Fiction: On a Continuum

All writing falls on a continuum, from generative, through revision, then polishing, before finished--if it ever can ever be finished (consider T. S. Eliot, revising "The Wasteland" even after its publication).  In this workshop, we'll explore creating new work, as well as talk about those pieces and what strategies might help move them forward.  To that purpose, participants should come prepared to write and share new starts, as well as to push work closer to the fulfillment of its vision.

All Anne Britting Oleson has ever wanted to do is to write things.  Her publications go all the way back to her teenaged years; now she has nine novels and three poetry chapbooks in the world.  Her work includes mainstream fiction as well as mysteries set in the UK, to which she is a frequent traveler for the purpose of research.  Aventurine at Sea, the fourth in the Aventurine Morrow series, was published in 2025, and a new Aventurine will publish this year.  Anne holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the Stonecoast Program of the University of Southern Maine; she is both Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominated, and has been awarded residencies through both Hewnoaks Artist Residencies, and the Amtrak Writers' Residency.