Pitch & Pilot Seminar at UCLA on July 18, 2009 from 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. The cost is $75.00.
Come and learn the relevant tips and techniques about how to pitch and write your pilot from a former top level television executive and current Writing Instructor for NBC's, Writers on the Verge, Jen Grisanti. Jen will go through all the pilots that sold this year and point out the story structures that stand out. She will then go through what she and many other top level executives feel about what makes a pitch work. Grisanti will give the participants workbooks that will help guide them to success in writing their pilot and pitching their story.
Website: http://jengrisanticonsultancy.com/?page_id=29
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Oct 8-13 2009 - World’s largest gathering of travel journalists and photographers to take place in Guadalajara, Mexico
The largest gathering of professional travel writers and photographers in 2009 will take place in Guadalajara, Mexico on October 8-13 when the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) holds their annual convention here. An estimated 400 travel journalists, editors, bloggers, photographers, and public relations representatives from the United States and Canada are expected to attend. Meetings will be held in the Presidente Intercontinental and Camino Real Guadalajara Expo.
“It’s no secret that Mexico’s tourism industry has faced some challenges in recent months,” said SATW president Bea Broda. “We are very proud to bring some of the best travel writers and photographers in North America to Guadalajara, so that they can experience this beautiful and cultural city and create stories and photos to remind world travelers that Mexico is a wonderful and exciting destination,” she said.
SATW delegates will have a chance to explore the “City of Roses” and the surrounding area of Jalisco Province, with pre and post trips venturing to the coastal resorts of Puerto Vallarta and Manzanillo, to the world heritage mining towns of San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato, to the bohemian lakeside village of Ajijic on the beautiful shores of Lake Chapala, to colonial Mexican resorts such as Hacienda El Carmen, and to the museum city of Zacatecas.
In Guadalajara, SATW delegates will learn about the city that has given the world tequila, mariachis, and charros – the traditional cowboys of Mexico. There are architectural walking tours, culinary tours, mural tours, and adventure tours in the nearby mountains. The travel media members will ride traditional “calandria” (horse drawn carriages) through the colorful plazas of Guadalajara’s 16th century historic district and visit art galleries, markets, and artisan workshops. And of course, no visit to Guadalajara would be complete without visiting the blue agave fields that provide the source of tequila.
Professional development sessions at the convention will cover everything from social media to pitching travel book ideas, from tips on selling travel writing to suggestions on how to pitch stories, from creating travel web sites to digital darkroom photography.
The Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) is a non-profit, professional association that works to promote responsible travel journalism and to provide professional support for its members, including travel journalists, photographers, editors, electronic media, film lecturers, television and film producers, and public relations representatives from the travel industry. It is the largest association of professional travel writers and photographers in the world.
For more information on the Society of American Travel Writers, visit www.satw.org.
“It’s no secret that Mexico’s tourism industry has faced some challenges in recent months,” said SATW president Bea Broda. “We are very proud to bring some of the best travel writers and photographers in North America to Guadalajara, so that they can experience this beautiful and cultural city and create stories and photos to remind world travelers that Mexico is a wonderful and exciting destination,” she said.
SATW delegates will have a chance to explore the “City of Roses” and the surrounding area of Jalisco Province, with pre and post trips venturing to the coastal resorts of Puerto Vallarta and Manzanillo, to the world heritage mining towns of San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato, to the bohemian lakeside village of Ajijic on the beautiful shores of Lake Chapala, to colonial Mexican resorts such as Hacienda El Carmen, and to the museum city of Zacatecas.
In Guadalajara, SATW delegates will learn about the city that has given the world tequila, mariachis, and charros – the traditional cowboys of Mexico. There are architectural walking tours, culinary tours, mural tours, and adventure tours in the nearby mountains. The travel media members will ride traditional “calandria” (horse drawn carriages) through the colorful plazas of Guadalajara’s 16th century historic district and visit art galleries, markets, and artisan workshops. And of course, no visit to Guadalajara would be complete without visiting the blue agave fields that provide the source of tequila.
