by Karen Mann, administrative director
Need a push to finish that revision? Want to jumpstart your new project? Feeling stuck in the middle? Even if it’s been a while since you wrote a thing, maybe now’s the time to get back to it. This event is for you, whether you write prose, poetry, or scripts!
We are offering a free November write-from-home event called Spalding WriMo (for Spalding Write More). Join virtually to make progress on your projects and share your accomplishments with other Spalding writers. Here are the details:
Kick off at 7:00 p.m. ET, Friday, November 1, via Zoom with Cathy Berresheim (CNF '13). Meeting link: https://spalding-edu.zoom.us/j/85751600135 or go to Zoom.us/join and enter meeting number: 857 5160 0135.
Each day in November, you’re welcome to check in with your progress or for support on our alumni Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/SpaldingMFAalumni (if you’re not a member, request to be). Let us know your word count for prose and scripts or how your poems are progressing or what you are working on.
Mid-month check-in. 2:00 p.m. ET, November 17 with Cathy Berresheim. Join the meeting at https://spalding-edu.zoom.us/j/85751600135 or go to Zoom.us/join and enter meeting number: 857 5160 0135.
End-of-month check-in. At 7:00 p.m. ET, Saturday, November 30, get together as a group to celebrate your progress. Here’s the meeting link: https://spalding-edu.zoom.us/j/85751600135 or go to Zoom.us/join and enter meeting number: 857 5160 0135. Or if you can’t make the meeting, post your writing news on the alumni Facebook page.
Spalding WriMo is offered at no charge, and check-ins are not required to participate. But if you like, to keep you accountable, you can join any of our weekly “Write with Me” sessions. “Write with Me” sessions provide a dedicated time for you to write with others. Leave your camera off or on and write away!
Sundays, 6 – 9 p.m. ET, Write with Me! hosted by Chella Courington
Tuesdays, 7 p.m. ET (30-60 minutes), Write with Me! hosted by Diana McQuady
Fridays, 10 a.m. ET (around 75 minutes), Write with Me! hosted by Terry Price.
Karen Mann is co-founder and administrative director of the Naslund-Mann Graduate School of Writing. She has published two novels: The Woman of La Mancha and The Saved Man.