READINGS FOR THE WORDS OF DR. L!
The Words of Dr. L is out in the world and upcoming events are listed here:
Miami Book Fair
Sunday, Nov. 23, 11 am
Panel with Allison King, Stuart Nadler and Ruben Reyes Jr.
Book Club Bar: What’s New at the Stony Brook MFA program: New Faculty, New Books, reading with Susan Minot, Robert Lopez, Eskor Johnson, Dawnie Walton and Alison Fairbrother
Oct. 28, 8 pm, Book Club Bar, 197 East. 3td st., NY, NY
CLASSES
NEW! NYCWriting Intensive, an in person multigenre writing workshop in NYC, taught by me and Robert Anthony Siegel!
Robert and I taught a weekend workshop August 8-10 in Midtown Manhattan, where we discussed student manuscripts (either fiction or nonfiction) up to 25 pages, generated new work, had a craft talk and a publishing panel. Our next one will the weekend of JANUARY 23-25, 2026. We will meet for introductions 5-7 pm Friday January 23, and then meet 9 to 4 pm on January 25 and 25. Email me at karenebender1@gmail.com for more info
I’ll be teaching online classes via Writing Workshops this fall!
Upcoming:
Building Interiority in Characters Using Fantasies and Theories, through Writing Workshops,: October 8, 7-9 pm EST via zoom:
Building Interiority in Characters Via Perceptions, through Writing Workshops, October 15, 7-9 pm EST via zoom:
Deep Dive into Dialogue through Writing Workshops, Nov. 8, 12-5 pm EST over zoom:
The Octopus Moment: How to Tell a Story with Reach, through Writing Workshops, Nov. 12, 7-9 pm EST via zoom:
Show and Tell: Summary, through Writing Workshops, December 2, 7-9 pm EST via zoom:
Show and Tell: Scene, through Writing Workshops, December 9 7-9 pm EST via zoom:
Exploring First Person Point of View: Saturday, January 17, 2026, 12-5 pm EST through Writing Workshops via zoom:
Creating Difficult Characters: Saturday, February 7 2026, 12-4 pm, through Writing Workshops via Zoom:
Email me at karenebender1@gmail.com for more information these workshops, or if you want information on my writing coaching or private manuscript consults.
I’ll be teaching a fiction workshop July 14-19 2026 in Paris through Writing Workshops! Robert Anthony Siegel will be teaching the nonfiction workshop, and Ramona Ausubel a generative workshop. You can find out more and apply here.
Robert and I will be co-teaching our NYCWriting Intensive again the weekend of January 23-25 in Midtown Manhattan. The class, open to both fiction and nonfiction writers, will meet 5-7 pm Friday eve January 23 and then 9 am to … Continue reading →
Goodreads includes The Words of Dr. L on this list of 96 great collections published in the last three years. You can see the whole list here.
I’ll be teaching a fiction workshop July 14-19 2026 in Paris through Writing Workshops! Robert Anthony Siegel will be teaching the nonfiction workshop, and Ramona Ausubel a generative workshop. You can find out more and apply here.