Writers Wrangling Research

Yvette Keller

Friday, June 14, 9-11:30 AM, Pacific Ballroom

Yvette Keller will lead this seminar, on multiple aspects of research for writing. Eight authors: Lisa Angle, Bee Bloeser, Hendrika DeVries, Marianne Dougherty, Harlan Green, Paul Levine, Lorissa Rinehart, and Layne Staral, will offer their stories of doing research for their book projects. More information on these authors will appear soon.

The publications involved range from memoir to biography to fiction to family history. Areas covered will be: sources of research, including interviews, public records, libraries as well as the universe of online possibilities. When research has been collected, how to face the daunting task of organizing the materials and shaping it into a coherent narrative.

Every research story is different. There will be ample time to not only hear the individual stories, but for Q&A and discussion. Attendees might want to share their research stories as well.

Moderator, Yvette Keller, has done plenty of writing research of her own. She has also utilized degrees in literature and psychology from UC Santa Cruz to educate and coach Silicon Valley technical professionals. She returned home to Santa Barbara to focus on telling her own stories and supporting her fellow writers. Yvette's short fiction leans toward SF/Fantasy at an extravagantly relaxed angle. Douglas Adams' London is available from Herb Lester and Associates. Audiobooks narrated by Yvette can be found at Audible.com.