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February, 2006
1. The Secret
2. Register Now (Feb-April classes)
3. Young Author Summer Program
4. Mark Your Calendar
5. News of Redbird writers and
friends
6. Other places/faces
7. How to help/contact us/report
news/get off the list
1. THE SECRET
Bill Roorbach wrote an article for Poets and
Writers magazine titled, "The Secret to Getting Published, Oft Withheld,
Is Finally Revealed." The secret, Roorbach says, is to "write
something good."
That's the best advice I've ever heard. And,
from my catbird seat in the midst of so many writers, I can see who writes
"something good." It's the people who work at it. Talk doesn't count.
Planning doesn't count. Saying you are going to, doesn't count. The writers
whose names show up in our News column are those who show up for workshops,
write pages and pages, throw away pages and pages, and just plain do what needs
to be done.
These are the people who write something
good.
2. REGISTER NOW Feb-April Classes
"The best writers keep on
learning"
414-481-3195 or www.redbirdstudio.com
Info-hunting for Fiction
Last chance to register. Focused on fiction,
but also helpful for nonfiction.
Shauna Singh Baldwin, Wednesday, Feb 8 6:30-9pm $75
Science Fiction and Fantasy
A "how-to" workshop for sci
fi/fantasy fans of all ages
Aaron Schutz, Thursdays, Feb 23 and Mar
2 6:30-9pm $125
Poetry:From Personal to Powerful
A Special Event with John Lehman, Saturday,
March 18, 9:30am-3pm $195
Lunch included Class size strictly limited
Playwriting
Learn skills you can use in all of your
writing
Robert Vaughan, Saturday, April 1 9:30am-3pm $125
Roundtable Critique Groups
Filling fast. Four Meetings per Session $85
TUESDAY AFTERNOONS 12-2:30 Judy Bridges
Session #2 - Mar 7, 21, Apr 11, 25 (wait list)
WEDNESDAY EVENINGS (Inkslingers) 6:30-9
Judy Bridges
Session #2 - Mar 1, 15, Apr 5, 19 (wait list)
THURSDAY EVENINGS 6:30-9 Robert Vaughan
Session #1 - Jan 19, Feb 16, Mar 16, Apr 20 (okay to join late and
pro-rate)
FRIDAY MORNINGS
9:30-12 Robert
Vaughan
Session #2 - Mar 10, 24, Apr 14, 28 (space available)
3. YOUNG AUTHOR SUMMER PROGRAMS
For kids who like to write
Students entering:
Grades 4-6 July 2428
Grades 7-8 July 31Aug 4
Grades 9-12 Aug 711
Mon-Fri 9am-2:30pm $325 ($100 deposit)
www.redbirdstudio.com/YoungAuthors
or 414-481-3195
4. MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Redbird Writers' Showcase
Thursday, April 27 6:30-9pm
Open to the public. Bring family and
friends. Free-will donation.
Marian Center Social Room (on the main
floor)
Shut Up and Write!
Summer Session: June 19, 26, July 10, 17,
24, 31, 6-9pm, $345
Fall Session: Oct 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Nov 6,
13, 20, 6:30-8:30, $345
5. NEWS ABOUT REDBIRD WRITERS AND
FRIENDS
Note: "R.W. and Friends" either
attended Redbird workshops, or taught them, or support the studio in some
special way. If you sent information and it did not appear, please forgive and
send it again. Web sites are listed but not necessarily linked.
Shannon Jackson Arnold is teaching two
classes through Waukesha Parks and Rec: "Getting into Print: Learn about
the Magazine Market" and "Word Play: How to Be More Creative &
Have More Fun with Your Writing."
The classes are held at Martha Merrell's Bookstore in downtown Waukesha,
where Shannon also leads the monthly Writer to Writer meetings on second
Saturdays. (for class registration, call 262-524-3737)
Shauna Singh Baldwin's novel "The
Tiger Claw" is on the shortlist of candidates for the Hutch Award, English
fiction category.
Stephen Boehrer signed with an
agent for his latest novel. That's Number 4 for him.
Ludmilla Bollow's play, "Flickering
Dreams" will be read at the Cornerstone Theatre in the Brumder Mansion,
Monday, Feb. 13 at 7 pm. Call Ludmilla for information: 414-352-8370.
Eric Hansen's essay, "Winter
is Lake Michigan's showiest and finest hour" appeared in Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel on Sunday, January 8, 2006.
Doris Hayes was featured in a
Paddock Lake Report article covering her Fulbright-Hays trip to Thailand, Laos
and Vietnam.
Les Huisman's "Blue
Deodorizer Blues" received a reading by artistic director James Fletcher at
the Cornerstone Theatre in the Brumder Mansion, Milwaukee.
