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SHOW AND GROW your PROSE with Professional Critique
Don’t miss this opportunity to read ten minutes of your prose** (short story, memoir, or novel chapter ONLY) to the audience, followed by a brief professional critique by our guest critiquer. 4 readings per session for the dinner meetings and 6 readings at Saturday morning sessions.
The Show and Grow DINNER meetings will occur on select evenings, from 5:30 - 8:30 PM, at Gus and George's Spaghetti and Steak House, 4312 Virginia Beach Blvd, Virginia Beach, VA 23454. and at other local restaurants TBD. If possible, please join us at 5:30 for Happy Hour and/or 5:45 for dinner prior to the S&G event. Whether you plan to read or not, if you want to attend dinner, please email (hrw.show.and.grow@gmail.com)* so we can make sure we have a large enough wait staff on hand to accommodate all the diners. Other Show and Grow events will occur on Saturday mornings, 10 AM - 12:30 PM, (please arrive no later than 9:45 AM) at the Muse Writers Center, 2200 Colonial Ave #3, Norfolk, VA 23517.
All events are FREE and open to the public, but, with regard to the dinner meeting Show and Grow events, if you wish to eat dinner, you must purchase your own food. It's perfectly fine to arrive a few minutes prior to seven and not eat dinner at the venue.
Anyone may listen as part of the audience, BUT if you want to share your work, e-mailed registration* is required. Registration is accomplished in two parts when you (1) email* your work as a .doc or .docx file, and (2) when you receive confirmation that a slot is still available. When sending your work, please indicate the date of the event at which you would like to share your work. The reading spots are filled on a first come/first serve basis and often fill up quickly. Please look below the schedule to learn how to format your document correctly for presentation. YOU MUST BRING 3 COPIES OF THE WORK TO THE EVENT.
* NOTE NEW EMAIL ADDRESS
2019 SHOW & GROW Your Prose with Professional Critique meeting SCHEDULE
- August 6, 2019 -- Show and Grow your prose with Professional Critique @ Ynot Italian at The Shoppes at Greenbrier 1036 Volvo Pkwy #7, 5:30 - 7 for dinner, then 7 - 8:30 PM for the critiques. Rick Eley and Dr. Dennis Bounds will be the professional critiquers.
- September 7, 2019 -- Show and Grow your prose with Professional Critique @ the Muse Writers Center, 2200 Colonial Ave #3, Norfolk, VA 23517, 10 AM - 12:30 PM. Jessica Grace Kelley and Princess Perry will serve as the Professional Critiquers.
- October 1, 2019 -- Show and Grow your prose with Professional Critique @ Gus and George's Spaghetti and Steak House, 4312 Virginia Beach Blvd, Virginia Beach, VA 23454, 5:30 - 7 for dinner, then 7 - 8:30 PM for the critiques. Sally Parrott and Shawn Girvan will be the professional critiquers.
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 Whoo-hoo for Ginger Marcinkowski, a former member of HRW. She won a one-week stay at The Porches Writers Residency in Norwood, Virginia AND a month-long paid International Residency at Kingsbrae Gardens in St. Andrews, Canada for the month of August. Both are highly competitive, so kudos to you, Ginger!
Though she has moved several states away, she continues to support HRW. Might we see you at this year's conference in September, Ginger?
The NLBA considers children’s books to be an art form and honors books that excel in aesthetic and literary qualities with an emphasis on permanency. As we hold a high regard for the superb titles you present every year, we would like to extend an invitation for your children’s and YA authors to submit their titles for the 2019 Northern Lights Book Awards at no cost.
Authors: No need to fill out any forms.
Simply mail two (2) books per title to:
Northern Lights Book Awards
6840 Frank Long Rd
Jamesville NY 13078
Enter today and give your book the mark of distinction it deserves.
Sincerely,
The NLBA Team
www.northerndawnawards.com
If you have any questions, please email us at NLBookAwards@gmail.com
The Armed Service Arts Partnership (ASAP) would like to share some of the new opportunities coming up for the 2019 fall program season. There are still some summer opportunities as well. ASAP's vision is to cultivate growth and community with veterans, service members, military families, and caregivers through the arts.
CLASSES—2019 Fall Classes, Applications Are Being Accepted
Our intro-level multi-week class offerings are still receiving applications for the 2019 fall program season.
