March 11, Layering Meaning in Nonfiction, Amy Lou Jenkins Explore
passages from the best nonfiction writers including to learn techniques for increasing
meaning in your work.
Free Event with Amy
Lou Jenkins in Mineral Point WI
Enjoy a free event with Amy Lou Jenkins as she reads a short
selection from her award-winning essay collection Every natural Fact. Amy will
read and share insights about how writing a book based on nature walks with her
son changed the way both of them experience the world. Although she did not set
out to write a parenting book, the stories of mother and son away from phones,
computer, advertisements and concrete has resonated with parents and
grandparents who seek an exit from the dissatisfying commercial circle of
owning the latest version of whatever. Those who attend will gain some ideas
about how family stories and literature might be transformed into a loving gift
for this holiday season.
When : Tues, Dec 6, 6:30
Where: Intimate Cabinet Shop Venue on the Shake Rag Alley
Campus 18 Shake Rag Street, Mineral Point, WI
53565 Telephone: (608) 987-3292
July 9th 4:30 PM Rockford Illinois Barnes and Noble. Author discussion and book signing. Come and join us as we talk about the magic of spending time in nature with someone you love. Open-air parenting is just the start. Every Natural Fact: Five Seasons of Open-Air Parenting Cherryvale Mall 7200 Harrison Ste 5 Rockford, IL 61112 815-332-3069
July: 9th 1pm, InPrint Professional Writers Group -- InPrint is a professional writers' organization promoting creativity, commerce, craft and the community of writers- an Affliate of the the Chicago Writers Association (Amy Lou Jenkinshttp://chicagowrites.org/).Amy will discuss and presentThe Writers' Pitch.
June: 13-17, Amy Lou is so happy to be asked back to lead a week long class about nonfiction writing at the Write By The Lake Writers Retreat in Madison, Wisconsin. Come and say in glorious downtown Madison for a week. Attending this workshop is a gift to the writer in you.
This workshop is for those writing memoir, essays, and essay collections, and writers from other genres wishing to cross over. It’s also for the writer working on a long book project, who’d like to get some published clips before they complete and start to shop their manuscript to agents and editors. Since many writers want to engage agents and editors with their nonfiction in proposals, cover letters, and queries, these nonfiction sessions could be applicable to writers of all genres.
By the end of the week, participants will have decoded strategies used by great writers and have incorporated these skills into their own work. Each writer will have a plan to publish their new writing projects and ongoing systems to keep churning out new writing and publishing credits in multiple venues. Participants will have the option of compiling and publishing a class project: a print-on-demand or class anthology. The class will decide. The 2010 class continued to work together after the workshop and published their own anthology-- A Moment in Time: A nonfiction anthology, by the writers of room 112. Find it at Amazon.com.
May: 14, 11:30. AmyLou will read with other winners of the Council for Wisconsin Writers at the annual awards banquet in Milwaukee on May 14, 2011. Get details and make a reservation to join council members, winning writers, and literary fans. Visit the Council for Wisconsin Writers website.
AmyLou will join Judy Bridges at Milwaukee's renowned Woodland Pattern Book Center. Enjoy this evening celebrating Milwaukee area writers. Judy Bridges will read from Shut Up & Write and shares the stage with Sara Rattan, winner of a Wisconsin Academy Review award for short fiction; short story writer, Maura Fitzgerald, and AmyLouJenkins, author of Every Natural Fact: Five Seasons of Open-Air Parenting.Location:
APRIL: 14, 7pm. Author Visit and Book Signing: Amyreads from Every Natural Fact.
Author Visit and Book Signing: AmyLouJenkinsAmyLouJenkins wrote about the wonders of Wisconsin’s environment and exploring it with her 11-year-old son in Every Natural Fact.For Adults. Kenosha Public Library - Southwest Branch 7979 38th Avenue
March: Fri.-Sun., Mar. 4-6, 2011 Ninth Annual Spring Writers Festival Fri.-Sun., Mar. 4-6, 2011 Day 1: 5:30-9pm; Day 2: 8am-4:30pm; Day 3: 8:30am-1:30pm Location: UWM School of Continuing Education
Find sessions to inform and inspire writers in any genre and any experience level. Amy's sessions take place on March 5th:
Saturday AM: Anthologies and the Publishing Writer Discover how to find calls for anthology submissions, identify those that will serve your writing career, and see your name in print alongside other writing greats! Learn to create stories, essays and memoirs that prod the reader to interact intellectually and emotionally. This workshop will emphasize prose, but will also discuss getting poetry published in anthologiesand literary magazines.
Saturday PM Richer Nonfiction Now: 5, 4, 3 to Publish! Bring pencil and paper, and be ready to read and write. Learn five essential components of publishable nonfiction. Identify four essential elements of essays and personal writing. Learn three specific acts that will push the quality of your writing to a new level. This session will focus on short memoir, essay and personal essay.
2010 Events
November: 4-6, 2010, NonfictioNow program panelist THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, Manipulating time and distance in nonfiction Sponsored by The University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program
October: 16, Alverno 25th Annual Great Lakes Writers Workshop--offering 2 writing workshops: Richer Nonfiction now and Anthologies and the Nonfiction Writer. Put this day aside to feed your writing life. 8:30-4:30.
October: 3 Wisconsin Book Festival. 12:30 A Room of One's own Bookstore, Madison. W Johnson St Madison, WI 53703 phone: (608) 257-7888
September: 25, The Little Read Book. Follow Amy Lou from the Street Fair over to Wauwatosa's own independent bookstore for a book signing. 3:30 to 4:15
September: 14, Apple Blossom Books. Amy Lou Jenkins, author of “Every Natural Fact”, will be talking about sharing nature with kids and signing copies of her book; a special presentation by the Winneconne Audubon Society will be offered as well at 5:30pm.
August: 5th Noon, a Garcia Street event in Santa Fe held at the Inn at Loretto.
July: 7th, 7pm. Elm Grove Public Library, 13600 Juneau Boulevard Write with the Author: Learn and play with writing exercises. Bring pencil and paper and be ready to learn five craft techniques to make your writing richer. For adults and teens. Followed by a short reading and book signing by AmyLouJenkins.
June: Radio interview on Public Radio's Lake Effect
June: 16, Red River Writers Live - Book Discussion with Fran Lewis and Her Book Club Members. The second guest author is AmyJenkins the author of Every Natural Fact: Five Seasons of Open-Air Parenting.
May 24th 10 AM Listen to WUWM's Lake Effect to hear AmyLou discuss Every Natural Factwith Mitch Teich.
May 3rd Listen to AmyLou on a parenting edition of Red River Radio
April: Listen for Amy Lou's National Radio Tour in the week prior to Earth Day. This tour is a part of her role as a National Green Living Examiner. You'll find me on dozens of stations cross the US.
