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The Stories You Lived: Putting it into Words

Wednesday, September 29, 2010 from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM (ET)

New Haven, United States

The Stories You Lived: Putting it into Words

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Event Details

a  seminar about memoir writing

 

   Writing consultant and author Patricia Lapidus will show participants how to retrieve the details  that bring a story to life.  This seminar offers writing exercises that open up a story, and time for sharing your work with others. The class will also take a look at several memoir writing styles. 

  There is no charge, and free parking is available. Participants should bring their own writing materials--and coffee, if desired!

When & Where

133 Elm St.
New Haven, 06510

Wednesday, September 29, 2010 from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM (ET)


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The Main (Ives) branch of the New Haven Free Public Library system is located at 133 Elm St., across from the New Haven Green, corner of Elm and Temple. Yale Lot #51 on Temple Street (across the street from the library) opens to the public at 4pm, and there are 2-hour parking meters on streets surrounding the library. More information may be found at www.cityofnewhaven.com/library.

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  News and Updates
Wednesday, August 4, 2010

The Westport Arts Center, in partnership with Ina Chadwick's MouseMuse Productions, is seeking well-crafted memoirs of up to 1500 words for its upcoming writing competition.
As a multi-disciplinary arts organization, WAC is committed to integrating the literary and visual arts within its regular programming. Building on the success of our two previous writing initiatives, the Writers Artists Collaborative will rely on the Arts Center's visual arts exhibitions as a starting point for literary exploration.
This writing contest will culminate with professional actors reading the winning works at a festive reception and award ceremony in the WAC gallery on Sunday, October 17, 2010.
Top winners will also receive:
$175 from the WAC Writer's Endowment
Online publication on the WAC web literary archive
Memoir read live on radio
Publication in Weston Magazine and its affiliate magazines
Entries are due September 7, 2010.
Download the entry form here.
www.westportartscenter.org
203 222-7070

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Swamp Walking Woman is now available on amazon.  You can go to amazon, to books, and type in my name.  Or go to http.//www.tinyurl.com/pj33ns

I call it a "tall woman tale" because it is inspired in part by the tall tales of my childhood such as the ones about Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox, who created the St. Lawrence River with the point of one of his long horns.  The story of Swamp Walking Woman began in an IWWG Summer Conference in Susan Baugh's class on creating fairy tales.  Swamp Walking Woman gets lost and wanders and finds her strength.  Reminiscent of such modern fabulists as George Orwell and James Thurber, the story ends on a note of hope for all those who worry about our green planet.  This short book is a fun read and a meaningful one. --Patricia Lapidus, Author/Editor/Publisher