never Too Late’ – The Bookseller
10 Changes the Wicked Movie Made to the Broadway Musical
– Playbill

9 Contemporary Women Mexican Writers to Read Now – Words Without Borders
2024 Indie Press Literary Gift Guide – Write or Die Magazine
100 Notable Books of 2024 – The New York Times Book Review

Who's Really Writing Celebrity Novels? – Vulture
Thinking of Writing a Letter to an Author? Do It. – The Boston Globe
6-Word SciFi: Stories by Readers of Wired – Wired

Student Success

Dear Gotham,

You came into my life during the pandemic, a time when creativity desperately wanted a way out of my brain.

My job as a nutrition education manager at a local food bank was changing, and I wanted to find a way to capture the important conversations I’d had with clients during the classes I’d facilitated.

We Like to Hear from Our Students

If you’re a Gotham student and you've had any kind of success with your writing, we want to hear about it! We'll brag about you in the Student News section of our newsletter. And sometimes we get you to write a Dear Gotham letter, like these inspiring missives. Send the info to Dana Miller,
dana at gothamwriters dot com.

Events Calendar
Free Events Our Winter term Open House on Zoom is coming up on December 17 and 18. Check out the schedule to see the array of free one- hour classes available.	Write-In 75-Minute Free Zoom Write-In Every Friday Limited seats available. Sign-up opens on Thursdays at 1 pm, Eastern Time	Next Reading We'll be back at KGB Bar (85 E 4th St, 2nd FL) on Wednesday, December 18 from 7-9 pm ET for our next reading with NYC Writers Circle.

Meet the Faculty Omari Chancellor

by Samantha Dunne

Gotham Teacher Omari Chancellor is living proof that the writing bug can bite you at any time.

“When you’re a kid, it’s kind of a one-size-fits-all thing. I liked to read, but I don’t think I knew that I was a creative person because I never really had the opportunity to explore that,” he says.

The Globe and Mail published Melissa Petro's essay "Why Shaming Is Still One of the Most Useful Tools for Controlling Women."

Impossible Archetype published Michael Montlack's poem "What Exactly Were You Trying to Say?"

Dorothy Parker's Ashes published N. West Moss's essay "Sergeant Hummingbird."

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett talked about improvisation, cultivating creativity, and why she didn't attend clown school, on the podcast Dream Chasers and Eccentrics.

BookBaby published Robert Feder's novel The Last Human Stockbroker.

L.A. Parent published Natasha Thapar-Olmos's article "Four Tips to Boost Your Family's Emotional Toolkit."

Chicago Story Press Literary Journal published Bekah Rossman's short story "Like Always."

Little Old Lady published Linda Gerlitz's essay "Nuthatch v. Deadline."

Under the Gum Tree published Clay Halton's humor essay "Saying It."

