Biscayne Writers Services & Resources

This TED talk by Chilean feminist author Isabelle Allende isn’t new (filmed March 2007), but it’s new to me and to anyone who hasn’t seen it. In our real-time Twittering world, there is a dangerously growing perception that news that happened before this very second is obsolete and not worth anything. “We need feminine energy in the management of the world,” states Allende....

Check out the latest blog posts from Miami’s Blogerati! Red: VirtualGypsyz.com The zig-zag, non-linear life path de-mystified…kinda. Orange: MiamiYogi.com 7 Months of Brahamicharya, aka celibacy? Why? Yellow: UrbanMermaidz.com This blog hasn’t officially launched yet, but here is a preview. Green: MiamiWriters.org Supporting the Wallflower Gallery in its plight to relocate to South...

by Melanie Feliciano There are two major industries in Miami: Tourism and Real Estate. Everything else – advertising, pornography, wellness, dance clubs – depends on this king and queen. When I arrived in late 2003, it was relatively easy for me to find a job as a journalist with a start-up newspaper called the Biscayne Times. Publisher and artist Skip Van Cel tapped into the frenzied real...

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,”...