Also, she will be releasing, with co-author Cullan Hudson, OKLAHOMA UFO's: A ROUTE 66 GUIDE. This handy little guide book will help add a little something different to the next cruise down the Mother Road by highlighting events of the strange kind in the skies, and on the ground, along the famous and historic highway.
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2/28/23
Oklahoma Author Announces Two New Works
10/25/22
Sapulpa Public Library Set to Host Oklahoma Authors Showcase, Nov. 19, 2022
For Immediate Release/ October 12, 2022
Sapulpa Public Library Set to Host Oklahoma Authors Showcase
Sapulpa, OK—Sapulpa Public Library announced today that it will host the first annual Oklahoma Authors Showcase.
The event is made possible by a grant from Oklahoma Humanities, and generous donations from our community partners and patrons.
The Oklahoma Authors Showcase will be held on November 19, 2022, from 10am -1:45pm in the lower- level Frank Hall Auditorium. It will feature three-time US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo as the keynote speaker, and 12 other Oklahoma Authors who will read selections from their works, answer questions from the audience, and have books available for signing. This event is free and open to the public.
“Bringing the Oklahoma Authors Showcase to Sapulpa will help create a kind of cultural hub here at the
Sapulpa Public Library, so people won’t have to go all the way to Tulsa or Oklahoma City to interact with authors and the arts.” Kristin Haddock, Library Director said recently. “It’s just one of the exciting new programs we’re working on here.”
For additional information on the event, contact: Debra Chandler, 918-224-5624 or email dchandler@sapulpaok.gov.
Funding for this program is provided in part by a grant from Oklahoma Humanities (OH) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of OH or NEH.
About Oklahoma Humanities
Oklahoma Humanities (OH) is an independent, nonprofit organization whose mission is to strengthen
communities by helping Oklahomans learn about the human experience, understanding new
perspectives, and participate knowledgeably in civic life through humanities disciplines such as history,
literature, film studies, art criticism, and philosophy. As the state partner for the National Endowment
for the Humanities, OH provides a free educational magazine, Smithsonian Institution exhibits, reading
and discussion groups, and other cultural opportunities for Oklahomans of all ages. OH engages people
in their own communities, stimulating discussion and helping them explore the wider world of human experience.
Author Marilyn A. Hudson Visited Middle School Students to Encourage Writing
Stroud area author, researcher and storyteller, Marilyn A. Hudson, spent a day recently visiting with middle school students exploring writing, sensory language, and the writing and publishing process. The day was topped off by a storytelling/writing program at the Bristow Public Library.
Bristow Public Library, October 21, "Marilyn A. Hudson, an author, historian, and storyteller from Stroud, came in and told all kinds of spooky stories and talked about her book 'Sooner Saucers: Oklahoma UFOs, 1947-1969'.She was awesome! She's a great storyteller and we were captivated by her haunted tales! We had a great day here at the library! We had two amazing Oklahoma authors visit us and there was a great turnout. We want to thank Connie Cronley and Marilyn Hudson for coming today..."
3/26/22
MEET THE PUBLISHERS! AND RENEE LA VINESS
Renee' La Viness - Meet the Publishers! <meet-the-publishers@jespiddlin.com> announces several great things. Be sure and mark your calendars!
One – Meet the Publishers! happens TODAY in Tulsa from 2:00 to 4:30 pm. It is an annual event. More information at my website: https://www.jespiddlin.com/publishers
Two – I offer an annual short story writing contest at https://www.jespiddlin.com/writingcontest. My contest information should be updated on April 2, then submissions will be allowed from July 1st through August 31st. Winners are always named in the first week of December.
Three – A monthly emagazine for writers – Writers Monthly PDF. More info at https://www.jespiddlin.net/writersmonthly. This is our second year.
3/24/22
1/31/22
New Feature Added to Page: Submit your press release information via comment form
Submit the text of your press release or an informative book blurb. Make sure it includes links to where to find your book. Submit via the email on the contact page images of book covers or author or allow this page to copy and paste that from webpages.
Cover the who, what, why, and where of your book.
- Who is the author? Who will be interested in this work?
- What is the book about (themes, topics, etc.)
- Why should someone read your book out of the other options? What makes it unique, different, better?
- Where is this book found (bookstores, websites, libraries, etc.)
- Use your creative abilities and write a short "commercial" on the work using action words and dynamic descriptions whenever possible.
