A day-long experience for writers interested in publishing a book. The conference will cover topics such as publishing options, finding an agent, copyright and trademark and best practices for pitching to Michigan presses. The conference includes time to network with Detroit Writing Room coaches, university press editors and fellow writers. A select number of Boys & Girls Club Students will attend for free. Marketing for Authors with Coach Lynne Golodner12:45-2:15 p.m.Location: Literary LoungeTo succeed as a writer, you need two things: to write and to embrace the idea that no one will love your books more than you. Many writers believe that if they work with an agent or secure a traditional publishing contract, they won’t have to lift a finger to market their books. But they couldn’t be more wrong! Regardless of the publishing path an author chooses, they’ll have to not only embrace marketing, but immerse in it if they want their books to sell and their author brand to become known among readers. Especially if they want to secure a deal for a second book. In this session, award-winning, bestselling author and marketing expert Lynne Golodner will share insights on how to build a compelling and consistent […]

How did F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway and so many other famous early 20th century writers develop such close friendships? In part, due to literary salons — intentional gatherings of like-minded individuals in an intimate setting for conversation, food, drink and listening. Literary salons first started popping up in Italy over the course of the 16th century and became more popular in the 17th and 18th centuries in France. Now, we are bringing this great tradition of community-building with a literary flair to Detroit!Join award-winning author and writing coach Lynne Golodner and The Detroit Writing Room for quarterly Literary Salons at Michigan Central Station’s new Shaka Senghor Literary Lounge! You’ll make writer friends, engage in literary-rich discussions, sip and snack, and do a little writing, too! Tickets:Tickets include wine from Santé Wine Tasting Room and charcuterie from Mongers’ Provisions. At each event, guests will be entered into a raffle for copy of Detroit Voices and Perspectives Magazine! Detroit Writing Room members and students of Lynne Golodner get 20% off! Single admission is $67, or attend the series for $249 (a $19 savings!).

You’ve spent years focusing on getting ahead, building a career, and guiding others on their journeys. Now it’s time for YOU! Many people have a reckoning about who they are and what they want their life to be. A big part of living your best life is discovering your unique and original voice and feeling empowered to use it. In this course, we’ll work on discovering your unique voice and encourage it to come out and say what it needs to say, in the form of prose and poetry. Whether you are writing for yourself or for others, this course will empower you to feel confident in using your voice to make important statements, to be a witness to ever-evolving history, and to share insights that will help others on their journeys, too. This course is generative as well as instructive. That means we’ll have in-depth conversations, do some writing together, and read writers with strong voices of their own to inspire us. You’ll come away from this intimate workshop with renewed confidence and a vision for where you’ll go next with your writing. Registration is limited to 12 participants.

Join Lynne Golodner to launch her fourth novel, TWO LIFETIMES, a heart-wrenching, hopeful story about two souls connected through time in friendships that might save humanity. The virtual launch for this poignant novel will take place on Tuesday, October 20, 2026 at 12:00 pm ET. A launch party will take place at Huntington Woods Library art gallery on Sunday, November 8, 2026, 3:30-5:00 pm! 

You’ll begin to understand why showing is preferable to telling, learn to identify instances of telling in your drafts, develop techniques to show more on the page and feel empowered to improve your writing and not crushed when you receive this feedback. Registration is limited to 12 participants.The writer’s mantra – and the bane of most writers’ existence – is Show, Don’t Tell. Whether you’re a newbie or a seasoned writer, the chances are good that you’ve come up against this feedback and grumbled under your breath trying to figure out how, exactly, to show more than tell. In this workshop, writers will get down and dirty with ways to show and how to identify in their writing where they are telling and how to enjoy transforming that telling into showing. Taught by award-winning author and renowned writing coach Lynne Golodner, this three-hour intimate workshop will explore techniques and strategies for showing. We’ll read examples that are rich in showing, try it out in writing prompts, learn how to make your writing stronger and more compelling, and come away with clarity on what it takes to show on the page.

Join the Detroit Jewish Book Fair for this important panel discussion, Beyond Remembrance: Why Authors Return to the Holocaust. Featuring: Lynne Golodner, Two Lifetimes, A NovelArthur Horwitz, Dual Identities: Living in Meier’s ShadowJudi Shink, Speaking Through Silence: A Memoir by the Granddaughter of Four Holocaust SurvivorsFree and in-Person at The J. Book signing following talk.Sponsors: Henry & Delia Meyers Library, The Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive; Ageless and Active