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 Using Fantasies and Theories with Karen E. Bender, a Zoom Seminar on Wednesday, October 8th, 2025

Building Interiority in Characters Via Perceptions, through Writing Workshops, October 15, 7-9 pm EST via zoom:

Building Interiority in Characters with Perceptions: Judgment, Envy and Admiration with Karen E. Bender, a Zoom Seminar on Wednesday, October 15th, 2025

Deep Dive into Dialogue through Writing Workshops, Nov. 8, 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, November 8th, 2025

The Octopus Moment: How to Tell a Story with Reach, through Writing Workshops, Nov. 12, 7-9 pm EST via zoom:

The Octopus Moment: How to Create a Story with Reach led by Karen E. Bender, a Zoom Seminar on Wednesday, November 12th, 2025

Show and Tell: Summary, through Writing Workshops, December 2, 7-9 pm EST via zoom:

Show and Tell: Mastering the Art of Summary in Narrative with Karen E. Bender, a Zoom Seminar on Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025

Show and Tell: Scene, through Writing Workshops, December 9 7-9 pm EST via zoom:

Show and Tell: Mastering the Art of Scene in Narrative with Karen E. Bender, a Zoom Seminar on Tuesday, December 9th, 2025

Exploring First Person Point of View: Saturday, January 17, 2026, 12-5 pm EST through Writing Workshops via zoom:

Exploring First Person Point of View with Karen E. Bender 1-Day Fiction Master Class (Zoom) on Saturday, January 31st, 2026

Creating Difficult Characters: Saturday, February 7 2026, 12-4 pm, through Writing Workshops via Zoom:

Creating Difficult Characters with Karen E. Bender 1-Day Fiction Master Class (Zoom) on Saturday, February 7th, 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.