Pirates Alley Faulkner Society Makes AOL News
When disaster strikes, writers write. That’s no secret. But a well-kept secret, at least outside the writing community, is why so many writers continue to be compelled to pen their observations of New Orleans, even five years after that massive disaster labeled Katrina…
Feeding that frenzy, pre- and post-Katrina, have been author Rosemary James and attorney Joe De Salvo Jr., curators and co-creators (along with Faulkner scholar W. Kenneth Holditch) of the Pirates Alley Faulkner Society…
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Reserve Your Hotel Now for Words & Music!
If you have not yet made your hotel reservations for this year’s Words & Music: A Literary Feast in New Orleans, don’t delay!
We have a small bloc at the Hotel Monteleone at $189 per night. There only are 20 rooms in the bloc. The name of the bloc is Words & Music/Faulkner Society. If you have any problems at all with the reservations desk, ask for Marvin Andrade, as he posted the registration bloc for us. The number at the Monteleone Hotel is (504) 523-3341.
We have reserved an additional bloc of 15 rooms at the Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel, which is right around the block from the Monteleone. This hotel will begin taking our registrations in the Words & Music/Faulkner Society Block on Tuesday, August 30. The rate there is $149 per night. The hotel phone number is (504) 962-0560. If you have any problems accessing the bloc with the reservations desk, ask to speak to Myrtle Haynes, who is the manager for our account.
The two blocs are in force until October 17 but we don’t expect the availability to last that long. And after October 17, rates will go up, if, indeed, rooms are available.
This is a huge weekend in New Orleans as the Saints play at home and Mississippians will be flocking in for the LSU/Ole Miss game. So hotel rooms are very hard to come by. We do plan to post another bloc if possible but expect the rates will not be less than these for that reason.
The Monteleone is the conference hotel and if the difference in price is not a problem, we recommend that hotel for sake of convenience.
Publishing Success for Maryann D’Agincourt
Nothing thrills us more here at the Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society than to receive author success stories, especially from aspiring authors who join us each year at Words & Music!
Maryann received an e-mail from the editor of Able Muse, informing her that he had selected a short story of hers for publication. According to Maryann, “When I met with Richard Nash at the Faulkner Conference last November, he had suggested I submit to online publications such as Able Muse to help promote myself as a writer… If Richard Nash had not suggested I submit to this type of magazine, I would not have done so.”
Congratulations, Maryann, and continued success as a writer! Readers: The issue is now available online at www.ablemuse.com, and the link to Maryann’s video and story is
http://www.ablemuse.com/v9/bio/maryann-d-agincourt.
