Carmela A. Martino

Author. Speaker. Poet. Teacher.

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Past Events

1/27/2022 SMALL PRESS, BIG DECISION webinar for the SCBWI-IL Chicago Southland Network
7/28/21: "First Page Critique workshop" at the 2021 Catholic Writers Guild Conference in Schaumburg, IL
2/20/21: "Great Beginnings: How to Hook Readers and Keep Them Turning the Pages" webinar at the 2021 Catholic Writers Guild Online Conference
2/19/21: "The Pleasures and Perils of Writing Historical Fiction" webinar at the 2021 Catholic Writers Guild Online Conference
January 25, 2020 "Coping with Your Inner Critic" Workshop at the SCBWI-IL LaGrange-Naperville Network meeting
July 12-13, 2019 Three workshops for the Literary Arts Track at the 25th Anniversary Karitos Worship and Arts Conference in Streator, IL.
6/1/19 Presentation at Italian American (IA) Literati 2019 at Casa Italia in Stone Park, IL, 9:30 am to 2:30 pm
4/27/19 Panelist at the Wheaton Library Author Fest in Wheaton, IL
4/17/19 "Turning Life into Fiction" talk at the Fremont Public Library in Mudelein, IL
4/10/19 Presentation of "Turning Life into Fiction" to young writers at the Southwest Prairie Conference Literary Festival at Plainfield South High School
11/3/18 "Turning Life into Fiction" talk at ACFW-Chicago's "Write to Success" conference in Schaumburg, IL
9/22/18 Panelist on the topic of "The Truth of Creating" at the SCBWI-WI Fall Conference, 2:30-3:30 pm, Green Lake, WI
8/2/18 Catholic Writers Guild Conference talk on "Reaching without Preaching: Writing Fiction that Engages Teens and Tweens" with fellow YA author Amy Cattapan, 2-2:45 pm, Lancaster, PA Convention Center

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I am now on YouTube

May 1, 2009

Tags: YouTube, Authors Fair

A brief interview I did at the October, 2008 Authors Fair in Joliet, Illinois has been posted on YouTube. You can watch it at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRa43t9VFDM

(If you have trouble with this link, a direct one is posted on my home page.)

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