Gotham Writers Genre Fiction Conference Coming up on March 1-2, 2025 Gotham's 2nd Genre Fiction Conference is coming up in March 2025! Things will go like this: Day 1: Take a peek behind the publishing curtain with eye-opening panels and presentations, including an interview with our featured author, Grady Hendrix. Day 2: Get the opportunity to pitch your book to two agents seeking stories like yours! Each writer will present their first couple of pages and query letter for feedback from the agents. Applications are open!
The Razor Gotham's very own literary magazine.Two sharp stories each month—fiction and nonfiction. Presented with text, audio, and original art. .
Scriptwriting Scholarship for Writers of Color Deadline: February 15 The Gotham Scriptwriting Scholarship is open to people of color who have an interest in writing scripts for movies, TV shows, or plays. Any level of experience is fine. All we ask is the desire to write scripts. Three scholarships will be offered. Winners will receive two 10-week script-related workshops of their choice, three Intensives of their choice, and a 12-hour Mentorship package. Learn more and apply below by February 15, 2025 at 11:59 pm ET.
Invent a Word Contest Deadline: February 28, 2025 We invite you to invent a word. Not just any word. A word you think will greatly enhance the English language. The word you invent might be sprung from politics. Such as muckraker or Obamacare. Or, just a good sound. Such as chortle or persnickety. Give us your invented word, a one-sentence definition, and use the word in a sentence. The person who concocts the best word gets a free Gotham class of their choosing. Submissions open thru February 28, 2025 at 11:59 pm ET.
#GWstorieseverywhereMonthly Microfiction Contest Stories are, truly, everywhere—every place you look, everyone you meet, everything you experience. Each month we invite you to write a super short story for a chance to win a free class. Your stories (which can be true or made-up) will be inspired by what you see, know, or do, and they should relate in some way to our monthly “themes.” December's theme is "Choose your own adventure" Submissions open thru December 31:
PSNY's Holiday Market December 14th, 2-9 pm ET @ 3 Dollar Bill Shop small and gift poetically at The Poetry Society of New York's first annual Poetry Holiday Market, Dec 14th, 2-9 PM at 3 Dollar Bill! Free to attend, with 100+ poets and makers offering unique gifts, plus a personalized typewriter poem just for you. Choose VIP options for skip-the-line access, goodie bags, and headliner signings. Live poetry readings and festive vibes make this a holiday experience you won’t want to miss.
Narratively's 2024 Memoir Prize Deadline: December 19 Narratively is currently accepting submissions . There’s a $20 entry fee — waived for subscribers! — and the deadline is December 19, 2024.
Teacher Excerpt The Moon, Her Crown by Christine Meade This is an excerpt from Christine Meade's recently released novel. *** I stacked the deck of tarot cards between us on the small reading table in Martinique’s Mystics. The girl sitting across from me looked scared. Late-twenties with greasy black hair and this twitchy quality from either a mind-altering substance or fear that someone was following her. She looked to the door for the fifth time and my gaze followed hers. It was one of those rare, hot summer days in San Francisco, and the lack of a fan or air conditioning felt oppressive in the enclosed space.

