A Different Side To The New Author

On Friday I mentioned the idea of having a workshop here on the New Author. I also mentioned that Bernard Rossi, a published author and poet, would be the lead instructor for the workshop. My thought is too have many workshops throughout the year. This first workshop will be for poetry. Our idea is too post a picture and have the participants write a poem about that picture. Afterward we will look at the poems with a focus on the mechanics, structure, and word selection for the individual poems. I believe this exercise will be very helpful as it will highlight the importance of word selection and structure. I have already received some interest in the workshop but I thought I would mention it again in case anyone missed Friday's article. If this workshop sounds interesting to you let me know.

Today we are going to have a look at a different side to the New Author. A few weeks back my friend over at Reduce Footprints invited me to prepare an article for the site. What a minute though, that site is about the environment and recycling and protecting our planet. What do you know about any of these things that you can write an article about it? Well, that is the different side that can be seen today.

We are, as Small Footprints would say, going too take a field trip. You can read my guest article here.

I hope you enjoy the article.