Jumpstreet, that dynamic dynamo of the arts in Harrisburg, PA, has selected Author Mike Silvestri to be their keynote speaker when Jumpstreet hosts the three-county Big Read program on Ray Bradbury’s Sci Fi Classic, Fahrenheit 451. Adults and high school students will be reading this legendary work and discussing it during several events this fall and winter.
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The summer’s flown by, and I’ve been intentionally ignoring my blogging duties to do a rewrite of The Gospel of Matthias Kent. This all came about when I got a very nice rejection notice from a publisher letting me know that they liked the story, but had some issues. So, I took into account what [...]
This is a long post. Grab your favorite beverage, put your feet up, and settle in…
I came to the conclusion that most writers who were pitching agents thought of their appointment as though they were speed dating the entire Spanish Inquisition. After all, we believe that agents sit in judgment upon us, poke us with [...]
At any Pennwriters’ conference, one of the best attended sessions is the Agents/Editors Panel Discussion. This is where we writers suck in any and all advice concerning trends, preferences, opportunities, turnoffs, and anything else those agents and editors care to share faster than light near a black hole.
Some questions were the same. “What’s the latest [...]
There’s no other way to express it - LISA SCOTTOLINE ROCKS!!!
The best selling author and former lawyer delivered a dynamic keynote that set us to belly laughs, touched us, and galvanized everyone in the room with her tremendous energy. (Trust me, some speeches induce comas.) When she finished, every Pennwriter present stood up in an honest [...]
Nothing helps being at a conference like having some of your fellow local writers there. The obvious benefit is having somebody you know to talk to. Since you can’t get to every session, it also gives you somebody to share knowledge with. What’s even better is somebody who has seen, or talked with, an agent [...]
A primal call sounds every mid-May to bring our species of writer together - The Pennsyvanius writerus or Pennwriter. Think geese returning to their home marsh without begging you for bread crumbs or fouling the sidewalks. Okay, maybe somebody fouled your particular sidewalk, but it wasn’t me. Trust me, you’d know if it was.
I have [...]
For those of you that haven’t read my bio, I am a Star Wars fan. May 4th is the official unofficial day to celebrate. Why? Simple. May the 4th be with you…
Officals of the renowned Non Booker Award for Fiction gave the coveted honor today to author Mike Silvestri for not publishing his first attempt at fiction titled Children of the Clouds. Margaret Atwood, (The Handmaid’s Tale) said, “The wastebasket has evolved for a reason.” Stephen King (The Stand) was also quoted saying, ” The road to hell [...]
Wow, a ton of things have been going on since my last post, both on the writing front and in my personal life. It’ll be a long post, so get yourself your favorite beverage and read on…
I’ll start off with the biggest pair of events - One daughter got married. Another is engaged. Both husbands [...]