Writing the Life Poetic

I look forward to meeting you in 2010!

2010 is looking like one, big literary adventure. I'd love to share it with you! Following are some places we might connect late in 2009 and in the New Year.

Monday, November 30, 7:00 p.m.
Three Friends Mondays: Caffeinated Art
The Show and Tell Gallery
Three Friends Coffee House
SE 12th and Ash, Portland, OR

I'll be reading poetry with two wonderful friends and poets extraordinaire: Kristin Berger and Sara Guest.

Tuesday, December 1, 7:00 p.m.
Willamette Writers Writers Faire
The Old Church, SW 11th and Clay, Portland, OR

Need some inspirational holiday gifts? I'll be signing and selling both of my books at this event that celebrates local writers and authors. And I'll be in very good company! Come one, come all.

Thursday, January 7, 2010, 7:00 p.m.

Mid-Valley Willamette Writers Monthly Meeting
“Writing the Life Poetic” lecture and workshop

Tsunami Books
2585 Willamette St
Eugene, OR 97405
541-345-8986

Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 7:00 p.m.
I'll be the featured reader for this night of poetry

Milwaukie Poetry Series
The Pond House // Adjacent to the Ledding Library 
2215 SE Harrison     
Milwaukie, OR                                        

April 7-10, 2010

AWP Conference 2010, Denver, CO

I'll be speaking on these panels:
* What's Your Platform? What Agents & Editors Are Looking For in Writers -- April 8, 12:00 to 1:15 p.m.
* The Prosperous Writer: Career Strategies for Staying Flush -- April 10, 1:30 to 2:45 p.m.

Saturday, April 17, 2010

I'll be teaching and reading with the Manzanita Writers' Series

Monday, June 7, 2010

I'll be teaching and reading at Portland Classical Chinese Garden

Portland, Oregon

The cusp of November/December in SageLand

As the season grows cold and dark, turn on your poetry light and come on out for a dose this month! I'd love to see you.

Monday, November 30, 7:00 p.m.
Three Friends Mondays: Caffeinated Art
The Show and Tell Gallery
Three Friends Coffee House
SE 12th and Ash, Portland, OR

I'll be reading poetry with two wonderful friends and poets extraordinaire: Kristin Berger and Sara Guest.

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Tuesday, December 1, 7:00 p.m.
Willamette Writers Writers Faire
The Old Church, SW 11th and Clay, Portland, OR

Need some inspirational holiday gifts? I'll be signing and selling both of my books at this event that celebrates local writers and authors. And I'll be in very good company! Come one, come all.

Celebrate the launch of VoiceCatcher 4 with two readings in November

VoiceCatcher 4, an anthology of Portland Women's writing, is here!

VoiceCatcher exists because a collective of women -- editors, authors, artists, poets and teachers -- who love to read and write wanted to collect the voices of local women and offer them to the community.

I am proud to have served on the editorial collective for this publication for the past two years -- this year as Poetry Editor. And I am thrilled to announce that VoiceCatcher 4, our latest edition, is now available in stores throughout the Portland area. 

Join us in celebrating VoiceCatcher 4 and hear a great line-up of this year's authors reading selections of their work at two events this month!

November 11, 7:00 PM
Barnes and Noble - Lloyd Center
(as part of the Poetry and Prose for the People series, which I host)
1317 Lloyd Center
Portland, OR 97232
503-249-0800

Featured readers:

• Favor Ellis
• Naomi Fast
• Heidi Schulman Greenwald
• Constance Hall (pen name: M)
• Christi Krug
• Toni Partington
• Wendy Willis

November 16th, 7:00 PM
Powell's on Hawthorne
3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
Portland, OR 97214
(503) 235-3802

Featured readers:

• Paulann Petersen
• Abby Mims
• Liz Prato
• Carolyn Moore
• Nancy Flynn
• Kaitlyn Burch
• Penelope Scambly Schott

Mark your calendars and come prepared to be thoroughly entertained.

Can't wait to see you there!

Get into a poetic state of mind this October!

I'll be reading, teaching and lecturing throughout October. Come on out and tune into your muse.

Thursday, October 8, 2009, 7:00 p.m.

Cover to Cover Books

Reading followed by open mic // hosted by Christopher Luna

1817 Main Street

Vancouver, WA 98660

(360) 541-0358

Saturday, October 10, 2009, 10:30 to 11:45 a.m.

Wordstock Festival of the Book
Writing the Life Poetic: A Poem-Generating Workshop
Oregon Convention Center

Portland, Oregon

Sunday, October 18, 2:00 p.m.

