The beautiful and talented Kerouac House writer-in-residence, Caitlin Doyle, will appear this Saturday, February 12th between noon and 1 pm with Jose Miranda and Haydee Ayala during Yo Soy Latino on the Big 810 WEUS.  Click here to listen live or make a donation to the show.

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The Yoga of Writing Workshop will be offered by Chintana Ahlund on Oct. 23rd from 1pm – 5pm at Mindful Body of Maitland. The Yoga of Writing is a practice of self-study that combines sitting, walking and writing meditation with hatha yoga postures. You can find a flyer for the workshop and more information about it on http://yogaofwriting.net , which is a site containing insights and instructions on creating a routine practice of reflective writing and stretching.

Storyteller "Country Joe" Rosier announces The Night of Fright - Scary Stories for Children and Adults

Friday, October 15 and Friday, October 22 at 7 pm at the Lake Mary Historical Museum, 158 North Country Club Road, Lake Mary, FL

Adults $5, Children 5 and up $2  Reservations necessary; call 407 585-1481 M-F 9-5 or info@lakemaryhistory.org  

All proceeds donated to the museum.

Jamie Morris of Woodstream Writers offers:

Helping Writers Become Authors: www.WoodstreamWriters.com
407.644.5163 ~ Jamie@WoodstreamWriters.com

Opening Season 2010-2011

Bill Belleville’s essay (“What Happens When We Lose Our Sense of Place?”) has just appeared in the current issue of the award-winning quarterly “Oxford American” magazine.

The theme of the current issue is “The Future of the South”, and Bill will join the editors and other writers in a symposium on that theme at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 5. The event is keynoted by Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell. (More info: www.OxfordAmerican.org).

Bill will give another presentation on sprawl and “sense of place” for the Winter Park Library’s Lifelong Learning Institute at the library on Thurs., Oct. 14 from 10 a.m. to noon. Bill will read excerpts of essays from his forthcoming UPF book “Salvaging the Real Florida: Lost & Found in the State of Dreams.”

On the following day, Oct. 15, Friday, Bill will give the keynote luncheon address to the annual conference of the Florida College English Association. The FCEA, which focuses on unity and diversity in literature, language, and creative writing, is being held at Rollins College in Winter Park. Other speakers include poet and professor Carol Frost, and U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins.

Bill’s essay “In with the Ixia” has just appeared in the newly-released anthology “Bartram’s Living Legacy: The Travels & the Nature of the South”, edited by Dorinda G. Dallmeyer for Mercer University Press. (available in both cloth and soft cover with full color landscape art by Philip Juras).

More info: www.BillBelleville.com

October 2, 6 – 9 PM

“A Journey to Africa,” sponsored by the Pabst Foundation, will feature Damascus Kafumbe, a Ph.D. Candidate in Musicology at Florida State University. This presentation will transport attendees to his homeland of Uganda through music and story. The evening will include a reception, dinner, African marketplace, and performance in ACA’s Harris Theater.

Free, public invited; RSVP to 386.427.6975 ext. 10

This event will have limited seating.

Pabst Visitor Center & Gallery, Atlantic Center for the Arts

1414 Art Center Avenue, New Smyrna Beach

www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org

The Deltona Regional Library’s Authors Book Fair: Celebrating Writers and Readers  welcomes authors from all over Volusia, Orange County and as far away as Palm Coast,  Gainesville, Hawthorne, Jacksonville and Ocala.

On Oct. 9, 2010, from 10 a.m. 4 p.m. the book fair will bring  authors and readers together to talk about books and hear the authors speak on book related topics. The event also includes “how to” workshops for new authors and Kid Projects.  Christmas will be right around the corner and patrons can buy author signed copies for that very unique gift.

A wide range of genres are represented including children’s, Florida and US history, mysteries, spiritual, memoirs, poetry, Spanish, cookbooks and outdoor Florida.

The fair is sponsored by the Friends of Deltona Library.  Admission is Free to the Public. For more information, see www.friendsofdeltonalibrary.org.

Picture Book Illustration Workshop

Jennifer Thomas Houdeshell

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 1 – 3, 2010

It’s time to “sing a new song,” or rather draw a new dream.  If you have ever yearned to illustrate children’s picture books, come, take some time for yourself, and translate your dream into action. Join us and begin the journey to make your dream come true.  This a great opportunity to learn more about some of the joys and challenges of the business, to gather ideas, tips and information, to experiment and create a variety of backgrounds, and then to compose and begin on your own   sample double spread illustration which eventually can go on your website and in your portfolio.  The workshop will cover topics such as: publishing  opportunities in a tough economy, developing your style, composition,    e-books and pods, borders and gullies, storyboards and dummies, traditional or digital, royalties vs. lump sums, timelines, scanner bed sizes vs. digital photography, galley proofs, websites, contracts, marketing information, “beyond” the story, artist as writer aspects, questions and answers and more.

In a relaxing, supportive atmosphere you’ll feel refreshed and go home with lots of new ideas and concrete information as well as a composed, partially completed double spread illustration. Dreams plus action can enhance your life and even change the world.  Go for it!

Jennifer Thomas Houdeshell

Jennifer Thomas Houdeshell, a professional full time artist and illustrator, has done commercial work for a variety of companies and churches, private sector commissions, and exhibitions in various galleries and museums. In 2000 she accepted a commission to illustrate Florida Quest, published by WCEU-TV and the News-Journal for Volusia County Schools.  In 2004, Jennifer won a state wide competition for professional illustrators and was hired to illustrate a preschool picture book for United Way.  In 2009, Houdeshell was hired by Guardian Angel Publishing Co. to illustrate Kristen Zajac’s book, Ebeneezer’s Cousin which came on the market in May of 2010 Currently Jennifer is finishing 16 illustrations for Jennifer Bond Reed’s book, I Love You This Much, for GAP and is under contract to do another picture book for Guardian Angel this fall.  She is a member of the Society of Children’s Bookwriters and Illustrators. Her web site is www.zhibit.org/jenniferhoudeshellartist.

Registration Information

For:  Adults    

Tuition: $140 members

$160 non members 

Fri. Oct. 1,  6:30 – 8:30 pm

Sat. Oct. 2, 10 am – 4 pm

Sun. Oct. 3, 10 am—2 pm

Materials list will be provided

Pre-registration required                      

 Last day to register, Sept. 24, 2010

To register: please remit payment and

Registration form to: Museum of Florida Art                                            

600 N. Woodland Blvd.  DeLand, FL 32720

Registration forms are available in the Museum lobby and online at www.MuseumofFloridaArt.org

For more information, please call 386.734.4371 or 386.736.9488