Events

Our region is home to many accomplished authors and now The Bookworm is giving you the chance to get to know them. Come by for an evening we have put together to showcase a few of our local authors.

Register online for this weekly course that will  help students to record the important events in their lives. This class is designed for anyone who would like to caputre significant and meaningful moments and memories on paper. Class time will be used to write, share and encourage each other. A goal will be to improve the students' writing and appreciate different styles deomnstrated by other class members.

Classes will be held at CMC Edwards' Campus on Mondays from September 13th through November 8. The cost of this class is $139.

About the instructor:

Nancy Schmidt was born in Brooklyn, NY and moved to Long Island in her early teens. She received a BA in Psychology and an MS.Ed in Counseling Education from Hofstra University.  Her educational pursuits have always included a strong emphasis on writing and editing.  Nancy enjoyed a counseling career spanning 18 years at one of the largest suburban high schools in the country where she worked with both students and adults on personal growth and crisis issues.  She also taught Human Sexuality at the local community college.   It was during this time that she discovered the value of writing workshops as self-awareness and therapy tools.  She also pursued extensive training in mediation and designed and implemented a community conflict resolution program.

Having fallen in love with Colorado after numerous trips, Nancy and her husband, Fred, chose to move to Fort Collins in 2000. For 5 years, Fred taught at CSU and Nancy administered a Restorative Justice Program for juvenile offenders and worked as a court appointed mediator for Larimer County.  She continued to use the writing workshop approach in counseling both victims and offenders.

In 2005, Nancy and Fred moved to the valley, settling in Eagle Ranch.  Nancy has now begun Central Rockies Mediation and works as a conflict resolution facilitator with several county courts and for private clients.

Nancy and Fred have 2 sons, 1 daughter and 3 fabulous Grandbabies, who visit often and enrich their lives.

Nancy teaches the Memoir Writing class at Colorado Mountain College.  The summer Writing Workshop has evolved to meet the requests by students to continue writing in a group setting.

Local author and winner of the Colorado Book Award, Dyana Furmansky will join us at Town of Vail Public Library to discuss her book Rosalie Edge: Hawk of Mercy.

This is a FREE event!

Presented by Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to participate in the first-ever writers’ conference sponsored by the independent booksellers who
can help you sell your books! Working from the premise that you have mastered the craft of writing and are ready to take an active part in getting your book published, the industry experts at this conference will prepare you to assess the publishing opportunities currently available and provide step-by-step guidelines that will help you get your book into print, into bookstores, and into the hands of readers.

As a bonus, attendees will enjoy an Author Luncheon and Author Banquet with some of the most successful writers of our time including Ian Frazier, Connie Willis, Nevada Barr, Holly Arnold Kinney, Dom Testa, Karl Marlantes, John Shors and Eric Litwin!

Register now!