Writing about Your Life classes in April, May and June

Plans are being made for my two writing classes that will begin in April and go on through June. I will teach a class for the Institute of Continuing Learning on Tuesday afternoons beginning April 30, 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM, and ending May 21.

For class description click here.

This class will be taught at my studio in Hayesville, NC instead of on the Young Harris College campus. To register for this class, contact ICL at www.iclyhc.org

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Beginning June 4, a new Writers Circle Studio course is scheduled. 
Instructor: Glenda Beall - 

Use registration form at top of page.




June 4, Tuesday 2:00 – 4:30 pm
June 11, Tuesday 2:00 – 4:30 pm
June 18, Tuesday 2:00 – 4:00 pm
June 25, Tuesday 2:00 – 4:30 pm 

Read description of this class here.

Isn't it great to spend all day with writers and poets, writing and revising poetry and finishing the day off by  having dinner with former writing students who are now my close friends?
That was my day today. Coffee with the Poets this morning at Cafe Touche, having time to sit in  on Mary Mike Keller's class at Writers Circle, and spending about an hour on my collection of poems, revising and writing new work; That and having a delicious dinner at Enrico's restaurant with Ginny and Nadine, two former students from a class at Tri-County College. How could life get any better than that?


Ginny and Nadine, special friends



Looking at my calendar for the next month and a half I see that I have little time to sit in solitude at home and just write.
I'll have to take time in the evenings which I enjoy doing, and then sleep late in the morning. Don't call me before ten o'clock. I will not get out of bed and answer the phone.

I will begin a series of classes on September 27 at my studio. See sidebar or Schedule page. We will meet on certain Tuesday mornings for classes in poetry, non-fiction, and fiction. Give yourself a treat. Sign up for the course or take individual classes.

We are very excited to have Scott Owens, poet, teacher and publisher, hold a workshop on October 15 at Writers Circle. See Schedule page for details. His class is half filled already.

Maureen Ryan Griffin is teaching at Writers Circle on October 29. Her classes are always delightful. I've been her student at the John Campbell Folk school more than once and have written or begun writing some of my best work from her interesting prompts. Maureen is a professional writer and teacher. See her website. http://www.maureenryangriffin.com/
She is author of several books including Spinning Words into Gold. Read more about this class on the Schedule page of  Writers Circle around the table.

Hottest Promotional Tool Today

At Ronda Birtha's workshop Saturday, May 14, 10:30 AM
Ronda will teach writers and poets the best way to promote themselves and their writing with social media, the hottest promotional tool available today. Using Facebook and Twitter and blogging to stay in touch with family is completely different from using these forms to market our work.

"I have all these boxes of books in my basement. What should I do next?"


One of the biggest mistakes writers make is waiting until they have published a book to begin building their online platform.
Whatever you write, having an online presence is important. Editors go online and check out writers. What will they see when they look for you?


Why Ronda Birtha
We invited Ronda Birtha to teach at Writers Circle in Hayesville, NC after hearing of her qualifications. She is a folklife documentarian and freelance new media artist residing in Marble, North Carolina. She is a photography and videography instructor with the Community Folklife Documentation Institute sponsored by the NC Arts Council, and the Project Manager for Mountain Work: A Social Commentary – a documentary partially funded by the North Carolina Humanities Council that is being developed with Tri-County College in Murphy, North Carolina.
She is also a partner in the publishing companies, Galactic Publishers and Writers’ Hub of the Mountains. She teaches a number of writing courses and provides consultation for independent authors who are seeking to self-publish. In the five or ten minutes that she has for herself in the course of a day, she continues to work on her first novel – Solace.
Samples of her photography and videography can be seen at http://www.rondabirtha.com/.


Send email to nightwriter0302@yahoo.com or call Glenda Beall, 828-389-4441 to register. Fee is $30.00

Paul Donovan class, Saturday, May 7

Paul Donovan will be teaching at Writers Circle on May 7. See the Schedule Page above or click on this link to read more about Donovan and his class.
http://profilesandpedigrees.blogspot.com/