BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Fort Bragg Library - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://fortbragglibrary.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Fort Bragg Library REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20270314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20271107T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260408T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260408T153000 DTSTAMP:20260411T021854 CREATED:20251227T210123Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260403T215957Z UID:10012092-1775656800-1775662200@fortbragglibrary.org SUMMARY:Creative Writing Workshop DESCRIPTION:Creative Writing Workshop\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast\nWednesday\, April 8\, 2026\, 2-3:30 pm\nThis month: POETRY: Not Your Mama’s Poem: Explore a different way of writing with Elizabeth Vrenios\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast are providing free monthly creative writing workshops for adults. All workshops are lead by published authors and will feature different genres and themes each month. \nNo sign-up is required. Just bring yourself\, your BFF\, your notebook and your pen. \nFor more information about the writing workshops\, contact Writers of the Mendocino Coast at info@writersmendocino.org. You can also visit their website at writersmendocino.org. \n\n \n \n \nMs. Vrenios has been published in numerous anthologies. She is a Professor Emeritus at American University in Washington D.C. and the editor of WMC’s 2026 anthology. URL:https://fortbragglibrary.org/event/creative-writing-workshop-16/ LOCATION:Fort Bragg Library\, 499 E Laurel St\, Fort Bragg\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Writing Workshop GEO:39.4456801;-123.8011111 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Fort Bragg Library 499 E Laurel St Fort Bragg CA United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=499 E Laurel St:geo:-123.8011111,39.4456801 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260311T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260311T153000 DTSTAMP:20260411T021854 CREATED:20251227T205707Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251227T205707Z UID:10012091-1773237600-1773243000@fortbragglibrary.org SUMMARY:Creative Writing Workshop DESCRIPTION:Creative Writing Workshop\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast\nWednesday\, March 11\, 2026\, 2-3:30 pm\nThis month: HORROR AND HEALING – How Writing Horror Can Heal with Rob Hawthorn\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast are providing free monthly creative writing workshops for adults. All workshops are lead by published authors and will feature different genres and themes each month. \nNo sign-up is required. Just bring yourself\, your BFF\, your notebook and your pen. \nFor more information about the writing workshops\, contact Writers of the Mendocino Coast at info@writersmendocino.org. You can also visit their website at writersmendocino.org. \n\n \n \n \nRob Hawthorn is a husband\, a father\, a writer\, a podcaster\, and a bookseller who lives on Northern California’s Mendocino Coast.  He began writing seriously. at the age of nineteen\, when a story he submitted was published in a small science fiction magazine.  Three years later\, Rob tried his hand at writing for mainstream comic books.  Currently\, he’s working as a book seller and events coordinator for Gallery Bookshop\, one of the best independent bookstores on the planet.  His job as events coordinator has put Rob in touch with a vast community of writers and has helped him connect with an even larger community of readers and book lovers from around the world.  Rob has two podcasts\, one of which is about music\, and the other is a book club that examines 1960s comics through a modern lens. URL:https://fortbragglibrary.org/event/creative-writing-workshop-15/ LOCATION:Fort Bragg Library\, 499 E Laurel St\, Fort Bragg\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Writing Workshop GEO:39.4456801;-123.8011111 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Fort Bragg Library 499 E Laurel St Fort Bragg CA United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=499 E Laurel St:geo:-123.8011111,39.4456801 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260211T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260211T153000 DTSTAMP:20260411T021854 CREATED:20251227T204936Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251227T205027Z UID:10012090-1770818400-1770823800@fortbragglibrary.org SUMMARY:Creative Writing Workshop DESCRIPTION:Creative Writing Workshop\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast\nWednesday\, February 11\, 2026\, 2-3:30 pm\nThis month: HUMOR: How to Put Humor in Your Writing with Sharon Bowers\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast are providing free monthly creative writing workshops for adults. All workshops are lead by published authors and will feature different genres and themes each month. \nNo sign-up is required. Just bring yourself\, your BFF\, your notebook and your pen. \nFor more information about the writing workshops\, contact Writers of the Mendocino Coast at info@writersmendocino.org. You can also visit their website at writersmendocino.org. \n\n \n \n \nAron Lee Bowe aka Sharon Bowers is an artist\, illustrator and graphic designer. She was the first-place winner of the Rosalie Fleming Memorial Humor Prize from the National League of