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Past Events

Workshop and Signing at The Atlanta Writers Club

Lilburn Library meeting room 4817 Church St NW Lilburn, GA 30047 — 12:45 PM ET to 4:45 PM ET

Mary Robinette Kowal will be a guest speaker at The Atlanta Writers Club July 19 meeting in Atlanta, GA. This meeting is for AWC members and first-time visitors. No RSVP needed. Learn more at atlantawritersclub.org. The meeting will commence at 12:45 PM ET at the Lilburn Library meeting room, 4817 Church St NW, Lilburn, GA, […]

19 Jul

MRK Teaching at Writing Excuses Retreat 2023 (Seattle, WA)

Seattle, WA

The 2023 Writing Excuses Workshop and Retreat will be held from September 3rd through September 11th on Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas. It’s a cruise ship. On the ocean. In Alaska. And it comes with great food, fun shipboard activities, adventurous excursions, and writerly minds to keep you company. This year’s cruise will be […]

3 Sep

MRK Instructing at the Writing Excuses Retreat 2023 – Bear Lake, Utah

Bear Lake, Utah

Registration is open for the Writing Excuses Horse Retreat at Bear Lake, aka “Riding Excuses.” It will take place in Bear Lake, Utah, from May 8th-13th. This four-day workshop, led by bestselling authors Dan Wells and Mary Robinette Kowal, is designed to help you improve your writing skills and take your craft to the next level. In […]

8 May

MRK Teaches a MICE Quotient Workshop for Emerald City Romance Writers (In-Person & Online in Seattle, WA)

Northwest University, HSC 104 Auditorium — 10:00 AM PST to 5:00 PM PST

Emerald City Romance Writers is pleased to present an all day workshop on the Mice Quotient with Mary Robinette Kowal. In this workshop: In this workshop, we learn about the simple organizational structure of the MICE Quotient. Pretty much every story, fictional or nonfictional, can be explained through this fairly simple organizational structure. Together, we learn […]

4 Mar

Northbrook Library Writes: Worldbuilding with Mary Robinette Kowal

Award-winning author Mary Robinette Kowal leads this workshop on methods of world-building, on Thurs Sep 24 at 7pm Central. Register here. In science-fiction and fantasy there is a fascination with constructed worlds. As a writer, it’s easy to get overwhelmed with all the choices you need to make to create a compelling world. And if […]

24 Sep

Futurescapes

Provo, Utah

Mary Robinette will be at Futurescapes in Provo, Utah from February 16-18, 2020. Apply for the workshop here. The Futurescapes Writers’ Workshop offers writers the chance to work with top authors, editors, and agents in speculative fiction (science fiction, horror, fantasy, paranormal, graphic novels, etc.). Each participant will be paired with three faculty mentors (usually […]

16 Feb

Las Vegas Writers Conference

Tuscany Suites & Casino Las Vegas, Nevada

Mary Robinette will be presenting at the Las Vegas Writer’s Conference from May 2nd-4th. You can register for the conference here, and her masterclass here. The Las Vegas Writers Conference is dedicated to helping writers of all genres improve their craft, sharpen their business skills, and network with publishing professionals. Held each spring at the […]

2 May

Northbrook Public Library Class

Northbrook Public Library 1201 Cedar Lane Northbrook, Illinois 60062 — 1:00pm to 2:00pm Central

Mary Robinette will be teaching a class at Northbrook Public Library on April 6. Stressing Your Characters Everyone has multiple facets of their personality. Some of the most difficult decisions a character has to face are internal, such as the tug between work and family. Even if external circumstances are the catalyst, the conflict comes […]

6 Apr

Stressing your Characters Class at Northbrook Public Library

Northbrook Public Library — 1pm to 2:30pm Central

Mary Robinette will be teaching a class on Stressing Your Characters at Northbrook Public Library on Sat April 6 at 1pm Central. You can register here. Everyone has multiple facets of their personality. Some of the most difficult decisions a character has to face are internal, such as the tug between work and family. Even […]

6 Apr

Alpha SF/F/H Workshop for Young Writers

Pittsburgh, PA

Mary will be at the Alpha Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Workshop for Young Writers from July 29-July 30. Applications open in January and close March 1, 2018. Apply here. The workshop will be from July 26 – Aug 5, and will include authors Tamora Pierce, Maggie Stiefvater and N.K. Jemisin, as well as Mary. […]

26 Jul

Futurescapes

Sundance Resort, Utah

Mary will be at Futurescapes at Sundance, Utah from April 16-18, 2018. Apply for the workshop here. The Futurescapes Writers’ Workshop at Sundance Resort offers writers the chance to work with top authors, editors, and agents in speculative fiction (science fiction, horror, fantasy, paranormal, graphic novels, etc.). Each participant will be paired with three faculty […]

16 Apr
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