Our New Email Addy

We are changing our email address. The transition will be completed by July 1, 2010 and our old address at AOL will be terminated

Please note the change

GIRLCHILDPRESS (AT) GMAIL.COM

Michelle

READING AT RED EMMA'S

Join us at Red Emma's Book for a reading of A LITTLE TRUTH ON YOUR SHIRT with HBO Def Poet Sonya Renee. Come hear new work and get an autographed copy of the outstanding collection.

Red Emma's
Friday, June 18, 2010 at 7:00pm
800 St. Paul Street
Baltimore, MD 21202

In the beginning... I was a poet

An encounter over the weekend reminded me it has been ten years since I joined the the spoken word community of Washington, DC. My first time was at mothertongue, a women's spoken word venue. Prior to finding myself on the stage at the Black Cat, I had been writing in the privacy of my apartment and performing my work on long car trips by myself. Then one day one of my friends signed me up to read and I was blown away by the audience response.

I'm no Sonya Renee Taylor, but I can hold my own. When I first started out I use to perform almost every week somewhere in D.C. I even took a year off from my day job to perform and teach writing workshops. That was a very cool year.

Over the years, I've turned my attention to my screenwriting and publishing life and don't perform as much. But my encounter over the weekend reminded me that there are people who only know me in my poet persona. So, I decided to dig up one of my favorite poems, But Until Then, and record myself. This piece is about five years old and not how I normally perform it. Consider it a remix:)

SPRING WRITING WORKSHOP

Got a story you want to tell (a short story)? Want to tell the world your story (a memoir)?

Well then you want to join us for our Spring Writing Workshop in Washington, DC!


GirlChild Press
presents
Spring Writing Workshop
Saturday, May 22, 2010
11:00am – 2:00pm
Facilitators: Yael Flusberg and Michelle Sewell

This interactive 3-hour workshop is designed to strengthen your ability to access your original voice, take creative risks, and move your writing to a deeper level. Writing exercises and feedback from your instructors and fellow writers will allow you to expand your powers of observation, imagination, and language. The workshop is perfect for writers at all stages of development.

To register for the workshop - www.girlchildpress.com/workshops.html

Trivia Tuesday - Week #4 (late edition)

Start sharpening those Google skills and get ready to win a FREE and signed copy of our newest book
A LITTLE TRUTH ON YOUR SHIRT!

To qualify you must be the first to provide a correct answer in the comment section of this blog. If you have already won a free copy you are not eligible this week.

Question: What is the title of the next book to be released by GirlChild Press?
Don't know the answer or someone already beat you to it - then order your copy at www.girlchildpress.com/products.html for the pre-sale price of $10.00. Free shipping on first copy!
Good Luck!

Poet Sonya Renee Taylor on Joe's Place (WHUR)

We are just a couple weeks from the release of A LITTLE TRUTH ON YOUR SHIRT and we are already starting the rounds on interviews and booking readings.

In this video, at the WHUR studio with Joe Gorham, Sonya talks about her decision to put a manuscript together, while in New Zealand, and seeking out a publisher. She ends with a poem from the book.
Enjoy - then make your way over to www.girlchildpress.com/products.html to purchase your copy of the new collection. Promise you wont be disappointed:)

TRIVIA TUESDAY - WEEK #3

Start sharpening those Google skills and get ready to win a FREE and signed copy of our newest book
A LITTLE TRUTH ON YOUR SHIRT!

To qualify you must be the first to provide a correct answer in the comment section of this blog. If you have already won a free copy you are not eligible this week.

Question: Who is the little girl on the cover of Growing Up Girl: An Anthology?
-if you come up with who she is AND her name, you are the ultimate winner!

Don't know the answer or someone already beat you to it - then order your copy at www.girlchildpress.com/products.html for the pre-sale price of $10.00. Free shipping on first copy!
Good Luck!