West Virginia Writers Podcast

We return with Episode 42 of the WV Writers Podcast, another of our patent-pending recorded live readings (Q: "But if it's recorded, how can it be live?" A: "Zzzzzzzzipit") This recorded live reading comes from the September 21st Brown Bag Tuesday session at Carnegie Hall WV in Lewisburg and features WV Writers' current parliamentarian, author Belinda Anderson.  Belinda will be reading a selection from her three collections of short stories, The Well Ain't Dry Yet, The Bingo Cheaters and Buckle Up, Buttercup assisted by Elizabeth Spangler and Dr. Larry Davis. DOWNLOAD (Right click and Save Link Target As) West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 42 Links mentioned in Podcast:     * Carnegie Hall WV     * Belinda Anderson     * Tim Armentrout     * Eric Fritzius

Episode 40 of the WV Writers Podcast is a super-sized episode with another of our patented recorded live readings (Q: "But if it's recorded, how can it be live?" A: "You couldn't just let it go, could you?") This recorded live reading comes from the September 9th session of the Greenbrier Valley Theatre's Literary Tea series. The WV Writers featured reader is Bob Clark reading a portion of his wife Brenda Clark's 2nd place win in the Children's Book category of the 2010 WVW Annual Writing Competition. The featured reader from the GVT staff is Kurtis Donnelly reading a short story by playwright Arthur Miller. The Literary Tea series continues September 16, October 7 and October 14. They take place at 5:30 p.m. at the Greenbrier Valley Theatre in downtown Lewisburg. If you're a member or extended friend of WV Writers, Inc. we invite you to submit your own recorded live readings to wvwpodcast@gmail.com.

After three weeks away, we're back with Episode 39, a recorded live reading of the Seeking the Swan author's reading we produced at Taylor Books in Charleston. This was the second of three events West Virginia Writers put together for Charleston's FestivAll 2010. Included are Geoff Fuller, Wilma Acree, Edwinna Pendarvis, Laura Treacy Bentley, and Lywellyn McKernan. Our thanks go out to Taylor Books for inviting us to put this reading together. It's a great store, located on Capitol Street in downtown Charleston. If you're in the area, please stop in and feel free to purchase a copy of Seeking the Swan from them. DOWNLOAD (Right click and Save Link Target As) West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 39

Episode 38 is an interview with writer Tamara Woods, co-founder of Morgantown Poets. Tamara will be one of the leaders of a poetry workshop called Poets' Guide to Metaphor & Marketing, taking place Saturday, August 7, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Monongalia Arts Center in Morgantown. We talk about the workshop itself, as well as Tamara's background as a writer and producer of poetry slams, Morgantown Poets history, and our shared love of writer Neil Gaiman. You can register on the day of the workshop, or you can pre-register if you send your registration form postmarked by Friday July 30. Pre-registering attendees will receive a $5 discount. Students automatically receive a $10 discount. If you would like to register, please use thePoets' Guide to Metaphor and Marketing registration form. DOWNLOAD (Right click and Save Link Target As) West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 38 Links mentioned in Podcast:     *Tamara Woods the Writer Facebook page     * Tamara's Blog

Episode 37 is a recorded live reading of the historic Appalachian Inquisition Panel recorded at the WV Writers 2010 Summer Conference. The panel featured WV literary notables: Irene McKinney, Denise Giardina, Kirk Judd, Norman Jordan, Daniel Boyd, Gretchen Moran Laskas and Tim Poland fielding questions about the state of Appalachian literature, as pitched by moderator Cat Pleska. DOWNLOAD (Right click and Save Link Target As) West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 37 Links mentioned in Podcast:     * Irene McKinney     * Denise Giardina     * Kirk Judd     * Norman Jordan     * Daniel Boyd     * Gretchen Moran Laskas     * Tim Poland     * Cat Pleska

For Episode 36, we speak again to our favorite resident of Memory Lane, Rhonda Browning White, concerning our Memories of Conferences More Recent 2010. In this, we talk about the most memorable parts for us of the 2010 WVW Summer Conference. If you were unable to attend, this will give you some highlights. (For more such memories, see our other Memories of Conferences Past episodes.) DOWNLOAD (Right click and Save Link Target As) West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 36 Links mentioned in Podcast:     * Rhonda Browning White     * Inspiration for Writers     * PopsWalker.com     * Irene McKinney     * Denise Giardina     * Jimmy Carl Harris     * Dana Wildsmith     * Grand Canyon Podcast     * Wilma Acree     * Becky Conrad     * Evergreen Syndicate

