I will be speaking this Monday at the East Texas Writers Guild members meeting at 6:30pm via Zoom. This one is a little last minute (their scheduled speaker fell ill), so I am cobbling a few of my 20 minute lessons into one hour long speech about “Bringing Creativity to NANOWRIMO.” Hope to see all you local writers there! (If prompted for a password, it is “2020”.)
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I spoke today at the Tyler Public Library’s Writing Club Facebook Group on “Elements of Crime Writing.” It went really well, even with Facebook’s pop-ups. As you can see from the screenshot, I was once again speaking from my son’s room. Isn’t online speaking quirky?
In any case, I started out by talking about ProWritingAid’s Crime Week – an online writing conference focused on writing crimes and mysteries. I learned so much there, so this lesson was a giant summary of all the tips and tricks I learned there over the course of the week.
If you are a member of the TPLWC group, you can see the replay of the live video here: {link}
I will speak at the Tyler Public Library’s Writing Club Facebook Group on April 28, 2021 at noon about “Elements of Crime Writing.” If you are a member of the group, you can see me speak and join in on the fun writing prompts here: {link}
Today at the Tyler Public Library Writer’s Club, we asked people to reply to the prompts with videos of themselves reading their responses, in order to liven up and build our sense of community. I did introductory videos and also read all of my responses to writing prompts in comments. Several other people joined in and it was a lot of fun. What a good experiment!
On March 31, 2021 at noon, I will speak at the Tyler Public Library’s Writing Club Facebook Group about “Community Building.” Well, maybe saying I’m speaking this time is a little disingenuous. What we are doing this week is a bit different and possibly a fun experiment in a new way to run our online group. Come and join the group so you can see me speak and work on the fun writing prompts here: {link}
First thing this morning, my dad called and told me that he had left his suitcase behind yesterday in his haste to get out of the house on time. All his medications were in there, as was his laptop. So I needed to drive and meet him halfway between our town and his and hand off his stuff. The only problem? I was supposed to speak at the Wednesday Writers Whatchamacalit Facebook Group at 11am and there was no way I was going to make it back in time for that.
So I did what any half-way reasonable human would do: I found a place online that would record me giving my presentation, along with my slide show, and I recorded it and sent the link to the group, promising to come back and do a Q&A in the comments section once I was home.
So that is just what I did and it went really well. You can watch the whole thing for free here (you may need to register for a free account with Panopto first.) or go here for the WWW group and comments
I will speak at the Wednesday Writers Whatchamacallit Facebook Group on March 10, 2021 about Writing Wonder. If you are a member of the group, you can see me speak here: {link}
I spoke today at the Tyler Public Library’s Writing Club Facebook Group on “Writing Wonder.” Despite issues between my slideshow and Facebook, it still went really well! If you are a member of the group, you can see the replay of the live video here: {link}
On February 24, 2021 at noon, I will speak at the Tyler Public Library’s Writing Club Facebook Group about “Writing Wonder.” Think about it as adding sparkle to your worldbuilding. If you are a member of the group, you can see me speak and join in on the fun writing prompts here: {link}
I spoke today at the Tyler Public Library’s Writing Club Facebook Group on “Setting New Year Goals” for writing and writing life. It went really well! If you are a member of the group, you can see the replay of the live video here: {link}
Lisa Holcomb 