"Workshops" Blogs & Blog Posts

The Clarion Writer's Workshop is a prestigious breeding ground of sorts for science fiction and fantasy writers. Certainly no one has to go to Clarion to succeed in the field, but a lot of brilliant and award-winning genre writers have gone through t...

I am due to lead a singing weekend in a few weeks. My first in over two years. The other night I had an anxiety dream about it. Here’s what I learnt.anxiety dreams I am busy preparing a series of forthcoming singing days and singing weekends.

When I was the editor-in-chief of the Make: website, for years, one of the most trafficked posts was one on how to build a basic workbench. Makes sense. Having a decent work surface is the first step in delving into regular DIY projects. — Read...

By way of Maker Update, I learned about this YouTube project to build a 6x normal size digital calipers wall-mounted shop clock. There are a lot of good building tips here. I especially liked how they finished the MDF material to make it look lik...

Since 2002, the Alpha Writers Workshop has hosted a group of a teenagers from 14 to 19 years of age for an 11-day residential writing workshop at the University of Pittsburgh's Greensburg campus. As far as I'm aware, it's the only teen workshop to fo...

There are times, especially during the pandemic, when there are no choir events or concerts coming up. But you need to keep your singing business in the public eye or people will forget you. Here are some ideas you might try. I received a colleag...

I always, always plan my rehearsals and workshops in great detail, including the warm ups. But invariably the unexpected happens and my plan goes out the window! Nevertheless, here’s why planning is still vital. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenho...