Happy Holidays to everyone who celebrates a holiday this month. It's winter here on our side of the world which is a perfect reason to curl up with a cup of hot tea, a soft blanket, and a great book! Feel free to let us know your favorite holiday books. Meanwhile, we'll be over here… Continue reading Happy Holidays
Tag: creative
Scholarship information
The GCLS Writing Academy is always growing, always changing. We’re constantly adding new classes, hiring new instructors, and reading up on current pedagogies to give our students a quality experience in creative writing education. One way we work to improve our program is by offering a variety of scholarships, both full and partial, to make… Continue reading Scholarship information
Author Spotlight – Charlotte Paige
The Writing Academy is excited to share 2021 graduate Charlotte Paige and her recent success publishing a short story “Screen Time Up 16%” in Screen Door Review, an online journal for poetry and stories under 1,000 words by queer Southern writers. You can find the story here Charlotte, we’re happy for you and we love… Continue reading Author Spotlight – Charlotte Paige
Guest Blog Post – Rita Potter and Lori G. Matthews
Today, we're excited to feature a guest post from Writing Academy graduates, Rita Potter and Lori G. Matthews who met during their time in the academy and got together to create an excellent project! Rita Potter: How did two students from the Writing Academy decide to collaborate on a zany superhero story? I’ll let Lori… Continue reading Guest Blog Post – Rita Potter and Lori G. Matthews
Coming Soon – Author Spotlight on Avery Brooks
Coming this week! We get to sit down with Avery Brooks and talk about her incredible debut novel, Other Girls. Other Girls recently made the LezReview (https://lezreviewbooks.com/lex-list-best-lesbian-books-of-2019/) best books of 2019 and we happen to agree. Other Girls is, at it's heart, a story about learning to trust again and the damage a person can… Continue reading Coming Soon – Author Spotlight on Avery Brooks
Author Spotlight on Chris Zett
We were thrilled when we found out author and Writing Academy graduate was going to sit down with us to talk about writing and books. We were even more thrilled when we found out a couple days later that Chris won an Elisa Rolles Rainbow Award for her debut novel Irregular Heartbeat (available here) in… Continue reading Author Spotlight on Chris Zett
Guest Author Chris Zett- coming this week!
GCLS is super excited to welcome guest author and recent Rainbow award winner, Chris Zett to the blog this week to talk about her new release, Irregular Heartbeat. Join us Friday to learn all about Chris, her writing process, the importance of mentors, and why peer review really matters.
Author Spotlight on Karen Richard
This month, I was lucky enough to sit down with Karen Richard in person to interview her for the Writing Academy blog. Karen won a Goldie Award for her incredible collection of short stories, Women of the Year. She recently appear at the GCLS members-only online book club to discuss that collection. Today, we got… Continue reading Author Spotlight on Karen Richard
Coming Soon
Author and Writing Academy graduate Karen Richard will be on hand to discuss her Goldie-award winning book, Women of the Year, her recent appearance at the GCLS members-only book club, and her upcoming, very strange new project. We're looking forward to having a cup of Gay AF coffee with this delightfully funny author! The… Continue reading Coming Soon
Author Spotlight – C.L. Taylor
C.L. Taylor sat down with me today to talk about her writing process, her time with the Writing Academy, and the glorious freedom in writing speculative fiction. Thank you for taking the time to talk with me today. I have an extremely important question – were you the coolest person in your graduating class? … Continue reading Author Spotlight – C.L. Taylor
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