| Written Word, Jilly Kidd, Prop. |
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Real Life Bio. Adele Ward is an author and fiction editor working for Bluechrome Publishing in the UK. Her poetry collection, Never-Never Land, is due out from Bluechrome in November. She has also been published by John Murray and her poems have been broadcast on national and local radio in the UK. One of her poems was a first prizewinner in the recent International Féile Filíochta poetry competition based in Dublin. Adele worked as a journalist for many years and has an MA in creative writing from Poet Laureate Andrew Motion's course at the Royal Holloway, University of London. |
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| Written Word Group |
Website: Written Word |
| The mission of the Written Word group is to
encourage and support the development of all forms of writing on
Second Life. The group provides display space for writers
(published and aspiring) in SL. It also provides display space for
publishers interested in establishing contact with the writing
community in SL. The group also arranges events to strengthen the writing community. Writers in languages other than English are very welcome. |
Open membership: to join, in SL, search for INKsters under groups. Click on the Join button. |
| Sundays 2pm SLT: The Meet the Author show is on alternate Sundays and presents a published author interviewed by Adele Ward AKA Jilly Kidd. This event is broadcast by SLCN TV, Second Life's Cable Network. |
Past shows Podcast/vidcast |
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Wednesdays 2pm SLT: Hastings Bournemouth hosts the Written Word Writers' Circle on the Waterstage. Bring along writing in various forms to read it and receive feedback. This event is in SL Voice but text and assistance are also available for those who need it. |
Go to Waterstage, Cookie |
| Writing competitions -- monthly. Each month the Written Word group offers a writing competition in some specified area. Areas may include general poetry, one-act plays, sonnets, essays, humorous essays, etc. Watch for announcements of competitions or join one of the writing groups on Cookie to get notices. | |
| Online publications recommended by the Written Word group |
Verda, a novel by
Hastings Bournemouth (First 3 chapters) |
| Web radio and TV | Meet the Author |
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The Thinkerer
09/05/2008 Copyright (c) D. F. Dansereau & S. H. Evans |
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