Online Webinar (NO WRITING): Courage & Consistency in Writing with Tamara Dean

Join us online for a free half-hour Q&A with writer, instructor, and producer Tamara Dean, who'll speak and answer questions on having courage and consistency in writing.

There will be NO WRITING during this online Q&A.

Description:
Every writer, no matter how accomplished, has struggled with a failure of nerve when facing the page. We might be intimidated by perfectionism, doubt, or fear. We might hesitate to write about painful or controversial topics. We might shrink from sharing drafts or submitting work to publications or agents. The good news is that courage, which is essential for advancing as a writer, can be practiced and developed.

In this half-hour Q&A, Tamara will share strategies for overcoming resistance at any stage and becoming a braver writer.

Tamara Dean's bio is below.

Have questions for Tamara about having courage and consistency in writing? Feel free to post in the Comments section for her to answer during the Q&A.

Note: Attendance is capped at 25. The Zoom link will be available once you RSVP. If you'd like to receive a Zoom invitation by email, message Robin (the organizer) or post your email in Comments, and Tamara will add it to your calendar if you have that feature enabled.

Tamara's bio: Tamara Dean is a writer, instructor, and producer based in Madison, Wisconsin. Her latest book, Shelter and Storm: At Home in the Driftless (University of Minnesota Press, April 2025), is a collection of twelve personal essays that invite readers to consider how we tend the earth in times of uncertainty, what we owe our neighbors, and ways we thrive in community. Reviewers have called Shelter and Storm "luminous," "fascinating," and "a revelatory study of person and place, entwined." Her stories and essays have appeared in The American Scholar, The Georgia Review, the Guardian, One Story, Orion, The Progressive, The Southern Review, STORY Magazine, and other publications. A six-time Pushcart Prize nominee, she received a 2024 Pushcart Prize Special Mention for “Safer Than Childbirth.” Her essay, “Slow Blues,” was a National Magazine Award finalist. She earned an MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She teaches workshops independently and with writing centers across the nation, including Hugo House, The Loft, Madison Writers’ Studio, and writers.com. More at www.tamaradean.media.