tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19270268565535367612024-02-06T19:59:50.580-06:00Living Writers CollectiveLiving Writer's Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04952740601795917933noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927026856553536761.post-65912969767234695012015-08-31T09:03:00.002-05:002015-09-17T10:32:01.065-05:00Wilmoth Foreman Presents "Housekeeping" Revision Strategies<div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="bcor-0-0" data-reactid=".w.1.$status.1.0.0.$editor0.0.0.$bcor" style="text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">NOTICE: THIS PRESENTATION HAS BEEN CANCELED AND MAY BE POSTPONED TO A LATER DATE.</span></b> </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">September 17 at 7:00 p.m.</span></b></div>
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Wilmoth Marshall
Foreman is a Columbia native. She has an MFA in Writing for Children and Young
Adults from Vermont College; is a teacher consultant of the West Tennessee
Writing Project (affiliate of the National Writing Project); and is on the
Tennessee Arts Commission’s roster of Artists in Education as a teacher of
writing.<br />
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Her first novel, <i>Summer
of the Skunks</i>, is on the 2005-06 Volunteer State Book Award Master Reading
List; was selected as a 2004 Book of Note by the Tri State [Pennsylvania,
Delaware, and New Jersey] Young Adult Review Committee; and was a 2006-07
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award Master List Nominee.<br />
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Currently and for
about 15 years, Wilmoth has written a weekly newspaper column for <i>The Daily
Herald</i> in Columbia. A collection of several of those columns has been
published recently. Like the column, that book is titled <i>Somewhere Along the
Way.</i></div>
Living Writer's Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04952740601795917933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927026856553536761.post-15022265610111804502015-01-18T12:36:00.001-06:002015-01-18T12:36:21.006-06:00Roman Tic and The Riddler Tie for First Place<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6FGYGVBbFui0av5ECzMI1E2Y7zMs23eC6IhJMdkf8O8kkbJcg7ZKAezbUc3DvauzbyiCcbyr1WSWyIQBoFsNpD-HXp4r2FCvgPrPkS17ipuPGkDBeKVjb7vo_bEqDn4mE_0DhovCm1uM/s1600/Winner-1-430x430.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6FGYGVBbFui0av5ECzMI1E2Y7zMs23eC6IhJMdkf8O8kkbJcg7ZKAezbUc3DvauzbyiCcbyr1WSWyIQBoFsNpD-HXp4r2FCvgPrPkS17ipuPGkDBeKVjb7vo_bEqDn4mE_0DhovCm1uM/s1600/Winner-1-430x430.jpg" height="200" width="200" /></a>We had a tie for first place in our 2015 LWC version of the Bulwer-Lytton
Fiction Contest—or LWCBLFC, for short, because I'm sure you can all
remember that. It was a night rife with exaggerated alliteration,
grating metaphors, in-your-face clichés, forced passive constructions,
lazy “telling,” melodramatic characters, muddled story worlds, and so
much more.<br />
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Roman Tic penned the dreadful "romantica" DE SOUL earning her the tie for first place. If only she and Alexander Xavier Harpe<span class="text_exposed_show">r
(who penned a horrid adults-only tale of flatulence and love of country
called OH, WHAT A NIGHT) would form a writing partnership, I am certain
the two could write some truly atrocious "erotica." Harper squeaked out
a third-place win for his gem. If it’s any indication of just how
ineffective their "lusty" tales were, the temperature in the room
actually dropped a degree when they read.</span><br />
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The author known only as The Riddler earned the tied spot for first
place. She wove a ludicrous little ditty of fishiness. It was so bad,
according to The Riddler, that she deemed it not even worthy of a title.<br />
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Ima Morona earned second place with her moronic story of rage expressed
through a Yoo-hoo bottle in a squalid motel parking lot. It was
unimaginatively titled INKY CLOSTRIDIUM GETS MAD.<br />
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Don’t worry. If
you didn’t get to participate this year, our third annual LWCBLFC is
scheduled for January 2016. Get your noms de plume ready!</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">The Living Writers
Collective’s version of the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest</span></b></div>
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Hello,
Collectivians (that’s a great new word I’ve just invented), it is the time of
year for our world renowned bad-writing competition. Maybe that should be
Spring Hill renowned. In any event it will be held on Thursday evening, January 15, at the Excel building at Rippavilla from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. This event
takes place annually and is sponsored by the Living Writers Collective
Uncreative Writing Program, led by Alexander Xavier Harper.</div>
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Anyone
interested in participating in this prestigious event should first consult "The
Bulmer-Lytton Fiction Contest" by Googling the site, reading about the latest
winners, and understanding the rules of how the contest is conducted. We use the
same rules of combat.</div>
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Our
official rules state that the winner of the contest will win a magnificent
solid-gold trophy, the winner chosen by secret ballot of the members present.