Professional development sessions at the convention will cover everything from social media to pitching travel book ideas, from tips on selling travel writing to suggestions on how to pitch stories, from creating travel web sites to digital darkroom photography.
The Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) is a non-profit, professional association that works to promote responsible travel journalism and to provide professional support for its members, including travel journalists, photographers, editors, electronic media, film lecturers, television and film producers, and public relations representatives from the travel industry. It is the largest association of professional travel writers and photographers in the world.
For more information on the Society of American Travel Writers, visit www.satw.org.
June 23 2009 - Highlights Released for 33rd Annual Aspen Summer Words Writing Retreat and Literary Festival
WHAT: The 33rd Annual Aspen Summer Words Writing Retreat and Literary Festival. The "World of Words" festival will feature presenters from countries including Ireland, Kenya, Egypt, India, Mexico, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and the United States.
WHO: The festival will feature literary all-stars including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Ishmael Beah, David Davidar, Hallie Ephron, Gary Ferguson, Dana Gioia, Walter Isaacson, Scott Lasser, William Loizeaux, Colum McCann, Christopher Merrill, Catherine O'Connell, Pamela Painter, Nic Pizzolatto, Mohamed Salmawy, Luis Alberto Urrea, Binyavanga Wainaina, and the 2009 Aspen Prize for Literature recipient, Ron Carlson. Program highlights include:
The world premier of bestselling and award-winning Irish author Colum McCann's new novel, Let the Great World Spin on Tuesday, June 23, at 5 pm at the Doerr-Hosier Center on the Aspen Meadows Campus, followed by a ticketed dinner, Carte du Monde, benefitting the education programs of the AWF.
Four more books will make their Aspen debut during Summer Words, including Chimamanda Adichie's The Thing Around Your Neck, Ron Carlson's The Signal, Luis Alberto Urrea's Into the Beautiful North, and Scott Lasser's The Year That Follows.
Ron Carlson will receive the 2009 Aspen Prize for Literature, sponsored by the Bedell World Citizenship Fund (BWCF). Past recipients of the Aspen Prize for Literature include Wole Soyinka, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, N. Scott Momaday, Paul Muldoon, Edna O’brien, and Salman Rushdie.
The Readers' Retreat with David Davidar, a two-day literature appreciation course covering the writing and works of Festival presenters.
"Why Literature Matters," one-day symposium with Dana Gioia, former chairman of the NEA and current director of the Aspen Institute’s Harman-Eisner Program in the Arts, on Friday, June 26.
WHEN:
June 21-26, 2009
WHERE:
The Doerr-Hosier Center on the Aspen Meadows campus, Aspen, CO
TICKET INFORMATION: Festival passes, good for all Festival events throughout the week, are $150 for Retreat students, AWF and Aspen Institute members, and $200 for individuals. More information and festival passes are available through the Aspen Writers' Foundation online at aspenwriters.org / 970.925.3122. Single tickets are on sale now through Aspen Show Tickets at the Wheeler Opera House: aspenshowtickets.com / 920.5770. Discount lodging for all Summer Words participants is available at the Aspen Meadows: www.dolce-aspen-hotel.com and 1.800.452.4240.
The Aspen Writers’ Foundation presents the 33rd annual Aspen Summer Words Writing Retreat and Literary Festival at the Doerr-Hosier Center on the Aspen Meadows campus in partnership with Explore Booksellers and thanks to a generous gift from Cheryl and Sam Wyly.
WHO: The festival will feature literary all-stars including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Ishmael Beah, David Davidar, Hallie Ephron, Gary Ferguson, Dana Gioia, Walter Isaacson, Scott Lasser, William Loizeaux, Colum McCann, Christopher Merrill, Catherine O'Connell, Pamela Painter, Nic Pizzolatto, Mohamed Salmawy, Luis Alberto Urrea, Binyavanga Wainaina, and the 2009 Aspen Prize for Literature recipient, Ron Carlson. Program highlights include:
The world premier of bestselling and award-winning Irish author Colum McCann's new novel, Let the Great World Spin on Tuesday, June 23, at 5 pm at the Doerr-Hosier Center on the Aspen Meadows Campus, followed by a ticketed dinner, Carte du Monde, benefitting the education programs of the AWF.
