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Our group meets Thursday, September 19th from 6:30 pm to 8:30pm in the the Auburn Hills Library located at 3400 Seyburn in Auburn Hills.
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Mychelle Martin, Facilitator
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Glenn Murray is the founder of 220 Communications, parent company to 220 Publishing and Food Wine and Spirits Ventures. He has held strategic positions in the top U.S. companies including General Electric, Leo Burnett, and Discover started as an events company 220 Communications expanded to include divisions publishing, experiential marketing, consulting and music distribution. 220 Publishing has produced over 50 titles under the 220 Publishing imprint in its 9 years of existence as well as several titles under its private label publishing program.
Mr. Murray has created promotional campaigns for the arts, film, music, and culinary events. He led viral social media campaigns that have generated over 1 Million impressions. Over the years, 220 Communications’ marketing has expanded to include promotions and partnerships in Chicago, Detroit, Memphis, Dallas, Atlanta, and Milwaukee. The company supports a number of charities including Surge For Water, One Hope United, South Central Community Services, Gilda’s Club and a host of others through fundraising events and in-kind donations. He created the popular Food and Wine Crawl Chicago event and has expanded that to include 5 cities.
He has blogged for the NBC Chicago Street Team and is has contributed articles to 360 Magazine, and currently writes a blog titled “Stop, Look, Listen” for Chicagonow.com. An author, he was a contributor to “The Entrepreneur Within You” Book Series and wrote the book marketing guide “You Wrote It, Now Go Sell It”. He spent a year as an on-air personality at WBCP in Champaign IL. He was a contributor to the screenplay Love Miscarriage and has written a documentary titled “Praise and Worship”. He is overseeing the adaptation of 3 of the titles he’s published to a screenplay. “You Wrote It Now Go Sell It” is his debut solo title. He is contributing to several anthologies scheduled for 2020 release including “Perspectives Father and Son”, co-written with his father and “Lessons for the Little Girl”.
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Twitter: @glenn220
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Facebook: 220 Publishing
Website: https://220communications.com/
With his debut book, he’s planning a workshop JULY 20 called Free Publishing Information Workshop
Sat, July 20, 2019
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM CDT
Woodson Regional Library, Chicago Public Library
9525 South Halsted Street
Chicago, IL 60628
The organizer of Free Publishing Information Workshop
“Bringing You The World, One Page At A Time”
220 Publishing is an independent publisher based in Chicago, IL. With over 20 titles in the market across all genres including fiction, self-help, inspirational and instructional. We are actively seeking talented storytellers and game-changers. Let us help you tell your story.
WE WELCOME ALL AUTHORS FROM FIRST-TIME TO EXPERIENCED.
A Literary Feast from THF! https://www.thehenryford.org/current-events/calendar/a-literary-feast/
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How did Robert Frost become the most celebrated American poet in history? Join us for an intimate evening inspired by his work and his influence on modern poetry and literature.
Our third annual Literary Feast will feature award-winning poet Tyehimba Jess against the beautiful backdrops of the Robert Frost Home and the Pavilion on the Green in Greenfield Village.
Climb aboard a horse-drawn carriage or Model T to make your way to the Frost Home for a reception at the very place where the famed poet wrote “Spring Pools” and other classic works. Then open your imagination for the mixed-media experience of the Detroit-born Jess’ unconventional contemporary poetry at the Pavilion on the Green. Finally, enjoy a meal of farm-to-table fare from Michigan producers.
Tickets are limited, so please reserve early.
Tyehimba Jess is the author of two books of poetry, Leadbelly and Olio. Olio won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize and the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, among others. Jess received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2018. He is a professor of English at the College of Staten Island. |
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Do you have what it takes to convince a panel of journalists to publish your story? Find out at The Detroit Writing Room’s Pitch Your Story Competition.
Presenters get 3 minutes to pitch their business, nonprofit, event, cause or personal story in front of a panel of judges from the media. Your pitch should include why your story deserves to be told and what makes it newsworthy.
The first-place winner will have their story published online and in a print issue of SEEN Magazine. The second place winner will have their story published online at seenthemagazine.com.
Judges include:
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20 – National Day of Writing
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Bio: Both Shelbie and Hasani Ali became authors and relationship coaches through The Aboriginal Republic of North America. They have survived . The Ali’s share their experiences with infidelity, depression, and parenthood help inspire families to be dynamic, passionate, and purposeful.
Their company, Twin Flame Coalition, have spoken for Google, Central Michigan University, University of Michigan, and frequent guests on the A List Jams Radio.
Shelbie and Hasani specialize in developing happy relationships from a spiritual and health perspective. Their primary goal is to eliminate toxic behaviors from relationships.
