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June 9th 7PM - Downtown Library: Cathy Holton, local fiction author talking about her third book.
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Saturday, December 13, 2008
#96 -- Events - News - Classes -News
Congratulations
To CWG members, Ray Zimmerman and Jennifer Hoff who recently completed the Bill Holmberg Arts Leadership Institute presented by Allied Arts of Greater Chattanooga.
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A local writer is starting a women's writing group in our community based on the "Zona Rosa" model, and she asked the CWG to pass along details to our members who may be interested in joining. As you will read in her invitation below, this group is for women who are interested in an intense and serious group that meets once a month for several hours. If this group looks like something for you, please contact Nancy Hatch Woodward - her contact information is included below.
Zona Rosa Writing Group
If you have read the Secrets of the Zona Rosa: How Writing (and Sisterhood) Can Change Women's Lives, you already know the premise of what the group would be like. The nonfiction book tell about a woman in Savannah who started a writers' group many years ago. But it's not just a writers' group, it's a place for women to explore their lives and their writings. They meet once a month, usually for several hours, and read their writing and share with each other "exorcises" they do as homework in between the meetings. It's really a serious group of women who end up having a lot of fun and helping each other through writer's block, truth telling, divorces, and celebrations. There are Zona Rosa groups all over the place now -- called subrosa groups! We would like to start one here. If you think you might be interested, please get a copy of the book for an explanation of what it is about. ; If after reading it, you would like to "join the club," please contact: Nancy Hatch Woodward, hatchwood@aol.com or at 842-6353.
Here's a link to the book: http://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Zona-Rosa-Writing-Sisterhood/dp/0805077804/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1227219209&sr=8-2
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FREE Poetry Workshop
Downtown Hamilton Country Library on Monday evening December 15 from 7-9 (also okay to bring any work under 500 words).
If interested please contact: crpress_org@yahoo.com so they can know how many to plan for. Also, you can check out our website for further details at crpress.org .
Bring 15 copies of your work
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SMOKY MOUNTAIN ROMANCE WRITERS PRESENTS DEBRA DIXON
BOOK IN A DAY WORKSHOP
Saturday, January 10th 2009 from 9 to 5 at Pellissippi State Community College
fee for SMRW members--0
fee for RWA members--30
fee for nonmembers-- 50
More information at smrw.org.
Please contact Juli Heaton, juliheaton@yahoo.com to register. RSVP with maybe\'s if possible to aid in planning.Debra\'s a bestselling author currently at work on her eleventh book, and has served as Vice-President for Romance Writers of America, an organization of over 9,000 writers. In 2003 RWA honored Debra with the national Emma Merritt Service Award, recognizing her contributions to writers and the organization.
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The Beatniks are Back --- A benefit for the Trenton Arts Council
The Trenton Arts Council is again presenting a beatnik Poetry Reading.
The poets, including Naman Crowe, Bob Dombrowki, Ray Zimmerman, and Ginnie Sams, among others, are poets who have read at the previous beatnik readings.
The Drum Circle will accompany the poets. The Drum Circle is a collaboration of drummers that have been playing together for several years. They will provide an accentuation of the rhythms of the poems and a distinctive backdrop that anchors the poetic voice to the recitations and incantations that have been present since the emergence of our civilization.
The popularity of the beatnik readings verifies a continuity of response to the emotional appeal of the beatnik legend.
Accompanying the poets will be several modern dancers from Contrapasso, including Katie Kasch, the artistic director, giving an even more theatrical edge to the performance. Contrapasso has built a reputation of bold and experimental choreography.
Contrapasso Theater
1800 Rossville Avenue [off Main Street ]
Saturday, January 17
8 pm
Admission: $10
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Filed by Author -- new concept
Now is the time for all good authors to claim their pages! If you're a published author in the U.S. or Canada, chances are you already have a page at filed by author -- a massive new directory with more than 1.2 million author pages, launching in early 2009.During our exclusive Private Beta, published authors are invited to claim, edit and view their pages.Filed by author is open to authors in all genres -- whether self-published or with a publisher. Claim your author page. www.filedby.com
Email info@filedby.com for more information
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Urbandictionary.com
Roy Blount, Jr suggests that you use http://www.urbandictionary.com/ to look up that word that you are looking for.
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Thursday, December 4, 2008
#95 Contests - New Publications - Writing Info
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The Writer's Show
The Chattanooga Writer's Guild's own Karen Phillips guests on The Writers Show this Sunday, December 7, at 1 pm. Karen talks about networking with other writers, blogging, the guild, writing for the Christian market and shares some of work that has won awards. Listen in the Chattanooga area on 91.5 FM or through live streaming on the Internet at http://www.wawl.org/ (click Listen Live). For more information, contact Joan Hetzler at thewritersshow@gmail.com or visit www.geocities.com/thewritersshow/thewritersshow.html.
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42 Contest deadlines between Dec 15 and Jan 15
Got something to submit. Here is where to do it.
http://pw.org/content/submission_calendar
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Looking for a good Book?
Here are 100 Notable books and their reviews as seen in the New York Times Book Review. Naturally all of these books can be found in your local bookstore's shelves. If not try the library why not order a copy and donate it to them.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/07/books/review/100Notable-t.html?_r=1
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CHATTER Magazine Appears
A new magazine appeared in Chattanooga's market. Published on the 1st of every month the new CHATTER has Karen Berry as Executive Editor and Emily Lilley as Associate Editor. It is published by Target Publishing a division of Chattanooga Publishing Company. Articles in the first issue were by Nancy Henderson, Andy Johns, Cindy Carroll, Emily Lilley, Noelle Lowery, Holly Leber, Kelli Gauthier and David Paschall.
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CreateHere has 24-hours of Main Street Frolic
We would like to invite everyone to check out CreateHere's Dec. 6th event of the year. http://mainx24.com/ This event is fun and free to check out the area and art of the area.
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John Mannone's Poem Published
"Midnight Mass," appears in the December issue of the American Diversity Report (an online magazine based in Chattanooga). See the Faith & Inspiration section. The autobiographical prose poem, "Keeping Warm," will be forthcoming in Jan or Feb 2009. http://www.americandiversityreport.com/
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Monique Holeyfield's Interview Dec. 27th
The author of Letters from Prison's will be interviewed on Saturday, December 27 on Andrea Perry's community health/lifestyle radio show, “Caring for the Community”. It will air from 11am to 12pm. Monique's project has recently gone to a second printing and has been sold to school counselors in five countries.
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So you want to be a Writer
Some great ideas and suggestions that you can start to follow to be a writer. Only you can do it. Begin today.
http://lifelearningtoday.com/2007/06/28/so-you-want-to-be-a-writer/
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ONLINE SWEEPSTAKES
A cool free sweepstakes is happening over at the Writer's Digest Web site, where you can enter to win a free copy of the new book, Pep Talks, Warnings & Screeds, as well as other awesome stuff.
Here's a little about the book: "In Pep Talks, Warnings & Screeds, acclaimed Southern story writer and novelist George Singleton serves up everything you ever need to know to become a real writer (meaning one who actually writes), in bite-sized aphorisms. It's Nietzsche's Beyond Good & Evil meets Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird. It's cough syrup that tastes like chocolate cake. In other words, don't expect to get better unless you get a good dose of it, maybe two."
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