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3a8d1e79-b1fc-4dfe-9d05-5966183cea6f.png AUGUST 2021 Letter from Alex (#letterfrom) Student Success (#studentsuccess) Faculty/Student News (#spotlights) Twitter Contest (#twitter) Teacher Excerpt (#TE) Upcoming Classes (#classes) Events Calendar (#events) Manuscript to Market Scholarship (#Zoom) Writing Buzz (#buzz) Meet the Faculty (#meetfaculty) Travel Caption Contest (#newcontest) Gotham Conference (https://www.writingclasses.com/writers-conference/index?utm_source=Gotham+Writers+Workshop+List&utm_campaign=cc385b2c2c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_77c9799efd-cc385b2c2c-236948188)8cc1df66-3e9b-4be5-8c74-e5192e53b4fe.jpg Do you wish you could write alone in a cabin? Letter from Alex There’s an episode of the old Dick Van Dyke show (one of my all-time favorite sitcoms) where Rob (Dick’s character) borrows a friend’s cabin in the woods so he can finally get the time and space to write his novel. He sets up his writing equipment then… He plays paddleball a long while, then tries to fix the slight slant of his writing table, then repairs an old crate to use as a trash basket. When he finds a cowboy hat, holster, and pistols, he can’t resist strutting around like a cowboy and drawing his pistols for a mock quick fire. The groundskeeper stops by, and Rob begs the man to stay and keep him company, but the man escapes, understandably unnerved by this city slicker wearing pistols. The comedy reveals a truth. It’s hard to write and perhaps even harder when you’ve cleared away all excuses not to write. We writers are always grousing that we could do better If only we had the time and space to write. You know what? If you want to write, you can do it perfectly well (maybe better) working within your limitations. Let’s say you only have one hour to write. You can make that hour very productive because you know you’ve got to start and get something done before your time is up. The compressed time-frame forces you to focus. If you can arrange to have an hour a day on a recurring basis, those concentrated hours can add up to plenty of writing—enough to finish a book or script or whatever you’re writing. Yes, a firm schedule is good, but not essential, as you’ll see in this episode (https://blogs.gothamwriters.com/2021/07/08/gotham-writers-thoughtful-thursday-episode-68/?utm_source=Gotham+Writers+Workshop+List&utm_campaign=cc385b2c2c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_77c9799efd-cc385b2c2c-236948188) of my Thoughtful Thursday videos. A helpful trick is to end your writing sessions knowing what you want to pick up with on the next session, perhaps a paragraph or character action you’re eager to tackle. At your next session, you can dive in without requiring lots of warm-up or time figuring out how to begin. Another helpful trick is to think about your work when it’s not your writing time. While you’re walking or driving or exercising or drifting off to sleep. You don’t write actual words at this time, but you ponder your story without any pressure. Things will come to you. Maybe your very best ideas. (In fact, keep a notebook nearby to jot things down.) Not only does this expand your writing time, but it opens your mind to mental wandering and outside influences, both quite valuable. In the sitcom episode, Rob finally realizes that when he’s ready to write his novel, “I’ll be able to write it on a subway during rush hour.” 6ce400c0-fd7d-4f45-900d-265919084928.png Alex Steele President, Gotham Writers Workshop e9f82235-0631-4595-a814-be3402d9c694.png Upcoming Classes(August 2021) Summer Schedule (https://www.writingclasses.com/classes/index?utm_source=Gotham+Writers+Workshop+List&utm_campaign=cc385b2c2c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_77c9799efd-cc385b2c2c-236948188) available for Zoom and Online classes. 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But I realised that I liked plot’ (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jul/23/jean-hanff-korelitz-i-wanted-to-be-a-literary-novelist-but-i-realised-that-i-liked-plot?utm_source=Gotham+Writers+Workshop+List&utm_campaign=cc385b2c2c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_77c9799efd-cc385b2c2c-236948188) -- The GuardianHow to create “geographic complexity” in fiction (https://lithub.com/where-you-from-the-problem-with-shortcuts-in-writing-place-in-fiction/?utm_source=Gotham+Writers+Workshop+List&utm_campaign=cc385b2c2c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_77c9799efd-cc385b2c2c-236948188) -- LitHubThe Rise of Must-Read TV (https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/07/tv-adaptations-fiction/619442/?utm_source=Gotham+Writers+Workshop+List&utm_campaign=cc385b2c2c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_77c9799efd-cc385b2c2c-236948188) -- The AtlanticPortland literary icon Ursula K. 