Hampton Roads Area Class Offerings:
- Musical Improv Workshop with Push Comedy Theater
Sunday, August 25, 2019
3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Norfolk, VA
This workshop offers an introduction to long form musical improvisation. We will cover the basics of how to work with music while learning how to create musical numbers and how to place them together to create a thematic musical show. THOSE INTERESTED MAY APPLY HERE.
- Auditioning Workshop
Saturday, September 21, 2019
10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Norfolk, VA
Learn the basics of auditioning technique as well as materials preparation. How do I format my resume? What sort of headshot do I need? Should my audition be memorized? Do I have a type? How do I prepare for the audition? After a discussion of basic strategies and techniques, participants will have a chance to workshop audition sides with a professional reader. THOSE INTERESTED MAY APPLY HERE.
- CERAMICS
Saturday, August 17th, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Basic hand building techniques will be covered with the option of trying the potter's wheel. THOSE INTERESTED MAY APPLY HERE.
- DRAWING
Saturday, November 16th, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Learn the basic principles of drawing, such as value, line, positive and negative space. THOSE INTERESTED MAY APPLY HERE.
Sunday, August 11, 2019
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Norfolk, VA
This event will showcase different improv troupes made up of active duty service members, veterans, military family members, and civilians making up hysterical scenes and performances on the spot. Join us for the funniest, most spontaneous night in Norfolk. GET TICKETS HERE.
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HRW
New Members
HRW welcomes new members Christopher Matson, Megan Headley, and Sheila Smith.
Christopher hopes to find a place with the HRW group and make some new friends among the members. He's well on his way to his goal as he's already signed up for our September conference. Here's an introduction to Christopher in his own words:
"I write under the name C.B. Matson and currently work as co-author on an adventure series with David Wood. However, I started writing regularly in 2013 for the Kindle Worlds “Foreworld” series. Prior to that I’d written sporadically for various on-line forums. I’ve been an engineer and seaport consultant for over thirty years, so becoming an author is a second career for me. As of last spring, I’ve retired from the consulting business to focus on my writing.
Reading across genres helps broaden one’s vision and experience. Therefore, I enjoy writing various genres as well. That said, I’ve found that historical fiction is the most fun to write. You can choose your world, primitive, medieval, steampunk, even dystopian from thousands of locations and periods of history. And fantasy, magic, horror? All of those are possible, even in a historically authentic setting.
However, my current WIP is a second contemporary action-adventure in the “Dane Maddock” series by David Wood. I’m enjoying the co-author gig, as it gives me a lot of writing experience and exposure that I’d never get trying to slug it out on my own. I’ll likely do another “Dane Maddock” after this before jumping back into historical."
Megan heard about HRW while she was looking for a writers conference to attend. "The HRW event was highly recommended in online reviews." She writes both fiction and poetry. "I like to write rich descriptions of character, fantastical descriptions grounded in solid detail and poetic language that sinks readers deeper into a story." Currently, she is close to completing her first novel. Her impetus for joining HRW is to connect with other writers and learn from their experiences and expertise. "I'm eager to hear from other novelists going through the tough revision process and gain insight on next steps once I complete my novel."
When Megan is not writing, she's reading. "The rest of my time is spent playing with my two young children, generally out in the garden." Look for Megan at next month's conference.
Sheila wrote her first poem when she was a young teen trying to fulfill a need for love, acceptance, and for self worth. Most of her writing has been inspired by the Holy Spirit. Her publications include a high school newspaper, the Arizona Republic, a monthly article in The Filipino American Journal, and she has self-published.
She has been a pastor on Okinawa, a missionary in the Philippines, an addictions counselor, a president of a local chapter of an international women’s ministry. She and her husband, Paul have two adult children, nine grand children, and three great grandchildren. they moved to VA from AZ to be near to them.
Her desire in writing is to make a difference for Jesus’ sake and reveal the heart of Father God. She tried self-publishing with little success. Now she is pursuing professional publishing. Her big dream is to be sold in Barnes and Noble one day. She is an avid reader.
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Can you believe it's August already? Sweltering summer days will linger just a little longer before September sweeps in, wafting whiffs of sea scents on the breath of a breeze. Children with cherub faces will once more toddle the time-worn trail to institutes of instruction. 
