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You are receiving this newsletter because, at some point in time, you asked to receive it! You can of course unsubscribe at any time - but I hope you welcome its arrival, and enjoy the storytelling news, tips, and reflections I look forward to sharing with you. Sincerely, Pam Faro
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Anniversary Specials:
50% off of Online Coaching,
and/or reduced fee for a Storytelling Performance
 Celebrating the 1-year anniversary of launching my Story Crossings website, I'm offering 2 limited-time special rates:
- 50% off of one 1-hour session of online storytelling coaching.
- Reduced performance fee of $200 for one storytelling program. (Travel costs may apply.)
DEADLINES FOR PURCHASING:
Monday, Nov. 17 for coaching special offer;
Monday, Nov. 24 for performance special offer.
For full details, and for purchasing, please go to the Story Crossings website: Storytelling Coaching, and/or One-Year Anniversary Specials.
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**FLASH!!!** YOU are invited!
Announcing the MAY 2015
STORYTELLING-WORKSHOPPING TOUR in ENGLAND!
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Come along It's going to be a GREAT tour!
It will be a wonderful mix of:
- Sight-seeing - historical sites in southern England
- Storytelling - from the tour leaders as well as group story swaps
- Workshops - engaging and fun, for growing your storytelling skills, tailored for this "Historical-Hysterical Storytelling Workshop England Tour" by two experienced professional storytellers
- Please note: "Non-storytellers," storytellers' companions, and anyone eager to visit the sites on the itinerary are most welcome on this tour! - All are welcome to participate fully in the workshops - or not, if you'd rather sight-see or rest or...?! If enjoying sight-seeing in England and listening to storytelling by others is your thing, this could be the tour for you!
- Free Time for rejuventating, whether by napping or hiking or whatever...!
- and plenty of opportunities for traditional Cream Teas, if I have anything to say about it!
I'm thrilled to partner with storyteller and teacher Mark Goldman on this tour. (Plus he's the one with the logistics expertise, which makes me all the more thrilled-!)
Contact either Mark (mark@storytellermark.com) or me (pamfaro@storycrossings.com) with questions, or
to secure your spot on the tour.
IT WILL BE LOADS OF VALUE AND LOADS OF FUN -
WE HOPE YOU'LL JOIN THE TOUR!
Mark your calendars now and squirrel away some funds for a wonderful "historical-hysterical storytelling workshop England tour"!
(MAY 2015 - not "summer" 2015 as seen in the oval of the reproduced ad above...sorry...!)
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 Boulder Story Night
Meetup
This is a lovely monthly opportunity to gather with others for an evening of storytelling, story listening, story enjoyment. Relaxed & fun atmosphere, no one has to tell, everyone gets a chance to tell (if not this month, then the next!).
Every month there is a suggested theme, which is only a prompt if you want one - never required! Full information here. (And tea is always available!)
If you're near Boulder, CO, come check it out! If you're not, check out Meetup.com to see if there's a story-Meetup in your area (or start up one!).
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"Pathways"
National Storytelling Conference
July 30-Aug. 2, 2015 in Kansas City, MO
Call for workshop proposals
for the 2015 National Storytelling Conference - Deadline November 24, 2015. Full information here.
The conference last year in Phoenix was fantastic - I look forward to next summer's in Kansas City!
 This conference is an annual storytelling event bringing together tellers from all walks of life, from all points of the compass, and with so much to teach and learn from each other! Click on the National Storytelling Network (NSN) logo to learn more!
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There isn't yet a regular rhythm of publishing posts for the Story Crossings blog... On October 29, 2014 I published Part 1 of a 3-(maybe 4)-part series:
Story Slams Making Waves - What's the Story, Anyway?
Click on the link below (right-hand column) to check it out - I hope you do! The left-hand column below is the beginning of my blog post after reading the powerful novel All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, comparing & contrasting oral and written stories. Any comments you may like to post would be welcome. Thanks for reading!...
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Recent/current blog posts...
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"All the Words I Cannot Write"...Oral Stories / Written Stories
[September 10, 2014]
All the Light We Cannot See
Have you ever heard, or read, a story that filled you so very, very, very full…of thoughts, emotions, responses, images…?
A story you hear told aloud…a written novel you hold in your hands…both are so similar to, and so different from, each other.
Both are magnificently complex, but the complexities are very different in nature...
CLICK TO READ THE FULL BLOG POST ON COMPARING ORAL AND WRITTEN STORIES.
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Story Slams Making Waves –
What’s the Story, Anyway?! (Part 1)
[October 29, 2014]
“Like moths to a flame: People flock to hear personal sagas” – Denver Post, Oct, 17, 2014.
It was exciting to see a nice, big feature article in the Denver newspaper about storytelling!
I read it eagerly… But…but…but…I confess to you: Eagerness gave way to puzzlement, puzzlement gave way to discomfort, discomfort ebbed into irritation, irritation blossomed into indignation… And frustration. And sadness. And fatigue.
Why?
That question leads me to write this exploratory 3-part series...CLICK TO READ MORE.
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Ask questions of the story, the audience, and yourself (yes, that