Writers in the Schools initiative puts local teens and UMSL graduate students in vital conversation

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Writers in the Schools initiative puts local teens and UMSL graduate students in vital conversation

First-year MFA student Ginger O'Donnell currently leads the all-volunteer WITS efforts alongside fellow UMSL creative writing students and alumni. … It's the second time this fall that the two Creative Writing Program MFA candidates have worked with Pomerantz's class – and they'll likely be back again.
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'Talented' writer Victoria 'Tori' Munro died after overdosing on cocktail of drugs, Winchester …

Paying tribute to Ms Munro, her family said: “Tori was a wonderful daughter and granddaughter and we are so proud of her achievements. “In spite of her mental health illness she managed to go away to university and complete her degree in English and creative writing, culminating in the publication of
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How to make it as a writer in 2018, according to writers

With the abundant digital information, we can all imagine that it must be a tough time for print media and book publishers. However, unit sales of print books were up 3.3 percent in 2016, influencer books are topping the charts, and books about productivity, success, and working culture are booming.
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The Best Free Things to Do in Phoenix This Week

Discover the newest voices in YA literature as the ASU Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing presents Tomorrow's Stars Today at The Poisoned Pen bookstore, 4014 North Goldwater Boulevard in Scottsdale. Award-winning LGBT YA author and teacher Bill Konigsberg (Out of the Pocket, Openly
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A Conversation with Maisie Sellers, the new face of Vixen

Maisie Sellers: One of the biggest challenges I'd say is, it is also one of her challenges which is balancing the humor with the superhero. Keeping it real and current. As well as being very bold and sort of pragmatic. Keeping the character relate-able. But I think they do a good job on the show with the
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Student and Alumni Playwriting Contest Deadline is December 8, 2017

Allison Price '17 was a senior creative writing major, with a minor in Theatre, from Starkville, Mississippi. After being accepted into more than one graduate program, she is currently living in Little Rock and considering her choices. Her play, The Immortal Katie Stewart, is about what happens when a fairy
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Chesterfield comedian seeks support for book about struggling New Mills AFC

His popular football website The Underdog Blog – where he followed struggling sides through each round of the FA Cup – was the catalyst for writing his first book, which attracted the attention of online publishers Unbound. Carl said: “Crowdfunding struck me as a really great way to get this book to its
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Two-day on-camera multi-cam workshops for youth

As well as writing & producing original scripts for film & stage in Hollywood, she is excited to be bringing her educational entertainment and production company ShoWorks Entertainment home to South Africa to teach their on-camera weekend workshop in Cape Town and Johannesburg. This course
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Macy's Gets Its Groove Back

It's going to take weeks (if not months) for short sellers to close their bearish retail positions. And all of that buying pressure is likely to ignite one of the most vicious short squeezes seen in a long time. This is an opportunity that is too good for us to pass up. That's why today, I recommend buying shares of
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