American Pen Women. Her graphic novel\, Amazed & Elated\, Depressed & Deflated\, won an Independent Publisher’s Silver Medal in 2016. Her next book\, Alpha Ding\, was published in 2018. Her third graphic novel: Journey to the Anthropocene was published in 2022. \nVisit her website at http://www.aronleebowe.com/ \n \n  URL:https://fortbragglibrary.org/event/creative-writing-workshop-14/ LOCATION:Fort Bragg Library\, 499 E Laurel St\, Fort Bragg\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Writing Workshop GEO:39.4456801;-123.8011111 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Fort Bragg Library 499 E Laurel St Fort Bragg CA United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=499 E Laurel St:geo:-123.8011111,39.4456801 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260114T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260114T153000 DTSTAMP:20260411T021854 CREATED:20251224T182921Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260113T171129Z UID:10012088-1768399200-1768404600@fortbragglibrary.org SUMMARY:Creative Writing Workshop DESCRIPTION:Creative Writing Workshop\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast\nWednesday\, January 14\, 2026\, 2-3:30 pm\nThis month: POETRY: Resistance through Erasure. Find Power in our Protest with Elizabeth Vrenios\n**NONFICTION: Telling True Stories and Other Impossible Tasks with Kailyn McCord has been rescheduled for June 10th. We apologize for the inconvenience. \nWriters of the Mendocino Coast are providing free monthly creative writing workshops for adults. All workshops are lead by published authors and will feature different genres and themes each month. \nNo sign-up is required. Just bring yourself\, your BFF\, your notebook and your pen. \nFor more information about the writing workshops\, contact Writers of the Mendocino Coast at info@writersmendocino.org. You can also visit their website at writersmendocino.org. \n\n \n \n \nElizabeth Kirkpatrick-Vrenios has been published in numerous anthologies. She is a Professor Emeritus at American University in Washington D.C. and the editor of WMC’s annual anthology. URL:https://fortbragglibrary.org/event/creative-writing-workshop-13/ LOCATION:Fort Bragg Library\, 499 E Laurel St\, Fort Bragg\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Writing Workshop GEO:39.4456801;-123.8011111 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Fort Bragg Library 499 E Laurel St Fort Bragg CA United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=499 E Laurel St:geo:-123.8011111,39.4456801 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251210T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251210T153000 DTSTAMP:20260411T021854 CREATED:20251016T195744Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251016T195744Z UID:10011631-1765375200-1765380600@fortbragglibrary.org SUMMARY:Creative Writing Workshop DESCRIPTION:Creative Writing Workshop\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast\nWednesday\, December 10\, 2025\, 2-3:30 pm\nThis month: DRAMA—Write a Ten-Minute Play\, Win a Contest and Get it Published with Phil Zwerling \nWriters of the Mendocino Coast are providing free monthly creative writing workshops for adults. All workshops are lead by published authors and will feature different genres and themes each month. \nNo sign-up is required. Just bring yourself\, your BFF\, your notebook and your pen. \nFor more information about the writing workshops\, contact Writers of the Mendocino Coast at info@writersmendocino.org. You can also visit their website at writersmendocino.org. \n\n \n \n \nPhilip Zwerling has authored or edited six books: Nicaragua: A New Kind of Revolution\, After School Theatre Programs for At Risk Teenagers\, The CIA on Campus: Academic Freedom and National Security\, The Theatre of Lee Blessing and Eyes on Havana; Memoir of An American Spy Betrayed by the CIA\, Locked. Coming in 2024: In Search of The Thin Man: Dashiell URL:https://fortbragglibrary.org/event/creative-writing-workshop-11/ LOCATION:Fort Bragg Library\, 499 E Laurel St\, Fort Bragg\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Writing Workshop GEO:39.4456801;-123.8011111 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Fort Bragg Library 499 E Laurel St Fort Bragg CA United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=499 E Laurel St:geo:-123.8011111,39.4456801 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251112T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251112T153000 DTSTAMP:20260411T021854 CREATED:20251016T194913Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251016T194914Z UID:10011291-1762956000-1762961400@fortbragglibrary.org SUMMARY:Creative Writing Workshop DESCRIPTION:Creative Writing Workshop\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast\nWednesday\, November 12\, 2025\, 2-3:30 pm\nThis month: POETRY—Beloved Madness: Freeing the Creative Spirit with Elizabeth Vrenios \nWriters of the Mendocino Coast are providing free monthly creative writing workshops for adults. All workshops are lead by published authors and will feature different genres and themes each month. \nNo sign-up is required. Just bring yourself\, your BFF\, your notebook and your pen. \nFor more information about the writing workshops\, contact Writers of the Mendocino Coast at info@writersmendocino.org. You can also visit their website at writersmendocino.org. \n\n \n \n \nElizabeth Kirkpatrick-Vrenios’ third book of poetry\, A Concerto for an Empty Frame\, was released by Kelsay books and her fourth\, Ra-ven\, coming in July. Nominated for Pushcart and Best of Net numerous times\, she has poems published in anthologies and journals\, is Professor Emerita from American University and spent much of her life as a singing artist.  