Tuesday, June 12, 2012
July 2012 Meeting
Saturday, July 14, 2:00 p.m., Dorris Van Doren Library, 551 Redd Road – The
El Paso Writers’ League will sponsor a workshop on “How to Hook Your Reader
from the First Line.” Local authors
Janice Brooks and Sarah Purcell will moderate writing exercises on the First
Line, First Paragraph, and First Page, contrasting classic and current
best-selling authors. The goal is to
inform, stimulate, and help local authors create an individual style that will
hook a reader and compel them to turn the page to read more. For more information: 915-581-1080.
Announcements out of the Inkslinger:
Rafael Ortega Melendez our Playwriting
judge from our 2011 Writing Contest has recently published :
A Serpent's Breath
Available through Amazon. Below is the
synopsis. Sounds like an exciting read.
Red China prepares
to invade Formosa. However, fate intervenes when a pro-democracy Beijing
official downloads certain information onto a disk. He then erases the data
from their system's mainframe and smuggles the disk out of China. The material
must be recovered. Arrangements are made to send a young woman to America with
the disk. She barely escapes drowning in the Sea of Cortez. Next she then
driven through Mexico and smuggled into El Paso, Texas, there she meets her
end. A street youngster sees where she hides the disk before she is murdered,
retrieves it and then becomes the object of the hunt. Two Triads, the Mexican
mafia and a secret group of right-wing Americans I call the Serpents who then
become pitted against one lowly FBI agent; Macias Baca Gonzalez. Special Agent
Gonzalez's brother-in-law, an Immigration agent dies in an
"accident," his lawyer girlfriend is framed with cocaine and the
youngster's mother is murdered all in an effort to deter Agent Gonzalez. Agent
Gonzalez finds the youngster, the disk, but then his girl friend Molly is
kidnapped for trade. Ultimately a fight ensues and Molly is rescued from an old
abandoned brewery. The players and the importance of the information is revealed.
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ANNE HILLERMAN'S WORDHARVEST WORKSHOP
July 7 ABCs of Market Analysis and Promotion, with Shirley Raye Redmond
(SCBWI-NM)
Writing a book can be tough. Convincing a New York editor to buy it is tougher. Selling 100,000 copies is tougher still. The workshop introduces students to the intricacies of market analysis and dispels well-circulated myths about successful book promotion. Using hands-on
exercises and discussion topics, Redmond shows participants how to develop a marketing plan that will convince an editor to publish their book and how to sell more than 100,000 copies of that book without hiring a publicist.
Shirley Raye Redmond is an award-winning fiction and nonfiction writer and frequent conference and workshop presenter. She has taught a variety of writing and literature courses at the University of New Mexico- Los Alamos campus, WORDHARVEST Writers Workshops, and the Tony Hillerman Writers Conference. As the author of more than 25 books and more than 400 articles, Redmond learned the intricacies of marketing and promoting from the ground up and uses them very successfully to promote her own work. Two of her titles have sold more than 200,000 copies each. Visit her website www.shirleyrayeredmond.com
For more information or to register:
July 7 ABCs of Market Analysis and Promotion, with Shirley Raye Redmond
(SCBWI-NM)
Writing a book can be tough. Convincing a New York editor to buy it is tougher. Selling 100,000 copies is tougher still. The workshop introduces students to the intricacies of market analysis and dispels well-circulated myths about successful book promotion. Using hands-on
exercises and discussion topics, Redmond shows participants how to develop a marketing plan that will convince an editor to publish their book and how to sell more than 100,000 copies of that book without hiring a publicist.
Shirley Raye Redmond is an award-winning fiction and nonfiction writer and frequent conference and workshop presenter. She has taught a variety of writing and literature courses at the University of New Mexico- Los Alamos campus, WORDHARVEST Writers Workshops, and the Tony Hillerman Writers Conference. As the author of more than 25 books and more than 400 articles, Redmond learned the intricacies of marketing and promoting from the ground up and uses them very successfully to promote her own work. Two of her titles have sold more than 200,000 copies each. Visit her website www.shirleyrayeredmond.com
For more information or to register:
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SEMINARS
July 7—ABCs of
Market Analysis and Promotion,
with Shirley Raye Redmond
Writing a book can be tough. Convincing a New York editor to buy it
is tougher. Selling 100,000 copies is tougher still. The workshop
introduces students to the intricacies of market analysis and dispels
well-circulated myths about successful book promotion. Using hands-on
exercises and discussion topics, Redmond shows participants how to develop a
marketing plan that will convince an editor to publish their book and how to
sell more than 100,000 copies of that book without hiring a publicist.
