READINGS FOR THE WORDS OF DR. L!

The paperback version of The Words of Dr. L is now available!

Events are listed here:

October 28, 2026. I’ll be reading with Joan Silber at the Indie Press Prose series at the Concord Festival for Authors in Concord, MA. More info tk.

CLASSES

NEW! NYCWriting Intensive, an in person multigenre writing workshop in NYC, taught by me and Robert Anthony Siegel!

Robert and I are now teaching in-person weekend workshops 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 be the weekend of  January 8-10 and it will be in Santa Monica, California.   Email me at karenebender1@gmail.com for more info

I’ll be teaching online classes via Writing Workshops this fall!

Upcoming:

Exploring Strategies for Story Beginnings, Saturday, September 19, 12-5 pm EST over Zoom:

Exploring Strategies for Story Beginnings with Karen E. Bender 1-Day Fiction Master Class (Zoom) on Saturday, September 19th, 2026

Building Interiority in Characters: Writing Memory, Oct. 13, 7-9 pm EST over Zoom:

Building Interiority in Characters: Writing Memory with Karen E. Bender, a Zoom Seminar on Tuesday, October 13th, 2026

Building Interiority in Characters: Using Fantasies and Theories, Oct. 27, 7-9 pm EST over Zoom:

Building Interiority in Characters Using Fantasies and Theories with Karen E. Bender, a Zoom Seminar on Tuesday, October 27th, 2026

Show and Tell: Mastering the Art of Scene in Narrative: Tuesday, November 17 7=9 pm EST over Zoom:

Show and Tell: Mastering the Art of Scene in Narrative with Karen E. Bender, a Zoom Seminar on Tuesday, November 17th, 2026

Show and Tell: Mastering the Art of Summary in Narrative: Tuesday Dec. 1  7=9 pm EST over Zoom:

Show and Tell: Mastering the Art of Summary in Narrative with Karen E. Bender, a Zoom Seminar on Tuesday, December 1st, 2026

Deep Dive into Dialogue: Mastering the Art of What People say, Saturday, December 5, 12-5 pm EST over Zoom:

Deep Dive Into Dialogue: A Master Class on the Art of What People Say with Karen E. Bender (Zoom) on Saturday, December 5th, 2026

Email me at karenebender1@gmail.com for more information these workshops, or if you want information on my writing coaching or private manuscript consults.