This year the rules have been modified to include entries from members not able
to attend the meeting. Entries may be sent by electronic mail as an attachment to
<a href="mailto:alexanderxavierharper@yahoo.com">alexanderxavierharper@yahoo.com</a>
for inclusion into the competition. Entries by e-mail close at 12:00 midday,
Thursday, January 15. Entries will be printed out by AXH and submitted to the selection
committee.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A winner not present at the meeting may claim his or her trophy (under the cover of darkness) from the home of AXH. It is
generally expected that any member submitting entries use a nom de plume (for
obvious reasons). A writer may create one or more entries using his or her writing
skills to generate a short, concise paragraph that best describes the object of
the competition, using humor or any other method to produce a fine work of crappy
literature.</div>
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Living Writer's Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04952740601795917933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927026856553536761.post-59883156260114313102014-12-16T08:45:00.000-06:002014-12-16T08:45:13.851-06:00December Writers' JamCome join us at 7:00 p.m. on December 18 for our last Writers' Jam session of 2014. We will be judging the young writers' contest, and if there is time left over, we will dive into writing questions, tips, advice--anything you all want to bring. We will be in the Excel building at Rippavilla. See you there.<br />
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Our first session of 2015 falls on New Year's Day, so we will not meet for critique in January. Our first session of 2015 will be Writers' Jam on January 15. I'll get a 2015 calendar out in the next couple of weeks. Living Writer's Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04952740601795917933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927026856553536761.post-25526519936133988532014-11-20T13:40:00.001-06:002014-11-20T13:40:40.544-06:00November 20 Writers' Jam CanceledWriters' Jam on November 20 has been CANCELED due to the Excel building
being unavailable now through Dec. 6 for a 150-year historic battle of
Franklin event.<br />
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Living Writer's Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04952740601795917933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927026856553536761.post-39089829011216929872014-09-17T21:20:00.000-05:002014-09-17T21:20:30.172-05:00First Writers' Jam SessionPlease join us Thursday, September 18, at 7:00 p.m. in the Excel
building at Rippavilla Plantation for our first Writers' Jam session.<br />
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This will be a membership-directed session. Here are examples of how you
can be prepared to contribute: bring your writing-related Q&As (we
all learn from the questions of others); bring writing-related articles,
book excerpts, book examples of techniques, etc. to read to the group;
bring your own WIP, and let the group help you strengthen your writing.
