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by Kemila Velan
SAN FRANCISCO, DENVER, SEATTLE, ANN ARBOR — Newspapers – San Francisco Chronicle, Rocky Mountain News, Seattle Post-Intelligencer , The Ann Arbor News, Sun-Times Media Group – are falling like dominoes. Perhaps it’s because us newspaper people [...]
Treating the Writer’s Headache
Just happened to come across an article about treating a stress headache with acupressure, which releases blocked energy (or qi), which can help relieve discomfort and disease:
Sit or lie down, close your eyes, and focus on relaxing. Using your thumbs, put pressure on the points under the base of the skull – located in neck [...]
Writers’ Workshops for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans
SAN FRANCISCO – New America Media, a major multimedia news organization based in San Francisco, has been awarded a grant to start up a series of writers’ workshops for U.S. military veterans who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. NAM is seeking 20 to 30 veterans from a cross-section of the U.S. military to participate [...]
Save the Date: Support Group for Laid-Off Journalists, March 24 & 25
The South Florida chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists is starting a support group for displaced (laid off-bought out) journalists to share information about job leads, freelancing, health insurance, financial tips, and yes, feelings.
We may have guest experts stop by, such as financial planner Laura Walsh. That’s up to you.
The first meeting will take [...]
March 20: Writing Workshop at Borders in Merrick Park
by Angelo Pizarro
It was a relaxing and very enjoyable first workshop in the café at Borders Bookstore on March 6. Some members who read their work to the group were:
Andrea Wonsch, who read parts of a wonderful children’s story she’s working on;
Jim Stafford shared a spellbinding and dark tale of horror;
Naylet Leon shared [...]
Pablo’s Inferno
We found this really cool comic while wandering through Wondercon in San Francisco. Pablo’s Inferno tells the story of innocent boy’s descent into Hell and the fantastic adventures that ensue when he encounters some of it’s oddball [...]
Raise Your Writing Profile on BiscayneWriters.com
Write Your Life story and submit it to info@biscaynewriters.com. Keep it short and sweet – fewer than 2,000 words. Something like this.
Or, if you happen to be a screenwriter who knows how to create documentaries, submit a music video that shows your life story (we know there are lots of people on the Net who [...]
March 12: Tales of Travel from Around the World–And Beyond
Feel the walls closing in? Been a while since that last vacation? Need to get away? Come and spend an evening listening to travel-inspired stories, poetry and music ranging from the practical to the metaphysical, courtesy of some of South Florida’s best travel writers, spiritual writers, poets, and musicians. Whether you’re interested in a weekend [...]
Linkbaiting: A Good Tool for Bloggers
Ever since I was a child I had opinions.
“Nobody cool lives in Orlando!”
“Call me Miss Jackson, if you’re nasty.”
“Hawaiian shirts are totally cool.”
As the middle child, you’re always trying to get your two cents in…but no one is listening or taking you seriously (don’t worry, I shall not digress into a boo-hoo, woe is me [...]
Word Dancing at It’s A Grind Cafe
SAN FRANCISCO – On the corner of Polk Street and Washington Avenue, It’s a Grind Cafe hosts a monthly word and music series every second Monday.
I happened to find out about it while waiting for the 19 MUNI going northbound on Larkin Street. A bald black guy was telling another chic that he would be [...]
Today’s Memoir Blogging Workshop
March 9: The Career(s) of Your Life
I won a New America Media Award for an article I published on Latino.com about a Latina comedienne named Marga Gomez in 2001. I didn’t understand completely WHY at the time, but almost 10 years later, after seeing La Marga perform at the Colony Theater in Miami Beach this [...]
March 6: Want to get inspired to finish that novel or memoir?
Or maybe you just started your writing career and want to be guided by other seasoned writers.
Well, you will get that opportunity by participating in our first “Writers Workshop” of the year. Former magazine editor Angello Pizarro will lead this first session where you will receive feedback and support from other writers.
Please RSVP so we [...]
Unsilent Generation
“Information and commentary for pissed-off progressive old folks (and future old folks). . . because we’re not dead yet.”
Veteran author and investigative journalist James Ridgeway, 72, writes about the reality of being a senior in the 21st century. I have a particular appreciation for older people not only because my grandmother was the matriarch of [...]
2009 Pocataligo Poetry Contest
The deadline for Yemassee’s 2009 Pocataligo Poetry Contest is March 15th. The author of the winning poem will receive a $500 prize and publication in our fall 2009 issue.
Wondercon 2009 in San Francisco
The Moscone Center was full of comic book fans this weekend. Young, old, male, female – everyone loves superheroes.
It was interesting to see a photo of Jesus Christ on one of the tables…the ultimate superhero, right? He walks on water. He heals the sick. He doesn’t judge others. Villains can’t wait to kill him. Pretty [...]
