Upcoming Michigan Literary Events Member Recent Activity BookTour Metro Detroit Area Booksignings & Events
Agents, Editors and You: The Insider's Guide to Getting Your Book Published (Writers Market Library)
Alan M. Schlein: Find it Online: The Complete Guide to Online Research, Third Edition
Jack Neff: Formatting & Submitting Your Manuscript (Writer's Market Library Series)
Kathy, Henderson: Market Guide for Young Writers: Where and How to Sell What You Write
Novel & Short Story Writer's Market 2007 (Novel and Short Story Writer's Market)
A recent study by the National Endowment for the Arts showed that fiction reading is on the rise, especially among 18- to 24-year-olds.
-Newsweek April 20, 2009
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| Dec 2nd Michigan Literary Network Radio Show Lineup @ 5pm or download later as podcast
Posted: 02 Dec 2009 12:49 PM PST Every Wednesday @ 5pm You can call in to listen or ask questions at: 646-915-9177. Or visit the show’s website and listen online at: http://blogtalkradio.com/michiganliterarynetwork and download the podcast of present and past shows! That’s 5pm today (Wednesday). If you miss it, you can always visit the website to listen to older shows. http://blogtalkradio.com/michiganliterarynetwork
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| News from Plowshares Theatre Company
Posted: 02 Dec 2009 10:39 AM PST Issue Vol. 3, No. 1 December 2009
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| Mayapple Press December 2009
Posted: 02 Dec 2009 10:29 AM PST Untitled Document December 2009What’s new at Mayapple Press? News and Reviews: The Clock of the Long Now by Marion Boyer is reviewed by Jeanne Lesinski at 360MainStreet. “What the Dark-Eyed Angel Knows,” by Eleanor Lerman, was featured November 24 on The Writer’s Almanac with Garrison Keillor. Happy holidays to all our friends, writers, and readers! May 2010 bring you peace
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| What’s New from author Gail Gaymer Martin December 2009
Posted: 02 Dec 2009 10:27 AM PST What’s New? From Author Gail Gaymer Martin December 2009 Can you believe Christmas is almost here again? I thought I was organized but I’m proving myself wrong. I have too much to do, so right now, I’m relaxing and writing to you about Christmas. This time of year brings back memories for all of us, and I pray most of
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| Fw: Mitch Albom on the Art of Storytelling
Posted: 02 Dec 2009 10:25 AM PST Subscribe today to Writer’s Digest click here for details Writer’s Digest Home Page | Subscribe | Renew | Bookshop Share: Digg Facebook Twitterby Melissa Hill Reflecting on his career and looking ahead to the release of what he calls his most important book, Mitch Albom attributes his diverse body of work
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| O/T: Six Sites to Host Vietnamese in Michigan Exhibit
Posted: 02 Dec 2009 06:46 AM PST Six Sites to Host Vietnamese in Michigan Exhibit FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – December 1, 2009 CONTACT: Scott Hirko, Public Relations Officer, shirko [at] mihumanities.org, 517-372-0029 ext. 25 also in PDF. Fremont, Ann Arbor, Traverse City, Morenci, and Hartland join Grand Rapids to host exhibit (GRAND RAPIDS)—–The Michigan Humanities Council announces six sites will host its new exhibit,
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| Let It Snow @ your Kent District Library
Posted: 02 Dec 2009 06:41 AM PST Information, Ideas, Excitement! Do you have a childhood library story to tell? How about a recent story? Let us know and we just might share it! The Holidays @ KDL During this busy holiday season, make sure to
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| O/T News Fw:Dispute (continues to ) leaves TV studio idle at Detroit School of Arts
Posted: 02 Dec 2009 06:04 AM PST courtesy of Detroit News
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| O/T: Casting Call: Unity Studios / Lifton Institute Feature Film
Posted: 03 Dec 2009 06:43 AM PST The Lifton Institute for Media Skills is casting for a feature film being produced by Unity Studios. Please submit a headshot and resume as requested for each character.Casting starts immediately. Daily rate for each role.The Lifton Institute is shooting a feature length action/thriller December 10-16, 2009 and January 5-22, 2010, crewed by our Fall students. CHARACTER BREAKDOWNLONNY: (Approx
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| Tai Chi & Noel Night at Source Booksellers
Posted: 03 Dec 2009 06:28 AM PST Open 7 days a weekWe now have WIFI!ALSO @ THE SPIRAL COLLECTIVE Dell Pryor GalleryShowcasing work by emerging, local and nationally recognized artists. 313-833-6990dellsartgalery@aol.com Tulani RoseA lifestyle boutique for body & home care, candles, incense, cards and more. 313-832-2477tulanirose@aol.com Connect to SourceFollow us on Twitter to enter our Saturday
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| Tainted Mirror An Anthology Receives Four-Star Review
Posted: 03 Dec 2009 06:27 AM PST Tainted Mirror An Anthology Receives Four-Star Review! Tainted Mirror An AnthologyEdited by Valerie L. ColemanRating: 4 This anthology is packed with well-written short stories, most true life with names changed but very relevant. Behind the eyes of every inmate in the Ohio State Correctional Facility is a story. In Tainted Mirror An Anthology the
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| Fw: poetry, etc. from Rhonda Welsh – December 2009
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| O/T: Come Dance…Come Party At The Carr Center
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1. Guest: Ann Eskridge Call-in Time: 5 p.m.
