Black Diamond Writers Network: Tamaqua: 3/17/07

[reposted courtesy of Janet Locke in Bloomsburg]

Saturday, March 17: Black Diamond Writers Network meets in the Tamaqua Library from 10 to 12. This month the meeting is followed by a workshop. Here are the details:

Have you ever wanted to write about a story about something that’s important to you or a life-changing event that occurred in your life? Would you like to learn more about writing a memoir? If so, join us at My Back Pages: A Memoir Writing Workshop. The workshop runs from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 17, 2007 at the Tamaqua Public Library, 30 S. Railroad Street. Donna Searle, professional writing coach and owner of Writing Workshops by Design, will present the workshop following the regular monthly meeting of the Black Diamond Writers’ Network where she will speak on journaling.

Searle opened a writing studio in September 2005 at Reading’s GoggleWorks Center for the Arts. She holds weekly writing workshops for adults and teaches a graduate-level summer course in conjunction with West Chester University. Searle also writes with students at Lauer’s Park Elementary School. Searle personally writes poetry for public occasions and art shows and her nonfiction work has been published in periodicals and newspapers. She currently pursues publication for her first children’s picture book.

Cost for the workshop is $12 for Black Diamond Writers’ Network members and $15 for non-members. To register for the workshop, download an application from www.taplpa.info, visit the Tamaqua Library or call 570-645-3059. Deadline for paid registration is March 14, 2007. Seating is limited, so register early. For more information about the workshop or the Black Diamond Writers’ Network, call Kathy at 570-645-3059.