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FREE ATLANTA WRITERS' WORKSHOP at STEWART-LAKEWOOD LIBRARY

May 2, 2011 at 6pm to December 12, 2011 at 7:30pm
Join author, actor, film director and screenwriter, Balogun, as he guides newly emerging and intermediate writers in this workshop.Share your writing, create new work, discuss the creative writing process and engage in dynamic and educational exercises to hone your writing skills. For ages 12-Adult.FREE!Balogun - author of the acclaimed book, "Afrikan Martial Arts: Discovering the Warrior Within", several newspaper and magazine articles and the soon-to-be released feature film, "A Single Link"…See More
Nov 2, 2011
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Alien Encounters: Africa In Fantastic Fiction - From Dark Continent to Bright Country at Auburn Avenue Research Library

October 28, 2011 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Join us on Oct. 28th at the Auburn Avenue Research Library as we discuss Africa in Fantastic fiction. The presentation will center around Griots: A Sword and Soul Anthology. Authors Valjeanne Jeffers, Stafford Battle and Kirk Johnson will be present as will artists Stan Weaver, Wayne Parker, Thomas Davis, III and Darryl Elliot. Milton Davis, co-editor of Griots, will be the moderator.
Oct 4, 2011
Balogun Ojetade and Milton Davis are now friends
Aug 24, 2011
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SPECULATIVE FICTION WRITERS & READERS

For writers, readers and publishers of horror, science fiction, fantasy, sword & soul, steampunk and historical fiction.Walter Mosley, Octavia Butler, Tananarive Due and L.A. Banks on your reading list? Come on in!See More
Aug 24, 2011
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FREE ATLANTA WRITERS' WORKSHOP at STEWART-LAKEWOOD LIBRARY

May 2, 2011 at 6pm to December 12, 2011 at 7:30pm
Join author, actor, film director and screenwriter, Balogun, as he guides newly emerging and intermediate writers in this workshop.Share your writing, create new work, discuss the creative writing process and engage in dynamic and educational exercises to hone your writing skills. For ages 12-Adult.FREE!Balogun - author of the acclaimed book, "Afrikan Martial Arts: Discovering the Warrior Within", several newspaper and magazine articles and the soon-to-be released feature film, "A Single Link"…See More
Jun 29, 2011
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Black Writer's Voice

Black Writer's Voice is the group to join if you are looking for feedback on your book. You will be able to read a portion of your book and get live feedback as well as anonymous feedback.
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Writers Workshop

This group will provide information on book fairs, writers workshops, tools and accessories designed to create better writers and produce authors to increase your sales, expand your audience and communicate your message.
Apr 29, 2011
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"Octavia Butler: Celebrating the Writer Who Changed My World" By Michael Boatman

"Why are you reading all them books? White man ain't gonna let you do anything in them books."I heard these words from an older cousin who expressed his opinion that I wasn't normal.I read constantly, anything I could get my hands on: comics, spy stories, boys' adventures. I even "borrowed" from my mother's bookshelf in the dead of night. And I read lots of science-fiction and fantasy. But at some point I noticed that none of the fantastic events in the stories I loved ever seemed to happen to…See More
Apr 29, 2011

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Personal Bio:
Balogun is the author of the bestselling Afrikan Martial Arts: Discovering the Warrior Within and screenwriter / producer / director of the films, A Single Link and Rite of Passage: Initiation.

He is one of the leading authorities on Steamfunk – a philosophy or style of writing that combines the African and / or African American culture and approach to life with that of the steampunk philosophy and / or steampunk fiction – and writes about it, the craft of writing, Sword & Soul and Steampunk in general, at http://chroniclesofharriet.com/.

He is author of three novels – the Steamfunk bestseller, MOSES: The Chronicles of Harriet Tubman (Books 1 & 2); the science fiction gangster saga, Redeemer; and the Sword & Soul epic, Once Upon A Time In Afrika. He is also co-creator of the soon-to-be-released role-playing game, Ki-Khanga™: The Sword & Soul RPG.
Balogun can be found on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Afrikan.Martial.Arts and on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Baba_Balogun.
Do you have any published books:
"Afrikan Martial Arts: Discovering the Warrior Within" (non-fiction); "MOSES: The Chronicles of Harriet Tubman (Books 1 & 2)"; "Once Upon A Time in Afrika"; and "Redeemer".
Why did you join this group?
To learn and to share experiences in writing.
Favorite Writing / Book Related Site?
blackwriters.ning.com
Website
http://chroniclesofharriet.com

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