Guest summary: Eskridge is an accomplished writer of various forms including books, plays and screenwriting; she has also written for magazines and newspapers and has served as a video/television producer and director on several media projects. Eskridge is currently the Director of the African American Studies Program and teaches at the University of Detroit Mercy, as well as teaches scriptwriting for various workshops and writing forums.
Ann Eskridge Bio:
I have been involved with media for almost 30 years. I hold a BA in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma, an MA in Telecommunications from Michigan State University, and an MFA in Creative Writing at Spalding University in Kentucky.
I have written freelance articles for American Visions Magazine about the Underground Railroad, Learning Magazine, Detroiter Magazine, The Detroit News, and American Profile Magazine–a Sunday national supplement.
I was chosen to participate in the American Film Institute’s Summer Dramatic Scriptwriting Workshop, The Warner Brother’s Regional Comedy Development Workshop, and the Sundance Institute’s Children’s Playwriting Workshop, three of the most prestigious workshops on film and playwriting in the country.
I have written for stage and screen including the PBS Wonderworks movie, Brother Future, which won a Director’s Guild Award, a CEBA Award of Distinction and a National Programming Award.
My book, The Sanctuary, Cobblehill, 1994, was chosen as one of the 400 best children’s books for that year and was optioned by Producer Bill Blinn (Fame), and Sundance. Although the book is out of print, Amazon sells used copies.
Two monologues from the play are included in Childsplay, an anthology of children’s play monologues. Listen as two young actors do one of the monologues.
The Sanctuary was also the basis for a children’s grief and bereavement program at Detroit’s Children’s Center, funded by the National Funeral Directors Association.
As a producer and writer, I wrote the documentary: Black Communities After the Civil War: Echoes Across the Prairie: a documentary about Oklahoma’s black towns, which won a 1998 Gold Apple Award at the National Educational Media Network and was part of two museum displays. I am the producer and writer of a series of college “vignettes” for cell phone downloads in China called American Life, retitled: Crazy English.
My non-fiction book, Slave Uprisings and Runaways: Fighting for Freedom and the Underground Railroad, was published by Enslow Publishers in 2004. I have finished working on a Young Adult fiction book on the Underground Railroad. And am writing a contemporary fiction book about an energy healer.
I taught writing and scriptwriting at Wayne State University and currently teach at the University of Detroit Mercy, where I am now the Director of the African American Studies Program. I also teach scriptwriting for various workshops and writing forums.
| 2. Guest: Dangerous Lee Call-in Time: 5:30 p.m.
Guest summary: Lee is multi-talented, and author of her current self-published book “Keep Your Panties Up and Your Skirt Down,” and the short erotic story “Till Death Do Us Part.” Dangerous Lee Bio: Dangerous Lee is an author, actor, activist, painter, and internet radio personality. Her short erotic story “Till Death Do Us Part” was featured in Zane’s NY Times Best Selling “Succulent – Chocolate Flava 2″. Dangerous Lee also runs her own internet radio show “Ask Dangerous Lee Live” and has co-hosted The Radio Happy Hour with Dr. Blogstein, both on the Blog Talk Radio network. She has left internet radio behind to focus on self publishing her first book, “Keep Your Panties Up and Your Skirt Down”, a book of erotic short stories with an emphasis on HIV education. About the book “Keep Your Panties Up and Your Skirt Down”:
“Keep Your Panties Up and Your Skirt Down” is a guide to exciting safe sex. Through the six tales contained in this book you will be entertained, educated, and eroticized. The title of the book are words my grandmother said to me and her other granddaughters when we were growing up as a warning to not have sex. After all, if you’re not equipped with the knowledge of the bad things that can happen when you have good sex you should not be having sex. This book is dedicated to her memory. Working in HIV prevention I have learned a lot and I have had the pleasure of sharing my knowledge with thousands of people. With this book I want to reach millions more, not simply for fame and fortune but because millions of people lack the need to know information contained in the pages of this book. People aged 13-24 have the highest new HIV infection rates and African Americans and Latinos have the highest infection rates in the United States. I equate a huge chunk of this problem with the lack of prevention education and sex education in our schools. Abstinence only programs do us no good. Abstinence is fine, but we must also educate ourselves and our babies with the proper information so that when they’re ready to get busy they can do it safely. We must keep it real when we discuss sex and inside the pages of “Keep Your Panties Up and Your Skirt Down” I get real nasty, real sexy, real deep, and speak the real truth about HIV. 3. Guest: Tamara Patterson Call-in Time: 5:50 p.m. Guest summary: Patterson is the author of non-fiction book “Issues of the Heart.”
