Keifel started his writing career with bad poems and satire for self-published zine in 1995 before moving on to feature writing and television reviews for two of the daily newspapers in Trinidad and Tobago. Since the early 2000s keifel has maintained a blog where he occasionally writes short-form essays filled with run-on sentences. He was […]
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 really interesting exchange developed on good story beginnings, critiques, and guild programing: DREWS: Can a good book have a bad or even average beginning? WATTS: Absolutely! Some books are “slow […]
Guild Members–Get “On” and Vote! Cheers! Your Friend, Mark Twain Guild members, you have until this Friday @ 11:45 pm to #VOTE for new board members. Member & voter Bob Beasley said,”It was so easy!” https://knoxvillewritersguild.org/…/kwg-2017-board-of-direc…
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 will also discuss how she handles both negative and positive feedback during her writing process. Ms. Watts is the author of over a dozen novels, including the Lambda Literary Award-winning […]
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 Writers Guild When: Thursday October 5 2017 @ 7:00 p.m. Where: Central United Methodist Church, Knoxville TN What we don’t know about libel and copyright could cost us money, time, […]
What you don’t know about legal issues of libel, slander and copyright could hurt, haunt, or cost you. As a writer, photographer, or visual artist, how do you protect your work and avoid infringing on other’s rights and privacy? What are your responsibilities as a writer of fiction, non-fiction, or memoir? What can and can’t […]
This week, editor and writer, Cathy Kodra, reflects on what her editing workshop means to her and her participants: DND: As a writer why do you attend workshops led by other writers? C. KODRA: Attending workshops is a fabulous way to network with other writers and learn from the presenters and other participants. No matter […]
It’s been almost two months since we launched our redesigned website and while the feedback has been mostly positive we realized there are still a number of things we need to work on. One of the biggest areas of concern is an inability to login. We did our best to migrate all the user information […]
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 looking forward.” As a result of his steely nerves, hyper-adept memory, and spelling acumen, Pratyush won the National Spelling Bee. At that time, was he looking forward to a collegiate […]
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 residencies to writers, visual artists, filmmakers, composers, and more, from across the country. We also host a monthly award-winning reading series and a creative writing workshop series. This fall, SAFTA […]