Your writing Friend,
Marilyn A. Hudson
7/18/20
New Book Surveys Oklahoma UFO's 1947-1969
Today, as 'Unidentified Aerial Phenomena" are becoming news worthy and the term is replacing the well worn "Flying Saucers" and "UFO's" of the past, take a trip to see what was going on over Oklahoma skies...
7/1/20
WHAT MAKES A 5 STAR REVIEW?
6/13/20
Noted Tulsa Paranormal Authority Publishes New Work: Teri French
5/22/20
Five-Dollar Indian: A Sam Chitto Mystery by Lu Clifton
Lawmen are the “thin blue line” that holds back chaos, but
each officer struggles with his own internal demons that put adherence to the
code of ethics and the vows he took as an officer at risk. The dead boy’s
grandfather, the Sioux officer, believes he has evidence the death was murder
and wants to execute his own brand of justice. Meanwhile, Sam discovers one of
the promoters is a five-dollar Indian – a white man posing as native to profit
at Native Americans’ expense. The imposter is none other than Leon Messina,
grandson of old drug lord Victor Messina - the man behind the gangland killing
of Sam’s father.2/24/20
SCWI Conference April, "The Power of Story" in OKC (April 3-4, 2020)

The SCWI - the Oklahoma Chapter of the Society for Children's Writers and Illustrator's - will bring together publishers, writers, illustrators and more in Oklahoma City on April 3-4, 2020.
Check out the website for more details for "The Power of Story": https://oklahoma.scbwi.org/events/2020-ok-scbwi-spring-conference-the-power-of-story
Conference on April 3 – 4, 2020
in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
at the Embassy Suites Hotel,
1815 S Meridian Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73108
Friday, April 3rd from 7:00 to 10:00 PM
Saturday, April 4th from 9:00 AM to 6:00
Register now to take part in this awesome opportunity to meet others that share a passion for helping children/teens through the power of art and literature!
Learn from leading industry professionals in the children/young adult publishing business and submit your work to them....
2/13/20
Arkansas Writer's Event - March 2020
What makes this workshop special? Writing about religion presents a unique set of challenges. Whether you’re writing about your own faith or someone else’s, it takes a high level of both objectivity and self-awareness to succeed. The goal of the three-hour workshop is for participants to have the start of a writing project.
Workshop participants will go over some of the thornier aspects of communicating about a religion, religious people, or even sacred objects and houses of worship. We will read from exemplary writing such as Malcolm Gladwell’s New Yorker piece Sacred and Profane. In this article, Gladwell examines how misunderstanding of religious beliefs can lead to failed communication, illustrated by the tragic result of negotiation between FBI agents and the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas. We will also read John Jeremiah Sullivan’s Upon This Rock, the essay in GQ in which he narrates his visit to the CrossOver Festival, a three-day Christian music festival, dispassionately describing the festival scene and only revealing close to the end of the article what his personal relationship to the Christian faith is.
The workshop is appropriate for writers from all genres and all experience levels. Participants needn’t ascribe to any particular faith. It will run from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 15 at the Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow, 515 Spring Street, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. The class fee is $75 per person. Workshop attendees may reserve a writing suite for a residency at the Colony at the subsidized rate of $75 per night. We have limited the number of participants in order to do the topic justice, so please register soon at https://www.writerscolony.org/event-details/writing-about-religion-workshop-1.
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Ruth Nasrullah
www.ruthnasrullah.com
1/2/20
EL RENO WRITERS
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12/16/19
2020 Mega Writers Conference Announced, Springfield, Missouri
9/6/19
2019 NIMROD CONFERENCE
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Hush, Shut Up, Please Be Quiet: How to Write Better Dialogue
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Revise Your Poem Without Killing It
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Crowdsourcing Research: Creative Nonfiction
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Publishing: Contracts 101
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Unpossessed: Reconsidering the Demonized in YA and Speculative Fiction
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Persona Poems: Speaking in Someone Else’s Voice
- October 18th, 6:30 p.m., the Tulsa Historical Society & Museum, 2445 S. Peoria Ave.: Nimrod Write Night. Free and open to the public. No reservations needed.
- October 19th, 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., TU’s Allen Chapman Student Union, 440 S. Gary Ave.: Nimrod Conference for Readers and Writers.
- Early Bird Registration is open until September 14th ($50/standard, $10/scholarship).
- Regular Registration is open September 15th–October 15th ($60/standard, $10/scholarship).
- Late Registration will take place at the door ($70/standard, $15/scholarship).


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