URL:https://fortbragglibrary.org/event/creative-writing-workshop-11-4/ LOCATION:Fort Bragg Library\, 499 E Laurel St\, Fort Bragg\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Writing Workshop GEO:39.4456801;-123.8011111 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Fort Bragg Library 499 E Laurel St Fort Bragg CA United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=499 E Laurel St:geo:-123.8011111,39.4456801 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251008T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251008T153000 DTSTAMP:20260411T021854 CREATED:20250808T224342Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250930T231607Z UID:10011290-1759932000-1759937400@fortbragglibrary.org SUMMARY:Creative Writing Workshop DESCRIPTION:Creative Writing Workshop\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast\nWednesday\, October 8\, 2-3:30 pm\nThis month: PROMPTS for Everyday Life with Earlene Greisner\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast are providing free monthly creative writing workshops for adults. All workshops are lead by published authors and will feature different genres and themes each month. \nNo sign-up is required. Just bring yourself\, your BFF\, your notebook and your pen. \nFor more information about the writing workshops\, contact Writers of the Mendocino Coast at info@writersmendocino.org. You can also visit their website at writersmendocino.org.\n \n \n \nEarlene Gleisner is a retired Registered Nurse and an active Reiki Master with an abiding love of books and writing. Majoring in English and Psychology\, her path was diverted to nursing in 1964 so her parents would be assured that she could earn a living wage. She and her family settled in Laytonville in the early 80’s. She has recently moved to Willits and loves traveling to the coast when possible. \n     During the 50 years as an RN\, she continued her love of writing and has been published in two Canadian anthologies\, a medical manual for physicians\, and was a regular contributor of medical and news articles\, plus personal essays to The Mendocino County Observer and Willits News. Through her publishing company\, White Feather Press\, she published Reiki In Everyday Living to complement her practice and teachings as a Reiki Master. This collection of 14 essays and 8 poems was translated into four languages and published in five countries. \n     Her first two novels\, The Awakening and Every Second Chance live in boxes on a shelf. Through White Feather Press she self-published The Marriage Bundle and The Spirit Bundle. These are the first two novels of her Sacred Bundle Series which is a quadrangle of books telling a circular tale about relationships across time. These are the relationships we have with ourselves\, each other\, our spiritual paths\, and with our Earth. The Women’s Bundle and The Earth Bundle are in the works. Short stories\, a poetry chap book\, a 10-year blog and newsletters continue to emerge. She is thrilled to have several writings accepted into the 2019 Noyo Review and the Writers of the Mendocino Coast anthologies of 2020 and 2021.\n     Her desire to inspire others to write their stories was the catalyst of her seminar ‘Writing for A Change” which she has taught in camp sites and conferences for the past twenty years. She recently presented this series of classes over KLLG 97.0 Willits Hometown Radio and will be presenting its six sessions at Willits Center for the Arts in 2021. \nWebsite: www.standinginbalance.com  URL:https://fortbragglibrary.org/event/creative-writing-workshop-11-3/ LOCATION:Fort Bragg Library\, 499 E Laurel St\, Fort Bragg\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Writing Workshop GEO:39.4456801;-123.8011111 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Fort Bragg Library 499 E Laurel St Fort Bragg CA United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=499 E Laurel St:geo:-123.8011111,39.4456801 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250910T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250910T153000 DTSTAMP:20260411T021854 CREATED:20250808T203940Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250809T005240Z UID:10011289-1757512800-1757518200@fortbragglibrary.org SUMMARY:Creative Writing Workshop DESCRIPTION:Creative Writing Workshop\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast\nWednesday\, September 10\, 2-3:30 pm\nThis month: MEMOIR: Telling Your Stories with Norma Watkins\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast are providing free monthly creative writing workshops for adults. All workshops are lead by published authors and will feature different genres and themes each month. \nNo sign-up is required. Just bring yourself\, your BFF\, your notebook and your pen. \nFor more information about the writing workshops\, contact Writers of the Mendocino Coast at info@writersmendocino.org. You can also visit their website at writersmendocino.org.