Tag: Mary Amato
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Radical Plot Driving: Antagonist First
This is a dynamic new workshop I’ve created to develop plot-creation muscle. Am teaching it summer 2023 and will teach it again in the fall. To find out more please see the following link: https://forms.gle/gtaepYAUBmEu9dYn6
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The Creativity Letters
Advice from the Heart of a Teaching Artist An Audio Project by Mary Amato Mary Amato Projects · The Creativity Letters: Advice from the Heart of a Teaching Artist I love teaching. I’ve been at it since I taught my first dance classes as a teen. Over the years, I’ve taught dance, music, art, and…
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Manuscript Consultation and Coaching
I love working with writers of all ages–students and adults, beginners and pros. I offer manuscript consultations and also serve as a writing coach for a reasonable hourly rate. MANUSCRIPT/PROJECT CONSULTATIONS are for writers who have a manuscript/project either in progress or completed. Writers who choose this are looking for professional guidance or feedback. Many of…
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Holiday House
When my first book, The Word Eater, was published back in 2000 with Holiday House, I received a hot-off-the-press copy with a handwritten note from John Briggs, the publisher. John has retired, and Holiday House–the first publisher in the U.S. dedicated to only publishing books for children–is growing and changing in many ways. But in…
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Writer’s Studio
“Each mini-workshop is like a gem.” For published pros as well as for those who have the desire to write and are just now giving themselves the permission. Join award-winning author Mary Amato and the company and community of writers via ZOOM for an unusual series of writing and revising sessions. Starting in September–Fridays…
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Get Your Game On!
A book sale & fitness event to benefit nonprofit DC SCORES Game On! is the first book in a new series for ages 8-12 by award-winning author Mary Amato about a young athlete who is recruited to play in an interplanetary soccer tournament and must learn to train both mind and body for this high-stakes,…
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Star Striker Trilogy
Star Striker is a series about thirteen-year-old Albert Kinney who is abducted by aliens to play in a high-stakes interplanetary sports tournament. Best for ages 10-12. Themes: cooperation vs competition, social and emotional learning, mindfulness, compassion, and social justice. Book One: Game On! (Holiday House, 2021; ISNB 978-0-8234-4911-8) Book Two: Touch and Go (Holiday House, 2022;…
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Project Noteworthy with Lima Symphony Orchestra
Music lifts us and connects us and is a lifelong partner in expressing our emotions. Thanks to the Lima Symphony Orchestra and a project grant from the National Endowment for the Arts coordinated by LSO’s Renee Keller, I led a songwriting project with four 4th-5th grade classes in four different Ohio schools to explore and…
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New Courses for Adults & Teens
Fall 2020 Monthly Virtual Novel-Writing Retreats and Weekly Writer’s Studio with Mary Amato Find out more about each of these experiences below. Monthly Virtual Novel-Writing Retreats Through College Park Arts Exchange, join authors Mary Amato and John Feffer and fellow colleagues for an energizing mix of lectures, facilitated discussion, and forced time to write! As…