CHESTERTOWN — What is a memoir?
What should (and shouldn’t) be included in creative nonfiction?
What does it take to turn your story into a book?
You can delve into these questions during a four-week writing workshop at the Kent County Public Library’s branch in Chestertown.
As you explore the answers to these questions, award-winning author Wendy Sand Eckel will mentor you through the process of outlining, drafting and editing your memoir.
Whether your goal is publication or writing your story down to share it with loved ones and friends, this interactive class will support you in improving writing skills, incorporating constructive feedback and producing a work of creative nonfiction.
Each session in this series will build on the previous session.
Before you register, be sure you can attend all four sessions: 3 to 4:30 p.m. on Thursdays, Jan. 9, 16, 23 and 30.
Space is limited; registration is required.
Register online at kentcountylibrary.org or call 410-778-3636.
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Degrees in criminology and social work, followed by years of clinical practice, helped Wendy Sand Eckel explore her fascination with how relationships impact motivation, desire and inhibition. Combined with her passion for words and meaning, writing mystery is a dream realized.
She is the award-winning author of the Rosalie Hart Mystery Series; “Murder at Barclay Meadow” and “Death at the Day Lily Café” were published by Minotaur Books in 2015 and 2016.
“Death at the Day Lily Café” was selected “Best Cozy of 2016” by Suspense Magazine.
Eckel is an active member of the Mystery Writers of America and the International Association of Crime Writers.
She lives near Chestertown.