Maureen Brady
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Il Chiostro Writing Workshops at Tuscany, Italy, near Cortona

June 15, 2013 at 5pm to June 22, 2013 at 10am
Week long intensive writing workshops with 2 NYU Writing Professors, Maureen Brady and Martha Hughes, in which you can workshop up to 50 pages of your manuscript (fiction or creative nonfiction) and receive rigorous yet sensitive critique. Workshop takes place in Tuscany on the Umbrian border in an excellent facility with great food and accommodation, with stimulating side trips included.A perfect way to take your writing to the next step, whether that be readying it for submission, or drawing…See More
Mar 28
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Jun 29, 2012
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"I'm starting an online Advanced Fiction Workshop June 20, 8 Wed. Regular deadlines/ excellent feedback. Query with 5 pages to meb4444@gmail."
Jun 14, 2012
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Recommending My Sisters Made of Light by Jacqueline St Joan

This novel was published in 2010 by an old friend who has long been a lawyer, a judge, and a human rights activist, but has now written her first novel, inspired by a Pakistani woman who risked her life to rescue women about to be brutalized or killed in honor killings.  It's a great story well written and with a terrific perspective.  She'll be reading in NYC March 22, Bluestockings Bookstore, and Thur March 24, NYU, location to be announced. Contact me if you'd like to go to the NYU reading…See More
Mar 8, 2011
Maureen Brady commented on the blog post 'Five Questions for...Sally Koslow'
"Congratulations on your new novel, Sally. Nice interview. Perhaps see you Sunday at the JCC? Maureen"
Jan 10, 2011
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Oct 10, 2010
Jill Starishevsky left a comment for Maureen Brady
"Hi Maureen, I am glad you got to hear it at least ...those pesky zip-lock bags. Thanks so much for the feedback. jill"
Jun 6, 2010
Maureen Brady left a comment for Jill Starishevsky
"Hi Jill, Great interview. Unfortunately, I didn't get to see it visually, never got off the Ziploc bags ad, but did listen through and the book sounds excellent, and your got your points across so succinctly and effectively. All best luck with…"
Jun 6, 2010
Jill Starishevsky left a comment for Maureen Brady
"Hi Maureen, I wanted to connect with you and ask for your feedback. I recently did my first on-camera interview for the children's book on child sexual abuse prevention that I wrote, My Body Belongs to Me. Please let me know what you think…"
Jun 6, 2010
Mina Samuels left a comment for Maureen Brady
"Darn. Yes, the place in Truckee near Donner Pass. We're addicted to the mountains. My email is still minasamuels@yahoo.ca. The tricky thing is that it's not ".com" but ".ca"--had to hang on to some of my Canadian…"
May 21, 2010
Maureen Brady left a comment for Mina Samuels
"Is that the Donner pass house? Or where in CA? I have to work upstate on Monday so we're coming down on Tues, but returning same day. What's your email, Martha thinks we've lost it? xx, Maureen"
May 20, 2010
Mina Samuels left a comment for Maureen Brady
"Strangely, we've sold VT and bought a place in CA instead. So we're spending 2 months in the winter and 2 months in the summer in CA, the rest in NYC. Guatemala sounds great. When will you officially be gone from the city? any chance you…"
May 20, 2010
Maureen Brady left a comment for Mina Samuels
"Nice to hear from you Mina. We're amidst getting ready to sublet and get out of the city for the summer. Guatemala in late June, early July. Are you still rented out in VT? Spending time in West? Let's try to get together some time this…"
May 19, 2010
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Telling Your Stories: Fiction or Nonfiction in Lake Garda, Italy at a former monastery in Italy

October 1, 2009 at 5pm to October 8, 2009 at 10am
Includes transportation from Milan to Lake Garda, daily writing workshops with NYU Creative Writing Teachers Maureen Brady and Martha Hughes, individual tutorials, readings, side trips, all housing and most meals. Hosted by the fabulous hosts of Il Chiostro. Gives a boost to your writing, connects you to an amiable community and lands you in a spectacular region of Italy.
Jul 6, 2009
Maureen Brady is now a member of She Writes
Jul 6, 2009

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Who I am:
http://www.maureenbradyny.com
Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:
Books--Ginger's Fire, Folly, The Question She Put to Herself, Give Me Your Good Ear, Daybreak: Meditations for Women Survivors of Sexual Abuse, Midlife: Meditations for Women; Beyond Survival: A Writing Workbook for Survivors of Sexual Abuse.
Anthologies: Just Like a Girl: A Manifesta, Bellevue Literary Review, Spring 2008, and others
My writing is:
Fiction, Nonfiction
Outlets where I review books, TV, or film:
Books
Services I offer to other writers:
Editing services for manuscript review
Writing Workshop/Retreat in Antigua, Guatemala, June 24-July 30, 2010
Writing Workshop/Retreat in Tuscany, Italy, Spring 2011
Teaching writing workshops
I'm part of these writers' groups or salons:
Yes
My professional associations:
Author's Guild
President of Board of Directors, Barbara Deming Memorial Money for Women Fund
Teach creative writing: NYU, New York Writers Workshop at the Jewish Community Center of Manhattan

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Recommending My Sisters Made of Light by Jacqueline St Joan

Posted on March 8, 2011 at 11:55am 0 Comments

This novel was published in 2010 by an old friend who has long been a lawyer, a judge, and a human rights activist, but has now written her first novel, inspired by a Pakistani woman who risked her life to rescue women about to be brutalized or killed in honor killings.  It's a great story well written and with a terrific perspective.  She'll be reading in NYC March 22, Bluestockings Bookstore, and Thur March 24, NYU, location to be announced. Contact me if you'd like to go to the NYU…

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At 1:02pm on June 6, 2010, Jill Starishevsky said…
Hi Maureen,

I am glad you got to hear it at least ...those pesky zip-lock bags. Thanks so much for the feedback.

jill
At 11:00am on June 6, 2010, Jill Starishevsky said…
Hi Maureen,

I wanted to connect with you and ask for your feedback. I recently did my first on-camera interview for the children's book on child sexual abuse prevention that I wrote, My Body Belongs to Me. Please let me know what you think when you have some time.

Thanks in advance.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/video/talking-kids-sexual-abuse-10255396

Jill Starishevsky
Author, My Body Belongs to Me
www.MyBodyBelongstoMe.com
At 5:50am on May 21, 2010, Mina Samuels said…
Darn. Yes, the place in Truckee near Donner Pass. We're addicted to the mountains.

My email is still minasamuels@yahoo.ca. The tricky thing is that it's not ".com" but ".ca"--had to hang on to some of my Canadian :-)

Hopefully there will be another time you're in NYC that I can see you.
At 8:23am on May 20, 2010, Mina Samuels said…
Strangely, we've sold VT and bought a place in CA instead. So we're spending 2 months in the winter and 2 months in the summer in CA, the rest in NYC. Guatemala sounds great. When will you officially be gone from the city? any chance you two are free next Monday night?
 
 
 

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