What's New...

Welcome!

Midge's book, Forgetting English, was published in January and received the Spokane Prize for Short Fiction.

Visit ForgettingEnglish.com for more information -- and click here to download an excerpt from one of the stories in the book.



In other news...
Click here to check out the latest reviews of Forgetting English.

Forgetting English is one of Seattle Books Examiner's Best Beach Reads for Summer!

Forgetting English has been chosen as a June Book Club selection by ForeWord Magazine -- with a free download of the story "The Ecstatic Cry" available from June 10-17, 2009.

Read Midge's mini-interview with Andrew's Book Club.

Forgetting English is a June selection of Andrew's Book Club!

Check out an interview with Midge by Diana Joseph, author of I'm Sorry You Feel That Way and Happy or Otherwise.

An excerpt from "The Ecstatic Cry" is featured on Writers Out Loud.

Read a Q&A with Midge in Bostonia magazine.

Metro Writing co-founder John Yunker has made his award-winning short story, "The Tourist Trail" (originally published in Phoebe and the winner of Phoebe's Winter Fiction Contest), available for download here.

Upcoming Events

* Love and Exile: True and Fictional Journeys from Local Writers
Thursday, July 23, 2009, 7 p.m.

Join Midge and Seattle author Janna Cawrse Esarey for Love and Exile: True and Fictional Journeys from Local Writers. Co-sponsored by Seattle's Richard Hugo House, the evening will feature readings from Forgetting English and Janna's book The Motion of the Ocean: 1 Small Boat, 2 Average Lovers and a Woman's Search for the Meaning of Wife, as well as Janna's slides, some Q&A, and Cafe Hugo (translation: beer, wine, cocktails, and snacks). Most of all, it's a party -- and it's free and open to all. Click here for details.


* The Art & Craft of the Short Story -- Seattle, Richard Hugo House
Tuesdays, July 7-28, 2009, 7-9 p.m.

The short story is in a class of its own -- and in this class, we'll look exclusively at stories, both as readers and as writers. We'll read several classics, from Hemingway to Hempel, with attention to characterization, dialogue, setting, voice, and pacing. Writing exercises aimed specifically at short fiction will help you enhance your narrative skills as well as jump-start ideas for stories. After this class, you'll have an appreciation of the art of the story and be on your way toward crafting one of your own.

For more information and to register, visit the Hugo House summer course catalog.

Rancho Santa Fe Writers' Workshop

On the first Friday of every month
Join Garrett on first Fridays for a free, two-hour writers' workshop focusing on various aspects of writing for both the screen and the page. More...

For more information, click here.

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