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Date:November 7, 2017Posted By:David DrewsCategory:Community Event, Event, Members, open to public, The Writing Life, Workshop

This Saturday’s Workshop Instructor, Bob Mayer, Has 70 Novels to His Name: The Below Interview Reveals Some of His “Plotting” Tendencies

Bob Mayer has published over 70 books, hitting bestseller lists in the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today, with four…

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Date:October 18, 2017Posted By:David DrewsCategory:Community Event, Event, Monthly Programs, open to public, The Writing Life

Intriguing Interview with Upcoming KWG Presenter and Novelist, Julia Watts

  I caught up with novelist Julia Watts the other day to get a sense of her notions on her upcoming KWG program (11/2/17).  A…

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Date:October 11, 2017Posted By:David DrewsCategory:Community Event, Monthly Programs

Novelist, Julia Watts: Ways to Write Great Beginnings and Ways to Use the Good, Bad, & Ugly from Critiques

At 7:00pm on November 2, veteran novelist, Julia Watts, will share her methods for creating story beginnings that invite the reader to keep reading. She…

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Date:September 29, 2017Posted By:David DrewsCategory:Community Event, Monthly ProgramsTag:Knoxville Writers' Guild, publishing

Writers Beware & Be Informed: How to Navigate the Worlds of Copyright and Libel

Who: Intellectual property attorney Mark P. Crockett presents and leads Q&A; this program is open to the public with suggested $2 donation for the Knoxville…

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Date:August 28, 2017Posted By:David DrewsCategory:Community Event, Contest, Event, Spelling Bee

Spelling Bees, Poker, and Prizes

In 2002 and in front of a global TV audience, 13-year-old Pratyush Buddiga correctly spelled the word “prospicience,” a noun which means “the act of…

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Date:August 24, 2017Posted By:Victoria RaschkeCategory:Community Event

Sundress Academy for the Arts Fall 2017 Events

  The Sundress Academy for the Arts (SAFTA), a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, is an artists’ retreat on a 45-acre farm in Knoxville, Tennessee, that offers…

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Date:August 16, 2017Posted By:David DrewsCategory:Community Event, Contest, Event, Spelling Bee

Bee a Champ!

Bee a Champ! If you enjoy spelling challenges, we hope you are considering competing in the Knoxville Writers’  Guild Second Annual Spelling Bee on Thursday…

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Date:August 3, 2017Posted By:Victoria RaschkeCategory:Community Event

What Size House?

What Size House? by Caitlin Hamilton Summie On August 26th at 2 pm at the Knoxville Barnes & Noble, fiction writers and KWG members Pamela…

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Date:July 25, 2017Posted By:David DrewsCategory:Community Event, Contest, Event, Spelling Bee

KWG Spelling Bee Set for September 7th – Open to 15 and Older

The Knoxville Writers’ Guild will host its second annual Adult Spelling Bee on Thursday, Sept. 7 at 7 p.m. at Central United Methodist Church, 201…

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Date:July 17, 2017Posted By:David DrewsCategory:Community Event, Contest, Spelling Bee

Michael K. Smith Examines the Cross-Pollination of “Bees” and Books

The Spelling Bee in American Culture (excerpt) Michael K. Smith I’m Mike Smith, the Director of this year’s Knoxville Writers’ Guild Spelling Bee. I’ve become…

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