Shirley Raye Redmond is an award-winning fiction and
nonfiction writer and frequent conference and workshop presenter. She has
taught a variety of writing and literature courses at the University of New
Mexico–Los Alamos campus, WORDHARVEST Writers Workshops, and the Tony Hillerman
Writers Conference. As the author of more than 14 books and more than 400
articles, Redmond learned the intricacies of marketing and promoting from the
ground up and uses them very successfully to promote her own work. Visit
her website www.readshirleyraye.com
July 14—Writing
Your Life Through the Lens of Food,
with Deborah Madison
Learn the simple rules of writing recipes, from fundamentals to head
notes, the best part of a recipe. This workshop delves into the details
of food writing to encourage students to compile a cookbook for family and
friends and include a memoir of their personal experiences that they would like
to share.
Deborah Madison had farms and food in her sights from
the start. Since her years at Greens restaurant in the Bay Area, she has been
largely known as a cook, writer, writing teacher, and cooking teacher whose
specialties are seasonal, vegetarian recipes with strong emphasis on farmers
markets produce and heritage fruit and vegetable varieties. Madison is the
author of ten cookbooks. Her most recent is Seasonal Fruit Desserts
from Orchard, Farm and Market. Visit her website www.deborahmadison.com
July 21—Poetry
Launch,
with Joan Logghe, Santa Fe Poet
Laureate
Learn how the language of poetry can naturally lead writers of all genres
into language that is precise, imagistic, and vivid. The workshop will
give participants an opportunity to play with poetics, building unique and
compelling images, condensing for greater effect, and more.
Joan Logghe has been an integral part of New
Mexico’s Poetry Renaissance. A life in poetry began for Logghe when she
volunteered at her children’s school thirty years ago. She has taught at
Ghost Ranch Abiquiu, University of New Mexico-Los Alamos, Santa Fe Community
College, Santa Clara Pueblo Day School, Vienna, Croatia, and WORDHARVEST
Writers Workshops. Her many books include What Makes a Woman Beautiful,
Twenty Years in Bed with the Same Man (a finalist for a Western States
Book Award), and Greatest Hits: Love & Death. Visit her
website www.joanlogghe.com
July 28–The
Writer’s Sacred Journey: Find and Write a Compelling Story,
with Kate Horsley
Explore inner and outer sources of inspiration and material for writing
by combining brief meditation and guided imagery. Students will travel
figuratively to different times and cultures to find what inspires us most,
taking full advantage of the present moment to produce pieces of short writing.
The emphasis will be on going beyond the ego's agenda to a deeper place where
writing is a powerful gift to others.
Kate Horsley found that every event in her life was
marked by a book. Research she did on women in the American West inspired
her to write novels about the little known but awesome lives of ordinary people
in extraordinary times. The author of six published novels―Crazy Woman,
A Killing in New Town, Careless Love, Confessions of a
Pagan Nun, The Changeling, and Black Elk in Paris―Horsley
teaches creative writing and speaks on the process of research and writing
historical fiction, particularly focusing on the Southwest and
Ireland. Visit her website www.katehorsley.com
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Exhibit Title: “Romancing El
Paso”, a One Woman Show by Artist Maritza Jáuregui
Place: At The City Hall,
Community Exhibition Space (formerly “People’s Gallery”)
Address: 2 Civic Center
Plaza, 1st Floor of City Hall, El Paso, TX 79901
Exhibit Dates: June 1st
to June 27th, 2012
Opening Reception: June 7th,
from 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Sponsored by: The City of El
Paso, Museums and Cultural Affairs Department, Artist Incubator Program
Artist website: http://www.maritzajauregui.com
Why “Romancing El Paso” ?
Even though, I’ve shown my artwork at
many galleries, and at local, regional and International competitions, this exhibit is a
significant step in my career as an Artist, as this is my very first solo
exhibit in El Paso, and it is thanks to the support of The City of El Paso and
the Museums and Cultural Affairs Department (MCAD) that I was able to dedicate
the time to this project for the last six months, making the dream of a “one
woman show” a reality.
The works on this exhibit reflect my
love to this City that has offered me a home. I
was raised in Veracruz, Mexico, but ’ve lived in El Paso for the last 16
years, and El Paso is home for me, what a
better way to say “Thanks El Paso”, than to paint the many beautiful scenes
that make of this land a great place to visit and to live in!
