The Writers' Collective

This year’s Spring Literary Literary Festival’s lineup has been announced!

And, I’m sorry but Ian Ross, Charlene Diehl and Deborah Schnitzer just might be the best line up ever!!!!

Spring Literary Festival…

CMU School of Writing Application Deadline: March 1, 2011

Now in its fifth year, the School of Writing has helped hundreds of writers receive creative support and guidance. The School of Writing at CMU functions with small classes that work closely and intensively together, and feature peer editing and workshop ping. Along with the classroom experience, students have one-on-one meetings with instructors to work on manuscripts. Classes meet every day for five days. Students will encounter well-known authors who visit for special readings and seminars. …

Last month, I took a break from my solitary writing life (and my day job) to spend a week with ten other fabulously talented fiction writers. I also got to mingle with a few dozen more writers who were working on poetry, life writing and writing for children and young adults. Where did I find this eclectic and inspiring congregation of scribes? The School of Writing at CMU.

For me, the School was the perfect balance of working alone and in collaboration with other …