Vol. 2 Number 7
July 2001
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Why you are receiving this newsletter from a different address
ListBot, the company that supported our Story Circle e-mail lists,
will soon be going out of business, so we have moved the lists to YahooGroups.
Anyone on our old ListBot list was added automatically to our new YahooGroups
list.
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Carol Landherr Lifewriting
Contest
Don't forget about the Carol Landherr Lifewriting Contest! For details,
see page 19 of the May Journal, or go to http://www.storycircle.org/Contests.
Your entry is due on July 15.
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IN PRINT? SHARE YOUR GOOD NEWS
Have you been published recently? Do you have any tips about
where to publish your life writing? Has something special happened
in your life? If so, please send updates to Nancy Rigg at njrigg@gmail.com
so that we can share the good news in the Story Circle Journal! (Story
Circle members only, please)
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Austin Chapter Meeting
The Austin Chapter will have its annual meeting in August. Our plan
is to host an evening of information and entertainment at the Spazio Gallery
downtown, with a special program presented by Susie Flatau entitled "Making
Art of Your Life". The program will include an opportunity to experiment
with writing techniques using the inspiration of the art surrounding us
in the gallery. 6-9pm, date to be announced.
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"Stories from the Heart":
National Story Circle Network Conference 2002, February 8-10, Austin, Texas
Our online registration form is now available: go to the conference
web page (http://www.storycircle.org/Conference)
and click on "Registration". You can also email us (storycircle@storycircle.org)
or write to us (Story Circle Network, P.O. Box 500127, Austin, TX 78750-0127)
for a brochure. Scholarships are available.
Remart, Inc, is offering one of a series of art reproductions to all
of our participants. For a sample, go to the conference web page (http://www.storycircle.org/Conference)
and click on "Goodies".
Just a reminder that our "Call for Presenters" deadline is July 15th.
If you are interested in presenting at our Conference, please see our online
form: go to the conference web page (http://www.storycircle.org/Conference)
and click on "Presenters". There is still time to submit a proposal.
We are especially interested in "Serious Stuff " and the 2-hour pre-conference
session on Friday (which we would like to be on a technical informative
topic). We have two specific presentations that we need proposals for:
copyright and scrapbooking - if you can present on either of these topics,
please fill out our Call for Presenters form!
Questions/comments/offers of help? Contact Judith Helburn (thehelburns@sbcglobal.net)
or see our conference web page (http://www.storycircle.org/Conference.
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Story Circle T-Shirts
Now Available!
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Fruit of the Loom "Heavy Cotton" (100% cotton)
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Beige with purple printing
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Logo on front, motto on back:
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“What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world
would split open.”—Muriel Rukeyser
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Available in medium, large, and extra-large
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$16 (shipping/handling and tax included)
Use our online
form to order yours today (and to see photos of the front and back
of the shirt), and pay online (via PayPals) or send your check for $16
(specify size) to
Story Circle Network
P.O. Box 500127
Austin TX 78750-0127
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Internet
Chapter
The Internet chapter now has 130 members! We have 10 very active Writing
eCircles, and 2 Reading eCircles. If you're a Story Circle member and would
like to join our cyber-circle, click on Internet
Chapter. If you're not a member but are interested in joining the Network,
check out the Story Circle web site (www.storycircle.org).
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Austin OWL-Circle Workshops Available
Now
We're delighted to tell you that our Austin OWL-Circle Memoir Project
has moved to its second phase, under the direction of Karen Leach, our
new coordinator. We will be using the workbook developed, tested, and revised
during our grant-funded phase, and expanding our offerings across the Austin
area. Each memoir workshop consists of five 2 1/2 hour sessions, over five
weeks, led by a trained and experienced facilitator--all for the very
low price of $50 for each participant (that's only $10 per session!), plus
a $5 materials fee. If you know of a church, women's group, or senior residence
that would like to sponsor an OWL-Circle workshop, or a woman who would
like to participate in one, please telephone Karen at 512-477-3155
or email her at leachcom@ix.netcom.com.
If you would like to facilitate one of these groups let Karen know of your
interest. Facilitators are paid, but their greatest reward is in helping
women to explore their lives. Visit our website for more information:
www.owlcircle.com.
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National OWL-Circle Workshops
The OWL program continues to spread with sales of the facilitator's
manual and workbook. Our member in east Texas, Paula Yost, has purchased
the program and intends to offer the workshop to older women in her area
so that the history and value of those women's lives will not be lost.
If you have an interest in offering the program in your area, please let
us know. (Remember, the workshop kits are available
only to those
outside of the Austin area. Locally, Karen Leach will be coordinating the
workshops for Story Circle.) Visit our website for more information:
www.owlcircle.com.
