Are you trying to write but just can't find your footing? Do you have great ideas but can't seem to put them down into a cohesive storyline?

Award-winning and local author Alice Hatcher is here to help.

Pima County Public Library is continuing its Writer-In-Residence program, a favorite among the local community.

Hatcher's residency at the library starts in February and runs through April and she will be available to consult with writers of any age, experience or genre.

She will hold office hours at Himmel Park Library every Tuesday from 3 to 5 p.m. and every Wednesday from 3 to 6 p.m.

Call to guarantee a spot at 520 594 5305. Walk-ins will only be available if space allows.

Hatcher is also hosting three workshops that are free and open to the public:

• Finding Your Narrator in the Crowd - UA Festival of Books, 4 to 5 p.m. March 2
• Your Novel’s Opening Pages: Establishing Tension, the Story Question, and the Reader-Writer Contract - Dusenberry-River Library, 1 to 2:30 p.m. March 21
• The Basics of Writing Grant Proposals for Individual Creative and Research Projects - Joel D. Valdez Main Library in the Idea+Space, 10:30 a.m. to noon, April 13
  

Read an excerpt from Hatcher's debut novel The Wonder That Was Ours here.