Tag: W.R.I.T.E.
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New W.R.I.T.E. Author Already Hard At Work
Our newest addition to the W.R.I.T.E. program is Anna Borecki. I had the chance to meet Anna following a book signing at Maple Street Books! She told me that she wants to write and illustrate her first book. She’s already hard at work! See below…
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W.R.I.T.E. & Uptown Music Theatre
This past summer I had the pleasure of bringing W.R.I.T.E. to 13 wonderful young ladies of the Uptown Music Theatre. We met once a week for six weeks as the girls wrote, edited and shared their stories. This is the third time I’ve been able to work with students in the W.R.I.T.E. program but this…
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W.R.I.T.E. & The Uptown Music Theatre TEAM UP!
I’m happy to announce that this summer W.R.I.T.E. will be teaming up with the kids from the award-winning Uptown Music Theatre to write, illustrate and become published authors. This is the second batch of authors that we will be working with and after spending one day with the kids I can already tell that we…
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Alex McConduit Set to Sign Books at Lemuria Books and Visit Jackson Schools
I will be at Lemuria Books Tuesday, February 26th from 5pm to 6pm signing and reading, The Little Who Dat, Who Didn’t & Snowballs for All. The book signing will be my last stop during my whirlwind trip through Jackson. The visit starts with a stop at Woodville Heights Elementary where I will speak to…
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Gamibt Weekly’s Top 40 Under 40
I’m very happy to be included in this year’s Top 40 Under 40 by Gambit Weekly. The reception was great and it was nice to network with so many people who are making contributions to our world. It’s funny because I actually nominated someone else this year and as I wrote the nomination all I…
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W.R.I.T.E. LIVE on Real Talk with Wild Wayne on Q93
This morning tune in to Q93 to hear me talk about W.R.I.T.E. and other things going on in our community. We only have 40 hours left to raise $2500 to help 2nd Graders at Sci Tech in New Orleans publish their own books so please check out the interview and donate here! Tune in through…
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W.R.I.T.E. Week 3: 2nd Graders Illustrate their Books
Last week our 2nd graders began to illustrate their books. They came out great! It’s funny because before I began the program I considered having professional illustrators complete the drawings in each book. After seeing the artwork their minds had in store for their books, I’m literally blown away. Take a look at a few…
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Help Alex McConduit HELP 2nd Graders W.R.I.T.E. & Publish Their Own Books
Hello Folks! Today officially starts the online fundraising campaign for my Youth Publishing Program; W.R.I.T.E. This program will turn all of the 2nd Graders at Sci Tech into published authors. Each student will write their own book and sell them on Amazon.com. We kicked off the program last week and we’ve already gotten some really…
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W.R.I.T.E. = Write Read & Illustrate to Educate
Long time, no see. I’m really sorry I haven’t posted in a while but I’ve been BUSY. This past summer I spent most of my days organizing a writing program called W.R.I.T.E. that I successfully launched last week at Sci Tech Academy. W.R.I.T.E. (which is an acronym for Write, Read & Illustrate to Educate) is…
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