Tag: book release

• Book News: Writing About COVID w/ Capsule Stories

  Let’s get real: it was excruciating to write about COVID while existing through COVID. Whatever I managed to get on the page never felt right and it usually didn’t follow any kind of format, likely because I felt like I was drowning- drowning in e-learning, in uncertainty, in anxiety, and just about every other stressor…

  KellyQAnderson

  July 23, 2021

  books, Lifestyle, Reading, Writer Life

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• Three Fun Things: Book Launch, Workshop & Pizza

  Book Launch: This past Sunday, Off-Campus Writers’ Workshop celebrated the official book launch of ‘Turning Points,’ our 75th Anniversary Anthology. Over 125 participants gathered on Zoom for curated readings, remarks from our President, and info on Summer programs (we move to monthly workshops and then pick up again in September). I auditioned and was selected…

  KellyQAnderson

  June 17, 2021

  Chicago, Dining, Writer Life

  amwriting, blogging, book release, Chicago, Chicago north shore, chicago pizza, chicago writer, fiction, midwest writer, novel, story studio, turning points

• Book Release: Turning Points

  It’s been a surreal week and I was able to do something I’ve dreamt of for so long: walk into a book store and hold a copy of my book. In sharing this news, I think it’s important to infuse this caveat: I’ve had many other writing/book projects fail. I had a children’s book and…

  KellyQAnderson

  June 1, 2021

  books, Chicago, Lifestyle, Reading, Writer Life

  bestseller, book release, book review, Chicago, Midwest, north shore, short story, turning points, winnetka, writer, writing