Dear ,
If you are free and
in the area, I'd love to have you join me tomorrow, Tuesday, July 15th at 6 p.m. in Huntersville for my "Delicious Memories" workshop. Details are just below. Be sure to register if you'd like to come -- it's free! (And there are limited spaces, so click quick!
And if you can't come, I still want you to enjoy one of the pieces of writing I'm going to share as a prompt. It is one of the funniest "persona poems" (a poem written as if
the writer speaks as if she/he were the person being written about). I found it (where else?) in The Wriiter's Almanac years ago -- it's a keeper! Click to read Marge Piercy's "My Mother Gives Me Her Recipe." Then, if you care to, write a persona piece of your own featuring someone telling someone else how to make a
food item.
Love and light,
Maureen
DELICIOUS MEMORIES
FOOD WRITING WORKSHOP
THIS TUESDAY NIGHT! (Writing about Food in Any and All
Genres) Food not only nurtures and sustains us, it’s a rich source of metaphor and memory! We’ll explore our connections with food as we write of when, where, what, with whom, how — and even why — we ate! You can use your food writings to create a family cookbook, individual essays, stories, or poems, scenes in fiction or memoir, a food blog, etc. — or just for your own
pleasure.
WHERE: North County Regional Library
16500 Holly Crest Lane, Huntersville, NC 28078
WHEN: July 15th, 2015, from 6:00 to 7:30
p.m.
COST: FREE!
TO REGISTER: To register online, please click here. MAUREEN RYAN GRIFFIN, an award-winning poetry and nonfiction writer, is the author of Spinning Words into Gold, a Hands-On Guide to the Craft of Writing, a grief workbook entitled I Will Never Forget You, and two collections of poetry, This Scatter of Blossoms and When the Leaves Are in the Water. She believes, as author Julia Cameron says, "We are meant to midwife dreams for one another."
Maureen also believes that serious "word
work" requires serious WordPlay, as play is how we humans best learn -- and perform. What she loves best is witnessing all the other dreams that come true for her clients along the way. Language, when used with intentionality and focus, is, after all, serious fuel for joy. Here's to yours! |
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