November 27,
2010 Guadalajara,
Mexico
Feria Internacional
del Libro
6 pm Salón
Elías Nandino, planta alta, Expo Guadalajara
Presentation of the novel
El último prpincipe del Imperio Mexicano (Grijalbo Random House
Mondadori) with editor Andrés Ramírez, historian
Alejandro Rosas, and novelist Carlos Pascual.
November 9,
2010 Mexico
City, Mexico
University of Chicago Alumni Association.
October 15,
2010 Leonardtown, Maryland College
of Southern Maryland.Reading,
dicussion and book signing. for The Last Prince
of the Mexican Empire.
Leonardtown campus auditorium @ 7:30 pm
Details: click
here.
May 22, 2010
Bethesda
MD
Lit Artlantic
Festival (download
the PDF flyer here)
12 - 1 pm Panel
discussion: The Writer’s Life: A Report from the Field, featuring documentary
film maker David Taylor; novelist C.M. Mayo;
journalist Alan Elsner; and memoirist Kevin Quirk, in a lively
discussion about their lives as professional working writers.
Lit Artlantic, a regional three-day festival celebrating cross-currents
in the arts. The festival is scheduled for May 20-22, 2010, at
The
Writer’s Center,
4508 Walsh Street, just a few blocks south of the Red Line’s
Bethesda Metro stop. All festival events, including the AIW panel,
are free and open to the public. For more information about the
panel, visit the AIW web site, www.amerindywriters.org. For information on
the festival as a whole, call The Writer’s Center at (301)
654-8664 or visit their web site at www.writer.org.
April
21-22, 2010 Austin
TX Harry
Ransom Center, and other events at ther University Texas at Austin.
April
8, 2010 Denver
CO Associated
Writing Programs Conference
Panel discussion: Class
and Conflict On The Other Side of the World
10:30 AM to 11:45 AM
Scheduled Room: 210, 212 - Colorado Convention Center
R137. Class and Conflict on the Other Side of the World. (Masha
Hamilton, Thrity Umrigar, C.M. Mayo,
Rishi Reddi) As we become more globally linked, the role of fiction
in providing a human and humane glimpse of "the other"
becomes more important. But it is a challenging task. How do
writers develop confidence to tell stories of cultures and countries
where they don't reside? Why are such stories critically important?
Authors—who between them write about everywhere from Asia
to the Middle East to Africa to Mexico—explore this issue. Visit
my Workshop Page for
more workshops and a rich array of resources for writers
March
25-28, 2010Rehoboth
Beach MD Writers
at the Beach Writers Conference
C.M. Mayo to read
and also offer a mini-workshop on Point of View.
Schedule to be announced. The choice of Point of View (POV) is, as many writers have
argued, the most important single decision that the novelist
has to make. It is also, for many writers, even experienced writers,
a source of confusion, and at times seems almost random. Third
person, first person…it seems like a simple pronoun choice,
yet it affects everything, plot, character develpment, the pacing
of the story—everything. In this workshop for intermediate
or advanced writers, discuss the nuance of point of view and
explore in your work, how different POV’s result in different
story structures, plots, even the use of flashback and flash
forward. Visit my Workshop Page for
more workshops and a rich array of resources for writers
March 7, 2010 Bethesda
MD The
Writers Center
10 - 5 pm. (one
hour break for lunch) Dialogue Intensive One day only workshop
with C.M. Mayo. One of the most powerfully
vivid ways to show character, relationship, conflict and/or mood
is through the use of dialogue. For both beginning and advanced
fiction and nonfiction writers, this workshop focuses on the
use and misuse of dialogue, with a series of mini-lectures interspersed
with brief exercises. The goal is that by the end of the workshop,
your dialogue will be of notably higher quality. For more information
and to register on-line, click
here. Visit
my Workshop Page for
more workshops and a rich array of resources for writers
March
5, 2010 Leesburg
VA
Leesburg
First Friday www.writer.org "Staying
Focused: Researching and Writing the Longer Book Project" 7:30
- 9:30 p.m. Leesburg
Town Hall
25 West Market Street, Leesburg VA
C.M. Mayo to talk about what she learned in writing her novel,
The
Last Prince of the Mexican Empire, her travel memoir, Miraculous Air, and other books, with plenty of Q &
A. To finish the marathon of writing a long book, more than talent,
more than free time, more than anything, in fact, a writer needs
mental toughness to avoid the myriad distractions, damaging self-talk,
frustrations, and sometimes just plain old boredom along the
way. C.M. Mayo, a long-time Writers Center workshop leader and
author of several books, including a deeply researched travel
memoir and, most recently, an epic historical novel based on
the true story (and many years of original archival research),
offers tips, tricks and more to inspire you to start, stay with,
and finish your book. To register on-line, click
here. Visit
my Workshop Page for
more workshops and a rich array of resources for writers
February 27, 2010Columbia
MD| Fundraiser
for the Howard County Library: Evening in the Stacks "¡Caliente!" 7:00 to 11:00 pm Howard County
Library, East Columbia Branch 6600 Cradlerock Way, Columbia, MD 21045.
Join the party and support the Library. Escape the February chill
and revel in a warm Latin am
biance - full of bright flowers, flamenco, a silent auction,
and a literary conversation with Francisco
Aragón, H.G.
Carrillo, and C.M. Mayo, facilitated
by Bill Thompson. Dance the night away to the sounds of Latin
Grammy Award winners, Afro Bop Alliance. Delicious cuisine from
Azul 17, Elkridge Furnace Inn, El Nayar, La Prima Catering, On
the Border, Parfections, and Lincoln College of Technology Columbia
Campus in conjunction with Holly Poultry and Martin Seafood.
New this year - Celebrity Bartenders! Some of Howard County's
favorite people will be putting their spin on a signature cocktail
for a limited time during the evening. Make sure to stop by and
say hello to State Senator Jim Robey, Howard County Executive
Ken Ulman, Stacie Hunt and Kevin Kelehan, Donna Richardson, Rachelina
Bonacci, and Dick Story. Proceeds benefit the Library's educational
initiatives, including A+ Partners in Education, Project Literacy,
and Cultural Connections. To purchase tickets, visit: http://hclibrary.org/index.php?page=330
February
22 - 23, 2010
San Miguel
de Allende, Mexico
Techniques of Fiction 2 Day Workshop with C.M. Mayo San
Miguel Workshops
A special two day
workshop with C.M. Mayo
Uniquely geared toward both beginning and advanced writers, C.M.
Mayo’s creative writing workshop emphasizes techniques for
tapping into creativity and specific aspects of craft. As at
the Bethesda, Maryland Writers Center where Mayo has taught highly
popular workshops since 1999. In this session you will focus
on generating new material with exercises addressing: specificity,
point of view, synesthesia, imagery, image patterning, plot and
more. Visit
my Workshop Page for
more workshops and a rich array of resources for writers
C. M. MAYO
November 27,
2010 Guadalajara,
Mexico
October 15,
2010 Leonardtown, Maryland
Visit
my Workshop Page
February 27, 2010 Columbia
MD|