Carmela A. Martino

June 12, 2014

The official first day of summer is over a week away, but I start teaching my summer classes this weekend. There's still time to register for this Saturday's "Writing for Children and Young Adults: From Goodnight Moon to Hunger Games," at the College of DuPage. If you know of anyone who may be interested, please help spread the word. For registration information for my classes, see the Writing Classes page of my website. In this issue: - TeachingAuthors Blog's Latest Giveaway - FOUR one-day COD Summer Workshops - Girls Write! Summer Camps Return to Mayslake Peabody Estate - New Promising Young Writers! Children's Summer Camp Debuts in July - New Adult Writing Classes at Waubonsee Community College Moved to Fall - Connect with me on Facebook * TeachingAuthors Blog's Latest Giveaway We're currently hosting a giveaway of the fun new picture book, The Poem That Will Not End (Two Lions Books) by Joan Bransfield Graham. Read my co-blogger April's interview with Joan and enter to win a copy of the book on this page of our blog. * FOUR one-day COD Summer Workshops Here's the complete list of the one-day workshops for adults at College of DuPage this summer: -- "Writing for Children and Young Adults: From Goodnight Moon to Hunger Games," Saturday, June 14, 2014. -- "Get Started Blogging," Saturday, June 28, 2014 -- "Turning Life into Fiction," Saturday, July 19, 2014 -- "Writing with Details: Bringing Your Characters to Life," Saturday, August 2, 2014 See my website for details. * Girls Write! Summer Camps Return to Mayslake Peabody Estate The Mayslake Peabody Estate turned out to be a terrific venue for the Girls Write! summer writing camps. This year, the camp for girls entering grades 4-5 will be held June 23-27 at 9:30 am-noon. The camp for girls entering grades 6-8 will be held Aug. 4-8 at 9:30 am – noon. Registration is limited. * New Promising Young Writers! Children's Summer Camp Debuts in July There are still openings in the co-ed writing camp for students ages 11-14 to be held at the Waubonsee Community College Sugar Grove Campus. Here's the description: In this camp, you'll hear excerpts from great children’s books, play word-related games, create writing in a variety of forms and share your works with each other. You'll learn where writers your age can get published and leave with your own composition book containing your work. July 14-18, 2014, 9 am – noon * New Adult Writing Classes at Waubonsee Community College Moved to Fall The adult class I was scheduled to begin teaching at Waubonsee Community College this summer had to be postponed due to low enrollment. We're hoping to have better luck in the fall, when I'll be offering two classes. Watch my website for details. * Connect with me on Facebook If you'd like to see more timely updates on what I'm doing, feel free to friend me on Facebook. If I don't know you personally, please mention in your friend request that you subscribe to my e-newsletter. (I don't friend just anyone!) You can find my Facebook page here. Hope you take time out to enjoy some summer fun! Carmela Carmela Martino www.carmelamartino.com www.TeachingAuthors.com