The ongoing podcast for West Virginia Writers, Inc., the Mountain State's largest organization dedicated to writers. Hosted by Eric Fritzius, from atop a hill in Greenbrier County, each podcast will feature information about WV Writers related events as well as readings and interviews with the writers of West Virginia and Appalachia.

This podcast features music by Pops Walker.

Friday, September 24, 2010

Episode 41: 2010 Literary Tea Recorded Live Reading with Miles Dean


We return with Episode 41 of the WV Writers Podcast, another of our patent-pending recorded live readings (Q: "But if it's recorded, how can it be live?" A: "Shhhh. Don't you worry your purty little head.")

This recorded live reading comes from the September 16th Literary Tea session at the Greenbrier Valley Theatre in Lewisburg. WV Writers' featured reader is Miles Dean, honorable mention in the Humor Category of the 2010 WVW Annual Writing Contest as well as voted the 1st place winner in poetry for the Writers Wall at the 2010 Summer Conference.

The Literary Tea series continues October 7 and October 14. They take place at 5:30 p.m. at the Greenbrier Valley Theatre in downtown Lewisburg.

If you're a member or extended friend of WV Writers, Inc. we invite you to submit your own recorded live readings to wvwpodcast@gmail.com.

TO DOWNLOAD: Right mouse click on the link below and choose Save Link Target As to save the file to your computer. Listen to it at your convenience using Windows Media Player (or whatever product Mac offers for media).West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 41

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Friday, September 10, 2010

Episode 40: 2010 Literary Tea Recorded Live Reading


Episode 40 of the WV Writers Podcast is a super-sized episode with another of our patented recorded live readings (Q: "But if it's recorded, how can it be live?" A: "You couldn't just let it go, could you?")

This recorded live reading comes from the September 9th session of the Greenbrier Valley Theatre's Literary Tea series. The WV Writers featured reader is Bob Clark reading a portion of his wife Brenda Clark's 2nd place win in the Children's Book category of the 2010 WVW Annual Writing Competition. The featured reader from the GVT staff is Kurtis Donnelly reading a short story by playwright Arthur Miller.

The Literary Tea series continues September 16, October 7 and October 14. They take place at 5:30 p.m. at the Greenbrier Valley Theatre in downtown Lewisburg.

If you're a member or extended friend of WV Writers, Inc. we invite you to submit your own recorded live readings to wvwpodcast@gmail.com.

DOWNLOAD (Right click and Save Link Target As)
West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 40

Links mentioned in Podcast:
Greenbrier Valley Theatre
Belinda Anderson
Tim Armentrout
Explanation of the Scotish Play in Podcast Bonus Show #5

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Dear City Letters Still Wanted for Upcoming Podcast

Back in July, we worked with a producer of National Public Radio's show State of the Re:Union to drum up support for their "Dear City" letters segment to help them find material for their upcoming show based in West Virginia. We thought it would be fun to do something similar for our podcast and, with their consent, are going to do so.

The Dear City Letters are basically what they sound like: people writing a letter TO their city. These can be written from a place of love, anger, humor and beyond, addressing the likes and dislikes or breaking misconceptions. As part of our collaboration, the WV Writers Podcast opened its voicemail hotline to listeners to phone in such letters. We forwarded those we received to State of the Re:Union and are planning to also use them for an upcoming podcast.

If you would like to participate with your own Dear City letter, please do so, for there is still time.

Here are your instructions:

  • People can feel free to be as creative as they'd like... the only constraint is to keep it under 400 words.
  • All the letters should start the same way with "Dear _____ [your town name here],” i.e. if you live in Parkersburg, you should start “Dear Parkersburg.”
  • Also, remember to refer to your home in the second person (You). We want these to sound like you're speaking directly to your home.
  • Once your letter is written, phone up the WV Writers Podcast voicemail hotline so we can record it. The number is 304-661-9745.
  • When you call, you will have 2:45 sec to record your dear city letter. If your letter runs longer, feel free to call back and record the rest.
  • If you mess up, just say 3…2… 1 and start where you left off; we can edit out the errors.