Jennifer Jordan had a short story
published in "Stirring Up a Storm: Tales of the Sensual, the Sexual and
the Erotic". She is also editing her own anthology, beginning in October.
Anne Landre's blog entry,
"State of Their Union," was recently picked up by Crooks and Liars.
Anne's popular blog is www.threadingwater.com.
Barbara Malcolm's poem, Autumn
Teatime, was published in Free Verse, #83. This is her first paper publication.
Jill Morin was recognized as a
Milwaukee woman "gaining power" in a Milwaukee Magazine special
report on "The Power of Women."
Linda Mrochinski, Producer of The
Academy Theatre (of the Marian Center for Nonprofits), is holding auditions for
³Southern Fried Murder² at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 7th in the Auditorium
at 3211 S. Lake Drive, St. Francis. Interested individuals aged 16 and up,
interested in dinner/theatre productions should be prepared to read from the
script and do a bit of
improv. Phone 414- 483-2430.
Kim Parsons and her friend
Suzanne Bergen published their poems in a cleverly organized book titled
"First Person Plural." Parsons' fans who wish to beg for a copy can
email her via the studio.
Mara Ptacek has had two of her
poems, "Your Hands" and "For You: A
Valentine" selected for reading on Mona Golabek's nationwide
program,The Romantic Hours, which airs locally on Fridays at 10:00 PM on WFMR, 106.9.
Elizabeth Ridley has had three of
her memoirs accepted by "A Cup of Comfort for Expecting Mothers," to
be published in April, 2006.
Marilyn Taylor was featured in a
story in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 14, 2006. Title: "Taking
poetic license: Ex-poet laureate applies the sounds, rhythms of her experiences
to writings."
Robert Vaughan's play,
"Interference," was selected by Village Playhouse of Wauwatosa for
production in the 2006 One Act Play Festival. Performances are scheduled for March
17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26 at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts,
Brookfield. Tickets 262-781-9520. He shares billing with another Redbird
winner, Carol Wobig. (Redbird friends will form a cheering section on a date
tba.)
Sandi Walker was published for
the third time in "Echoes from Sauk Hills," by Sauk County Writers.
Carol Wobig's script,
"Wheel of Fortune Monologues," was selected by Village Playhouse of
Wauwatosa for production in the
2006 One Act Play Festival. Performances are scheduled for March 17, 18,
19, 24, 25, 26 at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, Brookfield.
Tickets 262-781-9520. She shares
billing with another Redbird winner, Robert Vaughan. (Redbird friends will form
a cheering section on a date tba.)
Judith Zukerman participated in the
Woodland Pattern Poetry Marathon, Jan 28th.
6. OTHER PLACES-OTHER FACES
The Power of the Pen: A Day for
Writers, Fox Valley Technical College, Appleton
April 8. (www.fvtc.edu
or 1-877-555-5151)
Day of workshops presented by Judy Bridges,
Joanne Flemming, Shannon Jackson Arnold, Ellen Kort and John Lehman.
Fourth Annual Spring Writers
Festival, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
April 28-30. (www.sce-arts.uwm.edu,
click on Programs, then Spring Writers Festival)
Weekend conference includes workshop by JB:
"Point of View Made Easy"
Council for Wisconsin Writers Annual
Awards Banquet
May 6.
Milwaukee (www.wisconsinwriters.org)
Wisconsin Regional Writers Assn.
(WRWA) Spring Conference
May 6. Appleton (wrwa.net)
21st Annual Great Lakes Writers
Workshop, Alverno College, Milwaukee
June 23-24. (nancy.krase@alverno.edu)
The Clearing, Ellison Bay, WI (Door
County)
Full catalog of opportunities (www.theclearing.org)
"Women's Writing Retreat" led by
JB, Sept 10-16
Woodland Pattern Book Center,
Milwaukee
Workshops and special events. (www.woodlandpattern.org)
7. HOW TO HELP, CONTACT US, REPORT
NEWS or GET OFF THE LIST
TO HELP: Distribute flyers.
Tell people about Redbird. Contribute to the Young Author Scholarship Fund.
May we suggest:
-- A gift to the Scholarship Fund in your
name, or to honor someone special.
-- A Redbird gift certificate for your
favorite writer (for full or partial registration.)
-- Books by Redbird Writers and Friends. See
the list on our website.
-- Books, period. First choice is to
purchase from your local Independent bookstore.
-- If you are purchasing books from Amazon,
you can help Redbird by ordering through our site.
-- Purchase "Redbird Writers" tee
shirts for your writer-friends. $12 plus postage.