Serena Schreiber

Feliz Navidad - Blue Planet international collaboration

 

12/12/12 -- an auspicious date to meet international friends online. Blue Planet Writers' Room students at North Grade Elementary in West Palm Beach, Florida sang Feliz Navidad via Skype with students at the Habla Center for Culture and Language in Mérida, Mexico. The kids presented their puppet stories to each other and sang Jingle Bells, followed spontaneously by other holiday songs. Peace on earth.

Feliz Navidad - Blue Planet collaboration with friends at Habla Center from Serena Schreiber on Vimeo.

   

Early praise for Finn's Car

"I felt like I was hanging out with my best buds while reading Finn’s
Car.  Fifteen-year-old Finn and his friends are that enjoyable, that
much fun (not to mention a breath of fresh air amidst all the
dystopian angst hanging over YA lit these days).  

My recommendation? Hop aboard, strap on your seat belt and
leave the driving to Finn.

Fast cars (of the go-kart variety), mystery, a touch of romance and
Florida-to-Monte-Carlo adventures await!"

                    -- Greg Taylor, Killer Pizza Series
                    Check out his latest, Vampire Stakes 

Meet the characters of Finn's Car

Fifteen-year-old Finn will race a Grand Prix hybrid go-kart inches off the track at over 60 mph. Besides trying to make the soccer team and get a driver's license, Finn meets a girl. Will he survive ninth grade?

Meet the rest of the cast >

Inspiring women everywhere, US Women win Olympic gold

Photo: http://www.facebook.com/USAWomenSoccerTeam

Talented, beautiful, dedicated athletes play the game of their lives and defeat the team who beat them last year at the World Cup. The US Women's Soccer earns the Olympic gold medal in their match against Japan today. We're proud of you, ladies!

 

Blue Planet celebrating 2012 Olympics in London

 

In London for the Olympics

For six weeks, my students at the Mandel City Library in West Palm Beach described and drew the 2012 Summer Games. Kids imagined how the torch could travel from Greece to London then created their own torches lit by reading lights.  After sightseeing in London, they wrote and illustrated postcards. 

We wrote stories about meeting the athletes and a collaborative poem honoring competitors in the Paralympic games. To read the children's stories and see their artwork, visit Blue Planet's ezine, Click.

 

Howl at the Moon moves to Stuart Coffee Co.

On July 19th Howl at the Moon Writers Jam moves to its new venue at the Stuart Coffee Company, 55 Flagler Ave, next to the Lyric Theater. Friend and co-founder Kathryn Thomas says, "I like the way they support the community. All the art on the walls represents local artists." 

I like the way they host an Open Mic! On Friday the 13th, friend Katharina Hausberger and I jam to poetry with a jazz backbeat. Saxophones and brass, voices and drums, bass and guitars, a keyboard and even a ukelele take turns at solo and collaboration.

Can't wait for Thursday - hope you join the Howl this month. 7pm every Third Thursday

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Axel's Wheels

Great news!

My short story featuring Finn's go-kart racing friend Axel will be published this year.

Axel's Wheels has been selected to appear along with fifty-nine other tales in the Florida Writers Association collection My Wheels.

Author-love in Stuart

Palm City Word Weavers share stories and successes again last night. Stuart's local chapter of the Florida Writers Association upholds the motto "Writers helping writers."

We read and critique each other's work, keep one another informed about upcoming contests and conferences and generally have a good time.

Thursday, March 15th Writers' Jam: Hear our work or read your own at Howl at the Moon -- third Thursdays at Finz Red Eye Cafe in Stuart. More info >

Howl at the Moon - a literary salon?

Literary salon sounds a lot snootier than our monthly meeting of emerging and award-winning local authors reading their work aloud at our local watering hole, Finz Red Eye Cafe. Howl at the Moon Writers Jam, our gathering of artists of the written word, free from the censorship of big NYC publishing (read, NYC only promotes best selling authors) has a following of devoted friends and fans. Last night, nine authors stepped up again - we've been meeting since July 2011 - and like the beverages we consume, always a different mix, always a refreshing blend.

And we're not alone! Meet our international brethren at Pen Tales, a looseknit network of writers groups and other folks who share their art just like we do. Or should I say sisterhood? From an article in zittyBerlin, I learned that, throughout the 300-year-old history of the literary salon in Europe, primarily women started these groups, giving voice to opinions outside the establishment. With my partner in crime Kathryn Thomas, I proudly continue the tradition. We meet every Third Thursday in Port Salerno, Florida. All are welcome. Info >

Blue Planet's Creative Writing Blast-off

3rd graders integrate scientific facts about the solar system with creative writing in a 6-week pilot project led by Blue Planet Writers Room at Palmetto Elementary.

Teacher Serena Hoermann (Schreiber) and her class overcome gravity in their spaceship at the beginning of their mission to the sun.