[stylist] December's Telephone Gathering is tonight! Sunday the 18th
Robert Leslie Newman
newmanrl at cox.net
Sun Dec 18 21:35:47 UTC 2011
Dear STYLIST and Writers' Division membership
RE: DECEMBER Telephone Gathering is tonight, Sunday the 18th (
Time: 7:30 PM US Central
Number to call in on: (218) 339-4300
Conference ID#: 568839 Pound
We have a guest speaker, a gentleman who is a published author, a retired
college instructor and is prepared to talk to us about creative non-fiction,
publishing, grammar, editing, and more. (Read his BIO below). Also, Mister
Burns Taylor's "Wild Velvet" was the first place winner in our 2011
non-fiction category, and he is the newest member of the NFB Writers'
division.
Burns Taylor BIO:
Beginning with the publication of "Just Breakfast,: a prose poem published
in a campus literary magazine in 1967, my career as an artist has spanned
more than forty years. One high point was the release of Beyond Blindness,
a one-hour documentary narrated by Patty Duke for PBS television. For that
film I earned screen credits as a featured performer and contributing
writer. Another highlight was the first sale of my essay, "Shoestring
Publisher," to Publishers Weekly in New York. Most recently, my essay,
"The First Star I See," was selected from an international competition for
inclusion in Reading Lips and Other Ways to Overcome a Disability, a
collection of 29 essays published by the Helen Keller Foundation for
Educational Research. That book is available through the National Library
Service talking book program.
I hold a B.A. Degree in English from the university of Texas at Austin and
an Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in professional writing from the University of
Southern California. I have taught English composition and literature
classes for the past 20 years at two community colleges and one university
in two different states.
I will be prepared to discuss creative nonfiction and poetry publishing,
writing, editing and some exercises I have created to be helpful in
preparing to write fiction. I will be happy to entertain questions
regarding subject matter, style and other questions about freelance writing
and publishing. I will also attempt to answer any questions about syntax
and/or grammatical usage. I look forward to sharing ideas with you all on
Dec. 18.
Robert Leslie Newman
President, Omaha Chapter NFB
President, NFB Writers' Division
Division Website
http://www.nfb-writers-division.net
Chair, Newsletter Publication committee
Personal Website-
http://www.thoughtprovoker.info <http://www.thoughtprovoker.info/>
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