Either way, you're invited to the Writing Academy's Writers' Weekend 2001, at the Mt. Olivet Retreat Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Writers' Weekend is a time to rekindle your passion for writing through inspirational teaching, hands-on workshops, and fellowship with other writers. I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline. Tom Mullen Author and humorist Tom Mullen is an American treasure and we're pleased to present him as the keynote speaker for the 2001 Writers' Weekend.
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Earlham hosts an annual writing colloquium in his honor. Tom also served as advisor, critic, and friend for many of the recipients of the seminary's Patrick Henry Writing Scholarship including two members of the Writing Academy. Tom will be leading workshops on writing from personal experience and writing humor. Shirley Stevens Poet and fiction writer Shirley Stevens will be leading workshops in writing fiction. Shirley is the author of Pronouncing what We Wish to Keep , a book of poetry, and her work has been published in a variety of newspapers, anthologies, and little magazines.