Me and UCLA

The UCLA Writers' Program offers an amazing banquet of writing classes through UCLA Extension. From October 2007 until March 2008, I took a great on-line course in advanced fiction that gave me the tools I needed to finish my novel.

When I was awarded the Elizabeth George Foundation Grant, my instructor told me to let the Writers' Program know and I would get some great publicity out of it. And she was right. Check it out, I'm famous for today anyway.

From UCLA Writers' Studio web site:

"Online Student Receives Fiction Writing Grant

Student Karin Zirk was awarded a grant for unpublished novels through the Elizabeth George Foundation. Karin has been using the grant to take Writers’ Program online courses to finish her novel, Falling from the Moon.

Karin says, "The grant provided time to write and funding for classes such as Novel V, where I studied under the incredible Caroline Leavitt. Not only is she a cheerleader extraordinaire, but her ability to share tools that helped me find the holes in my novel and fill them with the missing pieces of the story was incredible," Karin says. "In addition to the Novel V class, I had the privilege of taking Katharine Sand's Riveting Writing course, which has given me the tools I need to pitch this book to an agent."

We look forward to reading the finished manuscript, Karin! Congratulations."