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Literally. (https://lithub.com/in-praise-of-the-great-rats-in-literature-literally/?utm_source=Gotham+Writers+Workshop+List&utm_campaign=cc385b2c2c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_77c9799efd-cc385b2c2c-236948188) -- LitHubStudent Success Dear Gotham, I’ve been meaning to write to you for a very long time, but somehow life (which has a tendency to get messy) always got in the way. But I’m here now and there are a few things I want you to know. Many years back, my late husband was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Our family doctor told me caretaking can be a very bumpy ride so I’d best find something to do at home that I loved, something to take me out of the caretaker’s world for an hour or two, something that brings me joy, because caretaking an Alzheimer’s patient can last for years. Did he say years????? https://www.writingclasses.com/community/student-success-letter/pc-smith-08-2021?utm_source=Gotham+Writers+Workshop+List&utm_campaign=cc385b2c2c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_77c9799efd-cc385b2c2c-236948188 We Like to Hear from Our Students If you’re a Gotham student and you've had any kind of success with your writing, we want to hear about it! We'll brag about you in the Student News section of our newsletter. And sometimes we get you to write a Dear Gotham letter, like these inspiring missives. Send the info to Dana Miller, dana at gothamwriters dot com. 3331030f-6002-4241-81b2-3d512c94a6e4.png Events Calendar Write-In 75-Minute Free Zoom Write-In (https://www.writingclasses.com/classes/description/write-in?utm_source=Gotham+Writers+Workshop+List&utm_campaign=cc385b2c2c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_77c9799efd-cc385b2c2c-236948188) Every Friday Limited seats available. 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For Rachel—the Deputy Editor of Hello Giggles and a freelance writer for publications including the New York Times, Glamour, and Vulture—writing is about finding the unexpected connections. “The first story I wrote in the pandemic, which was for the New York Times, was about pickleball. https://www.writingclasses.com/faculty/profile/rachel-simon?utm_source=Gotham+Writers+Workshop+List&utm_campaign=cc385b2c2c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_77c9799efd-cc385b2c2c-236948188 Mara Reinstein interviewed Lin-Manuel Miranda (https://parade.com/1221102/maramovies/lin-manuel-miranda-in-the-heights/?utm_source=Gotham+Writers+Workshop+List&utm_campaign=cc385b2c2c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_77c9799efd-cc385b2c2c-236948188) and his father Luis Miranda about family, community, and the film adaptation of In The Heights, for Parade magazine. The Young Adult Library Services Association named Kristin Rockaway's novel My Epic Spring Break (Up) a Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers (http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2021/07/20/quick-picks-for-reluctant-readers-qp2022-featured-review-of-my-epic-spring-break-up-by-kristin-rockaway/?utm_source=Gotham+Writers+Workshop+List&utm_campaign=cc385b2c2c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_77c9799efd-cc385b2c2c-236948188) . Josh Sippie's short story "Bunny (https://stoneofmadnesspress.com/read?utm_source=Gotham+Writers+Workshop+List&utm_campaign=cc385b2c2c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_77c9799efd-cc385b2c2c-236948188) " is up now at Stone of Madness. The animated feature film Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vnTvMK3vVc&utm_source=Gotham+Writers+Workshop+List&utm_campaign=cc385b2c2c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_77c9799efd-cc385b2c2c-236948188) , featuring music by Gotham teacher Jody Gray, will be released by Warner Bros. Entertainment on September 14th. https://www.writingclasses.com/community/news/faculty?utm_source=Gotham+Writers+Workshop+List&utm_campaign=cc385b2c2c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_77c9799efd-cc385b2c2c-236948188 The Underwater Railroad Magazine published Sharon Soldati's essay "Chocolates in Pyongyang" (https://www.theunderwaterrailroad.org/read?utm_source=Gotham+Writers+Workshop+List&utm_campaign=cc385b2c2c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_77c9799efd-cc385b2c2c-236948188) . Still Standing, a documentary film about two people who embarked on a career in Stand-up Comedy in their 80's, premiered at The Lower East Side Film Festival (https://www.lesfilmfestival.com/2021-films/still-standing?utm_source=Gotham+Writers+Workshop+List&utm_campaign=cc385b2c2c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_77c9799efd-cc385b2c2c-236948188) and featured Gotham student George Saltz. The New York Times published Tracy Kennard's essay "Cancer Took Away My Ability to Eat, but Not My Love of Food (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/09/opinion/cancer-food-ramen.