Writing Waterville Workshops Chapbook Launch Party

Last fall I taught a workshop called Starting with Place for the Waterville Writes series held through Waterville Creates at the lovely new arts center in downtown. My workshop was about grounding a piece of writing (fiction, nonfiction, or poetry) in the location where it takes place. Because our workshop was held indoors after dark, we used photos I took of the area around Waterville's River Walk and Ticonic Bridge, and, using all of our senses, our previous knowledge, and our imaginations we generated writing about this spot in the heart of downtown.

​Participants of this and the other three workshops were invited to submit writing begun during or inspired by any one of the workshops to be published in a chapbook. My flash fiction story "Two Cent Bridge" is included in the collection.

The chapbook is coming out in May and will be launched at the Writing Waterville Workshops Story Share and Launch Party to be held on Sunday May 5th from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center on Main Street in Waterville. The event is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be provided. I'd love to see you there!