New Workshop: Podcasting for Writers: Getting your work heard online
When: Saturday & Sunday, May 31 & June 1, 2008 2-5 p.m.
Where: Writers At Work, 4022 Fountain Avenue, Suite 202
Los Angeles, CA 90029
Instructor: Bronwyn Mauldin
Cost: $45
Pre-registration is required. Space is limited. Send check made out to Bronwyn Mauldin at the above address and be sure to include your email address for further information.
Course Description:
If you can write it, you can read it aloud and record it.
If you can record it, you can post it online for all the world to hear.
Podcasting should be part of any artist's marketing plan. Writers can use podcasting to record and post their own work online, sell recordings of their work, and for author interviews. Beyond the Internet, podcast recordings can be distributed on CDs, through mp3 players, or played at live events.
The number of online literary podcast journals is also growing, creating new outlets for writers' work.
With today's technology, podcasting is as easy as sending an email and can be done from a home computer. Audio editing software is "point and click," and uploading mp3 files to the Internet is just like adding an attachment to an email message.
In this workshop we'll cover the basics of how to record, edit and upload your own podcasts. By the end of the workshop you'll have a rough draft of a podcast that you can finish editing and post online.
We'll also explore online literary podcasting sites where you can submit your work for consideration.
To get the most out of this workshop you'll need to bring your own laptop and headphones.The
The afternoon of Saturday, May 31 (2:30-5:00 p.m.) will be set aside for the recording of your audio file. Each enrolled participant will bring a 3-5 minute writing sample, pre-rehearsed, to read aloud and record in the appropriate audio format for podcasting. When you enroll, the instructor will contact you to schedule a time slot.
Instructor Bio: Bronwyn Mauldin is a writer, blogger, podcaster and
consultant. She has taught workshops on web 2.0 and blogging and coached new and established bloggers. She blogs at http://www.workforcedevelopments.com and
http://www.blog52.wordpress.com .
Her writing has appeared in Blithe House Quarterly, Clamor magazine and From ACT-UP to the WTO (Verso). She's also a producer and host of "Indymedia On Air" on KPFK radio in Los Angeles.
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Writers At Work
inspiring, encouraging, empowering writers since 1997
4022 Fountain Avenue, Suite 202
Los Angeles, CA 90029-2220
323-661-5954 telephone
email: WtrsAtWork@aol.com
website: http://www.writersatwork.com
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(photo by Chas Demster)
TWO FREE EVENTS
APRIL 6TH @ SKYLIGHT BOOKS
1818 N. VERMONT AVENUE
LOS ANGELES, CA 90027
1) A FREE WORKSHOP: Appreciating "Difficult" Poems
Instructor: Terry Wolverton
Sunday, April 6 2-4 p.m.
Pre-registration required: call 323-661-5954.
Some readers of poetry may get discouraged, intimidated, or even annoyed when they encounter poems that don't seem to communicate their messages easily. Indeed, several traditions in modern and contemporary poetry are not about making a clear argument or conveying a sincere emotional experience. These poems have other intentions, and understanding those can help increase appreciation and even enjoyment of them.
Together, we'll read and discuss a few select poems that might be considered "difficult," then play with a writing exercise that might render a "difficult" poem.
Instructor Bio: Terry Wolverton is the author of six books, including EMBERS, a novel in poems, and her recent collection, SHADOW AND PRAISE, and the editor of fourteen anthologies. She is the founder of Writers At Work, where she teaches weekly workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.
2) FREE READING: Poets At Work
Sunday, April 6 5 p.m.
Join poets Kim Dower, Yvonne M. Estrada, Donna Frazier, Dylan C. Gailey, Brett Guitar Hofer, Eric Howard, Davia Rivka, Jessie Rothwell, Pat Viera, and Terry Wolverton as they read works that explore the gamut of poetic styles-from haiku to cut poems, from sonnets to paradelles-and subjects that surprise, provoke, and make you laugh. The best will do all three and more!
Writers At Work
inspiring, encouraging, empowering writers since 1997
4022 Fountain Avenue, Suite 202
Los Angeles, CA 90029-2220
323-661-5954 telephone
email: WtrsAtWork@aol.com
website: http://www.writersatwork.com
blog: http://writersatwork.wordpress.com/
I just received this info from Writers at Work. I participated in Terry's Women at Work weekly workshop for 5 years and found it invaluable.
This one-day workshop looks terrific!
Let's Talk Marketing: a workshop for writers
Sunday, April 13 2-5 p.m.
Instructor: Terry Wolverton
Location: Writers At Work, 4022 Fountain Avenue, Suite 202, Los Angeles, CA 90029
Cost: $25
Pre-registration required: send checks made out to Terry Wolverton to the address above.
Many writers cling to the myth that their job is simply to write, and once they have, other people will take over the business of promoting and selling their books to a mass audience of strangers eager to read what they have written. If this was ever true, it is no longer. Increasingly, publishers expect writers to do most or all of the promotion and marketing of their work--sometimes even requesting a marketing plan BEFORE accepting the work for publication.
The time to think about cultivating one's audience (readers, listeners, book buyers, reviewers) is not when your book is ready to be sent to publishers but RIGHT NOW, at whatever stage you are in the creative process. There are a bewildering array of possible vehicles for reaching readers, but knowing whom you want to reach and which methods suit your personality will help you plan a strategy that's right for you.
Instructor Bio:
Terry Wolverton is the author of six books (fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry) and the editor of fourteen anthologies. She has published with mainstream publishers, small presses, and on the Internet, and she has published five books through her own small press, Silverton Books.
Writers At Work
inspiring, encouraging, empowering writers since 1997
4022 Fountain Avenue, Suite 202
Los Angeles, CA 90029-2220
323-661-5954 telephone
email: WtrsAtWork@aol.com
website: http://www.writersatwork.com
blog: http://writersatwork.wordpress.com/