Four more books will make their Aspen debut during Summer Words, including Chimamanda Adichie's The Thing Around Your Neck, Ron Carlson's The Signal, Luis Alberto Urrea's Into the Beautiful North, and Scott Lasser's The Year That Follows.
Ron Carlson will receive the 2009 Aspen Prize for Literature, sponsored by the Bedell World Citizenship Fund (BWCF). Past recipients of the Aspen Prize for Literature include Wole Soyinka, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, N. Scott Momaday, Paul Muldoon, Edna O’brien, and Salman Rushdie.
The Readers' Retreat with David Davidar, a two-day literature appreciation course covering the writing and works of Festival presenters.
"Why Literature Matters," one-day symposium with Dana Gioia, former chairman of the NEA and current director of the Aspen Institute’s Harman-Eisner Program in the Arts, on Friday, June 26.
WHEN:
June 21-26, 2009
WHERE:
The Doerr-Hosier Center on the Aspen Meadows campus, Aspen, CO
TICKET INFORMATION: Festival passes, good for all Festival events throughout the week, are $150 for Retreat students, AWF and Aspen Institute members, and $200 for individuals. More information and festival passes are available through the Aspen Writers' Foundation online at aspenwriters.org / 970.925.3122. Single tickets are on sale now through Aspen Show Tickets at the Wheeler Opera House: aspenshowtickets.com / 920.5770. Discount lodging for all Summer Words participants is available at the Aspen Meadows: www.dolce-aspen-hotel.com and 1.800.452.4240.
The Aspen Writers’ Foundation presents the 33rd annual Aspen Summer Words Writing Retreat and Literary Festival at the Doerr-Hosier Center on the Aspen Meadows campus in partnership with Explore Booksellers and thanks to a generous gift from Cheryl and Sam Wyly.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
June 11 2009 - Poetry Center to Host Summer Events
A series of upcoming events at the University of Arizona's Poetry Center will kick off the summer season.
All events will be held at the center, which is located in the Helen S. Schaefer Building, 1508 E. Helen St.
On June 11, A Closer Look Book Club will host a discussion that will focus on Herman Melville's "The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade." with Tony Luebbermann, a volunteer coordinator with the center. The event will be held at 5:30 p.m. The fictional piece was written by Melville prior to his shift to poetic works.
Then, on June 18, the center will host a reading with Fieries and Snuffies Summer Resident James Allen Hall, a poet and assistant professor at the State University of New York. The event will be held at 8 p.m.
Hall's first book, "Now You're the Enemy," was the winning book during the 2008 University of Arkansas Poetry Series and was recognized by the Texas Institute of Letters as the Best Book of Poems of 2008. Hall's poems have appeared in numerous publications across the United States.
A Closer Look Book Club will host another discussion about Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" with Cybele Knowles, an events coordinator for the UA Poetry Center, on July 9 at 5:30 p.m.
Source: http://uanews.org/node/25879
All events will be held at the center, which is located in the Helen S. Schaefer Building, 1508 E. Helen St.
On June 11, A Closer Look Book Club will host a discussion that will focus on Herman Melville's "The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade." with Tony Luebbermann, a volunteer coordinator with the center. The event will be held at 5:30 p.m. The fictional piece was written by Melville prior to his shift to poetic works.
Then, on June 18, the center will host a reading with Fieries and Snuffies Summer Resident James Allen Hall, a poet and assistant professor at the State University of New York. The event will be held at 8 p.m.
Hall's first book, "Now You're the Enemy," was the winning book during the 2008 University of Arkansas Poetry Series and was recognized by the Texas Institute of Letters as the Best Book of Poems of 2008. Hall's poems have appeared in numerous publications across the United States.
A Closer Look Book Club will host another discussion about Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" with Cybele Knowles, an events coordinator for the UA Poetry Center, on July 9 at 5:30 p.m.
