Fredericksburg Artists’ School is pleased to announce Gerald and Loretta Hausman’s first writer’s workshop. This workshop will be a natural extension of the types of classes they have been offering for 17 years. Writers of all levels will be sure to enjoy this event and have a wonderful and lasting experience from having taken it. For registration, please call Bill Bush at the school 830-997-0515. Here are more details on Gerald and Loretta Hausman’s writer’s workshop:
Turning Memory into Story: A Memoir Writing Workshop
April 16-20, 2012 - Fredericksburg, Texas
Tuition $595
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
Writing is a powerful form of self-expression and memoir writing allows us to tell the story of how we envision our lives and the world. This memoir writing workshop focuses on the processes of writing and story-telling. Participants share works-in-progress and new work that they develop in the course of the workshop. The purpose of this writing workshop is not to create a critical, competitive environment around the process of writing, but rather to enhance each participant’s writing ability and vision of his or her own work.
The workshop, suitable for both beginning and advanced writers, is interactive, with one-on-one contact with all three workshop leaders.
Some workshop participants are interested mostly in the process of writing. Others also want to know more about the process of publication. Publishing is different from what it was twenty-five years ago and there are now many avenues for writers to take. The last day of the workshop is reserved for an in-depth and detailed discussion of the steps in the different ways of publishing, from finding an agent or large publisher, to self-publishing, blogs, e-books and more.
Participants in past workshops have published their memoirs and others are in the process of preparing memoirs or other work for publication.
Workshop presenters: Alice Winston Carney and Gerald and Loretta Hausman
Alice Winston Carney is a seasoned facilitator of workshops and leader of small groups. She holds a MA in Communication Studies, has taught for many years on the university level, is a Dale Carnegie instructor, and is trained as a personal coach. Alice started Green River Writers’ Workshops five years ago because she believes that people learn from interacting with each other and that a supportive and stimulating environment enhances people’s writing skills.
Alice is the author of the recently published memoir, A Cowgirl in Search of a Horse. She has written for newspapers and national magazines and collaborates with Gerald and Loretta Hausman on writing projects. She speaks regularly to clubs and book groups on the process of memoir writing. Alice lives with her husband, Jim, in Sacramento, California and Sapello, New Mexico.
Gerald and Loretta Hausman are writers, editors, and publishers focusing on mythology, animal lore, and history. Their more than 70 books have been published in a dozen languages and have made them popular speakers at festivals and colleges. Gerald has spoken on the History Channel, NPR’s All Things Considered, and Pacifica Broadcasting. The New York Times Book Review called his collection of mythology, Tunkashila “An eloquent tribute to the first great storytellers of America.” Gerald has been awarded an Aesop Accolade Award from the American Folklore Society. Other books that he wrote with his wife Loretta have received honors from the American Bookseller, Children’s Protective Services, Bank Street College of Education, the National Council of Social Studies, the International Reading Association, Parent’s Choice and the New York Public Library. Presently the Hausmans are part owners of a publishing company dedicated to finding new writing. They have held writers workshops throughout the United States and have been integral to Green River Writers’ Workshops since its inception five years ago.
Gerald says, "As editors, Loretta and I have always been passionate about helping other writers. Over the years we have helped many authors find their voice and get into print with established publishing houses. But more than that, we never lose sight of the fact that writing, like life, is a joyous expression, a gift that makes each day a transcendent treasure freshly opened to eye and ear."
The Hausmans lived and wrote in the Southwest for over twenty years. They now live, with two Great Danes, a Dachshund, and a parrot, on Pine Island, Florida.
