QUEENS IS THE NEW BROOKLYN: MWA-NY AT QUEENS LIT FEST
Author Nancy Bilyeau talks about how MWA-NY authors got to read at the first annual Queens Lit Fest.
HOW TO READ FICTION ALOUD (Part 4)
This article is the fourth and final in a series designed to help you stage more effective readings. Thank you to author Clare Toohey for sharing her wisdom, originally posted on Women of Mystery. DELIVERY You’re on! So you’ve practiced reading aloud–and you have, right? And your copy’s well-prepared–and it is, right? Once you’re in front of an audience, it’s
HOW TO READ FICTION ALOUD (Part 3)
This article is the third in a series designed to help you stage more effective readings. Thank you to author Clare Toohey for sharing her wisdom, originally posted on Women of Mystery. PREPARING COPY I love e-books, and if you have a lot of capacity in your reading app for markup, a digital copy may be fine, but for public
HOW TO READ FICTION ALOUD (Part 2)
This article is the second in a series designed to help you stage more effective readings. Thank you to author Clare Toohey for sharing her wisdom, originally posted on Women of Mystery. LENGTH Now everyone is a little different, of course, and I’ve often heard (and even told people before now!) to plan on reading about one MS page per
HOW TO READ FICTION ALOUD: Slowly, 150 Words/Minute (Part 1)
This article is the first in a four-part series designed to help you stage more effective readings. Thank you to author Clare Toohey for sharing her wisdom, originally posted on Women of Mystery. The idea of authors reading their work is supposed to amount to entertainment for the audience and a good promotional opportunity for the author. However, too often