Annoucements

First, and foremost, I want to thank all my students this year. I had a banner teaching year with some of the most lovely and talented people. It was a great year, with terrific students.

Second, I was delighted to learn that several (six) of the young people from my Writer's in the School Residency (part of Literary Arts) were placed in the 2011/12 anthology titled No One Carries an Umbrella Here. The title essay Twisted Flower was by my student, Marquisa Sapian and I couldn't have been more thrilled. Another young woman, Jin Mei McMahon won the Glimmer Train Prize for Prose for her essay titled Her Logic. Congratulations Jin Mai. And there were placements for Joel Hwee, Zola Walton, Hana Schiff, Sean Sele (brilliant writing by Sean). I hate to say it but I am a proud mother hen watching all these writers experience the joy of publication. Their essays are stellar too.

Third, the last teleseminar of the year was Thursday, Dec. 8 and it was a great conversation about setting goals. Look for that post on Sunday or go now to THIS LINK and listen in.

Fourth, the new classes are available for registration and it's going to be a great new year. There is a class called Sell It (on how to sell your memoir), a salon style critique circle, a beginner's level craft class and the ongoing and ever popular master class. I'm also teaching a new download class for the Attic Institute...don't miss that.

Finally, the upgraded and fabulous Phase I program is ready. What was a 25 page workbook is now 100+ pages and what was three hours of teaching has been expanded to be five hours. This is the most comprehensive downloading entry level teaching you would hope to get. I've tested this class in two live formats and provided you, the entry level memoirist, with what I think is the richest and most wonderful teaching available.