Writer’s Mail November 10, 2011 By Pat Edwards “I dream for a living.” – Steven Spielberg A core group of 2nd & 4th-ers gathered at Barnes & Noble for critiques (and caffeine, for many of us) and camaraderie… Jack Freiburger brought Path to Bray’s Head to an end. Jen suggested cutting the last sentence and [...]
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Tuesdays with Story WRITER’S MAIL for September 23, 2011 Writer’s Quote “The writer who possesses the creative gift owns something of which he is not always master- something that at time strangely wills and works for itself.” – Charlotte Bronte Tuesday Night at BN Aaron Boehm, on “Hell Cage pt11″: Several people liked the vision [...]
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Writer’s Mail for July 6, 2011 by Jen Wilcher “We’re shy, needy, driven to distraction, full of grandiose ideas and hopelessly creative, extroverted, reclusive, irritable, joyful, marginalized, and common. Like Walt Whitman, we are cameras and we are the cosmos. But mostly, we’re lonely.” ~ Alvaro Rodriguez AT THE BOOKSTORE TUESDAY NIGHT About ten gathered [...]
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Posted in Newsletter, tagged Kindle Direct Publishing, Nancy Johnson, Peace and Plenty, Poets & Writers Magazine, Sarah Ban Breathnach, wordspy.com on May 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Writer’s Mail May 11, 2011 by Pat Edwards “Recently I had an interesting conversation with a professional screenwriting coach. She told me that you can tell if students are developing a truly authentic voice by investigating how they develop the central character of their story. Apparently, one of the most common problems of novice screenwriters [...]
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Writer’s Mail for April 17, 2010 by Jen Wilcher FIFTH TUESDAY! May 31, at the Grumpy Troll, 105 S. 2nd Street, Mount Horeb. We will have two guests: local authors discussing their path to publication, and we will have a quick writing challenge. Quick! Can you think of six words? Make it the RIGHT six [...]
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Posted in Newsletter, tagged wordspy.com on April 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Writer’s Mail for April 25, 2010 by Jen Wilcher Notes from 1st and 3rd New faces: Rebecca Rettenmund, Chessie and Amanda Myers. Pat Edwards: read three poems; “Driving Lessons,” “Brave Enough” and “Tell Me A Story.” Comments on “Driving Lessons.” The gentle start and then building up of the drama was well done. Some felt [...]
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Posted in Newsletter, tagged John Grisham, Michael Connelly, wordspy.com on April 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Writer’s Mail for April 17, 2010 by Jen Wilcher A cozy cluster of us gathered Tuesday night, ducking the din of the elementary students participating in a Barnes & Noble fundraiser for their school. Good thing we didn’t have any particular steamy or cuss-filled pieces on the table! Though we did have discussions of galoshes [...]
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Posted in Newsletter, tagged David Foster, David Foster Wallace, wordspy.com on April 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Writer’s Mail for April 12, 2010 by Jen Wilcher Since our note-taker for 1st & 3rd, Amber Boudreau was not at the last meeting and we completely forgot, the individuals who read for 4/5 have submitted what they remember of the critiques. Grey Spry: Clayton thought that maybe the A.I., Bob, should comment on Brooke’s [...]
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Posted in Newsletter, tagged Booked for Murder, David Morrell, Fire in Fiction, John Galligan, Nathan Bransford, Richard Bach, wordspy.com on March 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
March 25, 2011 Writer’s Mail by Carol Hornung Quote of the Day “A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit.” – Richard Bach Fifth Tuesday . . . Thirteen stories came in for the writing challenge. Tuesday evening at Booked for Murder, we’ll find out who wins the critique of the first 50 pages [...]
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Posted in Newsletter, tagged John Galligan, wordspy.com on March 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
March 17, 2011 Writer’s Mail – Happy St Patrick’s Day! Who is your favorite Irish Writer? by Carol Hornung Quote of the Day. . . “The road to ignorance is paved with good editors.” – George Bernard Shaw Fifth Tuesday . . . If you’re looking for that one last thing to tip you over [...]
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