# Event Details - **Event Name**: Saturday Writers Clinic: Podcasting & Flash Fiction - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 09 Aug, 2025 at 09:30 am – Sat, 09 Aug, 2025 at 12:30 pm - **Event Description**: Two local writers will lead separate presentations about podcasting and writing flash fiction on Saturday, August 9, at the East Bank Regional Library (4747 W. Napoleon Avenue in Metairie). The sessions – for beginners or experienced writers – are free of charge and open to the public. There is no registration. 9:30 am: Podcasting for Beginners and More with Patrick Gipson Participants will learn more about various types of podcasts, how they are made, how they are published, and how audience interaction often drives the subject matter of more successful podcasters. Attendees will go through the steps to start their own podcasts including planning, scheduling, and how to produce it for free using just a cell phone and home computer. No one needs to have either of these devices at the presentation, but participants are welcome to bring their own if they want to follow along and learn step-by-step. The session will also be useful for anyone who interested in "What's this whole 'podcasting' thing I keep hearing about?" even if they are not interested in starting one for themselves. Lieutenant Patrick Gipson is an officer with the Southeastern Louisiana University Police Department and an English instructor who completed his Master's Thesis on Creative Writing in an Episodic Fiction Podcast. He also developed an educational podcast for a local police department and is developing a pop culture podcast. He is a big fan of science fiction and fantasy and has attended every Star Wars movie since 1977 in person on opening day. 11 am: One-Hour Flash Nonfiction Writing Workshop with Annell Lopez Attendees will learn the characteristics of flash nonfiction while participating in guided writing prompts and working on crafting short and compelling essays that explore real-life experiences. Annell López is the winner of the Louise Meriwether First Book Prize and the author of the short story collection "I’ll Give You a Reason" from the Feminist Press. A Peter Taylor Fellow at the Kenyon Review Writers Workshops, her work has received support from Tin House and has appeared in Guernica, American Short Fiction, Michigan Quarterly Review, Brooklyn Rail, Refinery29 and elsewhere. López received her MFA from the University of New Orleans. She is working on a novel. For more information, contact Chris Smith, Manager of Adult Programming, at 504-889-8143 or wcsmith@jefferson.lib.la.us. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/metairie/saturday-writers-clinic-podcasting-and-flash-fiction/200028646378100 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, workshops, entertainment, it - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 3 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200028646378100?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=metairie-events ## Event venue details - **city**: Metairie - **state**: LA - **country**: United States - **location**: East Bank Regional Library - **lat**: 29.995507271403 - **long**: -90.186099408479 - **full address**: East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W Napoleon Ave,Metairie, Louisiana, United States ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 2 - **organizer**: Jefferson Parish Library (https://allevents.in/org/jefferson-parish-library/26019068) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/de624c7ad4a6be150b70fb7667018e7f7d32784df82d7fc753ac89a8eb6f4ea8-rimg-w1200-h675-dcf2e5d5-gmir?v=1754758859 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/9d2594d4eea485028691c9e991c2a6d4f382a3a397f7a67bb6e8406e58c52c81-rimg-w300-h300-dc90c6bd-gmir?v=1754758860 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Sat, 09 Aug, 2025 at 09:30 am - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W Napoleon Ave,Metairie, Louisiana, United States - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** Jefferson Parish Library - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** art, literary-art, workshops, entertainment, it - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Saturday Writers Clinic: Podcasting & Flash Fiction ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Saturday Writers Clinic: Podcasting & Flash Fiction", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/de624c7ad4a6be150b70fb7667018e7f7d32784df82d7fc753ac89a8eb6f4ea8-rimg-w1200-h675-dcf2e5d5-gmir?v=1754758859", "startDate": "2025-08-09", "endDate": "2025-08-09", "url": "https://allevents.in/metairie/saturday-writers-clinic-podcasting-and-flash-fiction/200028646378100", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "East Bank Regional Library", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "4747 W Napoleon Ave,Metairie, Louisiana", "addressLocality": "Metairie", "addressRegion": "LA", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "29.995507271403", "longitude": "-90.186099408479" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Two local writers will lead separate presentations about podcasting and writing flash fiction on Saturday, August 9, at the East Bank Regional Library (4747 W. 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