\n \n \n \nNorma Watkins grew up during the civil rights struggles in Mississippi. She is the author of three books: The Last Resort (2011)\, That Woman from Mississippi (2017); and In Common (2022). Watkins has a Ph.D. in English and an MFA in Creative Writing\, and is Professor Emerita at Miami Dade College. She taught creative writing at College of the Redwoods and Mendocino College. She lives on the northern California coast with her woodworker husband and three cats. Website: www.normawatkins.com URL:https://fortbragglibrary.org/event/creative-writing-workshop-11-2/ LOCATION:Fort Bragg Library\, 499 E Laurel St\, Fort Bragg\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Writing Workshop GEO:39.4456801;-123.8011111 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Fort Bragg Library 499 E Laurel St Fort Bragg CA United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=499 E Laurel St:geo:-123.8011111,39.4456801 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250813T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250813T153000 DTSTAMP:20260411T021854 CREATED:20250723T175344Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251016T194845Z UID:10011199-1755093600-1755099000@fortbragglibrary.org SUMMARY:Creative Writing Workshop DESCRIPTION:Creative Writing Workshop\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast\nWednesday\, August 13\, 2-3:30 pm\nThis month: Make it Steamy: ROMANCE with Elizabeth Vrenios\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast are providing free monthly creative writing workshops for adults. All workshops are lead by published authors and will feature different genres and themes each month. \nNo sign-up is required. Just bring yourself\, your BFF\, your notebook and your pen. \nFor more information about the writing workshops\, contact Writers of the Mendocino Coast at info@writersmendocino.org. You can also visit their website at writersmendocino.org. \n\n \n \n About Elizabeth Vrenios \nElizabeth Kirkpatrick-Vrenios’ third book of poetry\, A Concerto for an Empty Frame\, was released by Kelsay books and her fourth\, Ra-ven\, coming in July. Nominated for Pushcart and Best of Net numerous times\, she has poems published in anthologies and journals\, is Professor Emerita from American University and spent much of her life as a singing artist.  URL:https://fortbragglibrary.org/event/creative-writing-workshop-10/ LOCATION:Fort Bragg Library\, 499 E Laurel St\, Fort Bragg\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Writing Workshop GEO:39.4456801;-123.8011111 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Fort Bragg Library 499 E Laurel St Fort Bragg CA United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=499 E Laurel St:geo:-123.8011111,39.4456801 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250709T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250709T153000 DTSTAMP:20260411T021854 CREATED:20250611T174140Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250708T175252Z UID:10011086-1752069600-1752075000@fortbragglibrary.org SUMMARY:Creative Writing Workshop DESCRIPTION:CHANGE OF VENUE JULY 2025 ONLY!\nDue to a scheduling conflict\, Creative Writing Workshop will be held at 205 South Street (West Entrance) July 9th 2-3:30 pm\nWe’ll return to the library for our August meeting. Thank you for your patience\n \n \n Creative Writing Workshop\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast\nWednesday\, July 9\, 2025\, 2-3:30 pm\nThis month: SHORT FICTION with Kailyn McCord\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast are providing free monthly creative writing workshops for adults. All workshops are lead by published authors and will feature different genres and themes each month. \nNo sign-up is required. Just bring yourself\, your BFF\, your notebook and your pen. \nFor more information about the writing workshops\, contact Writers of the Mendocino Coast at info@writersmendocino.org. You can also visit their website at writersmendocino.org. \n\n \n \n About Kailyn McCord: \nKailyn writes fiction and nonfiction in Fort Bragg\, California\, where she also teaches writing at Mendocino Community College. Her work has appeared in Ploughshares\, Literary Hub\, Brevity\, The Believer\, The Cincinnati Review\, The Master’s Review\, Alta Journal\, Pleiades\, and New York Magazine\, among others. She holds a BA in English literature from Reed College and an MFA in fiction from the University of New Orleans\, where she was the editor of Bayou Magazine. \nWith support from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference\, the Ucross Foundation\, Writing by Writers\, and the Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference\, Kailyn writes about land\, the West\, fire\, addiction\, and true love. When not writing\, she likes to be outside. (bio courtesy of https://kailynmccord.com) URL:https://fortbragglibrary.org/event/creative-writing-workshop-9/ LOCATION:Mendocino Coast Clinics Meeting Room\, 205 South St.\, Fort Bragg\, CA\, 95437\, United States CATEGORIES:Writing Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250611T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250611T153000 DTSTAMP:20260411T021854 CREATED:20250531T223145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250611T173955Z UID:10011027-1749650400-1749655800@fortbragglibrary.org SUMMARY:CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS ~ Creative Writing Workshop DESCRIPTION:CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS\nRESCHEDULED FOR WEDS.