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It's Almost Conference Time!
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What: Stories from the Heart III, the Third National Women's Memoir Conference, sponsored by the Story Circle Network. The conference will bring women from around the country to celebrate their stories.
Where: Red Lion Hotel, Austin TX
When: Feb. 3-5, 2006
Who's Invited? Writers, readers, storytellers, and any woman with a past, present, and future.
Registration Info: www.storycircle.org/Conference
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Conference Highlights
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Our conference program is jam-packed with inspiring presentations that will help you tell your story and share it with others. From "Exploring the Seasons of a Woman's Life" to "Metaphor, Paradox & Poetry" to "Marketing Your Book: Charting the Promotional Universe" to "Family Ties: Writing Family History"—you'll find topics to suit your interests and fill your needs.
And we also have panel discussions! Our panelists have been there and done that, and are eager to share their wisdom with you. Three special topics, 11 inspiring panelists, each with a wonderful story to tell!
- Blogs & Life-Writing: Finding Our Voices On-line
- Older Women's Legacy Circles
- Want to Start a Circle? Reading, Writing, & Internet Circle How-Tos
Open Mike
You've got a story, and we have a place for you to tell it! On Saturday night, we'll continue the tradition we began at our first Stories From the Heart conference: A Saturday Night Open Mike: www.storycircle.org/Conference/program.shtml#openmike. Come and share your story!
Story Wall
Bring your story, pictures, and other goodies to post on our Story Wall. Our Super Scrapbook Sisters will include as many as possible in our Stories From the Heart III Conference Scrapbook!
Works of Heart Marketplace
Books, paper products, print-related services, writing-related items, hand-crafted items of interest to women.
For a program overview, go here: www.storycircle.org/Conference/program.shtml.
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If You've Already Registered...
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If you've already registered, look for an email from us, with more information about the conference, requests for volunteers, and links to information about Austin.
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Who We Are & How to Join Us
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Our mission: The Story Circle Network is dedicated to helping women share the stories of their lives and to raising public awareness of the importance of women's personal histories. We carry out our mission through publications, a web site, classes, workshops, writing and reading circles, and woman-focused programs. Our activities empower women to tell their stories, discover their identities through their stories, and choose to be the authors of their own lives.
If you're receiving this e-Letter but aren't a member, please join us.
[Learn more about how SCN can help you tell your story: click here, or go to our website & click on "How SCN Can Help You Tell Your Story" in the "Who We Are" section of the left frame.]
We offer
a quarterly newsletter with features on women's lifewriting
opportunities to publish your work
workshops, classes, on-line courses
an Internet Chapter
Speaker's Bureau
much more
Membership categories:
Member: $35; Canada & Mexico: $45; International $50
Supporter: $70
Sponsor: $125
Patron: $200
Benefactor: $400+
Chapter memberships:
(To join either chapter you must also be a member of the national organization; chapter dues are in addition to the national dues):
Austin Chapter: $18/yr
Internet Chapter: $18/yr
To join, click here, or go to our website & click on "Join SCN" in the "How to Join / Enroll / Pay" section of the left frame. You can pay on-line, or send a check to Story Circle Network, P.O. Box 500127, Austin TX 78750-0127
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Rosemary Daniell
Keynote Speaker
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Our Friday-night keynote speaker, Rosemary Daniell, is known as one of the best writing coaches in the country. The author of The Woman Who Spilled Words All Over Herself: Writing and Living the Zona Rosa Way, she is the originator and leader of the Zona Rosa™, a series of creative writing workshops in Savannah and Atlanta, and cities throughout the world, as profiled in People and Southern Living magazine.
See our conference program for more information.
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Women's Words from the Heart
"Be kind to bad and good, for you don't know your own heart."
~Sarah Winnemucca, (c.1842-1891) Indian scout, activist~
"The heart that gives—gathers."
~Marianne Moore~
"Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart, don't know how to laugh either."
~Golda Meir~
Have a "heart" quotation to share? Send it to storycircle@storycircle.org, and we'll add it to our growing collection.
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E-Letters
We publish three monthly e-Letters:
This National e-Letter brings you writing tips, quotes, and book reviews.
The Austin-area e-Letter brings you news about Story Circle events and activities in the Austin, TX area. If you don't live in Austin but want to know what the Austin Chapter is doing, you're welcome to subscribe as well—and copy all of our ideas for use in your own community!
The Internet Chapter e-Letter is sent only to members of the Internet Chapter; it features chapter news and events.
We appreciate your help in spreading the word about Story Circle Network. Please forward this e-Letter to anyone interested in lifewriting—family and friends, students, clients, members of your writing group.
If a friend has forwarded this to you, add your e-address and click below to get your own subscription.
To join any of our Story Circle Network e-Letter mailing lists, enter your email address below, then click the 'Sign up' button:
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To unsubscribe: see link at the very bottom of this email.
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This e-Letter is a publication of the Story Circle Network, (P.O. Box 500127, Austin TX 78750-0127). It is provided free, via e-mail, for women interested in lifewriting worldwide. ©2006 Story Circle Network
Feel free to forward this e-Letter to friends and colleagues with appropriate credit to Story Circle Network.
This e-Letter is written and edited by Peggy Moody.
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email: storycircle@storycircle.org
voice: 512-454-9833
web: www.storycircle.org
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