What makes
this exhibit different? I believe that
anything where you put your heart on, should make a difference. While I’ve
painted most of my life surreal subjects, I’ve been more conservative this
time, which shows a different side to me. It was a challenge to complete
this set of paintings in only six months, as that is usually the time it takes
me to normally paint just ONE piece, however, loved the challenge. Last
year I painted a lamp post for Hospice El Paso, two years ago I participated in
the First Plein Air Competiton in Las Cruces, three years ago I did Chalk
the Block, and I’ve illustrated six books in the last two years. I feel
that I’ve grown much more in trying new things than staying static in a comfort
zone. I always try to go an extra mile and do things I haven’t tried before. I
believe that “adopting a style” is something that would trap my creativity, so
I rather the freedom to experiment with different materials, themes,
techniques, painting one day something abstract and the next day something
realistic, depending upon how I feel that day, and whatever my heart tells me
to paint. So,
hopefully the people that go to see this exhibit would be able to relate to the
way I love my life in El Paso, as much as they do too.
This collection includes paintings in
Oil, Acrylic, watercolor, Gouache, mixed media collages and photography that
represent El Paso scenes in a romantic way, incorporating memories and
inspiring the audience to “see” into the details, with the same metaphor and
symbolism characteristic of poetry, remarking on the beauty of the City,
people, traditions and El Paso’s most recognizable icons.
The Opening Reception is June 7th,
2012 from 4:00-6:00pm, and the exhibit is open to the general public at no charge.
City Hall Hours Monday to Thursday from
9:00am to 6:00pm
Biography
Maritza
started creating art as a child and earned a scholarship to go to college.
Her first
works included sculptures, castings in metals, wood and linoleum carvings.
She taught art
for children and adults until she moved to The US in 1995.
Throughout
the years she has participated in many art exhibits and earned numerous awards
and recognition.
Her artwork
has sold in Great Britain, Italy, Germany, Hungary, Japan , and all across US
and Latin America.
Recent
achievements:
Nov
2011, Maritza was awarded a grant from The City of El Paso, Museum and Cultural
Affairs Department, sponsoring her solo show for June 2012, titled
"Romancing El Paso."
September
2011, Painted a 13 feet lamp post donated to The Hospice El Paso and received
“Best of Show” and “Top Revenue Producer” awards.
2011,
Illustrated the book cover for “Life in The Rearview Mirror” by Nancy
Natalicio, an OLLI/UTEP Publication.
2011, created
three inside illustrations for the book “Angels Around Us” by L.C. Hayden.
2010,
Rio Bravo Watercolorists, “Arts of March”, Second Place for "Free
Spirit"
2009,
EPAA “America The Beautiful”, Third Place for “Patriotic Pooch”
September
2010, Maritza created the book cover for “Little Mountain”, a mystery novel by
Bob Sanchez.
September
2010, painting “Viva El Paso” was the featured cover for El Paso Scene and
their annual calendars.
October 2010,
painting “Family Portrait” was chosen by the City of El Paso to be projected onto
the Chase building in downtown during the “Chalk The Block” Street Festival.
June 2009,
was a featured artist at Chalk the Block.
2009, 2010
& 2011, Illustrated the Cover and a some poems for “Border Tapestry”, an
annual publication by The El Paso Writer's League.
Memberships:
NOAPS-
National Oil and Acrylics
Painters'
Society
Rio Water
Watercolorists
Pastel
Society of El Paso
Plein Air
Painters of El Paso
The El Paso
Writer's League
To learn more about the artist go to:
http://www.maritzajauregui.com
Sisters in Crime
The Sisters in Crime meet the first Tuesday of the
month to read works by women mystery writers (for the most part). July 3
P.D James "Death in Holy Orders." Aug 7 Tami Hoag "Deeper
than Dead." Sept 4 Margaret Coel "Blood Memory." Oct 2
Susan Wittig Albert "Chile Death." Nov 6 Kate White "If
Looks Could Kill."
Location: Eastside Barnes & Noble Bookstore, 9521
Viscount
Time: 7:00 pm
More Information:
Admission: Free
Name: Marsha Labodda
Phone: 629-7063
Admission: Free
Name: Marsha Labodda
Phone: 629-7063
The Online MFA in Creative Writing
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is proud to offer a fully
online Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. Writers can complete the
entire degree from anywhere in the world, as there is no residency requirement.
This is the only one of its kind.
Our goal is to prepare serious writers for publishing and teaching
careers. The degree plan consists of 48 hours of coursework (14 courses)
followed by 6 hours of thesis during which the student completes a publishable
manuscript in poetry or fiction.
More information: http://academics.utep.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=42392
‘The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged’
El Paso Playhouse, 2501 Montana, presents the parody of the Bard’s works May
25-June 16. Directed by Vanessa Keyser. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Friday and
Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $10 ($8 seniors, $7 military/students with
ID). Information: 532-1317, elpasoplayhouse.com.
The wildly shortened plays by William Shakespeare are played by only three actors.
The wildly shortened plays by William Shakespeare are played by only three actors.
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