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Columbia Writers' Workshop II: The Latest Addition
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Sunday, March 1, 2015. Meet a New Columbia II Blogger. GEORGE H. LONG, JR. George Long's mother instilled in him her love for language. He uses that love to express his own experiences into life-enriching lessons for children and their parents to enjoy. Just a Penny for a Pocketful of Dreams. Is the first of four," Daddy always Says" Books. His motto is: "Our goal is to enrich the the lives of those we touch.". For ideas you may go to www.georgelongchildrensbooks.com. Labels: George H. Long. Listen silen...
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Columbia Writers' Workshop II: Zooilla and the Art of Non-Fiction Proposals
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Sunday, March 8, 2015. Zooilla and the Art of Non-Fiction Proposals. By Laura P. Valtorta. Some people live fortunate lives. I am extra fortunate, but not as fortunate as Zooilla, who has an agent, writes creative non-fiction, and teaches at the University of South Carolina. I call Zooilla “super lucky.” He makes a living writing about animals, and teaching the squirrels who attend USC. Who earns money writing about monkeys, opossums, and bees and gets free trips to India and Brazil thrown in? Zooilla is...
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Inspirational Garden | Laura P. Valtorta, attorney, author, filmmaker
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Laura P. Valtorta, attorney, author, filmmaker. June 11, 2016. By Laura P. Valtorta. Http:/ www.thearthousemovie.webs.com. Our trip to the Tarot Garden in Capalbio, Italy, two days ago reinforced the idea that art inspires art. Looking at modern art, and the fantastic sculptures by Niki de Saint Phalle, helps me to write better. Before visiting the Tarot Garden, it’s important to read the sweet, chaotic, horrible story of Niki’s life. A recent article in. Allowed us to do that. Next post →. Enter your co...
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November | 2016 | Laura P. Valtorta, attorney, author, filmmaker
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Laura P. Valtorta, attorney, author, filmmaker. Monthly Archives: November 2016. November 12, 2016. From the Tarot Garden in Tuscany by Nikki de Saint Phaelle. By Laura P. Valtorta. The films at the 25. The first film that struck me was A House Without Snakes, a short about the bush people of Botswana. Is it better to go away to engineering school in the United States or stay on the land that has sustained people for hundreds of thousands of years? By Franklin Schneider. This Schneider guy is nuts, b...
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Protest Writing | Laura P. Valtorta, attorney, author, filmmaker
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Laura P. Valtorta, attorney, author, filmmaker. December 16, 2016. By Laura P. Valtorta. Franklin Schneider has no such platform. His creative memoir,. Canned, how I lost ten jobs in ten years and learned to love unemployment. Donna Tartt, in. While writing my current novel about the barriers America has built around skin color, I am starting from the traditional notion that family can make a person strong. Friends are important in. On Shopping and Doctors. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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June | 2016 | Laura P. Valtorta, attorney, author, filmmaker
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Laura P. Valtorta, attorney, author, filmmaker. Monthly Archives: June 2016. June 11, 2016. By Laura P. Valtorta. Http:/ www.thearthousemovie.webs.com. Our trip to the Tarot Garden in Capalbio, Italy, two days ago reinforced the idea that art inspires art. Looking at modern art, and the fantastic sculptures by Niki de Saint Phalle, helps me to write better. Before visiting the Tarot Garden, it’s important to read the sweet, chaotic, horrible story of Niki’s life. A recent article in. Allowed us to do that.
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Columbia Writers' Workshop II: The Predicament of Procrastination
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Sunday, May 3, 2015. The Predicament of Procrastination. By Julia Rogers Hook. If Shakespeare had had social media we might have never known Romeo and Juliet or Hamlet or even the ever-charming MacBeths. Email during the time of Dickens would have left the miserly Scrooge and sweet Tiny Tim buried forever with dear Charlie. And yet I seem to always find myself procrastinating when it comes to writing. I’m always in awe of my colleagues as they doggedly do whatever it takes to get their work out the...
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Columbia Writers' Workshop II: May 2015
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Sunday, May 31, 2015. Art Responds to Black Lives Matter Movement. Photo by Sumter County Gallery of Art. Ekphrastic poetry is poetry based on works of art. I recently gave an ekphrastic poetry reading at Sumter County Gallery of Art based on art by Antoine Williams. One of his works is an installation called “What It Look Like”. It includes elements such as tires, police caution tape, and flowers. Originated as gangster terminology similar to the word goon. Perhaps if blacks were the ones who enslaved w...
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Columbia Writers' Workshop II: Writing with Clabber
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Sunday, April 26, 2015. By Laura P. Valtorta. The best thing about filmmaking is the collaboration it requires. Shooting a scene correctly requires an experienced crew – director, cinematographer, lighting specialist, and sound person. Without those elements, the production values suffer. The audience notices distracting mistakes. Clabber worships GOD and DOG. I’m an atheist who can’t abide animals in the house. Clabber is short; I’m tall. Either way, the meeting went well. I sat back and listened to...