Anything is open (no critique readings--save those for critique
sessions) as long as it deals with writing.Living Writer's Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04952740601795917933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927026856553536761.post-53973976694868088412014-07-27T12:38:00.000-05:002014-07-27T12:40:31.777-05:00Landmark Booksellers Poetry Open-mic NightLWC will not be having a poetry nite in July, but I want to encourage all of our poets and wordsmiths to attend Poetry Open-mic Night at Landmark Booksellers in downtown Franklin on Tuesday, July 29, at 7:00 p.m.<br />
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You can take your poetry
notebook and read a few of your own, or you can just listen as others read, and
be inspired. This is a great opportunity to "test drive" some of the
poems you've been working on and polishing with the help of Ramon Presson's educational LWC poetry
nites.<br />
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Living Writer's Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04952740601795917933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927026856553536761.post-14794239291709036632014-07-18T22:48:00.000-05:002014-07-22T17:14:14.491-05:00Mary Ann Weakley Book Debut<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Monastery <span style="color: #76923c;">to</span> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: black;">Matrimony</span></span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: large;">Spring Hill Public Library</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Mary Ann was the publisher and editor of our LWC newsletter, <i>Collective Connection</i>; a member of our advisory committee; and the coordinator of our events. She was an active member of LWC for seven years (since the group's beginning) before her move to Florida last year. Mary Ann was also a member of the Council for the Written Word in Franklin, Tennessee, and is published in their anthology <i>The Gathering. </i>She was also a regular columnist in <i>The Informer</i>, a Spring Hill newspaper. Her book <i>Monastery to Matrimony: A Woman's Journey</i></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><i> </i>is currently a finalist in the Florida Writers Association competition--Royal Palm Literary Awards. </span></span></div>
Living Writer's Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04952740601795917933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927026856553536761.post-46942648558959368422014-04-18T13:14:00.000-05:002014-04-18T13:14:20.670-05:00Show and TellI hereby declare May SHOW AND TELL month for LWC. Get ready! More to come.<br />
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<br />Living Writer's Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04952740601795917933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927026856553536761.post-11942115970124532172014-02-24T09:40:00.000-06:002014-02-24T09:40:10.182-06:00It's Poetry Time!<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Poetry night with Ramon Presson is this Thursday, February
27, at 7:00 p.m. in the Excel building at Rippavilla. No matter what you write,
you can benefit from the focus on the rhythm and precision of words that poetry
offers. Step out of your comfort zone, and come out Thursday to learn how you
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If you're worried that LWC has entered Thunderstorm Thursday
season, don't be. Ramon explains it best in his poem below:</div>
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WHY THE WEATHER IS PERFECT ON POETRY NITES<br />
<br />
Doesn't it make you wonder?<br />
It's hard to argue, I suppose<br />
that the lightning, rain, and thunder<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">only occur on nights of prose.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Could it be that the heavens love meter,</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">in rhyme or unrhymed rows</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">more than the average reader,</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">and more than stacked blocks of prose? </span><br />
<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">--rLp--</span></div>
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<span class="textexposedshow">Learn more about poet Ramon Presson: <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://livingwriterscollective.blogspot.com/2013/08/calling-all-poets.html">Calling All Poets</a></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Wilmoth Marshall Foreman</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">FROM MEMORY…not necessarily fact…TO FICTION</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">April 17 at 7:00 p.m.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Excel building at Rippavilla Plantation</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></div>
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We’ll look at the
topic of memories as a basis for fictional writings. We will compare what may
have really happened— that tiny seed of memory — to the fiction it spawned, and
Foreman will use her writings to illustrate points.</div>
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If time allows, we’ll
list some "memory kernels," then write a factual memory of one of
those kernels.</div>
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Wilmoth Marshall
Foreman is a Columbia native. She has an MFA in Writing for Children and Young
Adults from Vermont College; is a teacher consultant of the West Tennessee
Writing Project (affiliate of the National Writing Project); and is on the
Tennessee Arts Commission’s roster of Artists in Education as a teacher of
