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From planning to publishing, this series will take you through all the essentials you need to help turn your book idea into a reality. Local authors Brian Petkash and Cooper Levey-Baker will explore the fundamentals of storytelling from crafting your setting, characters, and plot, to revising your work and submitting your manuscript for publication. This series is open to all ages, levels, and genres of writers, as well as those interested in learning more about the craft of novel writing. Drop-in to one, or all parts of this dynamic series.
Brian Petkash is the author of Mistakes by the Lake (Madville Publishing), a collection of stories centered around Cleveland, Ohio. His award-winning stories have appeared in Midwestern Gothic and Southword, among other publications.
Cooper Levey-Baker is a writer and journalist. His first novel, Dead Fish Wind (Madville Publishing), was released in 2022, and his journalism has won multiple awards from the Florida Magazine Association and the Florida Society for Professional Journalism.