Source: http://uanews.org/node/25879
June 20 2009 - Creative Writing Course by Brenda Mallon - Dreams, Symbols and Your Story
Though not all of us are born writers, most of us can be trained to become good writers and that is what Brenda Mallon's creative writing courses are all about. Unleashing your imagination. Brenda is a psychotherapist and counsellor, a creative writing tutor, workshop leader and an author. Brenda Mallon is offering creative writing workshops in South Manchester. Anyone can join this creative writing training workshop; it benefits beginners and seasoned writers alike. This creative writing workshop is designed to explore the hidden voices within us using dreams, memories, mystic symbols, myths and wild imagination. This workshop will help writers access imagination, which is essential to be a creative writer.
Even seasoned writers at times run short of ideas or feel burnt out not getting that spark to proceed further. New writers will often have to struggle to start their projects. This workshop by Brenda Mallon is intended to help both beginners and seasoned writers to tap into their own inner resources using dreams and mystic symbols. Not everyone puts dreams to complete use. Brenda Mallon’s workshop on creative writing will help writers see how they can best make use of their dreams in writing.
This is an ideal opportunity for people who wanted to explore their own inner self and to reach out their own inner talents and writing skills. This workshop is designed to make each one of us a great writer.
This workshop will be held on two days to accommodate the demand. The dates of the workshop are as follows: 20th June 2009 and 18th July 2009. This is a full day workshop and will be conducted between 10.00 am and 4.00 pm. The price is £65 per person. On both days, the workshop will be held in South Manchester. Those who would like to make a booking can either contact Brenda Mallon’s official website creative writing courses or email directly to lapwing@gn.apc.org. As the seats are limited those who are interested in this workshop are recommended to make their booking well in advance to avoid disappointment.
June / July Creative Writing Course Dreams, Symbols and Your Story A One Day Creative Writing Course with author and dream therapist Brenda Mallon For absolute beginners or more seasoned writers, the course will explore how we can give hidden voices their opportunity to stir up our waking creativity. Using dreams, memories, mystic symbols, myths and wild imagination, writers will explore how to make the invisible, visible on the page. Brenda Mallon, course leader, is the author of sixteen books including, A Year of Creativity, The Dream Bible and The Mystic Symbols. She is an experienced creative writing tutor and internationally recognized dream therapist. Her recent Channel 4, TV series ‘Dream On’ included interviews with Brian Keenan, Toyah Wilcox, Gail Porter and Robin Gibb who all spoke of the importance of dreams in their lives.
For more information on Brenda Mallon's creative writing courses, go to www.brendamallon.com
Even seasoned writers at times run short of ideas or feel burnt out not getting that spark to proceed further. New writers will often have to struggle to start their projects. This workshop by Brenda Mallon is intended to help both beginners and seasoned writers to tap into their own inner resources using dreams and mystic symbols. Not everyone puts dreams to complete use. Brenda Mallon’s workshop on creative writing will help writers see how they can best make use of their dreams in writing.
This is an ideal opportunity for people who wanted to explore their own inner self and to reach out their own inner talents and writing skills. This workshop is designed to make each one of us a great writer.
This workshop will be held on two days to accommodate the demand. The dates of the workshop are as follows: 20th June 2009 and 18th July 2009. This is a full day workshop and will be conducted between 10.00 am and 4.00 pm. The price is £65 per person. On both days, the workshop will be held in South Manchester. Those who would like to make a booking can either contact Brenda Mallon’s official website creative writing courses or email directly to lapwing@gn.apc.org. As the seats are limited those who are interested in this workshop are recommended to make their booking well in advance to avoid disappointment.
