Maureen Ryan Griffin Offers Tips With Her “Spinning Words into Gold: A Hands-On Guide to the Craft of Writing,” Plus Poetry Readings
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In today’s episode number 48, we meet author and writing coach, Maureen Ryan Griffin, who reads poetry from her collection “Ten Thousand Cicadas Can’t Be Wrong” and guides us through her writing book, “Spinning Words Into Gold: A Hands-On Guide to the Craft of Writing.”
This is a great episode to get your writing juices flowing, whether you are seasoned writer or one that wants to start dabbling, because writing can be for everyone.
Among other topics, Maureen explores the why, when and where of writing, and discusses some of the secrets to good writing.
We start the show with Maureen reading her poem: “Why You Can Go Back to a Story You Abandoned Years Ago and Finally Finish It.”
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You can get Marureen’s word-play word-zine email with wordplay, local writing news, and more by emailing info@wordplaynow.com
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https://mainstreetragbookstore.com
From the pages of “Ten Thousand Cicadas Can’t Be Wrong,” a guide to the life cycle of a cicada.
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About Maureen
Maureen Ryan Griffin has taught the art and craft of writing for twenty-five years through a wide variety of venues, including Queens University and Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, the John Campbell Folk School in the Appalachian Mountains, and Chautauqua Institution in New York.
She is an award-winning poetry and nonfiction writer, who is published in such publications as Calyx, Chelsea, Cincinnati Poetry Review, and The Texas Review. She is the author of Spinning Words into Gold, a Hands-On Guide to the Craft of Writing; The TAG, I’M IT! Daily Practice: A Three-Month Journey of Thanksgiving, Acknowledgement, Gratitude, and Intention, How Do I Say Goodbye?; and three poetry books. A poem from her latest collection, Ten Thousand Cicadas Can’t Be Wrong, was featured on The Writers’ Almanac.
Maureen was the recipient of CPCC’s 2018 Irene Blair Honeycutt Legacy Award honoring a community member who has contributed outstanding service in support of local and regional writers, and offers individual coaching, as well as retreats, workshops, and classes, through her business, WordPlay.
You can connect with the author at: www.wordplaynow.com
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