Calendar of Events 2023

WRITERS GUILD – MEMOIR CLASSES – BOOK DISCUSSIONS

 

Writers Guild Zoom Meetings

Our Writers Guild meetings held the third Sundays from March through October from 1 to 3pm have been switched to Zoom meetings for 2023. We will not be holding in-person meetings.

Note: Registration Fees for all PSB Writing Center Classes, Zoom Webinars, Discussions, programs, etc.
are Non-Refundable unless it is cancelled.

The Pearl S. Buck Writing Center’s 2023 Writers Guild will zoom meet on the 3^rd Sundays, monthly from March 19^th through October 15^th, from 1-3 to share and critique our writing works-in-progress. In a friendly atmosphere, we encourage, support and challenge our adult writers to improve, whether they are experienced writers or beginners. All genres of literature are welcome from novels and short fiction to memoirs, essays and poetry by all levels of writers.

$80 Registration required (*see below for details) the total of 8 Zoom meetings
[March 19^th, April 16^th, May 28^th (4^th Sun this month only), June 18^th, July 16^th, August 20^th, September 17^th, and October 15^th]

*We have a 2-step Registration Process for our Writers Guild Zoom Meetings:

1) Please send Cindy Louden your complete email and street address and your Home/Cell Phone number.

2) When I receive that information, I will forward your information to our PSB Volunteer Associate, Nancy McElwee, who will call you asking for your credit card information to process and return a receipt.

Registered Guild members must send writings via email for editing consideration and distribution to lindadonaldson@verizon.net 2 weeks prior to each meeting. Please identify your writing with your name and email address. Linda will forward all the submitted Word documents as attachments to the group. This will enable all members to read and be prepared to discuss at our next upcoming Zoom meeting.

On behalf of all the editors, we welcome your participation and look forward to meeting you at our first 2023 Zoom meeting on March 19th from 1-3pm. 

A Zoom link will be sent to registrants prior to the Sunday morning of the Zoom meeting.

Keep writing! The Writers Guild Editors:

Linda Donaldson – lindadonaldson@verizon.net, Cynthia L. Louden – cllouden@verizon.net

Dr. Anne K. Kaler – akkaler@verizon.net, Susan E. Wagner – swagner001@gmail.com

Visit our blog at www.psbwritingcenter.org  become a follower and you’ll receive an email notification of any new blog posts. Many past issues of our Pearl S. Buck Literary Journal – containing writing in a wide variety of genres – can be accessed from our blog.  

Memoir Classes – via Zoom and In-person – for 2023

PSBVA’s Linda Wisniewski will once again offer her very popular 6 month Zoom Memoirs Writing Classes starting on the 1^st Monday evenings from 7-9 pm beginning February 6 through July 3. [Feb. 6^th, March 6^th, April 3^rd, May 1^st, June 5^th, and July 3^rd]

Linda’s 6 month, In-person Memoirs Class will meet in the Cultural Center on the 3rd Wednesday afternoons from 1-3 pm. beginning May 17 through October 18. [May 17^th, June 21^st, July 19^th, August 16^th, September 20^th, & October 18^th]

$200 registration required (*see below for details) for each 6 month class, either Zoom or In-person.

These two classes will guide you towards centering on one segment of your life and turning it into a compelling story, whether your goal is to share it with family and friends or to publish it for a wider audience.

Each session includes time to practice writing that month’s lesson and to give and receive gentle, constructive feedback.

Between class sessions, you will have the opportunity to discuss articles on memoir writing and to share your writing with other students and the instructor for a more comprehensive response.

Linda C. Wisniewski writes about life and the connections we make by giving each other the space and time to be heard. A former feature writer and columnist for the Bucks County Herald and the Bucks County Women’s Journal, Linda’s work has been published widely in literary magazines, newspapers and anthologies and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She is the author of the memoir, Off Kilter, published by Pearlsong Press, and a novel, Where the Stork Flies, published by Sand Hill Review Press. More about her at http://www.lindawis.com.  

*We have a 2-step Registration Process for both our Zoom & In-person Memoir Classes:

1) Please send Cindy Louden your complete email and street address and your Home/Cell Phone number.

2) When I receive that information, I will forward your information to our PSB Volunteer Associate, Nancy McElwee, who will call you asking for your credit card information to process and return a receipt.

If you have any additional questions about any of the Pearl S. Buck Writing Center offerings, contact its Chair, Cindy Louden, at clouden@pearlsbuck.org or call 267-421-6203.

Book Discussion Groups — Complimentary

Pearl S. Buck Novel Discussion Group

All classes will meet online via Zoom
3rd Mondays, 7-8:30 pm
January 16 – The Living Reed: History of Korea that Pearl suggested to JFK at White House Dinner
February 20 – Imperial Woman: Last empress of China who Pearl greatly admired.  
March 20 – Peony: Love story of Jewish life in Chi
April 17 –The Eternal Wonder: most recently found in storage locker – biography of a brilliant genius.

June In-Person Discussion – Date TBD: The Exile & Fighting Angel: two biographical novels about her parents

For more information, email facilitator Cindy Louden, clouden@pearlsbuck.org. You don’t have to have read the book to enjoy the discussions. Wonderful information can be gathered from Pearl’s novels, her non-fiction, and from her biographers for anyone who wants to know and share about “our Pearl.”