Biscayne Writers Services & Resources

This short film edited by Miami-based multimedia artist Christopher Moramarco just BARELY begins to scratch the surface of a story. It’s kinda like the montage section of a feature-length film summing up the emotions of two characters who have a history…but it’s up to you, the writer, to dream up that history with DIALOGUE. That’s what this online dialogue writing workshop...

by Melanie Feliciano Art Basel 2009. It was interesting to showcase writing in the midst of visual art at Miami’s Independent Thinkers inaugural show at the Mitrani Warehouse in Wynwood. We had to figure out how to grab people’s attention in an atmosphere where art is defined as a painting on a wall. Who would want to read a novel during an art show? Or even a three-page short story or...

It’s the best week in Miami: Art Basel. So many places to go, too much art to see, and too many flyers for this or that show. How to choose? How to choose? Allow Biscayne Writers to direct you to the Wynwood Art District. This is the area of Miami most beach people regard as “the bad part of town” and who knows if a crackhead will jump you in between galleries? But if you’re...

Multimedia art festival dedicated to South Florida’s premiere and emerging artists hosts fundraiser at Club 50 to support their inaugural show (November 5, 2009) Miami, FL – 3GZ Productions, in association with Club 50, Mitrani Warehouse, AV8 Productions, The Agency Collective, Biscayne Writers and Intuition Marketing (IM Events) presents Miami’s Independent Thinkers | Miami’s It, a multimedia...

The School of Comics, a free, daylong series of seminars sponsored by the Miami Book Fair International will guide the uninitiated through the 21st-Century renaissance of graphic novels, the term of art for what were once known affectionately as comic books. The revival of the format is not only one of the few bright spots in the mostly moribund publishing industry, it’s part of what educator Katie...

by Melanie Feliciano A year ago I started making video mash-ups after I discovered a tool called Clipnabber, which allows anyone to download a YouTube video. There are tons of copyrighted videos on YouTube, so it wasn’t clear to me if I was the criminal or if the person who uploaded “Legend,” “Clueless,” “The Matrix,” “The Day the Earth Stood Still,”...

Check JJ out November 11 at Bookstore in the Grove as he reads, “Headz.” Thursday, Nov 12th at Sweat Records 5505 NE 2nd Ave. Miami, FL 33137 Tel: 305.342.0953. Sunday Nov. 15th, at 3:00 PM at the Miami Book Fair International, in Room 7174. by Melanie Feliciano Biscayne Writer JJ Colagrande has published his first novel – not a coffee table book, not a handbook for Dummies, not...

Advice from the “Turtlefly” As writers, we are turtles by nature. We like to hide inside our shells and contemplate the patterns. It’s a necessary, and often UGLY process, which is difficult to SHARE with another person who may NOT be a writer, especially if they are…perhaps say, a social butterfly who prefers to be out and about flying from petal to petal. There comes a point...

by Melanie Feliciano Orlando (Oct. 3, 2009) – Bloggers are convening at Sea World this weekend to discuss the latest trends in social media. Some of the bloggers we networked with were Jeile Marie, Liz Strauss, John Raser, Mark Jaquith. One panel that we were especially interested in since the purpose of this blog is to “Help Writers Get Paid,” was “What Advertisers Want.”...