(To Galen) re Presentations / Writing

[Sue Kenney]

Galen, Sally and other writers,

Galen, feel free to send me some of your writing.
Is there enough interest to start a Camino writers support group?
I would definately be interested.

Sue
http://www.suekenney.ca

Maura Santangelo wrote:

> Galen,
>
> find a writer's group near you or create one if one does not yet exist.
>   You are right it helps to have other writers critique your work.  Or
> take a writing workshop to start.  Just learning myself.
>
> Maura
>
> On Wednesday, December 10, 2003, at 03:56 PM, Galen Wilkerson wrote:
>
> > Hi Sue and Sally,
> >
> > Thanks for the information.  Yeah, my yahoo account gets filled with
> > spam
> > every day, so it's useless.
> >
> > One thing that helps me a lot is to have one or two people to bounce my
> > writing off of.  I write a ton and think about it when I'm sending
> > emails
> > or talking to people and actually telling them things.  When I just
> > sit and
> > stare at my belly-button, it is not nearly as interesting or
> > enjoyable.  If
> > I had a few people to send my writing to, it would really help,
> > probably
> > more than methodology, etc. (although this helps too)  Basically,
> > actually
> > sending people things and having them actually respond and say "that's
> > interesting", or "that's not" is probably the best litmus test for me.
> > Then again, I haven't been a successful/professional writer or
> > presenter
> > (yet :), but I still suspect that interaction is the most help.
> >
> > I've also seen some books that look good on amazon's webpage about
> > travel
> > writing. (By the way, just reading: "Best American Travel Writing" -
> > one is
> > put out every year, the year I am reading is edited by Bill Bryson,
> > pretty
> > interesting.)
> >
> > Galen
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 09:05:13 -0500, Sue Kenney <sue.kenneyaSYMPATICO.CA>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> To Sally, Galen and the other storytellers in the group,
> >>
> >> Here is a link to a great web site for all levels of storytellers.
> >> Doug
> > Lipman
> >> offers a monthly newletter, workshops and coaching.
> >>
> >> http://storydynamics.com
> >>
> >> Happy telling,
> >> Sue
> >>
> >> Floral Park, Ontario
> >> http://www.suekenney.ca
> >>
> >> Sally Haden wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi Galen
> >>> I am sure there must be other people on this list who can offer
> >>> support
> > for
> >>> doing presentations.  I don't have any direct experience myself of
> >>> Camino
> >>> presentations but I do know that people like, as Sue said, to get
> >>> close
> > to
> >>> the actual feel/reality of something like your pilgrimage.  It sounds
> > good,
> >>> like Sue said, to take your boots, stick, etc., and so to tell them
> >>> your
> >>> personal stories... name names...etc!  There's enough artificial
> >>> stuff
> > on TV
> >>> to fill anyone's appetite for academic travel.
> >>>
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