*FREE* HOLIDAY WRITE NIGHTS WITH YOURS TRULY! For adults and teens!
To really kick off your season "write," join me on 11/30 (if you're an adult writer) or 12/7 (if you're a teen writer) from 6:00-8:30 p.m. at Rancho Cordova Library. Get into the holiday spirit as we write to prompts with a seasonal theme. In this FREE single-session generative creative writing workshop, you'll have the opportunity to share your just-written words, if you like, and receive feedback about what is strong, beautiful and memorable in them. All genres welcome. If this sounds like something you'd enjoy, register today--as space is limited--at the Rancho Cordova Library website here.
Happy holidays!
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EDITORIAL FREELANCERS' ASSOCIATION INVITES YOU TO COME SAY HI!
Susan Hoard Herman, writer, editor and EFA member, says:
"I'd like to invite each of you to attend the Editorial Freelancers Association (NorCal chapter) meeting on Monday evening, 11/28 at 7pm. We meet at ThinkHouse Collective at 11th and R in downtown Sacramento. Part of the meeting will be "business" but I think we'll dedicate the first part, from 7-8pm, to talking about WRITING.
Is anyone writing a NaNo (50,000 words in the month of November, for National Novel Writing Month)? I am taking a stab at it. No particular outline, just generating journal contents that I plan to work over for my blog and possibly other creative nonfiction outlets. Hoping to skid off the path into fiction by the end.
I'll be presenting what I learned in The Art of Expressive Writing [class at UC Davis Extension, summer 2011] and during NaNoWriMo, but mostly I'll be asking questions for discussion such as :
1. How does it feel to write with abandon (that is, abandoning your inner editor)?
2. Have you ever written yourself into scary territory and if so, what did you do?
3. What have you discovered about yourself through the expressive writing process?
[for members of the group who are editing professionals:]
4. How does writing make you a better editor?
5. How does editing make you a better writer?
6. How do you combine your creative writing with your business, or are they two separate things?
Hope to see you there!
Susan Herman
Blogging at www.slideshowandicecream.wordpress.com
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SACRAMENTO POETRY CENTER ANNUAL FUNDRAISER AND PARTY @ THE MILLERS' HOUSE 12/1
Watch the SPC website for more information about this annual event! www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org. It usually runs from 6-8:00 p.m. an includes food, poetry, often some music, and many opportunies for supporting SPC by becoming a member, donating, or generally conributing goodwill!
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WRITERS WHO WINE HOLIDAY POTLUCK @ ThinkHouse Collective, 12/9
Get all the details via this public event on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/events/140811939356134/
In short, I hope to see you there--from 6:00-9:00 pm at ThinkHouse Collective!
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THE ILL LIST 8: A POETRY SLAM INVITATIONAL
For more info, visit the facebook event at http://www.facebook.com/events/181504721925312/ or the website below!
The most prestigious and highly anticipated spoken word event in the Central Valley is back. The ILL LIST 8: A Poetry Slam Invitational returns to the historic State Theatre Sat., Dec. 10 at 8 PM. This event will feature eight nationally renowned spoken-word artists, many of whom have previously appeared on HBO's Def Poetry Jam. Through three rounds of original poetry, poets will match metaphors and battle rhyme for rhyme on their quest for $1,500 in cash prizes. Randomly selected judges from the audience, using Olympic-style scorecards, will award points to poets based on the strength of their poems and the quality of their performances. Audience members are strongly encouraged to root for their favorite poems as cuts will be made after every round. Cheering, yelling, booing, hissing, whistling, and good-natured heckling are welcome and expected.
FOR MORE INFO VISIT: http://www.slamonrye.com/
THE HOSTS:
---> SAM PIERSTORFF
---> GREG EDWARDS
THE POETS:
PROUDLY INTRODUCING the SUPER spectacular, SLAMalicious POETS who'll be rocking the stage and blowing your mind at THE ILL LIST 8!
---> Joaquin Zihuatanejo (Dallas, TX) - 2010 ILL LIST CHAMP
---> D'dra White (Oakland, CA)
---> Sevan Kelee (Berkeley, CA)
---> Amy Everhart (Portland, OR)
---> G Yamazawa (Durham, North Carolina)
---> Rudy Francisco (San Diego, CA)
---> Elizabeth Sousa (Turlock, CA)
---> Novakane (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
TICKETS:
Admission to this world-class literary boxing match is $15 for general reserved, $22.50 for middle reserved or $30 for premium reserved seating.
Get YOUR tickets at http://www.thestate.org/
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