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Author Angeline Boulley will have a writing workshop, “From Spark to Story: Workshop for Writers” from 1 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, July 21 at Avery Arts & Nature Learning Center – Hessel School House.
This building is located at 3206 West Cedar Road in Hessel.
Boulley will cover a range of writing topics, including plot, character, theme, voice and hero versus villain. The workshop will address how to question a literary agent, what happens during a book auction and working with an editor.
The cost for the workshop is $50 per attendee.
To help ensure safety, program participants will be required to practice distancing protocols and wear face coverings.
To register, call (906) 484-1333 or visit hesselschoolhouse.org.
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“At the zoo I had the chance to watch an anteater use its proboscis to stir up the dirt and eat insects.” “The garden was planted with flowers known to have pollen to attract bees and other insects with a proboscis.” |
Today’s guest post is a Q&A by Sangeeta Mehta (@sangeeta_editor), a former acquiring editor of children’s books at Little, Brown and Simon & Schuster, who runs her own editorial services company.
Like everyone in the book industry, writers have experienced considerable change over the last few months. Although they might be used to working from home, being forced to do so has impaired creativity and made it nearly impossible for some writers to focus. For others, being under lockdown has provided just the right push for them to finally finish their book project and research agents and publishers.
Please note: Although both agents answered my questions as best as they could when the interview was conducted in May, it’s a very changeable situation. Still, their answers suggest that it’s possible for writers to thrive even during unpredictable times.
Stefanie Sanchez von Borstel: While we’re all still deep in the pandemic, I am advising fiction writers not to center on the pandemic. We’re inundated with COVID-19 news 24/7, and so much is changing week-by-week that it would be difficult right now.
For fiction projects, at the moment I’d prefer to represent feel-good stories and stories that explore our humanity rather than pandemic fiction. As we’re all trying to figure out how best to navigate work, school and family life, I think we can all use laughter, hope and happy moments.
Leslie Zampetti: My advice to writers stands firm: write what you need to write. Write what you’re good at. Write what excites you. Trying to chase trends will drive you crazy. I do feel that writing about the pandemic while in the midst of it is challenging. Getting your thoughts and reactions down while they’re fresh, as they happen, can be cathartic and provide material for a later book, but I feel that trying to write a novel based on the pandemic means writing about events and emotions none of us have fully processed yet.
Not writing about the pandemic doesn’t mean you’re not thinking about its impacts. Leaving out those impacts will place a book solidly pre-2020, just as details about flying place a book either pre- or post-9/11. Details matter. I’m advising my clients writing contemporary fiction to think about how the pandemic would affect their characters, even if they’re not writing about it yet.
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and then also join us offline at Motown Writers Network meetup
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…Cherry’s stories are brutally realistic refusals to mourn what is most deplorable in life in the United States from African American male perspectives… Still a Man is a powerful book that speaks convincingly of intersectionality, of the inter- and intra-ethnic confluences wherein readers dwell…”
Dr. Jerry A. Ward, Jr.
In 2011, Willow Books had the distinct honor of releasing Still A Man and Other Stories by acclaimed writer James E Cherry. Praised as “one of the significant literary voices rising out of Tennesee in the early 21st century,” by New York Times bestselling author Alice Randall, Cherry wrote a contemporary yet timeless collection of stories about the everyday lives of black people in America.
“Come back, Eldrige! I ain’t wearing no gotdamn mask!”
–from “Ghosts of Salvation,” Still A Man and Other Stories
In this story about the interaction in a nursing home between a young black janitor who hears…
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We’re still meeting, just online in our Facebook Group
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Join in advance and let’s discuss your literary challenges and successes, plus receive tips and tricks to help you with your writing, publishing and marketing.
On June 13th at 10am, we’ll have special guest, Jesse A. Cole, Jr.
TOPIC: Spirit-Led Writing Techniques: “Accomplishing Your Writing Goals With A Spirit-led Strategy”
Links:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/JesseColeSpeaks
Instagram: www.Instagram.com/CoachJesseCole
Website: www.KingdomMogulCoaching.com
Books: www.kingdommogulcoaching.com/store/
Bio:
Jesse Cole is the COO (Chief Obedience Officer) of Kingdom Mogul Coaching. A Kingdom Consulting company that helps entrepreneurs grow their faith as they grow their business. The author of 5 published books, Jesse knows what it feels like to choose audacious faith in the face of doubt, and to have the courage to be unapologetic and obedient to who God called you to be. Even when you are uncertain about your ability to perform or execute. Through his Kingdom Platforms Coaching Program, he helps people cultivate their experiences, uncover the transformational principles that are hidden beneath the surface, and convert those principles into a message they can monetize.
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Jesse says, “I’m still amazed that I get to use all of my spiritual gifts to empower others to live boldly in their calling. Seriously, from teaching, to giving a word of knowledge, from using discernment or taking a worship-break in the middle of a coaching session, to encouraging a clients’ faith, no gift is left out! And that’s what I enjoy most about my assignment, not only do I get to experience the unforced rhythm of God’s grace, but I get to teach others how to do the same in their life and business!”
Jesse resides in the Metro-Detroit area with his wife, Shaleena, and two children, Dean and Nya.
Please visit this author’s website, connect with him online and support his literary endeavors!
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