This week we're podcasting a recorded live reading of the Publisher's Panel we produced at Taylor Books in Charleston as the first of three events West Virginia Writers is participating in for Charleston's FestivAll 2010.  The panel is moderated by incoming WVW president Cat Pleska and features Abby Freeland of WVU Press, Brian Hatcher & Michael Knost of Woodland Press, and Cathy Teets with Headline Books. Our thanks go out to Taylor Books for inviting us to put this panel together.  It's a great store, located on Capitol Street in downtown Charleston. We've split the recording up into two parts for faster downloading. DOWNLOAD (Right click and Save Link Target As) West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 35 Part 1 West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 35 Part 2 LINKS FOR THIS PODCAST     * FestivAll 2010     * Taylor Books     * WVU Press     * Woodland Press     *Headline Books

This week we're podcasting a recorded live reading of the Publisher's Panel we produced at Taylor Books in Charleston as the first of three events West Virginia Writers is participating in for Charleston's FestivAll 2010.  The panel is moderated by incoming WVW president Cat Pleska and features Abby Freeland of WVU Press, Brian Hatcher & Michael Knost of Woodland Press, and Cathy Teets with Headline Books. Our thanks go out to Taylor Books for inviting us to put this panel together.  It's a great store, located on Capitol Street in downtown Charleston. We've split the recording up into two parts for faster downloading. DOWNLOAD (Right click and Save Link Target As) West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 35 Part 1 West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 35 Part 2 LINKS FOR THIS PODCAST     * FestivAll 2010     * Taylor Books     * WVU Press     * Woodland Press     *Headline Books

This week we present our much heralded interview with Christine Witthohn from Bookcents Literary Agency in Charleston. Christine is a guest at this coming weekend’s 2010 WV Writers Summer Conference. There, she'll be joining fellow agent Kelly Mortimer and Sourcebooks, Inc, editorial manager Peter Lynch to take pitches from conference attendees for potential representation or publication. To prep our attendees for the sessions, Christine and one of her clients, writer S.G. Redling, will be leading a workshop on Saturday morning on how to pitch to agents and editors. However, I thought it would be good to get a podcast preview of that information here so that our listeners who want to pitch can go into the conference with a heads up on the process. Christine also explains what kind of material she is looking for at Book Cents. DOWNLOAD (Right click and Save Link Target As) West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 34 LINKS FOR THIS PODCAST Book Cents Literary Agency WV Writers 2010 Summer Conference Pitch Se

This week, we speak with Belinda Anderson, writer, journalist, nomination for WV Writers' parliamentarian and presenter at the 2010 WV Writers Summer Conference. We cover Belinda's history with WV Writers, what she will be teaching at the conference and cover some of her current and past writing projects that she's involved with, including an oral history project detailing the history of a lost community located atop Wolf Creek Mountain, near Alderson, WV. DOWNLOAD (Right click and Save Link Target As) West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 33 LINKS FOR THIS PODCAST     * BelindaAnderson.com

This week we present WV Writers 2010 ConferenceCast 2 (a.k.a. Episode 32), detailing all the updates we have on the 2010 Summer Conference. Among the choice bits of information presented is an update to the workshop presenters list, including some unfortunate deletions to the roster and some fortunate replacements. We also talk about the Friday night entertainment and how you can possibly participate, our plans to Tweet the Saturday Night Awards Banquet, some new information about the editor and agent pitch sessions and how in the very near future this podcast will help you prepare for such a session. DOWNLOAD (Right click and Save Link Target As) West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 32 LINKS FOR THIS PODCAST     * Our 2010 Summer Conference Page     * ConferenceCast 1 (Episode #26)     * 2010 Pitch Session Details     * WVW Guidelines for First Time Conference Attendees     * WVW Conference Attendee Che

MOMCAST 2010 is our celebration of Mother's Day, featuring stories, poems, essays and memories as phoned in by our listeners.   Featured on this episode are mom pieces from: Terry McNemar, Tracy Seiffers, Sandra Klein, Barbara Wittington, Llewellyn McKernan, Sal Buttacci, Kate Dooley, John Nagle, C.J. Farnsworth, Diane Tarantini, Tim Armentrout, Susan DeVan, Elvera Denning, Charlotte Sneed, Linda Hoagland, Barbara Smith, Cat Pleska, Heidi Hartwicker and Eric Fritzius.

