New Millennium Writings for Teachers

• “I found this to be one of the most powerful literary experiences I've ever had. For anyone who gives a whit about writing or the human condition, New Millennium Writings should be required reading.”

  Kane S. Latranz
  Author, Alibi
  Albuquerque, NM

• “By the way, I really love NMW. The content is some of the most “rockin' awesome” stuff that isn't shy and crosses boundaries, pushes the envelope, winks at the nun - you know what I mean. I read LOTS of literary journals, and, honestly NMW is up there in my top 5.”

  Shela Morrison
  Gabriola Island, British Columbia

• “You're new to me—but not for long.”

  V. L. Settle
  Springfield, MA

• “The last page of your last issue was one of the best. I used your short story points in my Creative Writing class. Also congratulations for certain of your writers gaining Breadloaf recognition. Cheers.”

  Terrence McGuire
  Sewell, NJ

• “Just a note on a Saturday afternoon when I'm supposed to be…should be grading freshman themes, but I got sidetracked when I read New Millennium Writings.…Your anthology is most impressive. I'm enjoying the Hemingway article and the story “Catfish” especially, and I plan to treat my creative writing class to your rules of writing on the last page…I think I'll order about 30 copies for my spring classes in poetry writing…”

  David Tillinghast
  Clemson University, SC

• “This is beginning to feel like a beautiful friendship!”

  Francisco Cantolan
  San Francisco, CA

             

• A free DVD of NMW Editor and writing teacher Don Williams' 30-minute lecture entitled “Break These Rules… Advisedly” (oops, one broken already).
• A free print and electronic packet, which includes …
• suggestions for use of NMW in classes
• a summary of Don Williams' writing tips
• a compilation of the best writing tips from past NMW award winners
• a collection of NMW's best author profiles and interviews
• The opportunity to have Don as a guest lecturer in your class via Skype or in person at a reduced fee. Lecture topics include
• “Learning from the Masters”
• “Writing to Persuade”
• “Great Opening Lines”
• “The Art of the Interview”
• “Drawing on the Subconscious”
• “Lyposuction Your Writing”
• “The Nexus of Poetry, Fiction and Nonfiction”
• “Building A Writing Community”

Don Williams is freelance writer and the founding editor of New Millennium Writings, which he started in 1996. For a number of years he was a feature writer and columnist for the Knoxville News-Sentinel. He profiled moon-walkers, politicos, psychos, soldiers, musicians, writers, artists, dancers, businessmen, street people, mountaineers and an amazing variety of others before leaving the paper to found NMW, write short stories and a novel, The Oracle of the Orchid Lounge, which he just finished and hopes to get happily published soon. Like you and your students, he's a working writer. He still pens influential opinion pieces which can be found at OpEdNews.com, MWCnews.net, NewMillenniumWritings.com and many other websites. His articles and stories have been published in Poets & Writers (two cover stories), Writers' Digest, The Crescent Review 10^th Anniversary Issue, Los Angeles Times, Chattahoochee Review, Smokies Life, several anthologies, including A Tennessee Homecoming, Low Explosions, Breathing the Same Air, Christmas Blues, and many other venues. His honors include a Golden Presscard Award, the Malcolm Law Journalism Prize, Scripps Howard newspaper awards and a National Endowment for the Humanities award, which provided for an academic year of study under novelist Nicholas Delbanco and others at the University of Michigan. He's attended workshops and classes with novelists Lee Smith, Alan Cheuse, journalist Mike Wallace, the late Alex Haley, and he's profiled the late John Updike, Cormac McCarthy, William Kennedy, the late Ken Kesey, Lee Smith, Larry Brown, Al Gore, Dolly Parton and many others. He is frequently asked to give talks about writing, politics, spirituality, history, humor and more. He likes to run, and he completed both the 2005 and 2006 Knoxville Marathons. He just might try to make it a triple in 2010.

• “If you love words and the craft of writing, and if you've got some creative writing in you scratching at the door to get out, you'll love this class.”

  Tom Jester
  prize-winning advertising executive,
  copywriter, director and reporter

• “When I told my writer friends that I wanted to take my writing to the next level, each of them told me the same thing. Take a writing class from Don Williams… he has the ability to inspire and mentor other writers, a rare quality indeed. Don focuses on teaching writers essential skills and techniques that make them competitive in the real world. Much of the success I have enjoyed in my writing career, I owe to the help and encouragement I received from Don.”

  Judy DiGregorio
  author of Life Among the Lilliputians

• “Don's writing classes provide me with a safe but stimulating environment for exploring my creativity. Don is an extraordinary teacher, facilitator and editor. Having my work reviewed by a writer of his caliber has been an amazing experience. My experiences in Don's classes have emboldened me to submit my work, and I've had essays published in MetroPulse, EvaMag, the Knoxville Writer's Guild anthology and Southern Living. If you want to grow as a writer, take Don's class.”

  Lucy Sieger
  essayist and web-designer

• “I have attended five of Don's classes. I've learned something each session and my writing has greatly improved. Equally valuable has been my enjoyment of my classmates. These classes can benefit the scribbler as well as the seasoned writer.”

  Robert W. Godwin
  Attorney & Columnist for “FootNotes” magazine