"Writing the Life Poetic" lecture and workshop

Sherwood Public Library
21901 SW Sherwood Blvd
Sherwood, OR 97140
(503) 625-6688
Get directions

Tune into your poetic life at the Sherwood Public Library on October 18

Poetry is one of the great pleasures in life, and no one needs an advanced degree in creative writing to reap its rewards. In my “Writing the Life Poetic” presentation at the Sherwood Public Library, I will share some of my favorite approaches to living and writing a poetic life. Through prompts and exercises, writers of all backgrounds will be invited to experience their lives through a poetic lens. Participants will discover new ways to think and write about the subjects that interest them––and get inspired to start capturing those observations on paper immediately.

Sunday, October 18
2:00 p.m.

Sherwood Public Library
21901 SW Sherwood Blvd
Sherwood, OR 97140
(503) 625-6688
Get directions

Join me at Cover to Cover Books on October 8

I'll be reading at one of my favorite venues next Thursday -- Cover to Cover Books in Vancouver, WA -- where I'll be sharing some tips on cultivating a poetic life from Writing the Life Poetic and also reading my own poetry.

Hosted by the gracious, inclusive and downright fabulous Christopher Luna, this event also offers an opportunity for everyone to read via an open mic. So come on out and share those poems that no one's ever heard before...We want to witness them!

Thursday, October 8, 2009, 7:00 p.m.

Cover to Cover Books

Open Mic Poetry

hosted by Christopher Luna

1817 Main Street

Vancouver, WA 98660

(360) 541-0358

christopherluna-poetry.blogspot.com

Get your Writer's Digest Guide to Creativity

Some of my favorite prompts from Writing the Life Poetic have been excerpted in the Writer's Digest Guide to Creativity magazine, available in bookstores and on newsstands now!

This magazine features four, chock-full writing-boosting sections: Creative Habits, Creative Craft, Creative Business and Creativity Workbook -- all designed to get ideas flowing, words on the page and published work into the world!

You'll hear from leading thinkers, writers and teachers about the craft and business of writing -- including my mentor, platform guru Christina Katz, author of Get Known Before the Book Deal.

For just $5.99, you can give your creative practice a back-to-school shot of adrenaline by tapping into a wealth of wisdom from a range of genres.

Happy writing, poets! May the muse (and the moose) be with you.

Join me at Wordstock on October 10, 10:30 a.m.!

Want to tune into the vast poetic landscape of your life and tap new poems from it?

Join me at Wordstock where I'll be teaching a workshop for writers of all levels designed to help you have fun generating new poems!

Wordstock Festival of the Book
Writing the Life Poetic: A Poem-Generating Workshop
Saturday, October 10, 2009
10:30 to 11:45 a.m.
Oregon Convention Center

Learn more!

Enter to win a book at day at the Writer Mama Back-to-School Giveaway

For the third year in a row, The Writer Mama, Christina Katz, is giving away thirty books in thirty days as part of the Writer Mama Back-to-School Giveaway.

All you have to do to participate is answer the question that Christina will pose daily. One lucky winner will win a unique book each day. There is no limit to how many times you can enter. The drawing is for U.S. residents. You don’t have to be a mom, but of course, the event is created with moms in mind, so please tell all the writer mamas you know!

My book, Writing the Life Poetic: An Invitation to Read and Writer Poetry, will be given away on Day 6 -- September 6.  Check out the full giveaway list!

Hope to see ya in September at http://thewritermama.wordpress.com.

 

See 12 Oregon authors bare more than their souls in the 2010 OWC calendar

Calendar Girls, move over! The Oregon Writers Colony just released a 2010 calendar featuring 12 Oregon authors exposing themselves to literature. And I (gulp), along with my in-utero son Theo, am one of them!

Created to benefit the Colonyhouse Accessibility Campaign, the calendar features a series of tender, sexy, hilarious, thought-provoking and exquisitely rendered photos in which writers bare far more than their souls!

Photographed by the magnificent Eric Griswold (whom I promptly hired to for my own personal photo session after seeing his work for this project) and coordinated by Writing the Life Poetic Zine columnist Shawn Sorensen, the OWC calender features the following in-the-buff authors: Mark Acito, Larry Brooks, Peter Carlin, Sage Cohen, Robert Dugoni, Cai Emmons, Julie Fast, Shanna Germain, Elizabeth Lyon (pictured above), Steve Perry, Jennie Shortridge and Daniel Wilson. And boy do they look good!

Why this calendar?

For over twenty-five years, Oregon Writers Colony has offered workshops, retreats, conferences, author readings and comraderie to Northwest writers. Colonyhouse, a log house in Rockaway Beach, Oregon, provides OWC-member writers, writing groups and teachers a supportive learning and writing environment.

The Colonyhouse exterior and interior are accessible only by long, high-rise staircases. Workshops, meetings and other activities are not accessible to visitors and members with physical difficulties. Its goal is to make Colonyhouse accessible to all. With sufficient funds, they will add an annex for an interior elevator, accessible rooms, and bring the Colonyhouse up to current ADA codes.

You can help! Buy an Oregon Writers Colony 2010 calendar and make literary learning accessible to all. Literature has never been so...revealing.

We appreciate your support!