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David Mamet’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Drama ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ is at The Ringwald Theatre

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Patrick Loos (George Aaronow), Dave Moss (Dax Anderon), Travis Reiff (Richard Roma), Joe Bailey (Shelley Levene) click pic for review

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Career 101 Tip #1: So You Think You Need a Mentor?

andreadanielpoet:

If you’ve ever wished you had a mentor, here are some tips to get you started in your search.

Originally posted on The Melanin Diaries:

One valuable stop on the road to professional development is being coached by a good mentor.

If you’re sitting at work and the thing that’s looming in the back of your mind is “I wish I could get better at  ______, this is the perfect time to look for a mentor.

If you just finished your annual review with your manager (these can be stressful) and she/he advises you to improve or develop your ______ skills to get ready for promotion (or because that skill has slipped), it’s also a good time to consider mentoring. Your job may depend on it.

Many years ago in a former life, I was a Human Resources Rep and I still enjoy mentoring/coaching, consulting on professional development, and career planning so I thought I’d share a little info on the topic.

HOW TO IDENTIFY A POTENTIAL MENTOR:

Choose your mentor wisely.

Traits to look…

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Soul Writers Retreat #michlit Feb 15 @6pm

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#MichLit Radio w/book industry expert @Porter_Anderson

Click here to hear the interview:

Guest summary: Porter Anderson is a journalist, critic, writer, and speaker in publishing.

Porter Anderson bio:

Porter Ander­son, BA, MA, MFA, is a Fel­low with the National Crit­ics Insti­tute and has done spe­cial read­ings in the psy­chol­ogy of the arts at the Uni­ver­sity of Bath, UK. As a jour­nal­ist, he has worked with three net­works of CNN (CNN USA, CNN Inter­na­tional, CNN.com) and was on the lead devel­op­ment team for CNN.com Live. He also has worked on The Vil­lage Voice, Dal­las Times Her­ald, D Mag­a­zine, Sara­sota Herald-Tribune and other out­lets. He writes the weekly (Thurs­days) WRITING ON THE ETHER col­umn at JaneFriedman.com and (Mon­days) ETHER FOR AUTHORS col­umn at PublishingPerspectives.com. Ander­son also is a reg­u­lar con­trib­u­tor to WriterUnboxed.com and to Dig­i­tal Book World’s (DigiBookWorld.com) Expert Pub­lish­ing Blog. He has been posted by the United Nations to Rome (P-5, laissez-passer) for the World Food Pro­gramme, and served as Exec­u­tive Pro­ducer to INDEX: Design to Improve Life in Copen­hagen. He is based in Tampa and his pri­mary medium is Twit­ter.www.PorterAnderson.com Fol­low him @Porter_Anderson

Motown Writers Network Local Author Debuts Story Collection That Reveals the Human Spirit

PRESS RELEASE January 20th, 2015 For Immediate Release Contact: Marisa Anstey marisa 217-898-8198 220 Communications Inc. Local Author Debuts Story Collection That Reveals the Human Spirit Open Boxes- the gifts of living a full and connected life by Christine Organ January 2015, Chicago, IL Blogger, freelance writer, and author Christine Organ releases a debut story collection that reveals the sacred through everyday living. Like a skilled weaver, Organ laces personal insights, anecdotes, and observations into a skilled tapestry of the human spirit. Book Description Through stories about everything from spirituality and parenting, self-acceptance and friendship, shopping at Old Navy and bowling with preschoolers, readers will be inspired to gently lift the lids off of their compartmentalized lives and tie together the torn and tattered pieces that lie inside in order to live more fully and connect more deeply with the people and world around them. Open Boxes is filled with stories of comfort, struggle, heartache, joy, insight, compassion, resilience, and redemption. Like a cup of coffee with a good friend, the stories will soothe and inspire, uplift and motivate, entertain and encourage. About the Author Christine Organ lives in the Chicago suburbs with her husband, two sons, a fish, a gecko, and a couple of naughty-but-lovable dogs. A pragmatic believer and hopeful optimist, Christine writes about faith, love, and the human condition. She writes at http://www.christineorgan.com and has appeared on Headline News (a division of CNN). Her work also appears on Huffington Post, Scary Mommy, Patheos, Mamalode, and RELEVANT. Open Boxes- the gifts of living a full and connected life by Christine Organ ISBN-13: 978-1634523660 ISBN-10: 1634523660 Price: $15.28 USD Trade Paper Pages: 254, 5.5 x 0.6 x 8.5 inches Published by 220 Publishing Distributed by Ingram

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Motown Writers Network 220 Communications Inc. Press Announcement

