Well, I did the teaching thing again this week. I hit the road and drove up to the sea of red that was Columbus (go Buckeyes!) to teach my SCENTS & SENSIBILITY craft workshop to the Central Ohio Fiction Writers branch of RWA. This lovely group of women welcomed me and made me feel right at home as I told them everything I know about infusing writing with sensorial detail. Questions were asked and answered, examples given, books awarded, and chocolate consumed. A good time was certainly had by me and, I hope, by all. So that was the teaching part. Here’s the student part. Bob Mayer and Jenny Crusie have a couple websites for their various projects, one of which is He Wrote, She Wrote.
Here’s a link: http://www.crusiemayer.com/blog/

These two fabulous teachers have posted a rough syllabus and are going to spend all next year?fifty-two weeks, give or take - teaching writing tips to peons like ME. For FREE! If anyone has a question, all they have to do is post it in the comments box, and Crusie/Mayer will answer. I can’t believe this amazing good fortune for us fledgling writers. After taking the Crusie/Mayer workshop two Saturdays ago, I spent last week reading Mayer’s Writer’s Digest book, THE NOVEL WRITER’S TOOLKIT. If you’re a writer, you need this book. It?s so full of fabulous, practical information that my head is still spinning from trying to soak it all in. So, yeah, I’ll be a student in their class. Can’t wait to see what else they can teach me. What about YOU, all you writers out there? What’re the names of your favorite writing books?