Write It & Get It Published

With special guest Zelda Lockhart, author of Fifth Born, Cold Running Creek, and Fifth Born II: The Hundreth Turtle

Sorry, this class has been cancelled due to the instructor’s travel schedule.

Description: This one-night workshop provides a practical plan to turn your book project into a reality.

Learn the unconventional truths about:

  • Getting It Written & Finished,
  • Getting a Reputable Agent, and
  • Getting a Reputable Press to publish it.
  • Building Your Own Independent Press (Self-Publishing)

You’ll walk away with a practical, customized plan for starting and finishing a book project and getting it published. This plan, in the form of a resource book, holds all the information covered in the workshop in addition to important information tailored to your genre.

Writer’s Roadmap
Beginners as well as experienced writers of all levels are welcome.

About the Instructor:Zelda Lockhart holds the honor of the 2010 Piedmont Laureate for Literature in her region of North Carolina, and June 2010 celebrated the release of her third novel, Fifth Born II: The Hundredth Turtle. An excerpt appears in the 2010 issue of Chautauqua Literary Journal. Ms. Lockhart is author of the novel Fifth Born, which was a 2002 Barnes & Noble Discovery selection and won a finalist award for debut fiction from the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Legacy Foundation. Ms. Lockhart holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Norfolk State University, a Master’s in English from Old Dominion University, and a certificate in writing, directing and editing film from the New York Film Academy. In January 2007 Lockhart’s second novel, Cold Running Creek was published. It is a work of historical fiction that garnered the attention of noteworthy literary organizations, such as the Historical Novel Society, and won a 2008 Honor Fiction Award from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. For the 2008/2009 academic year, Cold Running Creek was chosen as the “Text in Community” read for all incoming students at North Carolina A&T State University.

Lockhart’s other works of fiction, poetry and essays can be found in anthologies, journals and magazines. Universities, community centers and libraries throughout the United States and abroad have recognized Ms. Lockhart’s talents as a writer and speaker. She lives in Durham, North Carolina and continues to lecture and facilitate a variety of workshops that empower adults and children to self-define through writing. She welcomes visits to her website: www.zeldalockhart.com.