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage&utm_source=Gotham+Writers+Workshop+List&utm_campaign=cc385b2c2c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_77c9799efd-cc385b2c2c-236948188) " in its Sunday Opinion pages. Mascot Books published Milan Doshi's EZ readers, The Crink and Searching for Gold (http://www.doshibooksforkids.com/?utm_source=Gotham+Writers+Workshop+List&utm_campaign=cc385b2c2c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_77c9799efd-cc385b2c2c-236948188) . https://www.writingclasses.com/community/news/student?utm_source=Gotham+Writers+Workshop+List&utm_campaign=cc385b2c2c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_77c9799efd-cc385b2c2c-236948188 Manuscript to Market Scholarship We are excited to announce that the Gotham “Manuscript-to-Market” Scholarship is now open for entries! The scholarship is open to all people of color who have completed a book manuscript (or nonfiction book proposal) and are ready to go to market with their book. Three scholarships will be offered every year. Each scholarship includes:Admittance to the Gotham Writers Conference (https://www.writingclasses.com/writers-conference/index?utm_source=Gotham+Writers+Workshop+List&utm_campaign=cc385b2c2c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_77c9799efd-cc385b2c2c-236948188) —the panels and presentations as well as a seat at a pitching roundtable with two agents in your genre. The Gotham course How to Get Published (https://www.writingclasses.com/classes/description/how-to-get-published?utm_source=Gotham+Writers+Workshop+List&utm_campaign=cc385b2c2c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_77c9799efd-cc385b2c2c-236948188) or Nonfiction Book Proposal (https://www.writingclasses.com/classes/description/nonfiction-book-proposal?utm_source=Gotham+Writers+Workshop+List&utm_campaign=cc385b2c2c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_77c9799efd-cc385b2c2c-236948188) . A one-on-one Agent Evaluation (https://www.writingclasses.com/classes/one-on-one/agent-editor-evaluation?utm_source=Gotham+Writers+Workshop+List&utm_campaign=cc385b2c2c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_77c9799efd-cc385b2c2c-236948188) session and a Query Letter Coaching (https://www.writingclasses.com/classes/one-on-one/query-letter-coaching?utm_source=Gotham+Writers+Workshop+List&utm_campaign=cc385b2c2c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_77c9799efd-cc385b2c2c-236948188) session, both with a literary agent.Learn more (https://v2.writingclasses.com/scholarship/manuscript-to-market?utm_source=Gotham+Writers+Workshop+List&utm_campaign=cc385b2c2c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_77c9799efd-cc385b2c2c-236948188) . (https://v2.writingclasses.com/scholarship/college-admissions-essay-coaching-scholarship?utm_source=Gotham+Writers+Workshop+List&utm_campaign=cc385b2c2c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_77c9799efd-cc385b2c2c-236948188) Travel Caption Contest New Contest It may have been a while since you traveled, or maybe you’re just now traveling again. Well, we want to hear about your travel adventures—past or present—but in a unique way. Picture a memorable moment from a travel experience. (You can even make one up.) Now, visualize this moment as a photograph. Then…give us the caption for that photograph in 15 words or fewer. Winner receives a free Gotham class! Enter here. (https://v2.writingclasses.com/contest/travel-caption-contest-2021?utm_source=Gotham+Writers+Workshop+List&utm_campaign=cc385b2c2c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_77c9799efd-cc385b2c2c-236948188) #GWstorieseverywhereTwitter Contest Stories are, truly, everywhere—every place you look, everyone you meet, everything you experience. Each month we invite you to post a story on Twitter (http://gothamwriters.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=6b49631c644f0c47d002127ee&id=16d3cbd4f4&e=09cbc76a62&utm_source=Gotham+Writers+Workshop+List&utm_campaign=cc385b2c2c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_77c9799efd-cc385b2c2c-236948188) using #GWstorieseverywhere for a chance to win a free class. Your stories (which can be true or made-up) will be inspired by what you see, know, or do, and they should relate in some way to our monthly “themes”: August: Forgiven September: Loophole October: Stolen The Gotham Conference October 15-17, on Zoom Registration is now open for the Gotham Writers Conference (https://www.writingclasses.com/writers-conference/index?utm_source=Gotham+Writers+Workshop+List&utm_campaign=cc385b2c2c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_77c9799efd-cc385b2c2c-236948188) , happening on Zoom on October 15-17, 2021. Over the course of three days we will genuinely connect writers with agents and give a close-up look at how to get a book published. Days 1 and 2 – Panels and Presentations. Day 3 – Pitching Roundtables. Anyone can attend Day 1 & 2, but you must apply and be selected to participate in Day 3. https://www.writingclasses.com/writers-conference/index?utm_source=Gotham+Writers+Workshop+List&utm_campaign=cc385b2c2c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_77c9799efd-cc385b2c2c-236948188 Teacher Excerpt The Root of Everything & Lightening by Scott Alexander Hess Rebel Satori Press has recently published Scott Alexander Hess's The Root of Everything and Lightning. In this pair of novellas, award-winning author Scott Alexander Hess provides a richly textured portrait of the shifting landscape of the 20th century American Dream. The Root of Everything is a multi-generational saga tracking fathers and sons from Germany’s Black Forest to Missouri as they experience tragedy, triumph, forbidden love, and hard-earned reckonings. In Lightning, a young man in Fayetteville, Arkansas in 1918 is driven by his deep love for horses and his emerging feelings for another man. 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