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Why write poetry and flash fiction? (Summer Writing Camps)
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Hello! We’ve been busy this past week working on the final touches to Marcia’s poetry and fiction writing camps. So much that we’re not sure that we’ve told you about it yet. We need to fix that. If you haven't met her, Marcia Lee Laycock is an award-winning author and teacher. She loves bringing her courses to the world, and we are more than happy to let her. ​Poetry Camp: Dwelling in Possibility
runs next week from Monday, August 12 to Thursday August 15th. In the four-day online camp, you’ll get to live classes with Marcia, replays, daily worksheets, daily poetry critiques. Marcia will choose one of your pieces of writing to be published on the Siretona blog and social media.
​Fiction Camp: Flash Fiction
runs online the following week, from Monday, August 19th to Friday, August 23rd. This five-day camp will have live lessons walking you through short stories that are 1000 words or less. Each day will come with a new worksheet and critique of the previous day’s work. At the end of the course, we will publish one of your stories (chosen by Marcia) on the Siretona blog and social media.
We wrote about Marcia's summer writing camps in this new blog post. We hope to see you at one or both of these classes! You can sign up at www.siretona.com/offers ​ Colleen McCubbin Publisher, Siretona Creative ​ p.s. On Wednesday, I interviewed Marcia about her approaches to poetry and flash fiction, and what students can expect from her summer writing camps. Check it out! (Also, what's happening to my eye in the first frame?)
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Hi! I'm Colleen.
📚Founder and Chief Creative Officer in boutique publishing company, Siretona Creative 👩‍🏫We teach and coach 🔤 the ABCs of publishing. 🤝We partner with ✍️committed Authors to produce 📖compelling Books in 🙋‍♀️collaborative Community. 🪶Join our author community: The Book Hatchery.
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