It's the end of an era: Reality Mom is closing shop. She's had a lovely, enriching eight year life of simultaneously horrifying and delighting herself and others with tales of Little Dude, Odo, Jason, diapers, divorce, dating, sex (with others and alone), writing, publishing (yea!), friendship, mistakes, vacations (which often are filled with mistakes), and parenting triumphs and woes. And now, she needs to say good-bye and move on to other endeavors.
The print zine will cease to be published and this site will cease to have any new posts. I'll leave it up for it's archive value for a little while longer.
Although Reality Mom is moving on, Corbin the writer is still going strong. Updates on her classes and publishing projects can be found at here and she will continue bi-monthly columns with the Ballard News Tribune as well as the Seattle PI.
Thank you for all of your support
love
Reality Mom
Sunday, May 01, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Publishing help
The Road to Getting Published
Corbin meets with writing groups to demystify the publishing process. Whether you are hoping to have an essay or short story published or an entire manuscript, she will walk you through your options and the various steps needed to achieve your goal. Areas covered will be query letters, how to find an agent, how to write a book proposal and summary, the differences and process for self-publishing, small presses and mid-size presses and how to stay motivated in a very competitive market. Contact her at corbinlew@clearwire.net for availability.
Crafting and Publishing Personal Essays
Instructor: Corbin Lewars
Wednesday, April 06, 2011 - Wednesday, May 11, 2011. 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Richard Hugo House
Min: 5 Max: 15
The first half of this class will be devoted to crafting and strengthening students’ personal essays. Using other authors as examples, we will discuss the importance of a strong lead, pacing, voice and other characteristics to consider when writing essays. Time will be devoted to workshop participants’ essays in class. The latter half of class will be spent learning about and identifying suitable publications to submit to. Participants will learn how to position themselves effectively in a query letter and craft an effective pitch. Ideally, by the end of the session everyone will have submitted several queries and/or their complete essay to various publications.
Corbin meets with writing groups to demystify the publishing process. Whether you are hoping to have an essay or short story published or an entire manuscript, she will walk you through your options and the various steps needed to achieve your goal. Areas covered will be query letters, how to find an agent, how to write a book proposal and summary, the differences and process for self-publishing, small presses and mid-size presses and how to stay motivated in a very competitive market. Contact her at corbinlew@clearwire.net for availability.
Crafting and Publishing Personal Essays
Instructor: Corbin Lewars
Wednesday, April 06, 2011 - Wednesday, May 11, 2011. 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Richard Hugo House
Min: 5 Max: 15
The first half of this class will be devoted to crafting and strengthening students’ personal essays. Using other authors as examples, we will discuss the importance of a strong lead, pacing, voice and other characteristics to consider when writing essays. Time will be devoted to workshop participants’ essays in class. The latter half of class will be spent learning about and identifying suitable publications to submit to. Participants will learn how to position themselves effectively in a query letter and craft an effective pitch. Ideally, by the end of the session everyone will have submitted several queries and/or their complete essay to various publications.
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Mentoring Space
I have recently joined up with several other amazing Ballard professionals in order to have office space to see my writing mentoring clients. We are having a grand opening to celebrate on March 12 from 7-10pm. Please stop by to say hello, have a glass of wine, win a prize, and meet these other amazing individuals.
More information: The time has come and we are thrilled to be announcing the official grand opening of, "Root. Integrative Health!!" We are Ballard's newest edition of collaborative Healthcare bringing you the best in chiropractic, nutrition, massage therapy, acupuncture, naturopathic medicine, mental health counseling and wriitng mentoring! Come meet our practitioners and share in our celebration of health and vitality! Enjoy a glass of fine wine, delectable treats, prize worthy raffles, visual stimulation from our local artist and much more!!! We are proudly located in within the historic Carnegie Library building-- a Ballard landmark you know you have been dying to check out! So, mark your calendars for the evening of March 12th, 2011 from 7P-10P for the event you cannot miss!
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