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Her first novel, <i>Summer
of the Skunks</i>, is on the 2005-06 Volunteer State Book Award Master Reading
List; was selected as a 2004 Book of Note by the Tri State [Pennsylvania,
Delaware, and New Jersey] Young Adult Review Committee; and was a 2006-07
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Currently and for
about 15 years, Wilmoth has written a weekly newspaper column for <i>The Daily
Herald</i> in Columbia. A collection of several of those columns has been
published recently. Like the column, that book is titled <i>Somewhere Along the
Way.</i></div>
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We meet in the Excel building (white building with red roof
behind the main house) at Rippavilla Plantation - click<a href="http://www.rippavilla.org/visitus.asp"> <span style="color: #990000;">here</span></a>
for directions, and all of our meetings are scheduled at 7:00 p.m. Our Critique
Sessions are the first Thursday of every month. Our Creative Writing Sessions
are the third Thursday of every month. And our POETRY NIGHTS are the fifth
Thursday in months when there is one.<br />
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Jan. 2 - Critique Session<br />
Jan. 16 - Creative Writing Session<br />
Feb. 6 - Critique Session<br />
Feb. 20 - Creative Writing Session<br />
Feb. 27 - POETRY NIGHT <br />
Mar. 6 - Critique Session<br />
Mar. 20 - Creative Writing Session<br />
Apr. 3 - Critique Session<br />
Apr. 17 - Creative Writing Session<br />
May 1 - Critique Session<br />
May 15 - Creative Writing Session<br />
May 29 - POETRY NIGHT<br />
June 5 - Critique Session<br />
June 19 - Creative Writing Session<br />
July 3 - Critique Session<br />
July 17 - Creative Writing Session</div>
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July 31 - POETRY NIGHT<br />
Aug. 7 - Critique Session<br />
Aug. 21 - Creative Writing Session<br />
Sept. 4 - Critique Session<br />
Sept. 18 - Creative Writing Session<br />
Oct. 2 - Critique Session<br />
Oct. 16 - Creative Writing Session<br />
Oct. 30 - POETRY NIGHT</div>
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Nov. 8 - Fall Feast (tentative)<br />
Nov. 20 - Creative Writing Session<br />
Dec. 4 - Critique Session<br />
Dec. 18 - Creative Writing Session<br />
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2. During severe weather events, meetings will be canceled.
Severe weather events include icy conditions and tornado warnings. LWC is known
for its THUNDERSTORM THURSDAYS, and meetings <u>are not</u> canceled during
thunderstorms. When severe weather cancels a meeting, a group e-mail will be
sent, a message will be posted to our LWC Facebook group page, and a notice
will be posted on our website by 6:00 p.m. </div>
Living Writer's Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04952740601795917933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927026856553536761.post-75455185779243487802013-10-14T11:11:00.001-05:002013-10-14T11:14:02.995-05:00What to Know about Our Poetry Session 10.17.13<b>The outline and plan for Poetry Nite at Rippavilla</b>
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I look forward to our second meeting of poets this Thursday night, October 17, 2013.</div>
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* I'll do a brief teaching about where ideas for poetry come from. You are
surrounded by poetic prompts daily. We'll talk about how to recognize them and
develop them. Plenty of examples will be given.</div>
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* I'm inviting Danielle and Karen to share some of their impressions and
practical takeaways from the poetry workshop they attended recently during the
Middle Tennessee Writers Conference. Karen Aldridge was quite enthusiastic about
the session and what she learned from esteemed poet Bill Brown.</div>
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* I invite you to bring a recent or not-so-recent original poem to share
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* As we close I'll explain and make some poetry writing assignments. It
will be a few months before our next poets gathering so I want to give you some
seed and fertilizer to take with you.</div>
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Ramon</div>
Living Writer's Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04952740601795917933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927026856553536761.post-48576549959385761522013-09-03T07:27:00.000-05:002013-09-03T08:20:04.275-05:00What to Know About Poetry Night 9.5.13<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;">I'll do a short teaching
about poetry technique with examples to stir your imaginations for writing. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">I'll provide a prompt for a
brief writing exercise. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">I'm asking you to bring one
of your favorite poems (by another poet). Do not bring Poe's <i>The Raven</i>
or Milton's <i>Paradise Lost</i>---we're looking for something shorter because
you're going to read and simply tell us something you like about it. (Don't
mistake that for defending why the poem is good--it's just about <u>you</u> <b>like</b>
about it.) </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Lastly I'm inviting you to
bring one of your own poems (shorter than Homer's <i>The Iliad</i>, please) and
read it and tell us something you like about it. Yes, it's more than
acceptable to like something about your own poem. It's not bragging about your
writing; it's just enjoying something that you created. I want to encourage
your enjoyment of poetry (yours and others) more than your evaluation of it.
