News From The Michigan Literary Network | October 23, 2009

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• Hilberry and Bonstelle Theatres
• Unity Studios Moving Forward from Michigan Film Production Opportunities
• Authors of Educational Books, Listen Up!
• Managing the Idea Monster by Karen White Owens
• Let The Adventure Begin…Book Designing Packages Starting @ $99
• FWD: Can the Nook bring Book Community Back?
• Arts Council of Greater Lansing Seeks Nominations for Arts Advocate Awards
• EVENTS: Upcoming Authors @Detreoit Public Library
• Promote your business, event, book or services with My Girlfriends Business Buddy Pass

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Upcoming Michigan Literary Events

• Poetry, Pages and Scribes Phoneraiser
• NOAH’S ARK–CHILDRENS GOSPEL PLAY-SPONSORSHIP
• “THE CHURCH FOLK”
• Student Success Symposium for Parents
• Jean Alicia Elster
• Essence of Motown Literary Jam & Conference

BookTour Metro Detroit Area Booksignings & Events

• Paul Vachon
• Debbie Alferio
• Rick Robinson
• Carol A Guy
• Beverly Jenkins
• John Kachuba
• Jean Alicia Elster
• Elizabeth Sims
• Tracie Christian
• Adra Young

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Let The Adventure Begin…Book Designing Packages Starting @ $99

It’s a big decision to write a book – and an even bigger decision to self-publish. http://millerdesignstudio.net/mwn

Reminder: Readers and Writers are invited to 6th Annual The Essence of Motown Literary Jam! November 2009

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Book Club @ The Carr hosted by Ladels Children Bookstore

Written on October 14th, 2009 by Sylvia Hubbard

The Arts League of Michigan has just moved into a new home in the former Harmonie Center building, 311 E. Grand River Ave. in downtown Detroit, now known as the Virgil H. Carr Cultural Arts Center. The Carr Center is a state-of-the-art venue for the creation and presentation of the arts, dedicated to the African American experience within our multicultural community.

Motown Writers Network  is proud to be partnering with the Arts League of Michigan, Ladel’s Children’s Books Boutique, InsideOut Literary Arts Project, and the Wayne State Press to bring Detroit a first-of-its kind book club at the Carr, combining literary, visual, and performing arts.

October’s theme is “sharing our stories.” Upcoming events are:

Thursday, October 29, 6:00 p.m.
Motown Writers Network presents member and local author Kateleen Washington. Washington will share the story of her struggle to escape a life of poverty and prostitution in Korea and to come to terms with her past after immigrating to the US.

Hilberry and Bonstelle Theatres Posted: 22 Oct 2009 03:57 PM PDT WayneState CommunityAffairs Dear Community Partners, I am writing to invite you to the Hilberry and Bonstelle Theatres for our spectacular 2009-2010 season. Live theatre at the Hilberry and Bonstelle is the perfect social outing for your group. Attending a show will provide an affordable, fun, cultural experience and a chance to

Unity Studios Moving Forward from Michigan Film Production Opportunities Posted: 22 Oct 2009 03:56 PM PDT posted Billy Whitehouse October 22FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Eric CedoOctober 22, 2009 Director of Marketing(313) 492-9090Unity Studios Moving ForwardALLEN PARK, Mich. — The following statement is from Jimmy Lifton, president, Unity Studios. Lifton is

Authors of Educational Books, Listen Up! Posted: 22 Oct 2009 11:57 AM PDT Good Day Writers,   The Author Collective has confirmed a booth at the 12th Annual Michigan Charter School conference in Detroit on November 2nd and 3rd.  Here is an excellent opportunity for those who have written books with educational themes to join us and have your work showcased to more than 3,500 teachers, principals, superintendents and librarians from Michigan’s 200 plus

Managing the Idea Monster by Karen White Owens Posted: 22 Oct 2009 11:57 AM PDT Ideas for new stories pop into my head all the time. Sometimes they slowly creep into my waking moments. On other occasions, the ideas force their way to the forefront of my thoughts. It doesn’t matter how the idea comes to life, I can’t ignore them. So that I don’t lose the idea forever, I’ve devised what I consider to be an effective way to keep the material straight in my poor

Let The Adventure Begin…Book Designing Packages Starting @ $99 Posted: 22 Oct 2009 07:09 AM PDT It’s a big decision to write a book – and an even bigger decision to self-publish. http://millerdesignstudio.net/mwn Reminder: Readers and Writers are invited to 6th Annual The Essence of Motown Literary Jam! November 2009

FWD: Can the Nook bring Book Community Back? Posted: 22 Oct 2009 05:23 AM PDT Christian Fiction click above for more information

Learn How To Write A Screenplay with Zel Bothic

Get the tools you need for screenwriting with expert, Zel Bothic!

Zel Bothic is a screenwriter who is a native of Detroit.  He divides his time between Detroit and Los Angeles.

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Zel is a graduate of Morehouse College, located in Atlanta, Georgia, where he received his bachelor of arts degree in mass communications.

Following graduation from Morehouse, he joined AT&T in Atlanta, working in the company’s public relations department, serving as editor of the corporate newsletter and as a writer for the employee magazine, in addition to working in the company’s television studio as a writer and producer.

Upon leaving AT&T, he moved to Los Angeles to attend the University of Southern California’s School of Cinema-Television where he received his Masters Degree in film production.

Upon graduation from USC, he moved to New York to serve as Spike Lee’s assistant on several of the directors’ films.

Zel has taught screenwriting at the University of Southern California’s Screenwriters’ Summer Program and at Inner City Filmmakers, based in Santa Monica, California and at the Artist Village located in Detroit.

Screenwriting 101 workshop will take place at The Essence of Motown Literary Jam and Conference November 14, 2009.

Please register at: http://essenceofmotown2009.eventbrite.com

Ann E. Eskridge

Biography

Ann E. Eskridge has been involved with media for almost 30 years. She holds a BA in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma, an MA in Telecommunications from Michigan State University, and an MFA in Creative Writing at Spalding University in Kentucky.

She has written freelance articles for American Visions Magazine, Learning Magazine, Detroiter Magazine, The Detroit News, and American Profile magazine—a Sunday national supplement.

She was chosen to participate in the American Film Institute’s Summer Dramatic Scriptwriting Workshop, The Warner Brother’s Regional Comedy Development Workshop, and the Sundance Institute’s Children’s Playwriting Workshop; three of the most prestigious workshops on film and playwriting in the country.

She has written for stage and screen including the PBS Wonderworks movie, Brother Future, which won a Director’s Guild Award, a CEBA Award of Distinction and a National Programming Award. She has also written special theatrical presentations for Greenfield Village at the Henry Ford, a museum that replicates historical lifestyles. Her vignettes include: The J.R. Jones Store, The Hermitage Plantation, and The McGuffey Reader.

Her book and play, The Sanctuary, Cobblehill, 1994, was chosen as one of the 400 best children’s books for that year and was optioned by Producer Bill Blinn (Fame), and Sundance. Two monologues from the play are included in Child’s Play; an anthology of children’s play monologues. The Sanctuary was also the basis for a children’s grief and bereavement program at Detroit’s Children’s Center, funded by the National Funeral Directors Association.

Her non-fiction book, Slave Uprisings and Runaways: Fighting for Freedom and the Underground Railroad, was published by Enslow Publishers in 2004. A Young Adult fiction book on the Underground Railroad is under consideration for publication.

As a producer and writer, she wrote the documentary: Echoes Across the Prairie: a documentary about Oklahoma’s black towns, which won a 1998 Gold Apple Award at the National Educational Media Network and was part of two museum displays. She is the producer and writer of a series of college “vignettes” for cell phone downloads in China called American Life, retitled: Crazy English.

She has taught writing and scriptwriting at Wayne State University and currently teaches at the University of Detroit Mercy, where she is now the Director of the African American Studies Program. She also teaches scriptwriting for various workshops and writing forums.

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Ann E. Eskridge will be The Essence of Motown Literary Jam Morning Guest Speaker for November 14, 2009.

To register, please go to: http://essenceofmotown2009.eventbrite.com

Intro to Screenwriting – Free Workshop 6/13/09

Intro to Screenwriting – Free Workshop

June 13th 2009 10am to 12pm

Wayne State Barnes & Nobles

Hosted by Motown Writers Network

Get a taste of screenwriting with expert, Zel Bothic.

Zel Bothic is a screenwriter who is a native of Detroit.  He divides his time between Detroit and Los Angeles.

Zel is a graduate of Morehouse College, located in Atlanta, Georgia, where he received his bachelor of arts degree in mass communications.

Following graduation from Morehouse, he joined AT&T in Atlanta, working in the company’s public relations department, serving as editor of the corporate newsletter and as a writer for the employee magazine, in addition to working in the company’s television studio as a writer and producer.

Upon leaving AT&T, he moved to Los Angeles to attend the University of Southern California’s School of Cinema-Television where he received his Masters Degree in film production.

Upon graduation from USC, he moved to New York to serve as Spike Lee’s assistant on several of the directors’ films.

Zel has taught screenwriting at the University of Southern California’s Screenwriters’ Summer Program and at Inner City Filmmakers, based in Santa Monica, California and at the Artist Village located in Detroit.

All Attendees will receive a discount on Zel Bothic’s Screenwriting 101 workshop coming up soon.

To find out more information or request Mr. Bothic, please email: zbothic_3@hotmail.com

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