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Dear Subscribers,
A warm welcome to those of
you who are new to this list and good wishes to all. Herewith
news about workshops and several new podcasts, including some
fascinating interviews with other writers and artists.
There's plenty in here for writers interested in exploring the
possibilities on the digital frontier, Mexico and its great literary
artists, the Orphic Journey and the wonders of the Sierra Gorda,
and that world waiting for a dream, far-out and far West Texas.
Oh, and the Afterlife, too. Read on.
UPCOMING
WORKSHOPS
May
5, 2012, 10 am - 12 pm
PODCASTING FOR WRITERS Writer's
Center, Bethesda MD
Audio podcasts,
on-line digital files, not only serve as an important promotional
tool for writers, but they can be storytelling vehicles themselves,
whether as stand-alone works or complements to text. This workshop
provides an introduction and overview of podcasting for writers,
from basic concepts to nuts-and-bolts tips. The goal is that
by the end of the workshop, you will be able to go home and use
your iPhone or digital recorder and computer to generate and
then post a simple podcast on-line. >>Listen to C.M. Mayo's
podcasts here. >>MORE
INFO & REGISTER ON-LINE
May
5, 2012, 1 - 5 pm
HOW (AND HOW NOT) TO WRITE DIALOGUE Writer's
Center, Bethesda MD One of the most powerfully
vivid ways to show character, relationship, conflict, and/or
mood is through the use of dialogue. For both beginning and advanced
fiction and nonfiction writers, this workshop focuses on the
use and misuse of dialogue, with a series of mini-lectures interspersed
with brief exercises. The goal is by the end of the workshop,
your dialogue will be of notably higher quality. >>Read C.M. Mayo's writing,
which has plenty of dialogue, here. >>MORE
INFO & REGISTER ON-LINE NOW
June 23, 2012
CONFERENCE: PUBLISH
NOW! FROM MANUSCRIPT TO BOOK AND EBOOK IN THE NEW WORLD OF PUBLISHING The
Writer's Center, Bethesda MD 10 am - 5 pm.
$85 members; $100 nonmembers
Lunch included and reception to follow. C.M. Mayo's presentation: "The Manuscript is Finished— (or is it?)— What's Next?".
A Conversation
with Michael K. Schuessler, author of the biographies of Guadalupe
(Pita) Amor and Elena Poniatowska, and editor of Alma Reed's
long-lost autobiography, Peregrina: Love and Death in Mexico Michael K. Schuessler
on Mexico's incomparable poet Guadalupe (Pita) Amor; her neice,
Mexico's acclaimed novelist and journalist Elena Poniatowska;
the baroque literary prodigy Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz;
and the great friend of Mexico, the adventurous and passionate
journalist Alma Reed, whose autobiography—a work vital to
early 20th century Yucatecan history— Schuessler rescued
from an abandoned closet. Recorded in Mexico City on March 8,
2012. *1 hour and 7 minutes.
A Conversation
with Edward Swift, author of My Grandfather's Finger and
The Daughter of the Doctor and the Saint Edward Swift is an
artist and the author of the memoir My Grandfather's Finger,
in addition to several acclaimed novels, most recently, The
Daughter of the Doctor and the Saint. Recorded in his studio
in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, the conversation ranges from
the Orphic journey to Texas's Big Thicket, Marguerite Young,
Proust, Greenwich Village, and the wonders of Mexico's little-known
Sierra Gorda. Recorded on Feb 22, 2012. *1
hour and 15 minutes.
Listen to more conversations
with other writers-- including Sara Mansfield Taber, Solveig
Eggerz, and Rosemary Sullivan on the main page:
AND
A NEW PODCAST OF MY TALK ABOUT A RECENT PUBLICATION, MY TRANSLATION
- THE FIRST INTO ENGLISH - OF THE SECRET BOOK BY FRANCISCO I.
MADERO
C.M.
Mayo Discusses Francisco I. Madero's Secret Book of 1911, Spiritist
Manual Recorded
at the PEN / Sol
Literary Magazine Reading Series event of February 22,
2012 in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. C.M. Mayo introduces and
discusses her translation— the first into English—
of Francisco
I. Madero's secret book of 1911, Spiritist
Manual.
Madero was the leader of Mexico's 1910 Revolution and President
of Mexico from
1911-1913.
(Note: this is an abbreviated version of the longer podcast,
listed directly below, with fellow author Gerard Helferich, who
read from his book, Stone of Kings.) *26
1/2 minutes.
Note: In this talk I mention that I had not been able to find
a copy of the original Spanish edition, Manual Espírita,
anywhere on-line. Shortly after I posted this podcast I found
this free PDF download available from a Mexican government
website.
And speaking of podcasts,
I'm writing an iBook, Podcasting for
Writers,which will be published this summer.
P.S.
If you haven't already, click on the cover to download "C.M.
Mayo on Creative Writing: The Best from the Blog," a
50+ page cornucopia of the tips from my writing workshops. It
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also open in iBooks. [This
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Thank you for
your interest in my work and good wishes to you!
C. M. MAYO
P.S.
If you haven't already, click on the cover to download "C.M.
Mayo on Creative Writing: The Best from the Blog," a
50+ page cornucopia of the tips from my writing workshops. It
is a fully formatted PDF which you can read on any computer and
also open in iBooks. [This
download is for subscribers only. Subscribers receive the
passwords for free e-books in the next newsletter e-mail.
To sign up for the newsletter, which is free, 
