Scribbles - # 362 dated April 11, 2007
Salutations, Scribblers!
Come out tomorrow night, Thursday, April 12th at 9:15 pm to Stardust Video and Coffee, 1842 Winter Park Road for the Broken Speech Grand Slam. Your $5 donation goes to send Team Orlando 2007 to the National Poetry Slam. Ten of Orlandos finest slam poets walk in, and only one walks out the Grand Slam Champion. Do not miss it! Go to http://www.brokenspeech.com/ for details. See you there!
Orlando, are you ready to meet the current Kerouac House Writer in Residence? She is ready to meet you! Come out at 7 pm on Thursday, April 19th to hear the Orlando debut of Fay Hart at the new, expanded location of Infusion Tea, 1600 Edgewater Drive, Orlando. 407-999-5255. Fay will be reading with Brad Kuhn, Summer Rodman, and Darlyn Finch, also known as Big Shady and the Shady Ladies, the Poets of Shady Lane Press. Bring your favorite poem and read at the open mic to follow. To learn more about Fay, see:
http://kerouacproject.org/author/fay/
(map http://tinyurl.com/yvgavb)
Infusion Tea is Orlando's organic tea café. The menu includes over 70 premium teas and an array of organic and vegetarian soups, salads, wraps and desserts.
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Celebrations:
The memoir that Matt Rothschild began while a student at Rollins College was recently purchased by Random House. There was also interest from Penguin, Harcourt, HarperCollins and Algonquin. Congratulations, Matt! We are excited and proud.
Scribbler Terry Odell got two great reviews for Finding Sarah:
http://www.fmam.biz/reviews/apr07.shtml#sarah
http://www.fallenangelreviews.com/2007/March/ChrisH-FindingSarah.htm
Kudos,Terry!
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Short stories from The Wild Rose Press
http://www.wildrosepublishing.com/authors/terryodell.htm
Finding Sarah, February 15, 2007
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My Ladys Treasure is now available from Catherine Kean. To learn more, go to: my website at http://www.catherinekean.com/ Great news, Catherine!
Scribblers Sharing Info:
We definitely need to support WPRKs fabulous KATIE BALL in the NPR Public Radio Talent Quest. It is Monday, April 16th at 5 pm, at http://www.publicradioquest.com/ Katie will upload two minutes of audio for a chance to win $10,000 and her own pilot show that will be considered for funding. The public can take part in this, so PLEASE give Katie your support by voting early and often, as they say. Remember when the Scribblers pulled together and helped Als sons dog win Americas Funniest Home Videos? Well, Katie is even cuter and smarter and more talented than the dog, so do your part!!!!!
Check out all the latest opportunities and writerly news from Jamie Morris at: http://www.woodstreamwriters.com/ Thanks for the lovely kudos on Red Wax Rose, Jamie!
Go to Marge Clausers new website: http://www.clauser.net/ Enjoy!
April 16 though May 6
Residency #123
Artists-in-Residence Program
Artists participating in Atlantic Centers Artists-in-Residence program are composer Robert Dick, visual artist James Hyde, poet Alice Notley, and 24 Associate Artists
Atlantic Center for the Arts
Information: 386.427.6975.
http://www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org/
What's Happening:
Six award-winning local romance authors will be signing copies of their latest books on Saturday, April 14 from 2 pm to 5 pm at Barnes & Noble at 7900 W. Sand Lake Road in Orlando. Meet Dara Edmondson, Louise M. Gouge, Catherine Kean, Karen Kendall, Terry Odell and Roxanne St. Claire. For more information, contact Barnes & Noble (407) 345-0900.
Run up the road to St. Augustine this weekend to catch Connie May Fowler, Lee Standiford, and Janis Owens at Flagler College. See the attached flyer for details.
Saturday, April 21 at 2 pm enjoy Poetry Under the Oaks presented by the WT Bland Public Library and the Mt. Dora Library Association. 1995 North Donnelly Street, Mt. Dora, 352-735-7180. Sign up at the library.
Saturday, May 19 from 9:30 am to 5 pm at the Ponte Vedra Branch Library the NE Florida Chapter of the Florida Writers Association will host Shift Your Writing Into High Gear, an intensive one-day writers conference. For more info, go to http://www.floridawriters.net/ There is a low cost and advanced registration is required, so do not delay. Steve Berry is the keynote speaker.
We all know that Urban Think is the place for writers. Go to their website and check out their April calendar. Holy Cow! http://www.urbanthinkorlando.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp
Calls for Submissions:
The Kerouac House is accepting applications for next season. If Darlyn can do it, so can you! For more info, go to: http://www.kerouacproject.org/ Good luck!
Writers Digests Writing Competition Deadline is May 15th. Go to http://www.writersdigest.com/ for details.
Also check this out on the Writers Digest website:
Win $3,000 in cash. Gain national exposure for your book. Catch the attention of prospective editors and publishers
Writers Digest is searching for the best self-published books of the past few years. Whether you are a professional writer, part-time freelancer, or a self-starting student, here is your chance to enter the only competition exclusively for self-published books. THE CATEGORIES:
Mainstream/Literary Fiction
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Inspirational (Spiritual, New Age)
Life Stories (Biographies, Autobiographies, Family Histories, Memoirs)
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Reference Books (Directories, Encyclopedias, Guide Books)
Poetry
ENTRY DEADLINE: Tuesday, May 01, 2007
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Darlyn Finch
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