Upcoming Online Workshops

Beginnings maybe the hardest thing to write… except for endings… and then there’s the middle, of course. But building a strong opening can not only engage readers and editors quickly but also lay the foundation for richer plots and ultimately provide the key to more rewarding endings. With an emphasis on short stories but attention to novels as
well, Art Taylor will offer insights and approaches, drawing on “The First Two Pages,” the
blog series he curates, as well as examples and advice from classic and contemporary
writers.

Art Taylor is the Edgar Award-winning author of two short story collections-The
Adventure of the Castle Thief and Other Expeditions and Indiscretions and The Boy
Detective & The Summer of ’74 and Other Tales of Suspense-and of the novel in stories On
the Road with Del & Louise, winner of the Agatha Award for Best First Novel. He won the
2019 Edgar Award for Best Short Story for “English 398: Fiction Workshop,” originally
published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, and he has won three additional Agatha
Awards, an Anthony Award, four Macavity Awards, and four Derringer Awards for his
short fiction. His work has also appeared in Best American Mystery Stories, and he has
edited several mystery anthologies, including Murder Under the Oaks: Bouchercon
Anthology 2015, winner of the Anthony Award for Best Anthology or Collection. He is a
professor of English at George Mason University.