T-minus one day.
Yeah, I'm freaking out a little. :)
I am speaking/reading from my book Liz A. Stratton Closes the Store tomorrow (Oct 23) at noon at WOU.
I am alternately torn between wanting a packed house to hear me read my spectacularly funny book and hoping no one shows so no one will know what a fraud I am.
Either way, I hope you'll show up and that you'll laugh in all the right places. :)
m
The WOU Writing Department Presents:
The Starving Artists’
Brownbag
Lunch Series
Calapooia Room in Werner from 12-115PM
Tuesday, October 23,
2012 – Maren Bradley Anderson
Maren Bradley Anderson is a writer,
teacher, podcaster, blogger, and alpaca rancher who lives in the Willamette
Valley in Oregon. She teaches Literature and Writing at Western Oregon
University and just published her first novel, Liz A. Stratton Closes the Store:
A Novel about Sex and Politics.
Monday, October 22, 2012
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Updated information on Jen Violi
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 – Jen
Violi
Jen Violi is a writer and a book coach, and the author of Putting
Makeup on Dead People. Her heartfelt and funny debut Young Adult novel is a
story of transformation — how one girl learns to apply lipstick to corpses, and
find life in the wake of death. Jen was a finalist
for the 2012 Oregon Book Awards and the Pacific Northwest Booksellers
Association called her prose "crisp, refreshing and effortless" when
they shortlisted her novel for the 2012 PNBA Book Awards.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
T-minus one week to the reading
Today is the first reading in the Starving Artists series at Western Oregon University. I am going to see Miriam Gershow read today.
Next week, October 23, it's my turn.
I had a dream a week ago that Kate Ristau introduced me. I stood, walked to the podium and opened my book...to find that there were no words, only gobbledeegook printed in red letters. As Kate valiantly stalled for me, I turned page after page, looking for any readable words as the audience became more and more restless.
At least I am guaranteed to not have that problem--in this universe, printed words don't change.
I do have a fear of a too-lightly attended reading. My husband has agreed to be there, and so have my parents. I'm giving my students extra credit to show up. Beyond that, who knows?
I suppose if no one shows up, I can't embarrass myself too much.
I am practicing reading my passage, but I think what will help most is watching Miriam read today. I like having models to follow when I am doing something unfamiliar.
By the way, I am going to post a recording of me reading to my website, either in front of the audience or one of my practice sessions, after the reading.
Plus, I'm going to have a copy of a short story available for people who come to the reading.
Plus plus plus, I am going to talk about my journey to self-publishing at the reading.
I hope to see you there today and next week!
m
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Story Beasty Newsletter!
Hi Everyone!
I am starting a writing newsletter. Below is a link to the first issue. Very soon, I will have a form on this blog and on my other websites where you can sign up for the newsletter. For now, if you want to see more of the same, please comment below or contact me.
Write now!
http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=161bf3c9d788608eae9d08486&id=c07282fb20
m
I am starting a writing newsletter. Below is a link to the first issue. Very soon, I will have a form on this blog and on my other websites where you can sign up for the newsletter. For now, if you want to see more of the same, please comment below or contact me.
Write now!
http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=161bf3c9d788608eae9d08486&id=c07282fb20
m
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Full list of the Starving Artists' Brownbag Lunch Series
Hi, Everyone!
Here is a full schedule of the reading series I am a part of. Please come see everyone you can. I am reading on October 23, 2012.
Thanks again to Kate Ristau for organizing this series!
m
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The WOU Writing Department Presents:
The Starving Artists’
Brownbag Lunch Series
Calapooia Room in Werner from 12-115PM
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 – Miriam Gershow
Miriam Gershow is a novelist, short story writer and teacher, as well as the Assistant Director of Composition at University of Oregon. Her debut novel, The Local News, was called “unusually credible and precise” and “deftly heartbreaking” by The New York Times, as well as “an accomplished debut” (Publisher’s Weekly) with a “disarmingly unsentimental narrative voice” (Kirkus Reviews).