Writing poetry is not required by federal law so if you don't enjoy it, why
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<span style="font-size: small;">In later sessions we'll offer
feedback and some suggestions for improvement, but not yet. Especially
now but down the road as well I primarily want you to enjoy creating poems, not
obsess over perfecting them. If you enjoy the process of writing poetry
then you'll improve. But at the end of the day if you like your poem, that's
all that really matters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Visit our post <a href="http://livingwriterscollective.blogspot.com/2013/08/calling-all-poets.html">"Calling All Poets" </a>to learn more about Ramon Presson and to read the official announcement for this session. Ramon will be leading all of our poetry sessions.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">Ramon Presson
is an award winning poet trained under twice-Pulitzer-nominated poet Stellasue
Lee. As a senior Presson received Wake Forest University's and the Academy of
American Poets' top prize for a collegiate collection of original poetry. He has
been a guest at the Poet's Corner at Scarritt-Bennett in Nashville and is a
familiar face of poetry in Spring Hill and Nashville through his multiple poetry
readings. Ramon is a featured columnist for the <i><span style="font-style: italic;">Williamson Herald</span></i> newspaper and has
published a dozen nonfiction books. But his first love is and will always be
poetry.</span></span></b></span><span style="color: #444444;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">Ramon holds a
PhD in counseling psychology, is an ordained minister, and works full-time in
private practice as an individual & marital therapist (<a href="http://www.lifechangecs.org/" title="blocked::http://www.lifechangecs.org/"><span title="blocked::http://www.lifechangecs.org/">www.LifeChangeCS.org</span></a>).
</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">Ramon and his wife, Dorrie, make
their home in Thompson's Station along with their teenage sons, Trevor and
Cameron. </span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">POETRY sessions will include readings and poetry education. Watch your
e-mail and this website around the end of August for more information on POETRY. After September 5, Ramon Presson will be facilitating LWC poetry sessions on months with a 5th Thursday (about quarterly). See our <a href="http://livingwriterscollective.blogspot.com/2013/01/2013-meeting-dates.html">meeting schedule </a>for 2013 POETRY dates.</span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">Visit our post <a href="http://livingwriterscollective.blogspot.com/2013/09/what-to-know-about-poetry-night-9513.html">"What to Know About Poetry Night 9.5.13"</a> to find out how you need to prepare and what to expect from this first night of poetry. </span></span></span></span></h5>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Cataneo BT"; font-size: 16.0pt; text-shadow: auto;">Unleash Your Inner Wordsmith</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-size: 14.0pt;">August 1–30</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Cataneo BT"; font-size: 14.0pt; text-shadow: auto;">Living
Poetry Writing Month</span></b><span style="color: #111111; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="color: black;">
</span>(LiPoWriMo) starts August 1 as we lead into our first PINOT & POETRY
session on September 5. Unleash your inner wordsmith for thirty days
and nights. There are no rules (except to keep writing), so turn off your mental
editor, stifle those brain whispers that limit your ability to express
yourself, and bathe in the beauty of words. It might be a single-line poem each
day, or it might be an epic poem that you grow throughout the month, or it
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<span style="color: #111111; font-size: 14.0pt;">There is no
pressure to be perfect. The idea of LiPoWriMo is the same as NaNoWriMo
(National Novel Writing Month). Don’t stop to edit—just keep writing. If you
stop to edit, the art of raw creation is stalled, and once you turn on your
inner editor, it’s often impossible to recapture that creativity. If you want
to edit, try to save it for September.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-size: 14.0pt;">Your poems are
for you to enjoy and develop. You do not have to share them. Though if you’d
like to share them at any point, you are welcome to do so on our private Living
Writers Collective Facebook page. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-size: 14.0pt;">Even if you
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any writing you do. So I encourage you all to join us for LiPoWriMo.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Presents</span></div>
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Living Writers Collective is thrilled to announce that Karen Alea Ford
will be speaking at our June night of learning. What we don’t write can be just
as important as what we do. As an author and educator, Ford keeps a long list
of all the unnecessary stuff that clutters our writing. She will be sharing her
tips and craft techniques on WHAT NOT TO WRITE, and writers of all skill levels
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Ford is the new director of The
Writer’s Loft at Middle Tennessee State University. She holds an MFA in fiction
writing from Bennington College and is an alumna of Sewanee Writers’
Conference. Her short stories have been published in various magazines
including <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Eureka, Stickman Review, </i>and
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Riverwalk Journal.</i> Her short story
“The Next Guy” won <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Nashville Scene</i>
fiction contest judged by Ann Patchett, which led to a guest column in the
publication<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">. </i>She has written nonfiction
for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Images Magazine, Jacksonville
Magazine, Catholic Journal </i>and<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Auto
Restorer</i>. She is also an adjunct faculty instructor at Middle Tennessee
State University. You can find her at <a href="http://www.karenalea.com/">www.karenalea.com</a>.
