Hello Beautiful People, I’m so pleased to announce our first GIVEAWAY in the Beach Book Bonanza Giveaway Series! One lucky reader will recieve an autographed copy of Caroline Leavitt’s outstanding new novel, Is This Tomorrow. The Book Blurb – What does it mean to be an outsider in a community? How do we keep the…
Beach Book Bonanza: Caroline Leavitt
Hello Beautiful People! Our first Q&A in the Beach Book Bonanza Series is with the lovely, the talented, the ever so humble, Caroline Leavitt. TWT: Where did you come up with the inspiration for Is This Tomorrow? CL: I grew up an outcast, as part of the only Jewish family on a Christian block in…
THE BEACH BOOK BONANZA AT THE WRITE TEACHER(S)
Hello Beautiful People, I’m SO EXCITED to introduce the first ever Beach Book Bonanza Series at The Write Teacher(s)! What’s that mean? Well, for the entire month of July, we’ll be posting Author Q&As, hosting twitter chats with our favorite writers, AND giving away autographed copies of our favorite books! We’re also pairing up with…
A Write Teacher(s) Spotlight: A Lasting Impression, by Zoe Sarnak
Hello Beautiful People, On Saturday evening, I had the pleasure and privilege of seeing A Lasting Impression, by Zoe Sarnak at Joe’s Pub. Full disclosure: like many of the artists and musicians and composers I have gotten to know over the past year, Zoe is someone who’s become a true friend. But lets not be…
Every Educator Is Free to Wear Sunscreen Too.
Hello Friends… …And there goes the 2012-13 school year, and with it another graduating class. They have their whole lives ahead of them now. Careers. Love. Friendships. Mortgages. Wrong choices and not-so wrong ones. Really wrong choices. A potentially endless horizon of possibilities. And they’ll be successful too… most of them, anyway. As long as…
July Tunes
Hey Everyone! Time for another playlist! In honor of Independence Day, I’m highlighting some of my favorite American artists this month. Blast this playlist during your Fourth of July grill-out or while you’re watching fireworks, if you want. Enjoy! The Black Keys, “Ohio” Creedence Clearwater Revival, “Down On the Corner” The White Stripes, “Ball and…
Actors & Actresses Q&A Series: Nick Cordileone
Hello Beautiful People, I’m so pumped and thrilled an excited to introduce you to our next featured actor in the Actors & Actresses Q&A Series, the one and only, Nick Cordileone. I met Nick through his wife, the amazing and lovely Amy Cordileone, phD – the two are, quite simply put, a couple of the…
Actors & Actresses Q&A Series: Katrina Rose Dideriksen
Hello Beautiful People, Katrina Rose Dideriksen has one of the most soulful, spirited, rich voices I’ve heard in quite some time. She’s got that certain something that you just can’t put your finger on, but something I’m sure that people would bottle up and sell if they could. I have had the pleasure and privilege…
A Write Teacher(s) Spotlight: #UntitledPopMusical
Hello Beautiful People, Full disclosure – I have a soft spot in my heart for 90s pop songs, groups, songstresses, and I loved Britney Spears when she first came out. I’m talking pre shaved head, pre babies, pre 55 hour marriage in Vegas. I loved Britney Spears in the days of braided pigtails and plaid…
Music Magic Series: Zoe Sarnak
Hello Beautiful People, Zoe Sarnak is a name that you will be hearing for years to come. She’s a Harvard University graduate. She’s an outstandingly talented composer, lyricist, and playwright, whose shows and projects include A Lasting Impression, The Quad, Mixtape, and Painless (book by Michael Kimmel). Her songs have been performed in various composer…