\, JULY 9\, 2025 2-3:30 PM\nCreative Writing Workshop\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast\nWednesday\, June 11\, 2-3:30 pm\nThis month: SHORT FICTION with Kailyn McCord\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast are providing free monthly creative writing workshops for adults. All workshops are lead by published authors and will feature different genres and themes each month. \nNo sign-up is required. Just bring yourself\, your BFF\, your notebook and your pen. \nFor more information about the writing workshops\, contact Writers of the Mendocino Coast at info@writersmendocino.org. You can also visit their website at writersmendocino.org. \n\n \n \n About Kailyn McCord: \nKailyn writes fiction and nonfiction in Fort Bragg\, California\, where she also teaches writing at Mendocino Community College. Her work has appeared in Ploughshares\, Literary Hub\, Brevity\, The Believer\, The Cincinnati Review\, The Master’s Review\, Alta Journal\, Pleiades\, and New York Magazine\, among others. She holds a BA in English literature from Reed College and an MFA in fiction from the University of New Orleans\, where she was the editor of Bayou Magazine. \nWith support from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference\, the Ucross Foundation\, Writing by Writers\, and the Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference\, Kailyn writes about land\, the West\, fire\, addiction\, and true love. When not writing\, she likes to be outside. (bio courtesy of https://kailynmccord.com) URL:https://fortbragglibrary.org/event/creative-writing-workshop-8/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Writing Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250514T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250514T153000 DTSTAMP:20260411T021854 CREATED:20250417T193445Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250417T193445Z UID:10010968-1747231200-1747236600@fortbragglibrary.org SUMMARY:Creative Writing Workshop DESCRIPTION:Creative Writing Workshop\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast\nWednesday\, May 14 \, 2-3:30 pm\nThis month: Make it Funny: Humor with Sharon Bowers\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast are providing free monthly creative writing workshops for adults. All workshops are lead by published authors and will feature different genres and themes each month. \nNo sign-up is required. Just bring yourself\, your BFF\, your notebook and your pen. \nFor more information about the writing workshops\, contact Writers of the Mendocino Coast at info@writersmendocino.org. You can also visit their website at writersmendocino.org. \n\n \n \n \nAron Lee Bowe aka Sharon Bowers is an artist\, illustrator and graphic designer. She was the first place winner of the Rosalie Fleming Memorial Humor Prize from the National League of American Pen Women. Her graphic novel\, Amazed & Elated\, Depressed & Deflated\, won an Independent Publisher’s Silver Medal in 2016. Her next book\, Alpha Ding\, was published in 2018. Her third graphic novel: Journey to the Anthropocene was published in 2022.\nVisit her website at http://www.aronleebowe.com/ URL:https://fortbragglibrary.org/event/creative-writing-workshop-7/ LOCATION:Fort Bragg Library\, 499 E Laurel St\, Fort Bragg\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Writing Workshop GEO:39.4456801;-123.8011111 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Fort Bragg Library 499 E Laurel St Fort Bragg CA United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=499 E Laurel St:geo:-123.8011111,39.4456801 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250409T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250409T153000 DTSTAMP:20260411T021854 CREATED:20250322T232104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251227T210152Z UID:10010944-1744207200-1744212600@fortbragglibrary.org SUMMARY:Creative Writing Workshop DESCRIPTION:Creative Writing Workshop\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast\nWednesday\, April 9 \, 2-3:30 pm\nThis month: THE NOVEL: Plotting Your Way Out of a Paper Bag with Ericka Lutz\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast are providing free monthly creative writing workshops for adults. All workshops are lead by published authors and will feature different genres and themes each month. \nNo sign-up is required. Just bring yourself\, your BFF\, your notebook and your pen. \nFor more information about the writing workshops\, contact Writers of the Mendocino Coast at info@writersmendocino.org. You can also visit their website at writersmendocino.org. \n\n \n \n \nEricka Lutz is a novelist\, poet\, nonfiction writer\, and performer. Her publications include eight books plus many short stories\, poems\, essays\, and columns. She’s received two fellowships to the Virginia Center for Creative Arts\, and was nominated for a 2021 Pushcart for poetry. She lives on the Mendocino coast where she writes\, edits and coaches writers\, walks on the beaches and bluffs\, rehabs an old cottage\, and cooks up a storm. She hangs her virtual hat at erickalutz.com. URL:https://fortbragglibrary.org/event/creative-writing-workshop-6/ LOCATION:Fort Bragg Library\, 499 E Laurel St\, Fort Bragg\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Writing Workshop GEO:39.4456801;-123.8011111 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Fort Bragg Library 499 E Laurel St Fort Bragg CA United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=499 E Laurel St:geo:-123.8011111,39.4456801 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250312T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250312T153000 DTSTAMP:20260411T021854 