A week before award-winning poet and children\’s picture book author Richard Michelson participates in our WriteAngles panel \”Bringing Characters to Life\” he\’ll be on another one in Boston. At the second annual Boston Book Festival, October 16, Rich will join the panel \”Border Crossing: Understanding Social Justice through Fiction\” which takes place from 11:30 to […]
In a piece written in anticipation of the National Book Festival on September 25th, novelist Elinor Lipman (who will be on this year\’s Bringing Characters to Life panel) exhibits her trademark wit and wisdom. Here, excerpted from her article \”Elinor Lipman\’s Guide to Author Anxieties,\” is some advice for authors, anxious or not: “Don\’t complain
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Jo Knowles\’ blog piece was lovely [see below]. It reminded me of a post I did a while back on my blog. It was about writing the second book of my current trilogy and accidentally being reminded of the creative process for writing the first book. Since I\’m now writing the third book … well,
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Jo Knowles, who writes for the young adult market, will participate in the panel \”Inspiration Throughout the Writing Process\” at this year\’s conference. Recently she reflected on her journey as a writer, which began 16 years ago at a point in her life when she doubted her ability to succeed. Read Jo\’s \”Letter to Myself\”
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Guess who is interviewed in the September 2010 issue of The Writer\’s Chronicle? Our keynoter Andre Dubus III, that\’s who. The piece, titled \”Letting in \’the Other,\’\” is by Laura McCullough. In the interview Dubus makes striking observations such as \”I try not to say anything with fiction, I try to find something,\” and, \”I\’ve
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Even if you have an agent or publisher for your book — or if you have already published a book — it is still an excellent plan to spend your Saturday with us at WriteAngles at Mount Holyoke College\’s Willits-Hallowell Center on October 23. Read why attending conferences pays off for published writers too. writeangles
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The first WriteAngles conference was held on December 5, 1987, making this year’s our twenty fifth since two conferences were held in 1988. From the outset, and ever since, the organizing spirits were a handful of volunteer writers who joined together to produce an event that would inspire and inform. Soon after the initial event
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Writer\’s Digest included WriteAngles among its pick of 2010 conferences that assist writers \”to fill up on info without emptying your wallet.\” (Obviously this article was in press before we had confirmed our reservation for October 23 with the Willits-Hallowell Center at Mount Holyoke College.) Equally important as our bargain rates, we present a day
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We just learned the that our morning keynoter has received a major honor. The following is from her press release: Springfield poet and playwright Magdalena Gómez has been named a National Endowment for the Arts American Master Artist by NEA American Masterpieces Presenters, Pregones Theater of New York City. Gómez shares the NEA American Master
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Another planning meeting this week and more progress! We now have our morning keynote speaker and are thrilled to announce that she is Magdalena Gomez whose group Teatro V!da, some of you will recall, was a recipient of one of last year\’s WriteAngles grants. Also, our program is almost completely planned and we will soon
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