River of Dust CoverPlease join James River Writers on Friday, June 21st from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. ET to participate in a Twitter chat with Virginia Pye, author of the debut novel River of Dust, about all things writing related.

Virginia Pye’s debut novel, River of Dust, is an Indie Next Pick for May, 2013. She has a recent essay inThe Rumpus, one forthcoming in The New York Times Opinionator blog and was interviewed at The Nervous Breakdown and The Huffington Post. Her award-winning short stories have been published in numerous literary magazines. Virginia holds an MFA from Sarah Lawrence and has taught writing at New York University and The University of Pennsylvania. She was a past three term chair of James River Writers.Visit 

Here is how the Twitter chat will work: 

  1. You will need a Twitter account to talk with Virginia during the Twitter chat.

  2. Follow James River Writers (@JamesRvrWriters) and Virginia Pye (@VirginiaPye) before the Twitter chat so that you don’t miss anything.

  3. Log into Twitter a few minutes before the chat. Enter #JRWC13 in the search box.

  4. To start the chat @JamesRvrWriters will post two or three questions for Virginia to answer. At any time you can join the conversation and ask your own question; just be sure to include #JRWC13 so your Tweets can be tracked and Virginia can respond.

  5. You may submit questions by starting them with @VirginiaPye, or simply ask your question as a status update in Twitter and include the hashtag #JRWC13.