-
Hunterdon Library Journaling Group
It’s been almost a year since I started facilitating a journaling group at Hunterdon County Library’s main branch. I love libraries! They’ve been so gracious and generous, and there has always been something special about them. Here’s to another year.
-
Another Great Workshop – Fiction Writing Essentials (September 13)
Another great workshop? Of course!
Fiction Writing Essentials Workshop with Mark McNEase — Read Mill Books
Where: Read Mill Books
27 Center Street, Clinton NJ
When: Sunday, September 13
11:00 am – 1:00 p,Register at the bookshop:
https://www.readmillbooks.com/events-2-1/self-publishing-workshop-m7sbb
Every great story rests on a foundation of craft, This workshop covers the core elements of fiction writing in an easy-to study format that covers story structure, point of view, scene-building, dialogue, pacing, and the all-important question of what your story is really about. Whether you’re working on your first draft or trying to understand why a project isn’t coming together, Fiction Writing Essentials gives you the tools and the framework to move forward with confidence.
This workshop is ideal for writers at the beginning or intermediate stage who want a clear, practical grounding in how fiction works, and how to make it work for them.
-
Still Here: A Video Description of a Journaling Workshop
This is a short video description of a workshop designed specifically for LGBT participants. You can read about it, with dates and registration information HERE.
-
Still Here: A Workshop for LGBTQ+ Journalers (November 18, 21)
MEET MARK MCNEASE IN A VIDEO HERE
Every life is a story, and each of us is the storyteller.
See a PDF of the workshop here
Wednesday, November 18
2:00 – 4:00 pm Eastern via Zoom $40
REGISTER HERESaturday, November 21
10:00 – 12:00 pm Eastern via Zoom $40
REGISTER HEREI discovered when I first started doing workshops almost three years ago that these are intimate, safe spaces. Participants follow the writing wherever it takes us, and sometimes that is not such a comfortable place.
I’ve designed a workshop specifically for LGBTQ+ participants. As an older, married gay man myself, I know there are experiences unique to this community, and how difficult it can be to revisit, let alone share in a workshop setting, those events, people and experiences that shaped us – for better and sometimes for worse.
Still Here is intended to provide the space to go there. I’ll be doing one-off introductory workshops, and hopefully setting up some ongoing monthly workshops, much like the ones I already do at the New Hope Free Library and the Hunterdon County Library’s main branch. (And a biweekly in-person group in Lambertville, NJ).
Please email your interest using the QR code, or directly to: StillHere AT YourWritePath.NET. Ready, set, write!
-
December Workshops! ‘Chapter by Chapter: Writing Our Lives (Online)
Chapter by Chapter: Writing Our Lives
A 6-Week Online Journaling Workshop (via Zoom)See a PDF of the program here
When: Wednesdays, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. eastern
Starting December 2 $75
Click to registerSaturdays, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. eastern
Starting December 5 $75
Click to RegisterEvery life is a story and each of us is the storyteller. Join workshop instructor Mark McNease for six weeks of guided writing, reflection, and connection as we explore the chapters of our lives, from earliest memories to the pages still being written.
Each week brings a new theme: family, turning points, work and purpose, love and loss, and the road ahead. No writing experience is required—just a readiness to remember, write, reflect, and share.
What to expect
Guided prompts each week to spark your memory
A small, supportive circle — share as much or as little as you like
No critique, no judgment — just your story, in your wordsLed by Mark McNease, Certified Guided Autobiography Instructor, workshop facilitator, author, and publisher. Read more about his workshops at YourWritePath.com.
-
Event Posting in Patch
If you’re here from the event posting in Patch.com for Lambertville, New Hope and surrounding communities, I have made this a sticky post at the top. Please contact me at Mark AT YourWritePath.com for further details. The biweekly workshop is $10 per session to cover room fee, gas and handouts. Hope to see you there! – Mark
-
Two Great Workshops This Week
Pine Run Village The Grundy Library in Bristol, PA I had the great pleasure of doing two workshops this week. One at Pine Run Village in Doylestown, PA, as part of their Pine Run University summer series, and one at the Grundy Library in Bristol, PA, where I was invited back after last year’s fiction writing workshop. What a pleasure!
-
Biweekly Monday Journaling Group Resumes in September
After a short summer hiatus, the in person journaling group resumes at Soupcon (Bucks on Bridge) in Lambertville, starting Monday, September 14. Intimate, safe, and revelatory. Come as you are! $10 per session.
-
My Article ‘Beyond the Page Margins: How Writers Can Expand Our Reach, Impact & Income’ Featured in Mystery Writers of America Newsletter
I was asked to write an article for the Mystery Writers of America’s newsletter, The 3rd Degree. It’s out, and I’m so pleased. It’s about how writers can take our experience and skills and offer them ‘beyond the page margins,’ from workshops to one-on-one coaching. You can read the entire newsletter here.
-
New: An Introduction to Journaling Workshop Workbook
I’ve put together something new for my introductory journaling workshops: a short, focused workbook designed to guide a one-hour to 90-minute session from start to finish.
No PowerPoint slides. No lengthy Word document handout. Just a concise, easy-to-follow workbook that walks participants through the basics of starting or maintaining a journaling practice—with room to actually write as we go through the workbook.
It’s built to be the core of the workshop itself, and something people can take home still holding the ideas and their own first pages.
I’ll be using it this month at Pine Run Village in Doylestown, and the Bristol, PA library in August. And it’ll serve as a calling card for future workshops as well. I might even use it to pitch to a cruise line! Free cruise, cabin for two, and a workshop ideally suited to the demographic on a cruise.
