Creative Writing Workshops Registration

Location: 675 Pulaski St, Suite 1200, Athens, GA 30601 (ATHICA)

I. Writing Workshop: Wednesday, July 5th - 1 pm to 3 pm (Class Fee: $25)

Instructors: UGA journalism instructor and local writer/editor Tracy Coley and Bilbo Books publisher Bowen Craig.

“Preserving a Delicate History” – Writing about an interesting person or family member can be challenging, particularly when they don’t want to talk about their life because of controversy, or perhaps you or your subject have a fear of harming others in the process. Whether you are writing a memoir or a biography, or simply documenting family history for future generations, find out how to ask the tough questions to preserve a complicated or delicate history while honoring and respecting the person and their story. Two-hour workshop includes an interview role play and writing exercises with prompts. 

II. Writing Workshop: Thursday, July 6th - 1 pm to 3 pm (Class Fee: $25)

Instructor: Tracy Coley, UGA journalism instructor, local writer/editor and grief blogger.

“Grief Journaling and Writing Through Loss” – Journaling is widely known to help process emotions and the ever-swelling waves of grief. Loss is felt not only in death and in declining health, but also at the end of marriages, friendships/relationships and careers. If you’ve experienced loss recently or even a few years ago, journaling can help you tease out the thoughts that keep you awake at night while  acknowledging the loss and providing a means of moving forward and even inspiring new goals. Learn how to journal effectively from a seasoned writer who has used journaling as a healing tool to navigate multiple types of loss. Two-hour workshop includes class discussion and writing prompts.

III. Writing Workshop: Friday, July 7th - 1 pm to 3 pm (Class Fee: $25)

Instructor: Bilbo Books publisher Bowen Craig, who has worked on too many memoirs to cite them all.

“Everyone Has a Story to Tell” - Writing a memoir is the perfect way to immortalize a life, to preserve accomplishments for future generations, and to look back at a life well-led and realize just how much one person can do, and has done, in one lifetime. Joining with your sibling group and jointly composing a memoir about your parents and your shared childhood is both a bonding experience AND a way to immortalize a time and place. 

Each separate class costs $25, or take all three classes and pay just $65!

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Tracy Coley is owner of Lucky Dog Press, LLC, providing editing, writing and graphic design services for local writers, including Bilbo Books. She worked for nearly 30 years in marketing and communications for the University of Georgia and is former editor and digital marketing specialist for Boom Magazine. Tracy earned an ABJ in advertising and an MFA in narrative nonfiction from UGA’s College of Journalism and Mass Communication. In her spare time, Tracy writes about family, faith, grief, resilience and the human spirit, and enjoys deep diving into genealogical and historical research. Tracy has taught Graphics for Journalists and currently teaches Journalism Writing and Reporting Across Platforms at UGA.

tracy.n.coley@gmail.com  

Bowen Craig is Co-Founder and Editorial Director of Athens-based Bilbo Books Publishing, as well as an author who wrote his first book at age twelve and has been editing since age seven (His mother was an English professor whose students were unaware that their professor’s elementary school-age son was grading their papers). Bo has written three novels, has a couple more in the till, and has contributed to newspapers, magazines, blogs, theatrical productions and films, as well as taught creative writing for various educational entities. His most recent passion continues to be playwriting. A proud native Daltonian, he was graduated from Davidson College and has studied at Flagler College in St. Augustine and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He has also worked as a psychiatric social worker, an environmental fundraiser/lobbyist, and as Board President for the Georgia Fine Arts Academy. He enjoys participating in book clubs and writers’ groups.

bilbobookspublishing@gmail.com  
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