Concluding our National Poetry Month celebration, this week for the WVW Podcast Bonus Show 11, we play a rebroadcast with poet Mary Lucille DeBerry, originally posted as Episode #13 last July. In it we speak to Mary Lucille about her poetry collection Bertha Butcher's Coat. The interview also features several readings from that work as well as discussions of the techniques Mary Lucille has used to inspire those poems. DOWNLOAD (Right click and Save Link Target As) West Virginia Writers Podcast Bonus Show 11 Links mentioned in Podcast:     * Bertha Butcher's Coat     * "Les Demoiselles Schwartz" painting by Anders Zorn     * WV Writers Upcoming Mother's Day Podcast (MOMCAST 2010) Info

We continue our celebration of National Poetry Month with more Recorded Live Readings.  This two-part episode features poetry recorded at the Spoken Word Event sponsored by the Independent Theatre Collective in Wheeling, WV, as part of the Oglebay Institute's Imagination Celebration 2010. In Part 2 we feature Independent Theatre Collective president and co-founder Jeremy Richter reading Mark Twain's posthumously published The War Prayer.  We also have a recording of a moving poem by a young Wheeling poet named Creighton Hill. DOWNLOAD (Right click and Save Link Target As) West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 30 Part 2 LINKS FOR THIS PODCAST     * Independent Theatre Collective     * Kettle Bottom by Diane Gilliam Fisher     * Mark Twain's The War Prayer

We continue our celebration of National Poetry Month with more Recorded Live Readings.  This two-part episode features poetry recorded at the Spoken Word Event sponsored by the Independent Theatre Collective in Wheeling, WV, as part of the Oglebay Institute's Imagination Celebration 2010. In Part 1 we feature John E. Reilly reading from Diane Gillian Fisher's Kettle Bottom, and some original poetry by Wheeling poet Duncan Kinder. 4/25/10  THIS SEGMENT NOW UPDATED TO INCLUDE KETTLEBOTTOM SECTION. DOWNLOAD (Right click and Save Link Target As) West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 30 Part 1 LINKS FOR THIS PODCAST     * Independent Theatre Collective     * Kettle Bottom by Diane Gilliam Fisher     * Mark Twain's The War Prayer

We continue our celebration of National Poetry Month in WV Writers Podcast Episode 29. We also celebrate our own 1st anniversary as a podcast. (Whoo hoooo!) This week we have part 2 of our recorded live poetry reading from the Greenbrier Valley Theatre's Poetry Literary Tea this past November. Featured poets this week include Ellen Broudy, Tim Armentrout and your host Eric Fritzius, reading a Cheryl Denise poem as recorded at a reading in Mercer County this past December. DOWNLOAD (Right click and Save Link Target As) West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 29 LINKS FOR THIS PODCAST     * Greenbrier Valley Theatre     * Tim Armentrout on Podcast Bonus Show #5     * Cheryl Denise's appearance on podcast Episode #20     * Tim Armentrout's original piece "Local Heroes, Local Foes" from his blog Breath Made Visible, November 2008.     * "Local Heroes Local Foes" recorded live reading, linked from MisterHerman.c

Continuing our National Poetry Month Theme, this week's bonus show is a rePodcast of our interview with Georgia-based poet Dana Wildsmith from Episode #5. In it Dana speaks about her journey to becoming a poet, her time spent as a Writer in Residence around the country, her love of music and Garrison Keillor's reading voice, she recites some of her own poetry, and tells us about the workshops she was preparing for the 2009 WVW Summer Conference. We're happy to say that Dana will be a returning presenter for the 2010 WVW Summer Conference. You can find out what she'll be presenting by visiting our conference page and checking out the full Workshop Descriptions. DOWNLOAD (Right click and Save Link Target As) West Virginia Writers Podcast Bonus Show 10 Links mentioned in Podcast:     * Dana's new book "Back to Abnormal: Surviving With An Old Farm In the New South"     * Dana Wildsmith.com     *Dana Wildsmith books from Amazon    &nbs

In celebration of National Poetry Month, this month the podcast will be featuring all things poetry. For WV Writers Podcast Episode 28, we feature part 1 of a recorded live poetry reading done as part of Greenbrier Valley Theatre's Literary Tea series poetry edition this past November, in Lewisburg. Featured poets this week include the Tea's featured poet, WVW 2009 Writing Contest winner Sarah Crickenberger, and WVW member Sammye Lewis. DOWNLOAD (Right click and Save Link Target As) West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 28 LINKS FOR THIS PODCAST Greenbrier Valley Theatre

For our 9th Bonus Show we talk comedy with WV Writers Writing Contest Coordinator Steven Goff.  Steve's a comedian who did standup at the 2009 Summer Conference.  We talk about our favorite comedians of today and yesteryear plus tell a couple of stories about encounters with famous comedians (or at least with professional wrestlers who once worked with famous comedians, who one of us once interviewed at a Kia dealership grand opening in Columbus, MS). DOWNLOAD (Right click and Save Link Target As) West Virginia Writers Podcast Bonus Show 9 LINKS TO COMEDIANS MENTIONED IN SHOW     * Bill Cosby     * Patton Oswalt     * Maria Bamford     * Tig Nataro     * Bill Hicks     * Zach Galifianakis     * Jonathan Winters     * Robin Williams     * Kathleen Madigan     * Dave Chappelle   &nb