Moving Day

We have an exciting year planned at the Center for Writing Excellence!

First, We are calling the neighbors and packing up the web pages- tomorrow is moving day at the Center for Writing Excellence. There should be no interruption in service, but if you do notice that you cannot log on, just wait a few minutes and try again. The pages are all going from WordPress.com to WordPress.org. The difference between the two sites has to do with functionality and integration. I already have the shopping cart for the contests and critiques hosted on the .org site, but now I am going to move the entire site over there. The backgrounds and design will change, but all the pages will remain intact with appropriate links still working.

And, not only is the site getting a new home, but the Institute for Instructional Excellence (our ‘parent’ company) has a new classroom for face-to-face workshops. The new room is equipped with a projector, an AC unit for the summer months, and enough chairs for 10 students. Small, but very nice. Both my business partner, Sheri, and I will be running classes in our new room. If you are in the Phoenix area and are interested in things like urban farming, aquaponics, and sustainable gardening, be sure to visit Sheri’s website: SupUrban Farm and see the list of classes she will be offering. I will be offering writing workshops for fiction and non-fiction writers. In the near future I will be teaming up with Barbara McNichol of Tucson (author of Word Trippers) to offer non-fiction, business writing classes both in the Phoenix and Tucson area.

Other exciting things for this year:

• The contests are growing, with prizes amounts increased to $100, $50, and $25 (Genre Contest) and $75, $25, and $15 (Fiction in Five contest).
• The Friends of C4WE Books page is getting bigger! I’ve added two new books just this week and plan on having a huge catalog of books written by you soon.
• One of my writing friends and I have started our first novel in what we hope to be a series of novels. More to come on that as we get more done.
• New live workshops in the works:
  • Character and Dialogue Development
  • Novel Writing with a Partner
  • Blogging your Writing
  • Email Etiquette for Everyone.
    • What topics are you interested in, either for a live workshop or a webcast you can access anytime?

That’s all for now, I have a lot of work to do to get ready for the big move tomorrow! Now, where did I put those boxes???