Robert MayerWRITING WORKSHOP:
My next writing workshop schedules are as follows:
Spring Workshops 2013
Tuesday Group,
March 12--April 30
Wednesday Group
March 13--May 1
Meet 2-5 PM for eight weeks.
Fee $325 plus tax ($351)
Call 505-438-0012 for details.
We meet from 2-5 PM on Tuesdays or Wednesdays. My maximum is 6 people per session. The regular eight-week fee is $325 plus tax.
How It Works:
Students read from their own work each week. Some read from novels or memoirs they have in progress. Others write, at home, five-page sketches on subjects suggested by me. Enough copies are brought in so that each person can follow along while the author reads. The group then offers critiques -- what they like about the pieces, and suggestions for improvements.
The sessions are informal. New friendships often rise out of them. About two thirds of the students choose to continue on to the next workshop, unless they are traveling. Some take a break, then return two months later.
I began leading the workshops in March, 2011. For samples of workshop work, go to www.writers-workshop.net For my own background see these pages. For info or to enroll, call me at 505-438-0012. Professional editing of manuscripts is also available.
JUST PUBLISHED
Confessions of a Rain God
A Droll Mayan Romance
$14.99 trade paperback, $4.99 e-book
ALSO OF INTEREST
Called "The Origin of Sorrow," my latest book is a 578-page historical novel, set in a Jewish ghetto in Frankfurt in the 1770s. Longtime New York Times columnist Robert Lipsyte has called it "a masterpiece." Peggy Frank, the owner of Book Mountain, says, "It is the best book I have ever read." The book is available in Santa Fe at Garcia Street books and Book Mountain. Amazon has it for sale as a trade paperback for $19.99, and as an e-book for $9.99. Barnes and Noble has it for the Nook.
See theoriginofsorrow.com for more info and to read sample chapters
OTHER BOOK NEWS:
My previous novel "Dance Macabre," is a mystery set in New Orleans. The featured characters are a young ballet dancer, a crack newsman, and Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau. It is available in trade paperback online for $12.99. The e-book can be downloadedfrom Amazon for only $2.99. Also now available are new editions of five of my novels from the 1980s, which have long been out of print. They are "Midge and Decker," "The Execution," "Sweet Salt," "The Search" and "The Grace of Shortstops."
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"A masterpiece."-- Robert Lipsyte, New York Times contributor
“Fascinating.” -- John Grisham
“Gripping.” -- Janet Malcolm, The New York Times
“He writes like an angel.” -- Newsday
“Exemplary.” -- Village Voice
“Pure, undiluted magic.” -- Washington Post
“Quiet brilliance.” -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“Strangely moving.” -- Cleveland Plain Dealer
“Genuinely compelling storytelling.” -- Chicago Tribune
“Wonderfully human.” -- Dallas News
“The poet’s touch.” -- Detroit News
“A blend of the funny and the poignant.” -- St. Louis Post Dispatch
“Absorbing.” -- Sunday Oklahoman
“Ranks with the best.” -- Santa Fe Reporter
“Topnotch.” -- People Magazine
"Bold and original." -- Rain Taxi Review of Books
"Brilliant writing."-- The Link