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 – Maren Bradley Anderson
Maren Bradley Anderson is a writer, teacher, podcaster, blogger, and alpaca rancher who lives in the Willamette Valley in Oregon. She teaches Literature and Writing at Western Oregon University and just published her first novel, Liz A. Stratton Closes the Store: A Novel about Sex and Politics.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 – Wendy Willis
Wendy Willis is a poet and the author of Blood Sisters of the Republic. An Adjunct Fellow at the Attic Institute, Wendy has published in the Alhambra Poetry Calendar, as well as in Poetry Northwest, Clackamas Literary Review, and elsewhere. Wendy is the Deputy Director for National Programs at the Policy Consensus Initiative and the National Policy Consensus Center at Portland State University.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 – Scott William Carter
Scott William Carter’s first novel, The Last Great Getaway of the Water Balloon Boys, was hailed by Publishers Weekly as a “touching and impressive debut” and won the prestigious Oregon Book Award. His newly released Young Adult fantasy novel, Wooden Bones, chronicles the untold story of Pinocchio. In his other life, Scott works as an instructional technologist at WOU.
Thursday, November 29, 2012 – Alison Hallett & Erik Henriksen
Alison Hallett and Erik Henriksen are journalists for the Portland Mercury. Alison is the Arts Editor and Erik is a Senior Editor; they both contribute to Blogtown and have published on topics ranging from videogames to films to otters. Together, Erik and Alison put on Comics Underground in Portland, a quarterly local comic book showcase.
Here is a full schedule of the reading series I am a part of. Please come see everyone you can. I am reading on October 23, 2012.
Thanks again to Kate Ristau for organizing this series!
m
***
The WOU Writing Department Presents:
The Starving Artists’
Brownbag Lunch Series
Calapooia Room in Werner from 12-115PM
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 – Miriam Gershow
Miriam Gershow is a novelist, short story writer and teacher, as well as the Assistant Director of Composition at University of Oregon. Her debut novel, The Local News, was called “unusually credible and precise” and “deftly heartbreaking” by The New York Times, as well as “an accomplished debut” (Publisher’s Weekly) with a “disarmingly unsentimental narrative voice” (Kirkus Reviews).
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 – Maren Bradley Anderson
Maren Bradley Anderson is a writer, teacher, podcaster, blogger, and alpaca rancher who lives in the Willamette Valley in Oregon. She teaches Literature and Writing at Western Oregon University and just published her first novel, Liz A. Stratton Closes the Store: A Novel about Sex and Politics.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 – Jen Violi
Jen Violi is a writer and a book coach, and the author of Putting Makeup on Dead People. Her heartfelt and funny debut Young Adult novel is a story of transformation — how one girl learns to apply lipstick to corpses, and find life in the wake of death. Jen was a finalistfor the 2012 Oregon Book Awards and the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association called her prose "crisp, refreshing and effortless" when they shortlisted her novel for the 2012 PNBA Book Awards.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 – Wendy Willis
Wendy Willis is a poet and the author of Blood Sisters of the Republic. An Adjunct Fellow at the Attic Institute, Wendy has published in the Alhambra Poetry Calendar, as well as in Poetry Northwest, Clackamas Literary Review, and elsewhere. Wendy is the Deputy Director for National Programs at the Policy Consensus Initiative and the National Policy Consensus Center at Portland State University.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 – Scott William Carter
Scott William Carter’s first novel, The Last Great Getaway of the Water Balloon Boys, was hailed by Publishers Weekly as a “touching and impressive debut” and won the prestigious Oregon Book Award. His newly released Young Adult fantasy novel, Wooden Bones, chronicles the untold story of Pinocchio. In his other life, Scott works as an instructional technologist at WOU.
Thursday, November 29, 2012 – Alison Hallett & Erik Henriksen
Alison Hallett and Erik Henriksen are journalists for the Portland Mercury. Alison is the Arts Editor and Erik is a Senior Editor; they both contribute to Blogtown and have published on topics ranging from videogames to films to otters. Together, Erik and Alison put on Comics Underground in Portland, a quarterly local comic book showcase.
Friday, September 21, 2012
Mark your calendars! Reading Oct. 23!
I've been invited to read at the WOU "Starving Artist" series. Yahoo!
I will be reading from Liz A. Stratton Closes the Store, and other works. Plus, I'll talk about my road to self-publishing, etc.
Save the date!
October 23, 2012
12 noon
Calapooia Room
Werner University Center
Wester Oregon University
(brown bag your lunch...remember, we're starving, too.)
m
I will be reading from Liz A. Stratton Closes the Store, and other works. Plus, I'll talk about my road to self-publishing, etc.
Save the date!
October 23, 2012
12 noon
Calapooia Room
Werner University Center
Wester Oregon University
(brown bag your lunch...remember, we're starving, too.)
m
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