WordHaven BookHouse & Mead Library are partnering up for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)!
Join us for these FREE classes (donations welcome)!
Wednesday, October 26, 6-7 PM: Local Author, Sara Biren, as she guides us through the brainstorming, prewriting, and preparing process for NaNoWriMo. Sara will share tips–both practical and creative–for surviving and succeeding, from NaNo prep to the moment you type The End.
Wednesday, November 16, 6-7 PM: English Teacher and National Teacher of the Year (2018), Mandy Manning, as she checks in with our progress and facilitates activities to get us un-stuck/keeps us going on our novel writing journey!
Wednesday, November 30, 6-7 PM: Local Author, Amy E. Casey, will create space for us to share our progress and guide us on next steps! Whether you made it triumphantly to the full 50K or only wrote a page despite best-laid plans, you are welcome at this celebration of what makes us all writers... and winners!
Sara Biren is the author of three YA novels from Amulet Books, including one that was completely rewritten during NaNoWriMo. She has “won” NaNo four times and participated in Camp NaNo as well. Sara earned an MFA in Creative Writing from Mankato State University in Mankato, Minnesota. Until recently a lifelong Minnesotan, Sara now lives in Manitowoc with her husband, two children, and two schnoodles, and works as a part-time editor. She loves cheese, seeing live bands, watching football and hockey, hiking, and traveling. Visit Sara on Instagram (@sarabiren) or at sarabiren.com.
Mandy Manning recently transitioned from a 21-year career as a classroom teacher to supporting educators as the Digital Content Specialist for the Washington Education Association. During her 21 years in the classroom, most of those years Mandy taught English to newly arrived refugee and immigrant students in the Newcomer Center at Joel E. Ferris High School in Spokane, Washington. In 2018 Mandy was selected as the Washington state and National Teacher of the Year. She received her MFA in Fiction from the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts and her MA in Communications from West Texas A&M University. She is co-author of Creating a Sense of Belonging for Immigrant and Refugee Students.
Amy E. Casey lives and writes in Wisconsin, near the cold freshwater shore of Lake Michigan. From there, she dreams up stories of quiet monsters and wild landscapes. Her short fiction and poetry have been published in Split Rock Review, Psaltery & Lyre, Club Plum, NonBinary Review, Bramble, and elsewhere. She does a large portion of her writing on a Smith Corona Classic 12 manual typewriter from 1964. The Sturgeon’s Heart is her first novel.
