Here is a link to the form to nominate Florida’s next poet laureate: http://apps.florida-arts.org/nominate-poet/
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Join Jamie Morris, Lezlie Laws, and friends for Your Creativity is in the Cards on Saturday, February 7th from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Walden Community School. $185. Register here: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/your-creativity-is-in-the-cards-tickets-14934899687
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From First to Final Draft: Opening the Door with Mary Ann de Stefano
Mary Ann de Stefano of MAD about Words will host a workshop at Winter Park Library on Saturday, February 21st at 10 a.m. You won’t want to miss this!
From First to Final Draft: Opening the Door
In On Writing, Stephen King endorses the advice he received from a favorite writing teacher: “Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open.” In this session, you’ll learn about the various stages of manuscript development, when to go it alone, and when to share your work in progress. You’ll take away ideas for approaching revision solo and tips to help you receive the best kind of support and feedback from an editor, beta readers, or a writing group.
Mary Ann de Stefano named her business MAD about Words as a play on her initials and love for writing. She is a writer, editor, and organizer of writing workshops with 30+ years experience in publishing and writing consulting. Besides working one-to-one with writers developing books, she builds websites, edits The Florida Writer (the official magazine of the Florida Writers Association) and publishes MAD’s Monday Muse, a popular weekly e-newsletter. Contact her through her website: MADaboutWords.com
Mary Ann de Stefano email: info@madaboutwords.com website: madaboutwords.com
Diana Raab and Her Lust for Life
Diana Raab, PhD, and I first crossed paths at Rollins College. She was a nurse, cancer survivor, and author of a nonfiction book about conceiving babies and carrying them to term. She was also an aspiring poet, and it was at monthly meetings of the First Friday critique group that we both began to strengthen our poetic styles, our confidence in ourselves as poets, and our burgeoning friendship.
Diana’s memoir Regina’s Closet: Finding My Grandmother’s Secret Journal was influential in the evolution of my own writing, and today it’s a thrill to read her intelligent blogs for Psychology Today, Huffington Post, and Brain Speak. Her poetry collections include a love letter in verse called Dear Anais, the travel-inspired Listening to Africa, and the juicy Lust.
Diana is generous to a fault, giving of her time, talents, and treasure to promote people and causes she believes in. I hope to catch up with her at Spalding University’s Celebration of New Books in Louisville, Kentucky this May.
Here’s what Diana says about Sewing Holes:
“Bless Kuhn’s heart for writing Sewing Holes. This book remind us that we spend our lives sewing up the holes in our family’s history, and how love is the stitching. The Southern protagonist graciously invites us into a world brimming with universal wisdom, such as ‘I think our lives are what they are because of the choices we make.’ Very compelling. I read it in one sitting.”
~ Diana Raab, Ph.D.
Author of Lust