Tag: writing
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We have a movie trailer!
In 2022, I wrote an email to a friend…a creative friend who is a talented photographer, inspiring artist, and the kind of go-getter that always encouraged me to take on bold, ambitious things. My email was short and sweet: Dear Maggie, I wrote a flash fiction story that’s quite the wild ride. Do you think…
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Writing Workshop TONIGHT: Micro and Flash Fiction/ Nonfiction
Friends, tonight is the night! Join me for a FREE writing workshop in partnership with Glencoe Public Library: 2/7 at 7pm. I will present for an hour and then move through Q&A. We will review various micro stories, try our hand at writing exercises, and the workshop will conclude with an excellent handout featuring all…
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New Class: Mastering Micro Stories & Finding Your Voice in Flash Fiction/ Nonfiction (ZOOM)
I’m delighted to partner with my good pals at Glencoe Public Library for another writing workshop (exclusively on Zoom)! On Wednesday, February 7th at 7pm CST, I will teaching a virtual workshop all about short-form writing. There will be LOTS of resources, writing prompts/exercises, as well as a Q&A session. My goal is give writers…
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Talking Critique Partners with Books Uplift
***I was honored to share some thoughts on what makes a solid critique partner when it comes to writing. Below are my words published with Books Uplift (run by Kimberly Charleston). “We place our hearts on our pages. Consider that visual and now imagine whom you would want to care for that heart. The most courageous…
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University of Iowa Alumni News & Happy Friday
It was a delight to be featured in Alumni News for my alma mater, the University of Iowa. I spent four glorious years writing in Iowa City and the many hours of critiquing and workshopping are nostalgic and smile-inducing to this day. Moreover, I’m so pleased at the shoutout for Off Campus Writers Workshop (my…
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Making the Short List: Fiction Prize
Looks like I forgot to share this nugget of delicious news. Last week I found myself echoing a familiar statement, “I’m not really a fiction writer. It’s not my strong suit.” A writer friend lovingly pointed out that I was recently shortlisted by Five South Literary for a Fiction Prize. She wasn’t wrong. I was…
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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…
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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…
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Overheard: St. Patrick’s Day Morning
Yes, I recognize that the balloons in the living room are more blue than green. I did not appreciate that realization at 11pm last night. Kids sleep through vacuums, thunderstorms, and house alarms, but drop one balloon softly into their room and they will stir and thrash in their blankets while I cower in the…
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Elegy in a Pandemic: Letter to myself
(today I participated in a workshop through Off Campus Writers Workshop and there were some brilliant grief prompts presented by Chen Chen, who served as instructor/moderator. Here is what came out) Dear ambitious scholar, Grief is my dog’s collar tucked away in a box, high on the shelf in my closet. My favorite shirt, the…
Kelly Q. Anderson 