Close Encounters

Tomorrow is the first official Washington Write-a-Story Day. Organized by Joyce Hackett, it will involve writers at 40 sites throughout the DC area, including yours truly.

I'm facilitating a workshop on Sunday, actually, at the Historic Sixth and I Synagogue in the heart of downtown. The story behind this synagogue is an amazing one. I'm really honored to be hosted there.

The idea is, in the space of three hours, to write like a demon and produce an account, true or not, of an enounter in a DC public space. So far there are about six of us signed up where I am, but many scores more across the city.

That's where it's at, and that's where I'll be. Walk-ins welcome. Local readers, send me email for more 411.

Oh, and he whole thing will culminate in a free reading at The George Washington University Marvin Center Sunday night at 8 p.m.

(nonlocals, I challenge you too: sit down at 2 pm your time on Sunday and write about your fair city of choice).