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Do you long to write, but just can’t seem to work it into your life? Do your writing resolutions last about as long as your New Year’s resolutions to go to the gym? Jump start your writing practice in the new year with this class for beginning or experienced writers! This 2-hour session will focus on practical ways to make writing an integral part of your life: establishing routines and rituals, enhancing space and environment, honing your writing process and building a writing community. You’ll leave energized and ready to write!

Heather Newton’s novel Under The Mercy Trees (HarperCollins 2011) won the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award, was chosen by the Women’s National Book Association as a Great Group Reads Selection and named an “Okra Pick” by the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance. Her novel The Puppeteer’s Daughters (Turner Publishing 2022) won the NC Indie Author Project Book Award, was a finalist for the Forword INDIES Book of the Year Award (General Fiction category), and was optioned for television. Her short story collection McMullen Circle (Regal House 2022), was a  finalist for both the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award and the W.S. Porter prize. Her newest novel THE BOOK OF TEARS is forthcoming from Regal House in spring 2028. Her Substack is Cheerful Tearful: A Memoir in Toys. She is a faculty mentor for the Charlotte Lit Authors Lab, and is co-founder and Program Manager for the Flatiron Writers Room.  www.heathernewton.net