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The Newstream

A Newsletter for the Woodstream Writing Community,

Where we share our news with you--and your good news with one another!

www.woodstreamwriters.com

March 2006

In this issue JOIN US: Free Workshop! | PUBLISHED, LAUDED, AND APPLAUDED: Woodstream Writers "Show Up" | HOW NOW, BROWN COW?: An Opportunity for Poets

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Join Us!

Upcoming Woodstream Writing Events

FREE WORKSHOP THIS FRIDAY! Jamie Morris will offer a free AWA workshop presentation at the New Writers Group, this Friday, March 17th, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Located at the Maitland Art Center, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, as part of a series--an informal FREE group of writers helping writers that meets the third Friday of each month. Contact Mike Whisenant to learn more: 407.538.1111 or m_whisenant@bellsouth.net.

ROOM WITH A VIEW: Maitland Workshops begin Monday, March 20th. Join us for ten weeks of writing and critique in our cozy loft--with a wonderful view! We have just a few seats available for Monday evenings, Tuesday mornings, and Tuesday evenings. Cost is $295.

NEW!! Eight-Week Creative Writing Workshop at Mount Dora's fabulousDickens-Reed Bistro & Books. This AWA-style workshop is open to all writers, all genres. Eight Wednesday evenings, 6:30-9 p.m. Starts April 5^th. Cost is $260. Only one seat left.

Well, Lah-Tea-Dah! Join us for an "Afternoon of CreativiTEA" when Lake County's Princess of High Tea, Joa Jane, and Jamie Morris, your all-around AWA gal, serve up iced cakes and pots of inspiration--not to mention yummy quiche, crustless sandwiches, and scones with clotted cream! Respondez, s'il vous plait, for this Saturday, April 22^nd event. You're in for a rollicking (yet, ladylike) afternoon of writing, revelation, and lemon cream. The $55 cost includes lunch, tea, dessert(s!!), and a full "eat-while-you-write-shop" from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Writing Marathon! We're poised at our starting blocks . . . ready to stretch our creative wings and FLY across an entire day of craft and prompts. We write at all levels, in all genres, and we have room for YOU to join us Saturday, March 18th, 9:00 a.m. - 9:30 p.m., in Altamonte Springs. Engaged by a wealth of writing prompts, you'll wonder where the day has gone--until you see the pages you've produced! Fully catered, we supply breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, beverages, and after-dinner wine. The cost is $110 for the day. Only ONE seat left!

For more details, visit www.woodstreamwriters.com/blog/index.html or contact jamie@woodstreamwriters.com

or call 407.644.5163. All Woodstream Workshops use the Amherst Writers & Artists method.

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Published, Lauded, and Applauded!

Woodstream Writers' Latest Triumphs

Was it Woody Allen who said, "Ninety percent of success is just showing up"? No matter, it's true! That's why we want to congratulate Woodstreamers Kay Adrid, Sherrie Cox, Jeff Davis, Norma Emerson, Adele Azar Rucquoi, and Marie Shafer, who took last month's challenge--"Short notice! Write fast! Borders seeks stories about pets"--and "doggedly" got their stories into shape (and into Borders) on time. Good work, writers! Keep showing up!

Woodstream pal Karen Phillips is making news. Or, at least, she's reporting it in her weekly column, "Stetson's Corner," published in both The Oviedo Voice and The Sanford Herald. Karen's column features local folks, local organizations, and local politics. Read one of her February articles at www.seminoleherald.com. And while you're at it, visit www.weeonesmag.com where you can read Karen's nonfiction article, "Snails, So Special," in the children's on-line magazine Wee Ones. Nice going, Ms. Phillips!

This month, the Karens are really cleaning up! Woodstream's own Karen Fridie wrote--and tidied--her lovely poem "Spring Cleaning" in our Tuesday morning workshop, then sent it off to the International Library of Poetry--who promptly published it in the 2005 edition of their Twilight Musings! Congrats on your clean sweep, Karen.

How Now, Brown Cow?

Publishing Information, Tips, and Opportunities

If "publishing" means "to make public," here's a chance for poets to do just that. Hinda-jonathan Paquette invites Central Florida poets to audition for her Orlando Poetry Troupe. You can also hear them when they perform at the Orange County Public Library in Orlando on Wednesday, April 5^th, at 7 p.m. To learn more, e-mail Hinda at poet05@bellsouth.net.

Call for submissions: Spirituality & Health magazine asks writers to detail how they practice opening their hearts in daily life: Do you take a moment to imagine that a clumsy waitress might be having a tough day? Do you make the effort to remember you were once "that young"? Whether it's a daily prayer or three deep breaths, share what you do to soften yourself in this hectic world with S&P, and they'll consider your piece for inclusion in their upcoming book. E-mail your 50-150 word entry to OpenHeart@SpiritualityHealth.com.

The first step to publishing your novel is finishing your novel! Woodstreamer JL Rehman--who just wrote "The End" on the last page of her second novel--knows this all too well! Her first novel, No Middle Ground, took five years to complete. Her second, Death Impressions, took "just" one. JL says a book is like a relationship: "You catch sight of an idea, think about it off and on, figure out if you're compatible. You fight, separate, cry, get back together." But, ultimately, "You might as will stick with it," she says, "because it won't let you get on with your life until it's good and ready." The moral of JL's story? Hang in there! And you, too, will be scrawling those wonderful little words on the last page of your manuscript.

Do you have a good publishing tidbit?

Send it to us so we can share it in the next issue: jamie@woodstreamwriters.com.

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Well, that's all for this issue! Remember to let us know what's news,

and . . .

. . . keep up the good work!

Jamie Morris,

Woodstream Writing Workshops

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