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Have you dreamed of becoming a writer? Are you a journalist who has never written fiction, a poet who wants to try screenwriting? Well, this is your chance! The Loft's à la carte Writing Buffet is a weekend-long writing conference on everything from poetry to teleplays, a chance to sample all of the Loft’s literary fare. Perfect for the writer just starting out, and for daring writers looking to expand their literary horizons. Keynote Selden Edwards will share his persevering story of re-starts, revisions, and rejections that after 33-years led to a publication bidding war.
An interview with Ann Rosenquist Fee and Catherine Lundoff
The View: What makes a good sex scene good? Who do you like to read for their keen ability to get sex on the page?
Ann Rosenquist Fee: My favorite sex scenes are those that aren’t, on the surface, about sex. A participant in “Sex on the Page” [Ann’s Loft class] read a scene from his manuscript in which a character cleans a pool. The narrator described the landscape, the mechanics of pool cleaning, and the woman lying nearby, all with language that was so deliberately sensual and rhythmic, we’d have sworn sex was happening. Similarly, when actual sex scenes are good, I think it’s due to an element of surprise. Pauline Reage achieves that in Story of O by describing violent, passionate acts with pristine and unhurried prose. Gloria Vanderbilt’s new Obsession: An Erotic Tale does it, in part, by virtue of the fact that the author is 85. Reviewers don’t love the book, but come on, 85. Catherine Lundoff: I like a sex scene that is integral to the story—it doesn’t just pop up out of the blue then go nowhere. I want to get an idea of what these characters are about and how they’ll get where they’re going. Donna George Storey, Cecilia Tan, Cheyenne Blue, M. Christian, and Jacqueline Carey are among my favorites. These are writers who write great sex while telling a great story.View Article Continued View Classified Ads
Benefit featuring performances by Robert Karimi, Marcie Rendon, Brittany Delaney, Bao Phi, Diego Vazquez, Tatiana Ormaza, and Guante with emcee Tou Saiko Lee and DJ Nak.
We all know how to describe someone’s speaking voice, but what does voice mean on a written page?
The Loft’s 2009-2010 Mentor Series readings continue with a reading by fiction mentor Shannon Olson and program participants Karlyn Coleman (fiction) and Anika Fajardo (nonfiction). Mentor Series reading.
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