EVENTS
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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.
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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!
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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.
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A Twofer Book Reading with Author Kim Cook
Another good book reading
I did another two-author book reading yesterday in Lambertville, with Kim Cook. I ghost wrote her memoir, I Am My Father’s Child: A True Story of History, Mystery, Betrayal, and Forgiveness, and we discovered after doing this at Read Mill Books in Clinton, NJ, that people liked hearing about our working process. It was always supposed to be just Kim, since I’m now promoting her book and working with her on other pojects, but things sometimes go in unexpected direction.
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A Book Reading with Authors Mark McNease and Kim Cook, Lambertville, May 3 (Video Excerpt)
On May 3rd, 2026, in Lambertville, New Jersey, two authors came together for an afternoon of storytelling, craft, and memoir. Mark McNease shared excerpts from Blank Page to Bookshelf: From First Sentence to First Sale — his guide to fiction writing, character creation, and self-publishing — and Kim Cook shared from her powerful memoir, I Am My Father’s Child: A True Story of History, Mystery, Betrayal, and Forgiveness. Keep watching for a video excerpt from that event.
