Insider Workshop at the Cathedral City Branch Library
First ten members to sign up for each workshop get in for $50.00. Not a member yet? Please consider joining for $75.00/year. If you join before registering, you will save $75.00 on this workshop alone.
Guest Speaker:
Author David Rocklin
David Rocklin is the acclaimed author of two novels, The Luminist and The Night Language and the founder/curator of Roar Shack, a monthly reading series in Los Angeles. His work has appeared in Psychology Today, The Rumpus and other national publications.
“The Night Language is a rare achievement: lush language and classic storytelling with a contemporary feel that renders its history palpable. It is also a love letter to the artist, the outcast, the othered.”
―Garrard Conley author of Boy Erased
“A literary feast of words and exquisite turns of phrase. Set against a tropical backdrop of simmering unrest, this elegantly constructed historical novel cast a quiet spell that gathered momentum right through to shocking final scenes of astonishing emotional power. ―Anjali Banerjee, author of Haunting Jasmine
Not since Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient has a novel haunted language, history, and heart so intensely. ―Lidia Yukvanitch author of The Small Backs of Children and Chronology Waters.
Description of talk:
In some books, you scarcely recall where the narrative took place. Others could have unfolded anywhere, at any time. Perhaps this was a purposeful decision by the author – universality, timelessness. But if the story is intended to be a product of its setting, how to render that setting in a living way?
David Rocklin will present the tools you need that can be used in contemporary writing as well as to do resurrecting something that stopped existing before you started writing about it. The town, the house, the atmospherics of history, shift a little or a lot the moment your character begins to consider them. Whether it’s in the past or the present, learn to bring your setting to life.
REGISTER
Unable to attend, no problem, all registrants will receive a video replay of this presentation. David will be giving away his book to some of the lucky registrant participants.
Governor Newsom announced this week that the State Indoor Mask Mandate will expire on Tuesday, February 15, mainly due to a 65% drop in COVID-19 cases since the peak of the Omicron variant back in January. This means that fully vaccinated individuals are not required to wear a face mask indoors; however, unvaccinated individuals are still required to wear a face mask.
The City Council of Cathedral City decided at its February 9th meeting to continue to follow State guidelines with regards to the coronavirus and all mask requirements.
To receive a full refund minus a $25 cancellation processing fee, attendees must cancel their registration 5 days before the event. No refunds will be given after that time. To cancel your registration, go to palmspringswritersguild.org and click on the blue icon at the top right of any page. Enter user name and password and click "LOG IN". On the next screen click "My event registrations". Select event and cancel registration.
Meeting begins at 1:00 p.m. and ends at 3:00 p.m.
There will be a table at the back of the room where you can purchase books.
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Event Contact: Eduardo Santiago
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