Welcome to the website of writer and editor Julie Wakeman-Linn. Come in and take a look. Links are to your right, news below. Thanks for coming!
September is the beginning of the Hot season, the beginning of the social, academic and volunteering year here in Dar es Salaam.
I am the Diplomatic Spouse Groups' Fund Raising chair, responsible for coordinating the DSG Annual Charity Bazaar.
Why? Because I couldn't say no to my good friends Gunilla and Judy. Email me at dsgbazaar2011@gmail.com with all your questions, ideas and suggestions.
Next up: the Bethsaida Book, stories written by my students, will be out in mid-October. I'm beyond thrilled that this special project is coming to fruition. "Their voice; their stories" will be available locally here in Dar, all over East Africa and even on Amazon. I'll post the link as soon as it is ready. Buy a copy, buy several. Through a generous donation by BancABC, it is a fund-raiser for Bethsaida Secondary School for Orphan Girls..
Writing news?
Danse Macabre published out my "Fire and Ice" this May. I started 19 new stories in my May short story challenge, I finished the final scene of the second novel and now must work on polishing and reshaping it. I'm off shortly to a Breadloaf in Sicily conference--that will be a delight to see old friends and study with the brilliant Margot Livesey.
Issue 50 Best of Potomac Review was my July task. I did all the final edits. It has landed back in Potomac Review headquarters and I hear that it is beautiful. Order your copy and see what a wonderful retrospect it is.
In addition to my blog, Gecko Tails, I guest blogged for Leslie Pietrzyk’s Work-in-Progress: Guest in Progress: Julie Wakeman-Linn on Creating a Writing Life in Africa. My topic: how to sustain the writing residency feeling and productivity for a long long stretch.
2010 was a fantastic writing year with 4 of my stories published in 6 places and a Pushcart nomination for my Grey Sparrow Journal story, "Brothers Killing Brothers." 2011 has been busy, busy busy so far.
Here in Tanzania I'm on leave from my wonderful students at Montgomery College and from The Potomac Review..
You can follow along with the Tanzanian adventure through my blog, Gecko tails. It even has a subcribe button. I 'll post photos and progress reports and writing nudges twice a week. The Serengeti and Ngorogoro safari photos are also on my Facebook page Julie Wakeman-Linn If you aren't my "friend", go ahead and friend me to follow the news.
