I’ll be teaching in person at the Iowa Summer Writing Festival in July. I’ll be teaching a weekend class. “Difficult People; Characters You Can’t Stop Reading About” July 19-20, and a week-long class, “Finding Your Story,” July 21-25. Information here:
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 reading in New York, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Iowa City for The Words of Dr. L. Info on each reaching here and in the events column.
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Interview about the role of image in fiction with Pakistan’s The News on Sunday
11 Dec 2022
I spoke with writer Muhammed Sheeraz Dasti about the role of image in writing fiction for the newspaper The News on Sunday in Pakistan. You can read the interview here