CREATED:20250212T220938Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250212T220938Z UID:10010553-1741788000-1741793400@fortbragglibrary.org SUMMARY:Creative Writing Workshop DESCRIPTION:Creative Writing Workshop\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast\nWednesday\, March 12\, 2-3:30 pm\nThis month:  Flash\, Smash\, Twist: Creating SHORT-SHORT MEMOIR with Karen Lewis\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast are providing free monthly creative writing workshops for adults. All workshops are lead by published authors and will feature different genres and themes each month. \nNo sign-up is required. Just bring yourself\, your BFF\, your notebook and your pen. \nFor more information about the writing workshops\, contact Writers of the Mendocino Coast at info@writersmendocino.org. You can also visit their website at writersmendocino.org.\n \n \n \nAbout Karen: \nKaren K. Lewis lives near Albion between the forest and the sea. She holds an MFA from Antioch Los Angeles. Karen leads workshops with California Poets in the Schools and is a former Director of the Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference. Her fiction\, essays\, and poetry appear in journals including Literary Mama\, Minerva Rising\, Weave\, Six Words About Work\, and Iron Horse. A poetry chapbook Peace Maps is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press (2020). https://www.wordjourneys.org/ \n  \n  URL:https://fortbragglibrary.org/event/creative-writing-workshop-5/ LOCATION:Fort Bragg Library\, 499 E Laurel St\, Fort Bragg\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Writing Workshop GEO:39.4456801;-123.8011111 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Fort Bragg Library 499 E Laurel St Fort Bragg CA United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=499 E Laurel St:geo:-123.8011111,39.4456801 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250212T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250212T153000 DTSTAMP:20260411T021854 CREATED:20250201T235944Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250205T034554Z UID:10010466-1739368800-1739374200@fortbragglibrary.org SUMMARY:Creative Writing Workshop DESCRIPTION:Creative Writing Workshop\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast\nWednesday\, February 12\, 2-3:30 pm\nThis month:  POETRY: words to open the heart with Maureen Eppstein\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast are providing free monthly creative writing workshops for adults. All workshops are lead by published authors and will feature different genres and themes each month. \nNo sign-up is required. Just bring yourself\, your BFF\, your notebook and your pen. \nFor more information about the writing workshops\, contact Writers of the Mendocino Coast at info@writersmendocino.org. You can also visit their website at writersmendocino.org.\n \n \n \nAbout Maureen: \n \nMaureen is a fourth generation New Zealander of mostly Irish descent\, now living on the Mendocino Coast of Northern California. Whether living in New Zealand\, England or California\, words have been a central part of her working life. Her newspaper articles have been published in the Christchurch (NZ) Press and the Guardian (UK) among others. She has had fiction\, poetry and memoir pieces in Calyx and other literary journals. Her poetry has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize\, has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies and has been featured in a textbook on computer graphics\, a university geology course and a National Audubon Society report. Her book publications are listed on the Poetry page of her website\, https://www.maureen-eppstein.com/. \nHer career also includes twenty years as writer and editor of administrative policy and procedure documents at Stanford University and founder of a newsletter for the university’s administrative staff. She’s a past executive director of the Mendocino Coast Writers Conference and has taught poetry workshops at College of the Redwoods and for the Waverley Writers poetry group in Palo Alto\, CA. \n  \n  URL:https://fortbragglibrary.org/event/creative-writing-workshop-4/ LOCATION:Fort Bragg Library\, 499 E Laurel St\, Fort Bragg\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Writing Workshop GEO:39.4456801;-123.8011111 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Fort Bragg Library 499 E Laurel St Fort Bragg CA United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=499 E Laurel St:geo:-123.8011111,39.4456801 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250108T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250108T153000 DTSTAMP:20260411T021854 CREATED:20241119T214024Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241218T205751Z UID:10010360-1736344800-1736350200@fortbragglibrary.org SUMMARY:Creative Writing Workshop DESCRIPTION:Creative Writing Workshop\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast\nWednesday\, January 8 \, 2-3:30 pm\nThis month: NONFICTION with Kailyn McCord\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast are providing free monthly creative writing workshops for adults. All workshops are lead by published authors and will feature different genres and themes each month. \nNo sign-up is required. Just bring yourself\, your BFF\, your notebook and your pen. \nFor more information about the writing workshops\, contact Writers of the Mendocino Coast at info@writersmendocino.org. You can also visit their website at writersmendocino.org.