Tallahassee, FL - The Tallahassee Writers Association (TWA) is excited to host a writing workshop on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019, from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the DeVoe Moore Center Conference Room, 150 Bellamy Building, Florida State University. “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 who have each authored several books, many themed around their global experiences. Faith Eidse had moved 18 times, crisscrossing the Atlantic, during her first 18 years. Kome Onokpise, from Nigeria, traveled to more countries than many people visit in a lifetime in just four years. P.C. Zick traveled back to the Civil War to share her great grandfather’s journal as a Union Soldier. 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 are several guided writing prompts and critique planned.
“I am convinced that every writer goes on a journey or investigates the stranger who came to town,” said Eidse. “Our presenters will inspire these possibilities. I am most looking forward to writers getting their projects started or unblocked, and making connections with other local writers.”
Registration for the four-hour workshop is $10 for students (high school and above), $15 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 buy from a nearby vendor.
About the presenters:
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 1960s and 1970s.
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 a Union Soldier, which is a personal journal of war from the soldier’s view.
About TWA
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.
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