Presented by Tallahassee Writers Associations
“Finding Your Global Soul” is an interactive half-day workshop open to all audiences and writing levels. The workshop will be led by three TWA members--Dr. Faith Eidse, Dr. Kome Onokpise and P.C. Zick--each have authored several books, many of which are themed around their experience of journey.
Whether you’ve lived abroad, traveled to other countries, or are contently rooted in your hometown, this workshop provides great insight on how you can style your writing with a geographic center. In addition to presentations on “growing up global," there will be several guided writing prompts and time for critique.
When: Saturday, Sept. 14, from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Where: DeVoe Moore Center Conference Room, 150 Bellamy Building, Florida State University
What: An interactive half-day workshop open to all audiences and writing levels.
How: Registration for the four-hour workshop is $10.00 for students (high school and above), $15.00 for members of TWA, and $25 for the general public. Morning sign-in opens at 8:30 a.m. and coffee will be provided. Lunch is not included; participants may bring a bag lunch or leave to purchase lunch from a nearby vendor. To learn more about the workshop or to register, click here.
Dr. Kome Onokpise is a retired FAMU professor who is a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Nigeria. He pursued a global education in Nigeria, Canada, and the U.s. He has published three books, including "Coming of Age: Nigerian Youth Development in the 1960's and 1970's.
Dr. Faith Eidse is a retired creative writing professor and Medicaid policy expert, raised in Congo, Canada, and the U.S. She has published five books including "Unrooted Childhoods: Memoirs of Growing Up Global" (a Princeton textbook) and "Voices of the Apalachicola," which won the Florida oral history of 2007.
P.C. Zick is an award-winning writer of romance, contemporary fiction, and nonfiction. She edited, annotated, and published her great-grandfather's memoir of his time as a soldier in "Civil War Journal of the Union Soldier," which is a personal journal of war from the soldier's perspective.
The mission of Tallahassee Writers Association is to support writers of all levels through education, connection, promotion, and outreach. For more information on TWA, visit twaonline.org.
TWA meets monthly at the Marzuq Shrine Temple (6:30pm-8:00pm) on the second Thursday of the month. Special workshops are held in May and September in lieu of monthly meetings.
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