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Living Writers Collective serves Spring Hill, Thompson’s Station,
Columbia, and the surrounding communities of Middle Tennessee. The event is
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(connect with Karen at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/karen.d.aldridge"><span style="color: red;">www.facebook.com/karen.d.aldridge </span></a> </div>
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Living Writer's Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04952740601795917933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927026856553536761.post-16514727887352863262013-01-11T09:37:00.000-06:002013-01-11T09:48:36.356-06:00Charlotte Rains Dixon to Speak<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-weight: bold;">FACING YOUR WRITING
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;">Author, Journalist, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;">Educator, Writing
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<b><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;">January 17 at 7:00
p.m.</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">I’m excited to announce that Charlotte Rains Dixon will
be speaking at our January creative-writing session on FACING YOUR WRITING
FEARS. This will be an awesome opportunity for you to ask an active and
versatile writer any questions you might have about writing and overcoming those
fears that hold you back. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Charlotte Rains Dixon is a free-lance
journalist, copywriter, ghostwriter, and author who also teaches and coaches
writers. She is the author of a dozen books, including <i><span style="font-style: italic;">The Complete Guide to Writing Successful Fundraising
Letters for Your Non Profit Organization, </span></i>published by Atlantic</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Publishing, and a series of <i>Beautiful America's </i>books including Wyoming, Oregon, and Maine.</span></span></span></h1>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Her fiction
has appeared in <i><span style="font-style: italic;">The Trunk, Santa Fe Writer's
Project, Nameless Grace, </span></i>and<i><span style="font-style: italic;">
Somerset Studios</span></i>. Her articles have been published in <i><span style="font-style: italic;">Vogue Knitting</span></i>, the <i><span style="font-style: italic;">Oregonian</span></i>, and <i><span style="font-style: italic;">Pology</span></i>. Her novel <i><span style="font-style: italic;">Emma</span></i>
<i><span style="font-style: italic;">Jean's Bad Behavior </span></i>releases on February 12, 2013.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></i>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Dixon is
also a writing mentor in fiction and nonfiction at The Writers Loft at Middle
Tennessee State University. She is from Portland, Oregon, and has an MFA in
creative writing from Spalding University. She holds a bachelor degree in
journalism from the University of Oregon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">This is a very special opportunity
for our group, so I hope to have a VERY LARGE LWC turnout.</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Visit
Charlotte Rains Dixon’s blog at <a href="http://www.wordstrumpet.com/">www.wordstrumpet.com.</a></span></span></div>
<br />Living Writer's Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04952740601795917933noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927026856553536761.post-78028610650187365432013-01-02T15:07:00.000-06:002013-01-02T15:08:40.710-06:00Congratulations Cece Dockins!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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LWC is so proud of you, Cece. And I am honored to call you my friend and my critique buddy and my fellow night-owl support pal who keeps me laughing through many sleepless, wine-drinking nights.<br />
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You are going to rock the horror literature world! <br />
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Living Writer's Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04952740601795917933noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927026856553536761.post-72420987066893150002013-01-02T14:37:00.002-06:002013-10-08T22:37:09.546-05:002013 Meeting DatesWe meet in the Excel building (white building with red roof behind the main house) at Rippavilla Plantation - click <a href="http://www.rippavilla.org/visitus.asp"><span style="color: #990000;">here</span></a>