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Austin Chapter Reading
Circles
The Austin Chapter
Reading Circle meets monthly to read and discuss women's memoirs, autobiographies,
and journals. You can read the Reading Circle discussion questions
for this month's book (A Year By The Sea: Thoughts of an Unfinished
Woman, by Joan Anderson) on the
Noon
Reading Circle's book list (the Evening Circle has merged with the
Noon Circle). Our Internet Chapter Reading e-Circle is reading the same
book this month.
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Austin
Chapter Writing Circles
Interested in meeting with other women to write and share stories?
Please join one of our Austin Chapter Writing Circles for support, encouragement,
and ideas for life-writing topics. The Circles meet monthly:
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Susie Flatau will lead the newly forming Third Tuesday Evening Writing
Circle, starting in August. It will meet at the Serranos
in Oak Hill (6510 W. Hwy. 290, Austin, TX 78735) from 7-8:30pm. Contact
Susie Flatau via email: writingcircle2@storycircle.org
or phone: 512-288-4614.
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Judith Helburn leads the Fourth Tuesday mid-day group.
It meets at the Yarborough
Branch Library from 11:30-1. Contact Judith via email:
writingcircle@storycircle.org
or phone: 512-454-7229. We are meeting in July and August. July's
topic will be "Favorite childhood summer activities." Double dip ice cream
cones? Time at the beach? Running through the sprinkler? Visiting Gram?
Summer camp?
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Carolyn Scheider leads the Third Thursday mid-day Spicewood Springs Writing
Circle. It meets at the Spicewood
Springs Branch Library from 10-11:45am. Contact Carolyn via email:
writingcircle3@storycircle.org
or phone: 512-258-8635. We will expand on the topics we’ve covered since
September, 2000. Those topics include:
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Who I Am
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In the Beginning--Day of Birth
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Memorable Thanksgiving and Winter Holidays
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Gifts Given/Gifts Received
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If I had my life to live over, I--; By this time next year I’ll--; and/or
in 2001 I will/will not--
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Passionate Attachments
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Closets
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Springtime
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Mothers
Please come and share what you have written.
For more information, visit the
Austin
Chapter Writing Circles web page.
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Start your own Reading or Writing Circle
We encourage you to volunteer to start your own writing circle or reading
circle. We need more of these! If you are interested, please email
Susan (susanalbert@storycircle.org).
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Your Contributions
Share your life. If you are a member of the Story Circle
Network, please share your story with us. Check the Journal for details,
or click on http://www.storycircle.org/WritersGuidelines.shtml.
Share your love. We offer free memberships to women in
prison and reduced-rate memberships to women in need. If you would like
to help these women find their voices and share their stories, go here:
http://www.storycircle.org/Donations
and then click on "Our Sugar Bowl." (You don't have to be a member to contribute
to this important program.)
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Journal Back Issues
Available
The Story Circle
Journal is a unique, exciting publication that documents women's
efforts to tell their personal stories. If you're collecting the Journal,
now is the time to make sure your set is complete! To purchase the copies
you're missing, go to our website and click on "Buy
Story Circle Journals". You may choose to buy on-line through
PayPals, or you can print out the page and send it to us with your check.
Either way, this is an important opportunity to catch up on the issues
you've missed.
E-LETTERS
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We are now publishing two monthly e-Letters. The National e-letter brings
you writing tips, quotes, and book reviews, while the Austin-area e-Letter
brings you news about Story Circle events and activities in the Austin,
TX area. To subscribe to the National e-Letter, either go to http://SCN_eLetter_National.listbot.com
and enter your email address, or send email to SCN_eLetter_National-subscribe@listbot.com
WHO WE ARE AND HOW TO JOIN US
The Story Circle Network is an organization made up of women who want
to explore their lives and their souls through life-writing -- writing
that focuses on our personal experience, through memoirs and autobiographies,
in diaries and journals, in personal essays, in poetry. The Network is
chartered as a 501c(3) organization. Your dues and other contributions
are tax-deductible. As a non-profit, we welcome your gifts to support our
work. Please be generous!
Annual membership is $24 (prorated at $2/month) in the U.S., $30 in
Canada/Mexico, and $36 elsewhere. Members receive four issues of the Story
Circle Journal, a 16-24 page quarterly filled with writing ideas, members'
writing, interviews, articles, and book reviews. To join, fill out our
on-line form (click on "Join
SCN" on the Story Circle website) and send a check to
Story Circle Network
P.O. Box 500127
Austin, TX 78750-0127
(or follow the directions after filling out the online form and PAY online!)
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