We have a date!
Please mark your calendars for Saturday, November 18, the date we have reserved with the Willits-Hallowell Center at Mount Holyoke College for our 2017 conference. Planning is now underway! writeangles
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More scenes from the conference
Photos by Sandra Walker. Keynote speaker Carole DeSanti addresses the audience. Literary agents John Rudolph and Kirsten Carleton. The panel on The Craft of the Picture Book. Left: Liz Bedell, moderator of the Truth and Lies memoir and autobiographical fiction panel, with morning speaker Lisa Papademetriou. Below: Audience member chats with Truth and Lies panelist
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Thank you
Thanks to everyone who made yesterday\’s WriteAngles conference a success. Here are some photographs taken as the day began with participants visiting while they enjoyed a light continental breakfast in the Willits-Hallowell center. P.S. We are continuing to accept flash memoir contributions. Please take a look at the latest, by Diane Kane. writeangles
An interview with Melanie Brooks
The following interview was conducted by Liz Bedell, moderator of the Truth and Lies: Telling Our Stories in Memoir and Autobiographical Fiction panel at this year’s WriteAngles conference. Why did you become a writer? When did the writing bug first bite you? For as long as I can remember, story has been the tether
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An interview with D M Gordon
The following interview was conducted by Joan Axelrod-Contrada, moderator of the Are You Ready? Submitting to Literary Journals panel at this year’s WriteAngles conference. Why did you become a writer? When did the writing bug first bite you? I wrote as an early teenager. I remember a long extended poem, “Black Jack,” in rhymed
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An interview with Naila Moreira
The following interview was conducted by Joan Axelrod-Contrada, moderator of the Submitting to Literary Journals panel at this year’s WriteAngles conference. Why did you become a writer? When did the writing bug first bite you? I’ve been a writer since childhood. I wrote my first poem when I was 8 years old. Some of
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An interview with Lisa Papademetriou
This interview was conducted by Joan Axelrod-Contrada. Lisa will be our morning speaker and will conduct a workshop called Secrets of the Plot Goddess. Why did you become a writer? When did the writing bug first bite you? When I was in fifth grade, I had a sudden realization – the books I was
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An interview with Susan Hood
This interview was conducted by Samantha Hoffman, panel moderator for Writing for Children: The Craft of the Picture Book at this year’s WriteAngles conference. What do you like most about writing for children? I love the playfulness of children’s picture books, the music in the language, and the way the words and artwork weave
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An interview with Jackie Urbanovic
This interview was conducted by Samantha Hoffman, panel moderator for Writing for Children: The Craft of the Picture Book at this year’s WriteAngles conference. What do you like most about creating for children? I love to see a child interact with my books and my illustrations. It is pure joy. Second, it’s an adventure
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Schedule complete!
Our schedule is 99.5% complete, and we are happy to present it to you, along with a page of presenters\’ biographical sketches. We expect registration to begin on or around Sept. 12. Please sign up for our blog posts to stay updated. You will receive important announcements in your email. writeangles
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