Wink was featured on Scoutmob’s Local Mug! The interview is from all of us folks at Wink (not just Jessica), but it’s great publicity nonetheless.
Thanks Scoutmob!
Wink is a project-based writing workshop in Atlanta, Georgia, that partners with teachers and kids to instigate creative and accurate writing in young authors.
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Well folks, the time has come to say a short and tearful goodbye to the parentheses encapsulating the “W” in our dear, beloved name. GrammarBook.com describes the purpose of parentheticals like this:
Use parentheses to enclose works or figures that clarify or are used as an aside.
Yep, that’s what we were doing. Word Ink evolved to (W)ink, a crafty little device to distinguish INK from, well, that ominous W. But how awkward! How time consuming! Drawing those little half moons eats up at least 19.2 seconds of our day. With the unveiling of our logo only a few weeks away, the moment to shed the cumbersome parentheses is now. Join us in mourning these two squigglies that have been a part of our family for the past seven months.
And now, cheers to Wink! In its purest form, it may mean little more than a flirtatious bat of eyelashes and lid, but to Atlanta’s young authors who flirt with words, Wink means adventure! Fun! Poignant phrases penned by the leery! Kids’ thoughts immortalized in print!
Hip Hip Hooray, Wink. You’re free!
(W)ink is gearing up for our booth at the DECATUR BOOK FESTIVAL! Besides pedaling intensely eloquent kid-authored books, we’ve partnered with Vouched Atlanta to bring in Atlanta-based writers, poetry for $1, and a literary quiz show, among other shenanigans.
Swing by our booth on Saturday, September 3 + Sunday, September 4…or if it tickles your fancy, sign up to work the table by emailing info@winkatlanta.org with your interest.
“HEY NEW KID!” hot off the press.
Dont’a reading his letter, and looking dapper in his suit.
Diamond reading her letter in distinguished author spectacles.
Watching a slideshow of photos from the workshops.
The photos from the book signing and author reading are here! The next several posts chronicle the exciting release of “HEY NEW KID!” at Kennedy Middle School.