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#MotownWriters Meeting Topic: In this meeting we will talk about how to monetize your blog. We have used our blog to promote book sales, course, and coaching programs. It’s a myth that you have to be a best seller to make money as a writer. Blogs not only keep your writing skills sharp, it builds your brand as a writer and keeps effortless income flowing your way. The best part is as long as you wake up everyday there is always something to write about.
Hasani Ali & Shelbie Ali
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About the Book
Thanks to a soccer-career-ending accident, Kayla Franklin has given up on everything she ever worked for or wanted from life. She’s been avoiding her family, living in a crappy apartment with her best friend, and slinging overpriced drinks ever since. When TV executive J.D. Baxter crashes into the bar and her life, she’s already determined that rock bottom is her destiny.
Retired NFL quarterback and semi-pro bachelor J.D. used his millions to found a unique sports station in Detroit—one run entirely by women. When he decides that retired player Makayla Franklin will make the perfect subject for a new documentary, he pays a visit to the dive bar where she works, only to have his world knocked way off its axis.
Kayla agrees to his documentary proposal and attempts not to fall for the playboy athlete who’s populated his TV station with plenty of women from his past. When he asks her to pose as his fiancée, things get hilarious, then interesting … and then smoking hot.
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Read Excerpt (980 words):
The bar was swamped by five o’clock, which was no surprise. Kayla worked as fast as she could, slinging the beer and disgusting bar food with what she thought was a fair bit of rapidity and the proper amount of attitude. She was the opposite of in the mood, which really helped her cope with annoyances like her manager, Brad, who seemed to spend the better part of her every shift staring at her tits.
But now, here she was, pausing with four huge pints of beer in one hand and a plate of disgusting, orange-cheese-like-substance-covered nachos in the other. Her. A former soccer superstar. The one who was going to take the women’s national team to … oh hell. It didn’t pay to dwell.
Nope, this was her shiny new reality, in her redneck Daisy Dukes and black halter top, customer eyeballs crawling all over her. When her face burned in its familiar self-pity-party pre-teary-ness, she set her jaw, plunked the beers down in front a group of random dudes, all the while leaning over just enough to provide a good view, then headed back to the bar, clearing tables on the way.
And then … it happened.
Or rather he happened.
Some douchebag with a smart phone stuck to his ear rounded a blind corner and plowed straight into her, sending the contents of all those not-quite-empty glasses of random booze all down the front of her halter top. He’d hit her weak side, the one that had ruined her future as a soccer super star. She sensed herself falling, watched it from a distance in horrifying slow motion. She knew she was about to break the damn glassware too, because landing on her bad knee always made her crumple like a Victorian hysteric.
Resigned, drippy, and clutching the glasses for dear life, she heard the razzing of a group of assholes all the while preparing to hit the deck. Until a strong hand gripped her upper arm, keeping her upright.
“Hey, sorry, whoa…” A gravelly voice hit her ear, sending an inappropriate shockwave to her brain.
She stepped forward with her other foot, which forced her to lunge into him while still hanging onto the empties.
He smelled like sun and outdoors with a hint of soapy cologne. Why she even noticed this, she had no idea. But damn. He smelled really great. She heard his rumbly laugh as she leaned a second too long to be considered polite.
“Yo, Baxter!” She heard some other male voice nearby. “Nice catch. Reel her in and bring her over here.”
The man, whose warm hand still gripped her elbow, raised one eyebrow at her. She blinked, acknowledging that he was, in a word, a perfect specimen. Tall, broad-shouldered and slim, with a model-worthy face boasting a trace of stubble. And, of course, he was wearing a damn suit. Her fantasy weakness—men in suits. This felt a tad contrived, even to her own overheated brain. But she decided to go with it, at least for now.
She’d gone so long without a man’s direct attention she sometimes thought she might declare herself re-virginized. Or maybe that would be re-virgined. Whatever it was, she was feeling it now, with Mr. Man’s deep blue eyes boring into her like a couple of laser beams.
She pulled her arm away and tried to resume a semblance of dignity, even as she got a whiff of the sour beer soaking her halter top. As if reading her mind, Sexy Hero Man’s gaze dropped to her exposed stomach, then lower. She sucked in her gut, then stopped, furious with herself for even thinking she had to do such a thing.
Yeah. Okay. Fuck this guy.
“Excuse me,” she said, making her way past him and brushing his suit-coated shoulder in the process. The shock of the contact almost sent her tumbling once again. Which only served to ramp up her anger at herself, and at him … at his stupid, sexy, awesome perfection. And her own wimpy, girly reaction to him.
“Wait,” he said.
She turned, still clutching the glassware to her chest like a shield, nearly deafened from the sound of her heartbeat pounding in her ears.
“I’m sorry. Can I … make it up to you?” He stuck his hands into his trouser pockets, his expression no longer predatory, more like embarrassed little kid.
“Stop it,” she said, her voice croaky. She cleared her throat and started backing away from him.
