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Foolish Words 2011

It’s time to get started on the silli­ness that is the annual Fool­ish Words col­lab­o­ra­tive writ­ing project. Each year(I believe this is the eight year!) an assorted group of writ­ers from in and around Boze­man con­tribute their own unique voices, out­landish twists and 200–400 words to an add-on story. Just like you may have done as a child, one per­son writes his or her part then we pass it along to the next per­son. The story usu­ally gets more and more com­pli­cated and silly as we approach April Fool’s Day. On April first we gather together to read what we’ve wrought.

Please visit foolish.creativenudge.org to see last year’s effort.

Last year’s gath­er­ing was great fun–one writer even brought back-up singers–I hope you’ll join us this year!

If you’d like to par­tic­i­pate please send me an e-mail at susan.andrus (at) gmail.com!

New Year. New Beginnings.

It’s the first day of 2011. Time to begin again. So, here I go…

I resolve to find my cre­ative side.

Foolish Words 2010 Reading Tonight!

Tonight’s the night!

At 6:30 p.m. the writers(well, many of them) will gather at the Leaf & Bean in down­town Boze­man to read their ter­ri­ble, won­der­ful work!

Hope to see you there! ;)

This Month's Nudge

January’s nudge is: Los­ing Weight.

What do you do at the begin­ning of a new year? You vow to lose weight. Or at least that’s what I’ve been led to believe. Mag­a­zines pub­lish healthy recipes, exer­cise plans, and tips on how to stick to it. The cook­ies are replaced with sal­ads and peo­ple head out to jog in the cold.

Whether or not you’ve made a res­o­lu­tion to lose weight this New Year’s Day make a res­o­lu­tion to write or oth­er­wise cre­ate some­thing about los­ing weight.

Pertinent Information

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