\n \n \n \nAbout Kailyn McCord: \nKailyn writes fiction and nonfiction in Fort Bragg\, California\, where she also teaches writing at Mendocino Community College. Her work has appeared in Ploughshares\, Literary Hub\, Brevity\, The Believer\, The Cincinnati Review\, The Master’s Review\, Alta Journal\, Pleiades\, and New York Magazine\, among others. She holds a BA in English literature from Reed College and an MFA in fiction from the University of New Orleans\, where she was the editor of Bayou Magazine. \nWith support from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference\, the Ucross Foundation\, Writing by Writers\, and the Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference\, Kailyn writes about land\, the West\, fire\, addiction\, and true love. When not writing\, she likes to be outside. (bio courtesy of https://kailynmccord.com) \n  \n  URL:https://fortbragglibrary.org/event/creative-writing-workshop-3/ LOCATION:Fort Bragg Library\, 499 E Laurel St\, Fort Bragg\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Writing Workshop GEO:39.4456801;-123.8011111 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Fort Bragg Library 499 E Laurel St Fort Bragg CA United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=499 E Laurel St:geo:-123.8011111,39.4456801 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241211T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241211T153000 DTSTAMP:20260411T021854 CREATED:20241024T235728Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241024T235728Z UID:10010347-1733925600-1733931000@fortbragglibrary.org SUMMARY:Creative Writing Workshop DESCRIPTION:Creative Writing Workshops\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast\n2nd Wednesdays of each month\, 2-3:30 pm\nThis month (Dec 11): Write a TEN-MINUTE PLAY\, Win a Contest and Get it Published with Phil Zwerling \nWriters of the Mendocino Coast are providing free monthly creative writing workshops for adults. All workshops are lead by published authors and will feature different genres and themes each month. \nNo sign-up is required. Just bring yourself\, your BFF\, your notebook and your pen. \nFor more information about the writing workshops\, contact Writers of the Mendocino Coast at info@writersmendocino.org. You can also visit their website at writersmendocinocoast.org. \nPhilip Zwerling has authored or edited six books: Nicaragua: A New Kind of Revolution\, After School Theatre Programs for At Risk Teenagers\, The CIA on Campus: Academic Freedom and National Security\, The Theatre of Lee Blessing and Eyes on Havana; Memoir of An American Spy Betrayed by the CIA\, Locked. Coming in 2024: In Search of The Thin Man: Dashiell URL:https://fortbragglibrary.org/event/creative-writing-workshop-2/ LOCATION:Fort Bragg Library\, 499 E Laurel St\, Fort Bragg\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Writing Workshop GEO:39.4456801;-123.8011111 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Fort Bragg Library 499 E Laurel St Fort Bragg CA United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=499 E Laurel St:geo:-123.8011111,39.4456801 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241113T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241113T153000 DTSTAMP:20260411T021854 CREATED:20241004T195425Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250808T224300Z UID:10010294-1731506400-1731511800@fortbragglibrary.org SUMMARY:Creative Writing Workshop DESCRIPTION:Creative Writing Workshop\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast\n2nd Wednesdays of each month\, 2-3:30 pm\nThis month: PROMPTS for All Reasons and Seasons with\nEarlene Gleisner\, November 13\, 2024\, 2-3:30 pm \nWriters of the Mendocino Coast are providing free monthly creative writing workshops for adults. All workshops are lead by published authors and will feature different genres and themes each month. \nNo sign-up is required. Just bring yourself\, your BFF\, your notebook and your pen. \nFor more information about the writing workshops\, contact Writers of the Mendocino Coast at info@writersmendocino.org. You can also visit their website at writersmendocino.org. \n\n \n \n \nEarlene Gleisner is a retired Registered Nurse and an active Reiki Master with an abiding love of books and writing. Majoring in English and Psychology\, her path was diverted to nursing in 1964 so her parents would be assured that she could earn a living wage. She and her family settled in Laytonville in the early 80’s. She has recently moved to Willits and loves traveling to the coast when possible. \n     During the 50 years as an RN\, she continued her love of writing and has been published in two Canadian anthologies\, a medical manual for physicians\, and was a regular contributor of medical and news articles\, plus personal essays to The Mendocino County Observer and Willits News. Through her publishing company\, White Feather Press\, she published Reiki In Everyday Living to complement her practice and teachings as a Reiki Master. This collection of 14 essays and 8 poems was translated into four languages and published in five countries. \n     Her first two novels\, The Awakening and Every Second Chance live in boxes on a shelf. Through White Feather Press she self-published The Marriage Bundle and The Spirit Bundle. These are the first two novels of her Sacred Bundle Series which is a quadrangle of books telling a circular tale about relationships across time. These are the relationships we have with ourselves\, each other\, our spiritual paths\, and with our Earth. The Women’s Bundle and The Earth Bundle are in the works. Short stories\, a poetry chap book\, a 10-year blog and newsletters continue to emerge. She is thrilled to have several writings accepted into the 2019 Noyo Review and the Writers of the Mendocino Coast anthologies of 2020 and 2021.