“Stop what?” He advanced toward her, keeping about half a foot of air between them. “I mean, I’m not … shit.” He ran a hand around the back of his neck, his nervousness making her want to giggle. What man who dared to walk on this earth looking like that had any reason to be nervous around her?
“Yo! Kayla!” The sound of Brad’s sharp voice made her flinch. She tried to relax as they maintained a weird locked-eyes thing while the busy restaurant traffic flowed around them. Her sense of unreality ramped up a thousand-fold when he moved into her personal space bubble and leaned toward her ear.
“I’m sorry. Can I buy you a drink later? When you’re done working?”
“Baxter! Dude! I told you to snag that hottie and bring her here,” his friend called from what she assumed was their table.
Kayla used the momentary distraction to take two full steps away from him. He was way too tempting. She was way too needy. But she had no time for or interest in some kind of a hookup. Although her body was sending her clear, opposing signals. Ones that urged her onward, made her want to flirt, to drink, to drag him home with her. She shook her head, and by the time he’d addressed his loud-mouthed table-mate, she’d managed to escape into the crowd.
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NILES — The Southwest Michigan Writers’ Conference returns to Niles this fall with a full schedule of skills-based sessions for aspiring authors. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26 at the Niles District Library.
The free event, which is sponsored by libraries in Berrien, Cass, and Van Buren counties, includes advice and instruction on many aspects of writing, such as researching a historic fiction novel, character development, comic book writing and more. Presenters include Barbara Belford, Marie LaPres (Erica Emelander), Barry Chessick, Carla Suson, Kirsten Jensen, Angela Sisk and Kate Collins.
The Southwest Michigan Writers’ Conference returns to Niles this fall with a full schedule of skills-based sessions for aspiring authors. The event is Saturday, October 26, 9:00am to 5:00pm, at Niles District Library.
The free event sponsored by libraries in Berrien, Cass and Van Buren counties, includes advice and instruction on many aspects of writing, such as researching a historic fiction novel, character development, comic book writing, and more. Presenters include Barbara Belford, Marie LaPres (Erica Emelander), Barry Chessick, Carla Suson, Kirsten Jensen, Angela Sisk and Kate Collins.
Businesses, groups, and organizations that wish to reserve space at the event can contact Andrea Burns at Niles District Library, (269) 683-8545.
The conference is free and open to the public.
Fri, September 13, 2019
6:30 PM – 9:30 PM EDT
The Detroit Writing Room
1514 Washington Blvd.
203
Detroit, MI 48226
You’ve said, “I do!” But, to what?
Many brides and grooms spend weeks, if not months, planning for the big day! The bride has to visit 19 different bridal shops to find that one perfect wedding dress. The centerpieces and bouquets have to be donned with the most exquisite flowers and accents. But after choosing the most quality linen, the finest cuisine and the most elaborate venue for the reception, many people realize they’ve planned for the wedding day—but failed to plan for the success of the marriage itself.
Once the walk down the aisle is over, many realize that they’ve said, “I do!” but they don’t even know to what!
In “Marriage Uncut II: Straight Talk, No Chaser,” five individuals share candid snapshots of moments in time where their marriage seemed more like a roller coaster ride than a “happily ever after” fairytale. On the other side of, “I do!” these individuals soon realized that marriage is about much more than the first dance and cutting a cake!
You may have something old and something new. You’ve found something borrowed and something blue. But, are you prepared for the morning after?
About the event:
At this book launch and signing, there will be a panel talk by the authors featured in the book:
Coni Hookfin
Angie Green
Tenita Johnson
Jermaine Johnson
Natasha Crawford
Orlando Crawford
You’ll have an opportunity to hear their experiences and get your copy of “Marriage Uncut II” signed. The event is free to attend. The book will be available for purchase for $14.99.
About The Detroit Writing Room:
The Detroit Writing Room is Detroit’s coziest co-working space to work and write. Whether you’re working on the next Great American novel or a business plan, we have professional writing coaches to help with all your writing needs. Looking for a unique space to host a birthday party, wedding shower, networking event, holiday party or other gathering? The DWR is now booking private events! Visit detroitwritingroom.com to sign up for coaching, memberships, events and more.
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The Detroit Writing Room presents the book launch for “Marriage Uncut II: Straight Talk, No Chaser.”
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MICHIGAN AUTHOR SHOWCASE
Join your peers and meet your fans. Promote, sell, and sign your Michigan book. FREE for all family-friendly Michigan authors and publishers.
Saturday, September 28
12:00-3:00 PM
Downtown Allen Park
Email jkibby@cityofallenpark.org for application.
Part of the 4th annual Made in Michigan Festival, a celebration of the state’s best artists, food, music, and brews. Over 15,000 people expected for two great days of eating, drinking, shopping, and dancing – Michigan style.
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