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| Ara 13's Lecture Profile |
Ara 13 Lectures on the Creative Writing Process
with a Focus on Metafiction.
Ara brings more than 15 years of experience as a journalist for civilian and
military media to his discussions.
Ara is recognized as one of Indie's top authors.
Ara was trained by the U.S. Department of Information Services as a
journalist for print and broadcast and as a newspaper editor.
Ara has worked startup businesses in newspaper, magazine, and book
publishing.
Ara is a featured book reviewer for Monsters and Critics.com
Coverage: From war in Bosnia, events in Haiti, Special Operations in the Mideast and Africa; to meetings with President Clinton, Secretary of Navy John Dalton, and other various dignitaries and celebrities; to writing commercials, columns, features, and ultimately award-winning metafiction novels. Newspapers Current Diversions—Hilton Head Island Department of Information Services—Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind. Pacific Stars and Stripes—(cited for TV work in Japan) The Jet Stream—Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, SC The Beaufort Gazette—South Carolina The Globe—Camp Lejeune, NC The Navy Times—Springfield, VA The Post—Fort Dix, NJ Tri-Command Tribune—Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island Magazines Leatherneck—Magazine of the Marines Monsters and Critics—webzine Secular Nation—Norwood, PA Sisyphus On Strike—Atlanta, GA Torii Teller—Iwakuni Japan The Parrot—Galveston, TX Television Journalism Beaufort Air Station—SC Det 5 Air Force Pacific Broadcasting Squadron— Far East KOB-TV, NBC—Albuquerque, NM Radio Journalism Far East Network—Japan WRNJ—Hackettstown, NJ Film Writing Grey Sky Films—Rockaway, NJ Books Drawers & Booths Fiction |
| Ara 13's Writing Venues |
for Novels: IPPY—an “Outstanding Book of the Year” Bronze Medal “Storyteller of the Year” 2008— World’s Largest Independent Award (3,175 entrants from 16 countries) Nominated for Galveston County Reads 2009— Drawers & Booths Official Entrant of Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Fiction 2008—Drawers & Booths for Military Writing: Air Force Achievement Medal—Correspondent in Japan Air Force Organization Excellence Award from Navy Broadcasting Service—MCAS Iwakuni Japan Air Force Pacific Broadcasting Award— Television Air Force Pacific Broadcasting Squadron’s “Person of the Quarter”—Joint-military award for Combat Correspondents Army Commendation Medal—Special Operations work and subsequent contingent duties as a Journalist. Combat Correspondents Association’s Distinguished Performance Award Defense Information School’s Editors Course Diploma Meritorious Mast from Air Force Pacific Broadcasting Squadron—broadcast journalism Meritorious Mast from Commanding Officer Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, SC— Combat Correspondent Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal— Journalism |
| Ara 13's Awards |
| Awards and History of Writing |
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| Email Publisher@CovingtonMoore.com to schedule Ara 13 to speak to your group. Sigma Tau Delta welcome! |
Ara 13's Lecture Topics: Thematic Fiction Reader Disorientation Metafiction Preparation Creative Style Metaphors & Similes Narrative Voice Ara 13's lectures are for people genuinely interested in the writing specifics, not motivational platitudes. His discussions are quite detailed. |