Tamara Patterson Bio:
Tamara McLaughlin Patterson grew up in a large southern family as the seventh of eight children. Though she did not fully appreciate the sharing, the bickering, and the crowded bed space that defined her family life back then, she has grown to love and value her past experiences. “It is a combination of those good times, bad times, and the people God surrounded me with, that have strongly influenced my life. Though growing up poor was not always a bed of roses, I would never change a thing. It is those struggles that are responsible for my compassion, my willingness to give, my ability to be patient, my appreciation for the little things and my desire to love, regardless of the circumstances.” Tamara is a licensed minister at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Greensboro, NC under the leadership of Bishop George W. Brooks. Called to the offices of teacher and evangelist, she has earned an associate’s degree in Biblical Studies and is currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in the same, at One In Christ Bible College in Greensboro. With her husband, Julian, Tamara served in the Deacons’ Ministry at Mt. Zion for over five years (until answering God’s call to preach the Gospel) and co-facilitates a premarital class, “Before You Say I Do”. She has two adorable step -children, Jermaine and Arthur, and a wonderful godson, Charlie (Devin). Her inspiration comes from the many friends, family members, co-workers, and acquaintances who have entrusted her with their issues, because they value Godly counsel.
About the book “Issues of the Heart” In a world where women are more educated, more powerful, and more equipped to succeed than ever before, it’s ironic that so many beautiful, intelligent, and influential women find themselves in situations of deceit, abuse and self-destruction. The first purpose of Issues of the Heart is to help women take a long, hard, and analytical second look at their current involvements – and not only ask, how did I get here? But, should I remain here? Second, Issues of the Heart provides wisdom, strength, and encouragement, through sound biblical instruction, to recognize, and then move from, bad situations to deliverance, emotional healing and spiritual peace. Addressing issues that women deal with regulary, but far too often considered taboo in the church, Issues of the Heart covers a variety of topics: sex; poor choices in men; death; eating disorders; the absence of the father; being a responsible employee; and others. In this awesome collection of poetry, straight talk, applicable scriptures, and powerful prayers of deliverance, the overall message remains the same: Regardless of your past, your mistakes, your pains, or regrets, God desires to give you peace, and heal the issues of your heart. |
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| Let’s Talk About it: A Discussion about the film ‘Precious: A Discussion Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire’
Posted: 01 Dec 2009 12:52 PM PST SASHA CENTER and The Boll Family Center YMCA have partnered to facilitate a discussion with girls and women in our community who have read the book “Push” by Sapphire or who have seen the film “Precious” directed by Lee Daniels. Our two hour discussion will include topics on racism, oppression, child sexual abuse, black families and how they intersect to impact our lives as survivors and
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| Novi Public Library Newsletter
Posted: 01 Dec 2009 12:42 PM PST Beyond Books Newsletter Novi Public Library December 2009 Coming
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| eNews from Auburn Hills Public Library
Posted: 01 Dec 2009 12:42 PM PST eNews from Auburn Hills Public Library Auburn Hills Public Library Newsletter
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| Fw: Gifts for Writers from Freelancer Marketplace & next
Posted: 01 Dec 2009 12:03 PM PST Hello Writers: Our next Freelancer Marketplace meeting will be this Tuesday, November 17, 2009, at Borders Bookstore in Rochester Hills (on Rochester Road – just south of Avon Road) at 7:30 p.m. in the Cafe. We will welcome new members, discuss the business of writing, and I will recap the Ann Arbor Writers’ Conference for you. Our topic will be gifts for writers. With the holiday
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| My Favorite Professional writer: When it HAS to be…Said Write
Posted: 01 Dec 2009 10:32 AM PST Tweet http://www.twitter.com/pamperry When it has to be . . . Said Write You need a Hired Pen! Let my words make your thoughts sing . . . or zing! Need a crisp, clear memo to your boss, co-worker or employee? Need a writing that advocates for a position or action? Need a complaint letter that gets attention – and action? Put a professional writer to
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| Books & Beats with Special Guest Professor Griff of Public Enemy
Posted: 01 Dec 2009 10:25 AM PST On Wednesday, December 9 at 6pm, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History presents Books and Beats, featuring Public Enemy’s Professor Griff, who will be discussing his book Analytixz. Also in the mix will be authors Jessica Care Moore to discuss her book God Is Not An American, and Ber-Henda Williams to discuss her book
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| Introducing the Awesome Author of Retired From Man Hired By God!
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| News From The Michigan Literary Network | December 1, 2009 Author of Month issue
Posted: 01 Dec 2009 02:56 AM PST Get to Know Author of The Month: Monica Marie Jones Posted: 2009-11-26 14:54:00 UTC-05:00 Monica Marie Jones is an Author, Motivational Speaker and Radio Show Host whose published works include Swag, Floss, The Ups and Downs of Being Round and Taste My Soul. http://monicamariejones.com Recent book title: Swag Author’s blog: Inspirationista Ink! http://inspirationista.blogspot.com
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