The week's events
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- Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke
Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke
Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke
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October 31, 2023Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke
(All Levels)
Tuesdays, 11:30 AM-1:00 PM PT, Weekly. Workshops resume Tuesday, September 12, 2023 on Zoom.
To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2023CWW
Named in honor of beloved workshop leader CelenaDiana Bumpus, participants are encouraged to write from a prompt and share their work, with friendly critiques offered by workshop members. All genres are welcome to be explored. Enrollment is limited.
Wil Clarke tolerates writing, but loves having written. He was born and spent 27 years of his life in Africa. He misses the guidance and wisdom of Celena Bumpus and is attempting to keep her legacy alive in her former students through Celena’s Scribes.
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- No One Else Can Write Your Memoir! with Alaina Bixon, All Genres Workshop with Victoria Waddle
No One Else Can Write Your Memoir! with Alaina Bixon
No One Else Can Write Your Memoir! with Alaina Bixon
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November 1, 2023No One Else Can Write Your Memoir! with Alaina Bixon
(All Levels)
Meets Weekly on Wednesdays, 2:00-4:00 PM PT, 10/ 11, 10/18, 10/25, 11/1, and 11/8/23, Zoom
To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2023CWW
What makes a compelling memoir? We will examine some excerpts for structure, tone and craft. Each workshop session will include time for writing from prompts. Writers are welcome to share their work with the group for feedback.
Writers of all levels may join the workshops.
Alaina Bixon is a freelance writer of personal essays. She has led Inlandia Institute workshops on creative writing, food writing, and memoir. Her company, Tilton Bass Publishing, helps clients launch their books into the world.
All Genres Workshop with Victoria WaddleAll Genres Workshop with Victoria Waddle
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November 1, 2023All Genres Workshop with Victoria Waddle
(Int.-Adv.)
Alternating Wednesdays, 6:00-9:00 PM PT, 9/6, 9/20, 10/4, 10/18, and 11/1/23, Zoom
To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2023CWW
In this multi-genre workshop, participants submit poetry and prose for biweekly critiques and receive feedback from other group members. Discussions include the craft of writing and the challenges writers face. The workshop leader provides biweekly articles and links related to participants’ work, particularly to problems that were discussed in the previous session.
Victoria Waddle is a Pushcart Prize-nominated writer, with fiction and nonfiction published in literary journals and anthologies, including in Best Short Stories from The Saturday Evening Post Great American Fiction Contest. A collection of her short fiction, Acts of Contrition, was published by Los Nietos Press. Her chapbook The Mortality of Dogs and Humans is upcoming from Bamboo Dart Press in February 2023. Previously the managing editor of Inlandia: A Literary Journey, she helped to establish a yearly teen issue. In a previous life, she was a high school English teacher and librarian.
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- All Genres Workshop with Mae Wagner Marinello, Tesoros de Cuentos “Viva Abuelita Power” with Frances J. Vasquez
All Genres Workshop with Mae Wagner Marinello
All Genres Workshop with Mae Wagner Marinello
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November 2, 2023All Genres Workshop with Mae Wagner Marinello
(All Levels)
Thursdays, 11:00 AM-1:00 PM, Redlands Community Center, 111 W. Lugonia Ave, Redlands, Ongoing. Meets Weekly. (A Zoom option may be available; contact Inlandia for details.)
To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2023CWW
This ongoing writing workshop meets weekly at Redlands Community Center. Memoir writing, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction writing are all encouraged and welcome. Discover the pure joy of writing and creating with others in a supportive environment.
Mae Wagner Marinello has been a part of Inlandia since a 2008 writing workshop with Ruth Nolan. In 2014, she began facilitating a weekly writing workshop called Joslyn Joy Writers, at the Joslyn Senior Center in Redlands. During the pandemic lockdown, the weekly workshop continued on Zoom; it is now a hybrid class averaging between 10-20 combined participants on Zoom and in-person.
Tesoros de Cuentos “Viva Abuelita Power” with Frances J. VasquezTesoros de Cuentos “Viva Abuelita Power” with Frances J. Vasquez
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November 2, 2023Tesoros de Cuentos “Viva Abuelita Power” with Frances J. Vasquez
Eight Thursdays, 10/12, 10/19, 10/26, 11/2, 11/9, 11/16, 11/30, and 12/7, 2023; 3:30 - 5:30 PM (No meeting on Thanksgiving.)