for directions, and all of our meetings are scheduled at 7:00 p.m. Our
Critique Sessions are the first Thursday of every month. Our Creative
Writing Sessions are the third Thursday of every month. And our Night
of Learning is scheduled in months with a fifth Thursday.<br />
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Here is a list of our of 2013 meeting dates (check back often as new dates are added for special events):<br />
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Jan. 3 - Critique Session<br />
Jan. 17 - Guest Author/Educator Charlotte Rains Dixon<br />
Jan. 31 - 5th Thursday Night of Learning<br />
Feb. 7 - Critique Session<br />
Feb. 21 - Creative Writing Session<br />
Mar. 7 - Critique Session<br />
Mar. 21 - Creative Writing Session<br />
Apr. 4 - Critique Session<br />
Apr. 18 - Creative Writing Session<br />
May 2 - Critique Session<br />
May 16 - Creative Writing Session<br />
May 30 - 5th Thursday Night of Learning<br />
June 6 - Critique Session<br />
June 20 - WHAT NOT TO WRITE-Guest speaker Karen Alea Ford<br />
July 4 - Critique Session<br />
July 18 - Creative Writing Session<br />
Aug. 1 - Critique Session<br />
Aug. 15 - Night of Learning<br />
Aug. 29 - Critique Session<br />
Sept. 5 - PINOT & POETRY<br />
Sept. 19 - Creative Writing Session<br />
Oct. 3 - Critique Session<br />
Oct. 17 - POETRY NIGHT<br />
Oct. 31 - No meeting (Halloween)<br />
Nov. 7 - Critique Session<br />
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Nov. 21 - Creative Writing Session<br />
Dec. 5 - Critique Session<br />
Dec. 19 - Creative Writing Session<br />
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If you are not on our e-mail list, e-mail us at <span style="color: #cc0000;"></span><a href="mailto:info@livingwriterscollective.com">info@livingwriterscollective.com</a> to receive meeting reminders, meeting changes, and newsletters.
Living Writer's Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04952740601795917933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927026856553536761.post-66363964252507532302012-11-27T09:49:00.000-06:002012-11-29T15:16:29.097-06:00Night of Learning<div style="text-align: center;">
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Education Coordinator and author, Cecilia Dockins, leads our Night of Learning with a lesson
on plotting. Please bring a basic story premise to the meeting. You can bring a
story you are working on or just a basic idea (have an idea of characters,
setting...). You will not have to share your ideas with the group. This
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Read Cecilia Dockins at <span style="color: purple;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Side-Womb-Kevin-Bufton/dp/1480140597/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1354033480&sr=1-1&keywords=dark+side+of+the+womb">"Dark Side of the Womb"</a> </span>in paperback or Kindle.<br />
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Living Writer's Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04952740601795917933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927026856553536761.post-43444421586663908082012-11-11T11:15:00.000-06:002012-11-11T15:44:44.167-06:00Educator to Speak at LWC<!--[if !mso]>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Creative Writing</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Rabbi Rami Shapiro, PhD</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Director, T<span style="font-size: large;">HE</span> W<span style="font-size: large;">RITER'S</span> L<span style="font-size: large;">OFT<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">November 15 at 7:00 p.m.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I’m so excited to announce
that Rabbi Rami will be speaking at our November creative-writing session on
writing from an educator’s perspective and on The Writer’s Loft, MTSU’s
creative-writing program. He will also be leading our creative-writing prompt.
This will be an awesome opportunity for you to ask an educator any questions
you might have about writing. Also, I often get questions from LWC members
about The Writer’s Loft, so this will be your chance to get that information
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">From The Writer’s Loft: “Dr.