PRESS RELEASE January 16th, 2015/Day/Year For Immediate Release Contact: Marisa Anstey marisa@220communications.com 1-866-533-9884 220 Communications Inc. Author Helps Readers Remember the “Little Girl” They Left Behind Jaime A. Gill Releases “Lessons For The Little Girl” Chicago, IL – Jan 16th: Life Coach and Radio Show Co Host Jaime A. Gill has created a book that she hopes awakens the “little girl” in many adult age women. Lessons For the Little Girl (220 Publishing) was written a celebration of Gill’s childhood and an opportunity for other females to embrace their lives at every stage of development. Ultimately she dreams that this book will serve as a tool to create conversation between the generations. The book has been featured locally on Chicago television and Ms. Gill has made a number of appearances and signings in support of the release. Jaime A. Gill has served as a certified life coach and radio show co-host of the L.O.V.E. PERSPECTIVE (LIVES OF VISION AND EMPOWERMENT) she is able to combine her passions and experience to deliver a message that will inspire, educate, and enlighten. She is a sought after speaker who travels throughout the US leading workshops on sexual violence, women’s issues, and empowerment. Jaime serves on the board of Awaken-Inc., Faith Ambassador for P.A.V.E (Promoting Awareness Victim Empowerment), and she also supports GEMS (Girls Educational Mentoring Services). These organizations are dedicated to providing awareness and prevention against sexual assault, domestic violence, and the exploitation and trafficking of women and girls. Jaime’s name in French literally translates “to love” which is what she hopes to reflect to the world through her life’s works. Lessons For the Little Girl is available wherever books are sold. Add any trademarks here

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Michigan Literary Network

The Motown Literary Network has been live on blogtalkradio.com since fall of 2009, with nearly 10,000 downloads. Our 30 minute, weekly show airs Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. EST with a focus on everything related to the literary world, from the writing process to author highlights to the nuts and bolts of publishing. Although the show can be heard by listeners all over the world, and our guests may come from all over the country, our target audience is readers and writers in Michigan with an interest in the Michigan literary community. Established in 2000, Motown Writers Network and The Michigan Literary Network were created to strengthen Michigan’s Literary Community. Drawing readers, writers, authors, poets and more together, the networks’ mission is to connect readers to Michigan literary works, educate and connect writers and poets to resources, provide events and venues for authors to showcase their work and a lot more. To sign up for updates on The Michigan Literary Network, click here. Visit our website and help strengthen the Michigan Literary Network, by sending our information to other readers and writers!

Notes frm #MotownWriters @Meetup 1/10/15…Add yr own New Year Goals and Tips

New Year Literary Endeavors

Baby steps count too

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Discussion outline of our January monthly meetup at The Detroit Public Library Main Branch. We meet every 2nd Saturday from 10am to Noon. Interested in Joining us next month, please feel free to come or RSVP at http://meetup.com/michiganliterarynetwork.

Please feel free to share this post with another writer, author, poet or group!

Writing Goals

Realistic Monthly Writing Goals

Word Count

Page Count

Publishing Goals

Set timelines.

Get a publishing buddy

Find someone who is ahead of the publishing goals and help them out to learn from them

Marketing

Offline – placing marketing material places in state and out of state

Visiting networking groups related to book or the writing industry

Supporting other authors and ppl in your book’s genre

Online

Social networks

Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Google, Youtube

Produce one audio file and one video file a month

Produce one blog post a month

Get a free account at Hootsuite to make posting easier for yourself

Promotion

Find one event to speak at, perform at, teach at… online or off line.

Easy one… check out blogtalkradio and set up an interview for yourself

Get a blog to be featured on

Offline… check out churches, library or youth groups in the area to speak at about your genre, specialty or book

Overall

Get a buddy

Budget monthly

Do ONE thing in your goal sheet and then next month try to do two things and next month do three… and so on

Come back to Motown Writers and give us an update.

January group goal

Take one selfie of you and another writer. Post it to social media with a hashtag of #motownlit

Resources
http://www.writersdigest.com/writing-articles/by-writing-goal/get-published-sell-my-work

Now add your beginning of the year goals and any tips you can offer to other writers! See you next meeting.

RSVP now at http://meetup.com/michiganliterarynetwork

 

30 Day Writing Challenge- Blog challenge! Part1 #amwriting #motownlit

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Motown Literary Network

The Motown Literary Network has been live on blogtalkradio.com since fall of 2009, with nearly 10,000 downloads. Our 30 minute, weekly show airs Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. EST with a focus on everything related to the literary world, from the writing process to author highlights to the nuts and bolts of publishing. Although the show can be heard by listeners all over the world, and our guests may come from all over the country, our target audience is readers and writers in Michigan with an interest in the Michigan literary community. Established in 2000, Motown Writers Network and The Michigan Literary Network were created to strengthen Michigan’s Literary Community. Drawing readers, writers, authors, poets and more together, the networks’ mission is to connect readers to Michigan literary works, educate and connect writers and poets to resources, provide events and venues for authors to showcase their work and a lot more. To sign up for updates on The Michigan Literary Network, click here. Visit our website and help strengthen the Michigan Literary Network, by sending our information to other readers and writers!

#MotownWriters Monthly @Meetup Jan 10th New Loc: @DetroitLibrary Main Branch

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•  RSVP NOW

  Saturday, January 10, 2015

  10:00 AM to 12:00 PM

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  Detroit Library – Main

  5201 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI (edit map)

• on the 3rd floor. Check w/security to be sure.

• This is the Detroit Motown Writers Meetup where special guest speakers talk about their literary journey, we share our challenges and struggles and we help each other.

  Want to announce an event? Want to share your book struggles?

  Want to announce your book’s birth?

  Got a question! Come in! Join us!

  Donations are asked, but donation of your time means a lot as well.

  Please take note of our new location in the Detroit Public Library on the 3rd floor, but if confused just as security on the first floor that will tell you exactly where we will be at… Can’t wait to see you.. And you’ll have to bring your own coffee!

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Write and write and write until…. #amwriting

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motownwriters. com 2014 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 9,000 times in 2014. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 3 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.

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