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UPCOMING EVENTS

January 2013 BookFest at IceFest Hamilton OH 10-4pm; I will present three basic writing workshop free to the public. 

April 12-14, 2013 Mad Anthony Writers Conference Hamilton OH

1st Tuesdays: Byliners Writers Group 
2nd Fridays: Speak Volumes Book Club
3rd Wednesdays: Prolifics Writers Group 
Recent Events
October 8, 2012 Presentation to Mercy Hospital Auxillary "Writing and Journaling"
October 4, 2012 Interviewed for What's Your Story? Miami U. Hamilton; to air on Tv Hamilton
April 13-15, 2012 - Mad Anthony Writers Conference www.writelikemad.com
November 2011- 4 day Writers Retreat
September 9, 2011 "Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain", discussion leader
August 26-28, 2011 Writers Retreat
August 3, 2011 All Day Writers Retreat with the Byliners

A few of my past favorite pesentations:

  • "Wit & Wisdom of Mark Twain" by Alex Ayres, Miami U Downtown September 9, 2011
  • "Dialogue Basics" for the Working Titles Writers Group, June 2011  
  • "Description Basics" for the Working Titles Writers Group, May 2011  
  • "The Ghosts of Ryan's Tavern," the Rosary Altar Society, October 2010  
  • "The Importance of Journaling," for the Rosary Altar Society, May 2010
  • "Why Reading to Your Preschool Daycare Students Is Important," for a Butler County, OH, Social Services inservice, February, 2008
  • "How the Mad Anthony Writers Conference Promotes Literature and Literacy," to Rotary Club, Apr 2007
  • "Where I Get My Ideas," for the the Enchanted Words Romance Writers Conference, Cincinnati, OH, April 2000
  • "Where I Get My Ideas," for Ohio Valley Romance Writers Association, January 2000
  • "Writing for Magazines" and "Writing My Book for Children," for Adult Writers Workshop of the Lane Public Library-Fairfield, OH, December 2002
  • Liberty Junior School; "How I Write--and Why You Might Want to Try It," Writers Symposium, Liberty Junior School, Liberty Twp, OH, April 1999 
  • "What MikeTaught Us," Honors Award Ceremony, Liberty Junior School, Liberty Twp, OH, June 1988

A few Interviews about my writing

  • What's Your Story: Victoria Ryan (Oct 4, 2012) Miami U Hamilton Downtown for TvHamilton
  • A few moments with Victoria Ryan (March 2012) Hamilton Journal News
  • Miami U Hamilton Downtown (September 9, 2011) Hamilton Journal News
  • Family Reading Ministries Family Friendly Book Award, August 2006 [more]
  • Dial-An-Author Reading, August 2006 [more]
  • Journal News, Dec 29, 2003
  • The Pulse-Journal, Dec 25, 2003
  • Journal News, Apr 1999
  • Cincinnati Enquirer, Nov 20, 1997

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