If you have already sent payment for the October 13 workshop and you did not receive confirmation of your attendance, George will contact you to determine if you wish to attend this November 3 class.
The Atlanta Writers Club is pleased to announce a Fiction Workshop for a limited number of participants on Saturday, November 3. David Fulmer is an award- winning writer of historical mysteries, and has graciously accepted our request to conduct this workshop. This message is being sent to AWC members only at this time. Since attendance is limited, we are making this available to members only until September 1. If our class is not full at that time, then we will broadcast to the remainder of our email list.
So we urge a rapid response to assure your registration. Please review the details:
David Fulmer, May 2007 speaker at The Atlanta Writers Club, will teach a fiction workshop as a special club event scheduled for Saturday, November 3 at a nature retreat only a few miles south of Atlanta. According to David, "this class will be about creating a good story, whatever the genre. Only a few of my former students are genre writers. The lessons are the same. In fact, I never set out to write mysteries. The setting I chose demanded it, and the rest developed from there."
In addition to enjoying 7 hours of class time, each registrant will have a chance to submit work beforehand and meet one-on-one with David during the workshop to discuss his suggestions.
Here are the details:
THE WORKSHOP:
David Fulmer's workshops are designed with an emphasis on the craft of fiction, using the components of setting, character, dialogue, plot, language, and editing to build readable—and marketable—short stories, novels, and dramatic works of any kind. The workshops include a short in-class exercise, a critique of a sample of each student's writing, and a discussion of doing business with agents and publishers, and closes with a Q&A about any and all facets of the writing game.
THE SCHEDULE:
- 8:30 am: Arrival, with bagel/donut breakfast provided
- 9 am – 12 pm: Class time
- 12 pm – 2 pm: Working lunch (BBQ/chicken, country vegetables, homemade biscuits, dessert) and free time. During and after lunch, David will meet with each student to discuss the work submitted. Students will also have time for writing, networking, and exploring the labyrinth, the restored cabin, Indian medicine wheel, and other wonders of the nature retreat.
- 2 pm - 6 pm: Class time including final Q&A
THE OPPORTUNITY:
Don't miss the chance to have this noted author and educator help you with your work. After you register for the workshop, you will have the chance to submit a maximum of 10 pages (minimum of 5 pages) of a short story or the first chapter of your novel for David's review and comment.
THE INSTRUCTOR:
David Fulmer is the author of four critically acclaimed historical novels, with a contract for two more with Harcourt Books.
Chasing the Devil's Tail was nominated for a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, a Barry Award, and a Falcon Award, was on Borders' "Best of 2003 List," and won a 2002 Shamus Award. It has been translated into Japanese and Italian, and is about to be published in French.
Jass was nominated for the "Best of 2005" lists by Library Journal and The St. Louis Post-Dispatch and won the 2005 Georgia Author of the Year Award for Fiction.
Rampart Street was included as one of New York Magazine's "Best Novels You've Never Read" and the audiobook version won the 2007 Benjamin Franklin Award for Fiction. His fourth novel, The Dying Crapshooter's Blues, was published in January.
All have received excellent reviews from, among others, The New York Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Washington Post, The Times Picayune, The Boston Globe, The Tennessean, and Publishers Weekly. His next novel, The Blue Door, will be published in January 2008.
As a freelance journalist, Fulmer has written about blues, jazz, and other subjects for a variety of newspapers and magazines, including The Atlanta Journal & Constitution, Southline, Atlanta Magazine, City Life, Markee, Blues Access, Il Giorno, Paste Magazine, Business Atlanta, Goodlife, Advertising Age, The Atlanta Tribune, Creative Loafing, BackStage, The Atlanta Business Chronicle, On Track, and various trade publications.
Among his production credits is Blind Willie's Blues, the documentary film that Video Librarian called "nothing less than the economic, social, and historical evolution of America's indigenous music." It earned a nomination for a W.C. Handy "Keeping the Blues Alive" Award in 1998.
David Fulmer lives in Atlanta with his daughter Italia. For more, visit www.davidfulmer.com.
THE LOCATION:
The Cabin Path, www.thecabinpath.com: a lovely nature retreat on 52 acres in South Fulton County—a short drive from the city, but with enough wilderness to feel like you escaped (or returned) to the country. With the autumn colors blazing overhead, explore the restored 19th-century log cabin, discover Native American signal trees and an ancient medicine wheel, explore the labyrinth, visit a family of horses, and walk the shoreline of a huge lake.
THE COST & WORK SUBMISSION:
The cost is $90 per person. To register, send your check, payable to The Atlanta Writers Club, to George Weinstein at 1285 Willeo Creek Drive, Roswell, GA 30075. Upon receipt of your check, George will provide you with driving directions and instructions for submitting your work for David's comments. All submissions are due to George by September 30 so David will have adequate time to review them.
Class size is limited to the first 12 club members who register, so be sure to reserve your spot now!
Marty
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