Lighthouse Literary Guild Spring 2018 Sessions 

 Poetry Writing with Nancy Mitchell

 Mondays • 4:30-6 p.m.
 Session I: February 12 - March 19
 Session II: April 2 - May7

 In weekly workshops, we will critique writing withan   eye/ear/mind/heart to how successful fellow writers have   been in articulating intention with a variety of literary   techniques. Writing will be generated by prompts given at   the beginning of each class.

Nancy Mitchell is a 2012 Pushcart Prize winner and the author of The Near Surround (Four Way Books, 2002) and Grief Hut (Cervena Barva Press, 2009). Her recent poems appear, or will soon appear, in Poetry Daily, Agni, Washington Square Review, Green Mountains Review, Tar River Poetry, Columbia College Literary Review, and Thrush, among others. She, with Danny Lawless, is the co-editor of and contributor to Plume Interviews I, forthcoming in February, 2017.

Mitchell teaches at Salisbury University and serves as the Associate Editor of Special Features for Plume. She can be reached at nancymitchellpoet@gmail.com. 

 Starting Your Novel or Memoir with Pat Valdata

 Thursdays • 6:30-8 p.m. 
 Session II: April 5 - May 10

This six-week class will cover essential skills to help writers who want to produce a good novel. Topics include planning the book, developing interesting characters, how to sequence a plot, composing vivid scenes, tips for writing dialogue, and how to sustain momentum on a big writing project. The class will use a mix of discussions, examples, exercises, and workshops.

Pat Valdata is an award-winning novelist and poet with an M.F.A. in fiction writing from Goddard College. Her books include two novels, Crosswind and The Other Sister (2008 Arpad Academy gold medalist) and two poetry books, Where No Man Can Touch (2015 Donald Justice Poetry Prize) and Inherent Vice. She lives in Crisfield, MD and is an adjunct professor teaching creative writing online for the University of Maryland University College.

 Saturday April 21• 9:30 - 12:30 p.m.