Second Saturday

From Lisa Esparza:

ATTENTION FELLOW WRITERS and ARTISTS:

Phillip Lobo (a friend of mine) has begun a new event titled Second Saturday. It is to take place this coming Saturday, November 14, 2009 from 7:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. (There will be no event for December and it is still tentative for January.)

It will be located at 7075 Bandera Road (Greywolf Gallery/formerly Alexander's fine art) (In the same parking lot as the Pizza Hut)

The event is a display/sale of artwork by various artists. He is also looking for writers to read their works in time slots of up to 8 minutes.

Artist and writer participation is free. Entrance fee for all others is $1 at the door.

If you are a WRITER and are interested in reading your work, please submit the work you plan on reading to the following e-mail address: LONGHORNWOLF@HOTMAIL.COM

(If you would like to sell your work as well, please let that be known in the e-mail so that you can be contacted regarding a fee schedule)

If you are an ARTIST and are interested in participating, please submit (to LONGHORNWOLF@HOTMAIL.COM ) up to six pictures of the pieces you want considered. Only up to three will be selected. Please list the dimensions of the pieces along with each photograph.

The artwork must be painting, sculpture, or photography. NO arts and crafts. The house will get 15% of the sale price.

Attire for the event should be evening wear/dressy. Please no casual dress.

Please pass this on.
Thanks,
Lisa

Reyna Grande in San Antonio

Reyna Grande

--all the way from LA!

Guest Author

Monthly Meeting

Society of Latino and Hispanic Writers of San Antonio

Monday, Nov. 9

7:30 p.m.

Barnes and Noble, San Pedro Crossing

FREE and open to the public!

Recent Release: Dancing with Butterflies

Reyna Grande is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Across A Hundred Mountains (Atria 2006), for which she received an American Book Award (2007) and El Premio Aztlan Literary Award (2006).

Literary El Paso

From Diana Lopez, author of "Confetti Girl"

I just wanted to let you know that my dear friend, Christine Granados, will be at the Twig on Saturday along with Pat Little Dog. They are promoting a new anthology called Literary El Paso.


From The Twig website:

Time: Saturday, November 7, 4 p.m.

Location: The Twig Book Shop

Title of Event: Literary El Paso

Marcia Hatfield Daudistel, Editor, Marian Haddad, Christine Granados, Pat LittleDog, Contributors, Literary El Paso

El Paso del Norte - place of hope, wonder, shifting winds, culture and tradition, this fortuitous confluence of sky and land, nations and people - has been the inspiration and lifeblood of the writers in this invaluable and powerful anthology. It is my great honor to be part of this living river of words." - Denise Chavez, author of Loving Pedro Infante

Forensic Expert Visits with SARA

FORENSIC EXPERT VISITS WITH SARA

Join San Antonio Romance Authors Wednesday, November 18, for our monthly meeting featuring Forensic Expert, Meghan Ryan. Meghan will lecture about, "The ABC’s of the ME’s." Meeting place is Ming Court Restaurant @ The Vineyard, 1205 N Loop 1604 W #230. SARA business meeting starts @ 6:30 p.m., presentation will began @ 7pm. Visit www.sararwa.net for more details.

Workshops

From our Vice President, Lupe Gonzalez:

Self-Editing Workshop
Nov. 15-21

Want to perk up the pace of your prose?
Don’t know what to look for?
Contest judges getting you down?
Never learned the difference between POV and Show vs Tell?
Join two Roses of Roses Colored Glasses for the Self-Editing Workshop

Your Instructors: Layla Chase and Shayla Kersten
This workshop will help make your writing shine! Through the use of checklists, lectures and all new writing exercises, we give you tangible examples of what to look for and how to fix it. You'll get interactive assistance from editor and award-winning author, Layla Chase, and multi-published author Shayla Kersten.

Passive Vs Active voice, Power words & pumping up your sentences
Eliminating implied or unnecessary words
Gerunds, misplaced modifiers, dangling participles
POV and Show Vs Tell
Grammar & Punctuation Style

To enroll, send your $20 payment through Paypal from the workshop page on www.rosescoloredglasses.com.

Deadline for enrollment is Nov. 14th.

Testimonials
"... even more than the wonderful tips and checklist and exercises, this workshop taught us how to discipline ourselves, which I love. Thank you, thank you, thank you."
"I did learn some of the little tidy ends which as a novice I didn't realize the importance of "don't does" in writing novels."
"Great workshop! I will be recommending it to my writer friends."

****Permission granted to distribute** ***

Linda Carroll-Bradd
~~Dreams of Gold in Lawmen & Outlaws anthology, June 09
~~Only For One Night, Lone Star Angel
~~One Last Time; Business is Blooming
~~Ten Fantasy Wishes; A Legend of Ireland
www.lindacarroll-bradd.com
www.thewildrosepress.com


Workshop: Writing the Blurb
given by multi-published sci-fi author, Masha Holl

*Workshop Starts November 8*
*Registration Open NOW*

*Blurbs! The hated word!*
Let me make it just another minor task.
One week.
Hands-on.
Certified for the faint of heart.

Where do you start? What do you include?
How can you squeeze a whole book into 50 words?

Let's work on it together!

/*One week, $10. Lots of Practice.*/

/Free Workshop Files to Download/

Visit http://ottercreations.mashaholl.com for more information

You can also click on the link below or copy and paste the URL into your web browser:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/webpage101/join

Follow the directions in the email you will receive.

Lupe M. Gonzalez
http://www.myspace.com/lesmora
Writing stories by and about Latinas and their lives and loves.
Released Sep 23, 2009 - A Love for Eternity, TWRP, Vintage Miniature Rose
Too Late For Romance? (Debut Book, Jun 2008, The Wild Rose Press)

National Novel Writing Month

From our Vice President, Lupe Gonzalez:

NATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH

11/1 to 11/30/2009

It's not too late to join in.

For 30 days, put aside as much of your routine as you can and join the multitude of writers all over the world and WRITE YOUR STORY!

50,000 words for 30 days
1667 words per day, 7 pages per day – however you want to look at it to make it sound easier for you – or Doable.

The San Antonio area NaNoWriMo volunteers will organize write-ins during the month, at the Forum, at B/N, La Cantera and at the Quarry. Plus, they’ll also have opportunities to socialize – and unwind.

I’m joining in, some other writers I know are in. Are you?

For more info and to register: http://www.nanowrimo.org

Lupe M. Gonzalez
http://www.myspace.com/lesmora
Writing stories by and about Latinas and their lives and loves.
Released Sep 23, 2009 - A Love for Eternity, TWRP, Vintage Miniature Rose
Too Late For Romance? (Debut Book, Jun 2008, The Wild Rose Press)

PEN/Beyond Margins Awards

From Latinidad ® http://www.marcelalandres.com/

PEN/BEYOND MARGINS AWARDS
Deadline: December 14
$1000 is given to writers of color of fiction, literary nonfiction, biography/memoir, and other works of literary character. U.S. residency or citizenship is not required. For more information, visit: http://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/280

Review: In the Sun's House

Here's my review of In the Sun's House, which appeared in yesterday's San Antonio Express-News