Rami Shapiro is an award winning author, poet, essayist, rabbi, and educator.
In addition to directing The Writer's Loft, Rami is adjunct Professor of
Religion at Middle Tennessee State University, and Director of Wisdom House, a
center for interfaith study, dialogue, and contemplative practice at the
Scarritt-Bennett Center in Nashville. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The Writer’s Loft: <span style="color: #990000;"><a href="http://www.mtsu.edu/theloft/index.php">www.mtsu.edu/theloft/index.php </a></span></span></div>
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appetizers to main dishes—anything goes for a potluck). Soft drinks will be
provided, but please feel free to bring your own festive beverage, wine, or
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prop or dress in something that portrays </span><b><span style="color: #000066; font-family: Andalus;">your favorite genre to write or read</span></b><b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Andalus;">. </span></b><span style="color: #663300; font-family: Andalus;">For example, if you love to write clue mysteries, you
might have a Sherlock Holmes hat, a pipe, and a magnifying lens. If you love to
write horror, you might go the zombie or ghost route with your props or
costume. If you like to write romanticomedy, you might wear a wedding veil and
a clown nose. Tragiromance, maybe wear a wedding veil and carry a bloody knife.
Just a few ideas. And, yes, I think I completely made up the words
“romanticomedy” and “tragiromance”—just wanted to show that you could blend
genres if you’d like. Have fun with your creations. For a little added fun,
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of how many to expect. Also let me know if you will be bringing a guest. See
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<span style="font-size: large;">LARRY A. WALKER</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">In COURAGE TO RETURN a man when faced with the diagnosis of his
wife’s Alzheimer’s disease gives into his weaknesses and chooses the easiest
course—he runs. As he sojourns in Brazil embarking on new adventures and a
journey of faith, the reader follows him wondering if he will find the Courage
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Walker earned the Master of Divinity degree from Duke University and the Doctor
of Ministry degree from Southern Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky. After serving
ten years in the parish ministry, he entered the U.S. Army as a Chaplain and
retired after twenty-six years at the rank of Colonel. He was married to Ellen,
his first wife, for forty-three years and cared for her until her death from
Alzheimer's disease. Later, he served as a hospice chaplain in Columbia, TN for
two years. Also an accomplished artist, he has presented his watercolors in two
notable one-man exhibits. He lives in Florida with his wife Natalie.</span></div>
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listed in the acknowledgements of Larry’s book because of the editing and
suggestions we offered Larry over a couple of years as he was in the process of
writing and revising this book. So I encourage you all to come out and give
Larry your support on Saturday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: black;">Guest Author: </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #990000;">Stephanie Faris</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 130%;">Author of <i>30 Days of No Gossip</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-weight: bold;">TOPIC: Persistence in Traditional Publishing</span><br />
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At Rippavilla Plantation in the Excel building</div>
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<span style="color: black;">Thursday, August 30, 2012<br />7:00 p.m.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Stephanie Faris is represented by Natalie Lakosil of Bradford Literary Agency and recently received a publishing deal with Simon & Schuster's Aladdin M!X imprint division. Her middle-school novel <i>30 Days of No Gossip</i> will publish in the spring of 2014. Faris is also a ghostwriter and freelance writer, and she writes articles for SmallBizTechnology.com and Healthline.com. She began blogging on MySpace in 2006 and reached top blogger status averaging 10,000 daily views on her blog Steph in the City. In total, she has authored more than 300,000 articles and blogs.</span> </div>
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<a href="http://stephaniefaris.com/" style="color: red;">Stephanie Faris</a><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: black;">(her current blog and author site)</span><br />
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<a href="http://stephie5741.blogspot.com/" style="color: red;">Steph in the City</a><span style="color: black;"> (moved from MySpace to Blogger in 2009 - no longer blogging here, but all her top-blogger posts are still available to read)</span><br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/stephfaris" style="color: red;">Stephanie Faris on Twitter </a><br />
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/stephfaris" style="color: red;">Stephanie Faris on Facebook</a><br />
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