June / July Creative Writing Course Dreams, Symbols and Your Story A One Day Creative Writing Course with author and dream therapist Brenda Mallon For absolute beginners or more seasoned writers, the course will explore how we can give hidden voices their opportunity to stir up our waking creativity. Using dreams, memories, mystic symbols, myths and wild imagination, writers will explore how to make the invisible, visible on the page. Brenda Mallon, course leader, is the author of sixteen books including, A Year of Creativity, The Dream Bible and The Mystic Symbols. She is an experienced creative writing tutor and internationally recognized dream therapist. Her recent Channel 4, TV series ‘Dream On’ included interviews with Brian Keenan, Toyah Wilcox, Gail Porter and Robin Gibb who all spoke of the importance of dreams in their lives.
For more information on Brenda Mallon's creative writing courses, go to www.brendamallon.com
June 23 2009 - MarketingSherpa Webinar Addresses Evolving Social Media Landscape for Marketing Professionals
MarketingSherpa, a leader in marketing research and education, has teamed up with social media marketing agency Overdrive Interactive to present "Social Media Is About Socializing" webinar. The session will take place Tuesday, June 23, at 2:00 PM EDT. The webinar will feature Jeanne Hopkins, MarketingSherpa's CMO and Harry Gold, CEO of Overdrive Interactive.
"MarketingSherpa is excited to be working with Overdrive because they have crafted successful online marketing campaigns using social media for clients such as Harley-Davidson, EMC and Cognos," said Hopkins. "Research from the recently released MarketingSherpa Social Media & PR Benchmark Guide outlines the need for a well-thought out plan in both B2C and B2B markets."
"Social Media Is About Socializing" will address the necessity of a social media presence for today's businesses and the numerous benefits of joining the virtual play space via Facebook, Twitter, blogging and more. Specifically, the webinar will focus on:
Defining what social media marketing is and how the social media landscape fits together
Demonstrating how to weave content into the social web to create relationships with "friends" and "fans"
Joining customer conversations by encouraging the utilization, sharing and posting of high value content
Explaining the importance of blog outreach and monitoring, and how bloggers draw content from the social web
Measuring social media success and reporting meaningful metrics and ROI
Showing real case studies from companies you know using social media to build their brands and make real connections with target audiences
"The businesses that are growing in this financial climate are incorporating social media elements into their interactive marketing strategies," says Gold. "If executed correctly, social media marketing can make both a measurable impact with leads and revenue as well as build brand loyalty over time."
To join MarketingSherpa and Overdrive Interactive for "Social Media Is About Socializing" webinar register at http://tinyurl.com/pfjyxg.
"MarketingSherpa is excited to be working with Overdrive because they have crafted successful online marketing campaigns using social media for clients such as Harley-Davidson, EMC and Cognos," said Hopkins. "Research from the recently released MarketingSherpa Social Media & PR Benchmark Guide outlines the need for a well-thought out plan in both B2C and B2B markets."
"Social Media Is About Socializing" will address the necessity of a social media presence for today's businesses and the numerous benefits of joining the virtual play space via Facebook, Twitter, blogging and more. Specifically, the webinar will focus on:
Defining what social media marketing is and how the social media landscape fits together
Demonstrating how to weave content into the social web to create relationships with "friends" and "fans"
Joining customer conversations by encouraging the utilization, sharing and posting of high value content
Explaining the importance of blog outreach and monitoring, and how bloggers draw content from the social web
Measuring social media success and reporting meaningful metrics and ROI
Showing real case studies from companies you know using social media to build their brands and make real connections with target audiences
"The businesses that are growing in this financial climate are incorporating social media elements into their interactive marketing strategies," says Gold. "If executed correctly, social media marketing can make both a measurable impact with leads and revenue as well as build brand loyalty over time."
To join MarketingSherpa and Overdrive Interactive for "Social Media Is About Socializing" webinar register at http://tinyurl.com/pfjyxg.
