Mermaid Inspired:
A Workshop

Writing Partnerships & Creative Process

For years Linda Nemec Foster and Anne-Marie Oomen have shared their writing partnership and process through their award-winning The Lake Michigan Mermaid. In this new book presentation of The Lake Huron Mermaid, Anne-Marie and Linda discuss their extended the practice of creating a book in partnership with one another.

WORKSHOP DETAILS & FORMAT

Using this beautiful sister book to The Lake Michigan Mermaid, they discuss how both of their mermaid tales evolved from the unique interplay offered by writing with, for, and against a partner. In this workshop program, they speak about how their partnered writing grounded and freed them in writing practice.
Presentation
Anne-Marie Oomen and Linda Nemec Foster lead a powerpoint presentation and dispense handout materials that reveal and illustrate the creative process of their books. They lead participants in experimenting with brief pieces that offer inspired opportunities for both prose and poetry writers.
ANNE-MARIE OOMEN: oomenam@gmail.com
LINDA NEMEC FOSTER:  mfapwgrr9@aol.com