In person at SSgt. Salvador J. Lara Casa Blanca Library, 2985 Madison St., Riverside CA 92504.
To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2023CWW
Inlandia’s Tesoros de Cuentos bilingual creative writing workshop is back! This fall, the “Viva Abuelita Power” theme will give voice to the wisdom, knowledge, and power of the Grandmother. Through writing exercises, participants will unravel from their hearts and memories personal experiences and/or stories of the abuelitas in their lives — chronicling a treasure trove of sweet and savory recollections.
Tesoros Motto: Las palabras vuelan; los escritos quedan — Words fly; writings endure.
Frances J. Vásquez is a native Inlandian of immigrant parents from México. She attended local schools and earned BS and MBA degrees from UC Riverside. An aficionada of arts and letters, she loves cultural events and served as a guide at Riverside Art Museum. She is director Emerita of the Inlandia institute.
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- How to Get Started Writing When You Don’t Know Where to Start with Renee Gurley, So You Want To Be a Writer? with James Coats
How to Get Started Writing When You Don’t Know Where to Start with Renee Gurley
How to Get Started Writing When You Don’t Know Where to Start with Renee Gurley
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November 4, 2023How to Get Started Writing When You Don’t Know Where to Start with Renee Gurley
(Beginners Only)
Alternating Saturdays, 10:00 AM-12:00 PM PT, 9/9, 9/23, 10/7, 10/21, and 11/4/23, Zoom
To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2023CWW
Do you want to start writing, but don't know how to get started? In this course, Renee Gurley shows you how to get your thoughts down on paper -- and then grow from there. Learn the basics of:
Creating Structure
Language Use
Point of View
Journaling, memoir, stories, and more“How to Get Started Writing When You Don't Know Where to Start” gives you concrete tools to help you become the writer you’ve always wanted to be. It's a fun and exciting class for all aspiring writers!
Gurley, MA, MFA, is a writer and English teacherwith over 20 years of experience with words, whose works have appeared in Coping Magazine, Lehigh Valley Woman’ s Journal, and Budget Press.
So You Want To Be a Writer? with James CoatsSo You Want To Be a Writer? with James Coats
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November 4, 2023Saturdays, September 9-November 11, 2023
12:00-2:00 PM
In person at Riverside Main Library
3900 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 93501
Free and open to teens ages 13-19
So You Want To Be a Writer? with James Coats
(Teens ages 13-19)
Saturdays, 12 - 2 PM PT, 9/9/23-11/11/23, in person at the Riverside Main Library
3900 Mission Inn Avenue Riverside, CA 92501
Free and open to teens ages 13-19
Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/Inlandia4Teens
This fall, Inlandia brings college-level creative writing workshops to teen-aged creatives thanks to a unique partnership with the City of Riverside Library. Led by James Coats, working writers drawn from the area community will lead teens through a ten-week progressive series. The program will be held at the Riverside Main Library on Saturdays beginning September 9, from 12:00 – 2:00 PM.
Workshop leader James Coats, himself an author, poet, and educator, will welcome a new guest writer each week, offering teens the opportunity to learn from professional working writers in a library environment. Topics will include: poetry, and the different modes of poetic expression; memoir and memory; fiction writing including micro fiction, flash, short stories, and long-form fiction; journalism and the newspaper industry; writing for magazines and periodicals; reading and performing your work for an audience; strategies for revising work toward publication; what it’s like to be an editor; and getting published. The final session will be a public reading and discussion.
Free and open to all interested teens but registration is required.
James Coats is an author, poet, and educator born in Los Angeles and raised in the Inland Empire. He received his BFA from Cal Poly Pomona and his MBA from Cal State San Bernardino. As a creative change agent, he believes the arts can inspire youth and influence positive change in the world. His first poetry collection, If I had Lived, was published in 2018. In 2021, he founded Lift Our Voices Education, which hosts the monthly “Be The Change: Social Justice Writing Workshop.” His newest poetry collection, Midnight & Mad Dreams, is published by World Stage Press. Follow him on Instagram @MrLovingWords.