\n     Her desire to inspire others to write their stories was the catalyst of her seminar ‘Writing for A Change” which she has taught in camp sites and conferences for the past twenty years. She recently presented this series of classes over KLLG 97.0 Willits Hometown Radio and will be presenting its six sessions at Willits Center for the Arts in 2021. \nWebsite: www.standinginbalance.com  \n  URL:https://fortbragglibrary.org/event/creative-writing-workshop/ LOCATION:Fort Bragg Library\, 499 E Laurel St\, Fort Bragg\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Writing Workshop GEO:39.4456801;-123.8011111 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Fort Bragg Library 499 E Laurel St Fort Bragg CA United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=499 E Laurel St:geo:-123.8011111,39.4456801 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241009T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241009T153000 DTSTAMP:20260411T021854 CREATED:20240830T012154Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240830T012155Z UID:10009978-1728482400-1728487800@fortbragglibrary.org SUMMARY:Creative Writing Workshops DESCRIPTION:Creative Writing Workshops\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast \n2nd Wednesdays of each month\, 2-3:30 pm \nThis month: GHOST STORIES – Get Ready for Halloween with\nRob Hawthorn \nWriters of the Mendocino Coast are providing free monthly creative writing workshops for adults. All workshops are lead by published authors and will feature different genres and themes each month. \nNo sign-up is required. Just bring yourself\, your BFF\, your notebook and your pen. \nFor more information about the writing workshops\, contact Writers of the Mendocino Coast at info@writersmendocino.org. You can also visit their website at writersmendocinocoast.org. \n\nRob Hawthorn is a husband\, a father\, a writer\, a podcaster\, and a bookseller who lives on Northern California’s Mendocino Coast.  He began writing seriously. at the age of nineteen\, when a story he submitted was published in a small science fiction magazine.  Three years later\, Rob tried his hand at writing for mainstream comic books.  Currently\, he’s working as a book seller and events coordinator for Gallery Bookshop\, one of the best independent bookstores on the planet.  His job as events coordinator has put Rob in touch with a vast community of writers and has helped him connect with an even larger community of readers and book lovers from around the world.  Rob has two podcasts\, one of which is about music\, and the other is a book club that examines 1960s comics through a modern lens. URL:https://fortbragglibrary.org/event/creative-writing-workshops-2024-10-09-2/ LOCATION:Fort Bragg Library\, 499 E Laurel St\, Fort Bragg\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Writing Workshop GEO:39.4456801;-123.8011111 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Fort Bragg Library 499 E Laurel St Fort Bragg CA United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=499 E Laurel St:geo:-123.8011111,39.4456801 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240911T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240911T153000 DTSTAMP:20260411T021854 CREATED:20240807T174420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240830T011815Z UID:10009977-1726063200-1726068600@fortbragglibrary.org SUMMARY:Creative Writing Workshops DESCRIPTION:Creative Writing Workshops\nWriters of the Mendocino Coast\nSeptember 11\, 2024\, 2-3:30 pm\nThis month: MEMOIR\, Tell Your Stories with Norma Watkins. \nThe Writers of the Mendocino Coast are providing free monthly creative writing workshops for adults. All workshops are lead by published authors and will feature different genres and themes each month. \nNo sign-up is required. Just bring yourself\, your BFF\, your notebook and your pen. \nFor more information about the writing workshops\, contact Writers of the Mendocino Coast at info@writersmendocino.org. You can also visit their website at writersmendocinocoast.org. \n \nNorma Watkins grew up during the civil rights struggles in Mississippi. She is the author of three books: two memoirs. The Last Resort (2011)\, won a gold medal for the best book published in the South by an independent press; That Woman from Mississippi (2017); and a novel\, In Common (2022). Watkins has a Ph.D. in English and an MFA in Creative Writing. She is Professor Emerita at Miami Dade College where she held an endowed chair. She taught creative writing at College of the Redwoods and Mendocino College. She lives on the northern California coast with her woodworker husband and three cats. \nWebsite: www.normawatkins.com \n  \n  \n  \n  URL:https://fortbragglibrary.org/event/creative-writing-workshops/ LOCATION:Fort Bragg Library\, 499 E Laurel St\, Fort Bragg\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Writing Workshop GEO:39.4456801;-123.8011111 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Fort Bragg Library 499 E Laurel St Fort Bragg CA United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=499 E Laurel St:geo:-123.8011111,39.4456801 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR