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Dear
Readers and Writers:
In
the last fifteen years or so, there has been such
an explosion of African-American literature/fiction.
The number of committed writers who feel they have
a story to tell has grown exponentially. And as a
writer myself who respects those stories and am eager
to read them, I want to do my part to help get those
stories out into the world.
That's
why I've established the first ever Sea Island Writers
Retreats, three
separate workshops
for emerging writers to help them improve and hone
their work. The four-day autumn retreats will take
place on beautiful pristine Sapelo
Island off the coast of Georgia.
The all inclusive costs (excluding transportation)
for the four-day retreat is $1200. This fee covers
lodging, meals, workshops, lectures, snacks, cultural
event, ferry, airport shuttle and ground transportation.
The
retreats held in 2004, 2005 and 2006 were a wonderful
success, with new ideas, spiritual growth, improved
writing, new information and strong literary relationships
formed. We are now preparing for the 2007 retreats
on the road, as well as on beautiful Sapelo Island,
Georgia.
 The
retreat is for writers of fiction, non-fiction and
memoirs who are serious about their work, about improving
it and about getting it published. There will be seminars
and workshops on plotting, character development,
editing, organization and publishing, as well as a
lecture on the benefits of a personal website.
Workshop
Leaders
I
will lead the fiction workshops.(Read
my full bio...)
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The
memoir sessions will be led by Cornelia
Walker Bailey, author of the highly
acclaimed God, Dr. Buzzard and the Bolito
Man: A Saltwater Geechee Talks About Life on Sapelo
Island and Sapelo Tales. Ms Bailey lives
on Sapelo Island. |
| Cornelia
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At
the November Retreat, Valerie
Wilson Wesley, the author of Playing
My Mother’s Blues, Always True to You in
My Fashion, Ain’t Nobody’s Business
If I Do, the Tamara Hayle Mysteries
and the Willimena Rules! children series
will lead an additional fiction section as well
as children’s literature. |
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Valerie Wilson Wesley's full bio... |
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Anthony
Grooms, professor of creative writing
at Kennesaw State University and author of "Ice
Poems," a chapbook of poems, "Trouble
No More: Stories" and "Bombingham
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poetry workshops. |
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Anthony Groom's full bio... |
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Valerie Boyd is the author of the award-winning Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston and the forthcoming Spirits in the Dark: The Untold Story of Black Women in Hollywood. The former arts editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, she teaches journalism at the University of Georgia and creative nonfiction writing at Antioch University-Los Angeles. She will lead a session on writing a nonfiction book proposal. |
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Accommodations
Accommodations
and meals on Sapelo Island will be included in the
cost of the workshop.The Georgia Sea Islands offer
a unique environment of beauty, serenity and culture
that I have found so conducive to creating. Time spent
on the Sea Islands is an enriching experience that
I am excited to be sharing with other writers.
Are
you or do you know someone who is interested in attending
such a writing workshop/retreat in the Georgia Sea
Islands this year?
If you'd like to register your
interests for one of the upcoming retreats
in 2007, please click
here.
I
am very excited by this project and the work and published
writers I know will emerge from it. So, let me hear
from you soon. And perhaps, we’ll see you in
the Sea Islands.
Be
blessed…you are a blessing.
Tina
McElroy Ansa
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Watch
a message from Tina about the Sea Island Writers
Retreat.
