B2B Newsletter April 29, 2005


	HOME > B2B Newsletters B2B Newsletter - 4/29/05 Brought to you by: Basics2Bylines - A WNY Writers' Network Hello Fellow Writers! It never fails, a newsletter goes out and two days later someone gets published! But that's a good thing. Congratulations to Jacci Reed, Jackie Hanley and Rita J. Schlabach on their recently published essays in the Buffalo News: "Slang Keeps Evolving with Every Generation" by Jacci Reed http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050427/1014628.asp "Elderly Traveler's Story Raises Red Flags" by Jackie Hanley http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050428/1042541.asp "Right Mind-Set Is Vital for Getting Body In Shape" by Rita J. Schlabach http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050429/1048916.asp ~~~~~~ B2B Writers' Group News Being in a writers' group definitely has some perks. It's great to see when someone from your group gets published. Especially when you get to say, "I remember when that was read at our meeting." You feel proud for your fellow writer, just as if it was you that got published. Well, that's how we feel now, because we were lucky enough to have heard Jackie Hanley's essay at one of our writers' group meeting at the Lancaster Library. Way to go, Jackie! ~~~~~~ Getting published in print isn't the only way to show off your literary skills. Jane Sadowsky read two of her poems at the Urban Epiphany on Sunday. In Jane's words: "It was fun, and I got a nice response from the audience. Ed Adamczyk (weekly columnist in the Tonawanda News) was there for moral support, and to provide me with a critique afterward, which was very helpful. I wonder how many others who read were connected to B2B or to Kathryn Radeff (Get Published Workshops) in some way. Urban Epiphany is an annual poetry fest held in Buffalo, where anyone who writes poetry can come to read two minutes worth of his or her own work. Amateur poets mingle with established poets. Poets Ansie Baird, Christina Vos Donnelly, and Ken Feltges all read in the same time-slot as I did. I got a bit of positive feedback from 2 of the more established poets, which was very exciting." ~~~~~~ Beyond poetry readings, there are even more creative ways to display your work. Let me give you an example. Actually, I'll give you two. I have two poems right now (yes, this is about me), which are residing/traveling nationally and internationally. The first, "Become Yourself," is a poem that captured the essence of a book I had edited last year for David Gonzalez called, "Begin Within: You Are What You Think. David liked the poem so much, that he published it on one of the last pages of the book. That book is now on its way to an undergraduate class at Upper Iowa University - Milwaukee Center in West Allis, WI, to be given to one of their students who will take it home to read and then give a presentation to the class in the following week. If you have a chapbook of poetry to donate or you'd like to read more about this, check out the "call for submissions" by Jeff Winke at: http://newark.rutgers.edu/~lcrew/markets/msg00025.html. The second poem making me proud, has been residing for a couple of years in medical waiting rooms throughout London, UK, in an anthology of poems called "Poetry in the Waiting Rooms." This is a collection of 18 pamphlets of poems that were originally distributed quarterly to these same waiting rooms for people to take (free of charge) and read, in the hopes that it would ease the stress of the waiting patients. That, in itself, is a noble purpose for my poem, but now it's being taken one step further. If you'd like to submit a poem for future pamphlets of Poems in the Waiting Room, go here: http://www.pitwr.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/. The National Needlework Association (NNA) of London, in conjunction with Poems in the Waiting Room, is holding a program called Poetry in Stitches. Stitched textile artists are creating needleworks to depict selected poems, and - you guessed it - my poem, "The Spoken Word," was chosen. The poem and textile piece will be displayed, side by side, in a public waiting area such as an out-patient department, GP or dental surgery, library, sports centre, etc, for a period of up to 12 months. Public awareness will be raised through the promotion of the project at three national stitching and embroidery exhibitions later this year. A selection will be at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham in August. The whole collection is to be shown at the Alexandra Palace in London, and the Exhibition Centre in Harrogate during the autumn. There is also possibility of a show at a gallery in London in March. Does anyone want to catch a show? If you'd like to read more about this project and get a look at some of their magnificent stitcheries, visit their website at: http://www.nationalneedleworkarchive.org.uk/1112.html. ~~~~~~ There you go - a whole bunch of different ways to utilize your literary talents. And, I have to finish with one more way to express yourself that I was just reminded of by Terri Skurzewski (Lancaster B2B Writers' Group). Write a letter! As Terri mentions about a letter she sent recently, "You know, I just HAD to write this. No card could say it for me. I had to tell them what was in my heart." Now go write something and send it out, so your words can be felt by others! Best wishes to all, Basics2Bylines - A WNY Writers' Network www.Basics2Bylines.org Edie Suarez B2B Writers' Group Coordinator B2B Website Design/Newsletter Editor Lynne Wallace-Lee B2B Writers' Group Coordinator P.S. Check out our website. We're getting more and more literary content all the time.