“Blogging is…to writing what extreme sports are to athletics: more free-form, more accident-prone, less formal, more alive. It is, in many ways, writing out loud.” –Andrew Sullivan,
The AtlanticAuthor and editor Gina Hyams (
www.ginahyams.com) will teach a one-day Intro to Blogging, Twitter, and Facebook Workshop in Housatonic on Sunday, April 5, from 1pm to 4pm.
Topics: Nuts and bolts how-to with helpful hand-outs galore, savvy marketing/community-building tips, and oodles of creative inspiration to keep you fired up and cranking out compelling blog posts, tweets, and/or status updates. US$50. To sign up, send a note to ginahyams@gmail.com.
About Gina:
Gina Hyams is a writer and editor who specializes in travel, parenting, and the arts. Her books include the bestselling travel-design titles,
In a Mexican Garden: Courtyards, Pools, and Open-Air Living Rooms and
Mexicasa: The Enchanting Inns and Haciendas of Mexico, as well as
Pacific Spas: Luxury Getaways on the West Coast,
Day of the Dead Box,
The Campfire Collection: Thrilling, Chilling Tales of Alien Encounters, and
Incense: Rituals, Mystery, Lore – all published by Chronicle Books. She is also co-editor of the anthology,
Searching for Mary Poppins: Women Write About the Relationship Between Mothers and Nannies (Hudson Street Press and Plume, divisions of Penguin U.S.A.).
Gina is a contributing editor to
Berkshire Living. Her essays and articles have also appeared in
Newsweek,
San Francisco,
Organic Style,
Ideal Destinations,
Healing Lifestyles & Spas, and Salon.com. She has contributed to Fodor's Travel Publications, National Public Radio, and numerous anthologies.
Her background also includes extensive experience in marketing and public relations on behalf of Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Berkshire Theatre Festival, The Mount, Mother Jones magazine, HarperCollins Publishers, Victoria Kirby Public Relations, and San Francisco State University Poetry Center. She is co-founder and editorial director of the newly-launched marketing and publishing firm, Blue Wing Creative.
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