Friday, June 5, 2009
June 26 2009 - Shakespeare Goes Zombie at the 63rd Annual Edinburgh Film Festival
The Edinburgh Film Festival will host the world premiere of the feature film Romeo & Juliet vs. The Living Dead on June 26th, 2009 (23:00 at Filmhouse 1); the independently made romantic comedy precedes a number of horror/classic literature mash-ups being developed this year
Among the twenty-three world premieres to be unveiled at the 63rd Annual Edinburgh Film Festival, there is one title that can not help but to catch the eye: Romeo & Juliet vs. The Living Dead. The low-budget independent film aims to be the word-of-mouth hit at Edinburgh that Colin, the famed $70 zombie film, was at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
Romeo & Juliet vs. The Living Dead appears to be the first in a wave of horror/classic literature mash-ups. Recently, development has begun on films such as Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and, another Austen parody, Pride and Predator. The latter is produced by Elton John's Rocket Pictures.
The Shakespeare parody is the debut film by director Ryan Denmark, who has worked for the last six years as Spike Lee's associate editor on films such as Inside Man and Miracle at St. Anna. Produced in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Denmark's take on this tale of star-crossed lovers both embraces and reinvents Shakespeare's classic text.
"The idea for the film is Juliet, of noble Capulet birth, falls in love with Romeo, a zombie and hilarity ensues. That only goes so far," says Denmark. "We needed more or it was going to be a one gag show. For me R&J is a parable about how hatred consumes everything around it. However, it has also spawned a worship of hysterical juvenile love. For that reason, the play has a lot in common with 80's teen romance films. So when we approached the script we were influenced by films like Valley Girl and Pretty in Pink. We expanded the character of Mercutio to create a love triangle and away we went. Everything flowed from there, including our answer to the problematic question everyone asks, if Romeo is already dead, how does he kill himself? The film is a romantic comedy, but you know, with zombies."
With this in mind, Denmark has aimed the film for a wide audience, "We want to be the perfect date movie. That's not to say a chick-flick. This is the film a zombie lover can drag their significant other to and everyone will walk away happy."
Romeo & Juliet vs. The Living Dead will premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival on June 26th, 2009. It plays at 23:00 at Filmhouse 1. Director/writer Ryan Denmark will be in attendance along with writer Jason Witter, who also portrays the undead Romeo.
Produced by Third Star Films, a trailer can be found on the website http://www.thirdstarfilms.com
Among the twenty-three world premieres to be unveiled at the 63rd Annual Edinburgh Film Festival, there is one title that can not help but to catch the eye: Romeo & Juliet vs. The Living Dead. The low-budget independent film aims to be the word-of-mouth hit at Edinburgh that Colin, the famed $70 zombie film, was at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
Romeo & Juliet vs. The Living Dead appears to be the first in a wave of horror/classic literature mash-ups. Recently, development has begun on films such as Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and, another Austen parody, Pride and Predator. The latter is produced by Elton John's Rocket Pictures.
The Shakespeare parody is the debut film by director Ryan Denmark, who has worked for the last six years as Spike Lee's associate editor on films such as Inside Man and Miracle at St. Anna. Produced in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Denmark's take on this tale of star-crossed lovers both embraces and reinvents Shakespeare's classic text.
"The idea for the film is Juliet, of noble Capulet birth, falls in love with Romeo, a zombie and hilarity ensues. That only goes so far," says Denmark. "We needed more or it was going to be a one gag show. For me R&J is a parable about how hatred consumes everything around it. However, it has also spawned a worship of hysterical juvenile love. For that reason, the play has a lot in common with 80's teen romance films. So when we approached the script we were influenced by films like Valley Girl and Pretty in Pink. We expanded the character of Mercutio to create a love triangle and away we went. Everything flowed from there, including our answer to the problematic question everyone asks, if Romeo is already dead, how does he kill himself? The film is a romantic comedy, but you know, with zombies."
With this in mind, Denmark has aimed the film for a wide audience, "We want to be the perfect date movie. That's not to say a chick-flick. This is the film a zombie lover can drag their significant other to and everyone will walk away happy."
Romeo & Juliet vs. The Living Dead will premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival on June 26th, 2009. It plays at 23:00 at Filmhouse 1. Director/writer Ryan Denmark will be in attendance along with writer Jason Witter, who also portrays the undead Romeo.
Produced by Third Star Films, a trailer can be found on the website http://www.thirdstarfilms.com
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