NEWS
New Award for Alborada (Dawn)!
Alborada (Dawn), A Cross-Cultural Memoir in Poetry has received an Honorable Mention for the Juan Felipe Herrera Best Poetry Book Award category from the 2024 International Latino Book Awards
Upcoming Events
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Author Accelerator Book Coach Certification
Nylda Dieppa is working on a year-long program with Author Accelerator to be certified as a book coach specializing in memoir. This most rigorous program will also polish her skills as a fiction and nonfiction coach.
As part of the certification requirements, Nylda has to do three practicums. For Practicum 1 she is already guiding a writer to plan, organize, and start writing a memoir about his rehabilitation and community service after serving a long prison sentence for murder. For Practicum 2 she will work pro bono with a writer with a complete memoir manuscript ready to be evaluated and preparing to write a proposal for it. For Practicum 3 she will also work pro bono with someone getting ready to pitch their memoir to agents. For more info on working with Nylda for Practicum 2 or 3, contact her at info@nyldadieppa.com.
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Word Sketches Book Coaching
Word Sketches Book Coaching services will be launched in January 2025 with a three-week workshop, Sketching Out Your Dream: Everything You Need to Start Writing a Book where people contemplating writing a book will
• Define their dreams and goals for their writing
• Develop the concept for a book in any genre
• Recognize their talents and address their limitations
• Find solutions to challenges
• Receive emotional support
• Develop ways to be accountable to their work
More details to be announced soon!
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Come back to this page for upcoming event announcements.
Recent Events
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Book Club Interview
Las Comadres and Friends National Latino Book Club sent me a note about the January 2024 teleconference in which I was featured: “It was a great evening and our book club members truly enjoyed spending some time with you and listening to you reading your poems. Your conversation was both moving and very inspirational as we listened to you talk about Alborada (Dawn): A Cross-Cultural Memoir in Poetry and your writing process. We hope you enjoyed the evening as much as we did.”
The recording of the interview can be found on the Las Comadres YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cvit8Hn_I8 starting at 21:31.
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Speak From the Heart
One of the most moving events during Pride Month 2024 was held at the Winter Park Public Library on June 22, 2024: "Speak From the Heart." The Orlando Gay Choir touched everyone's hearts with their beautiful a capella music and I was gratified to be able to share my poem "To The Young Transgender Poet, a Heart-to-Heart with Lee Mokobe" with an appreciative audience.
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Winter Park Paint Out
Once again, it was my privilege to participate in the Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens' yearly Paint Out event on April 23, 2024. I introduced a plein aire (outdoors) watercolor painting demonstration with Russian artist Natalia Andreeva titled “Blossoms in the Breeze” with my poem “Plein Aire Poppies.” The enlightening and moving experience inspired me to write this blog.
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Authentic Selves Featured Poet
Nylda Dieppa was the November Featured Poet at Timucua’s monthly poetry and open mic series, Authentic Selves on Nov. 17, 2024. Timucua is located at 2000 S. Summerlin Ave., Orlando, FL.
You may sign up to perform in English, Spanish, or any other language at Timucua.com/forartists.
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Books & Brews
I was invited to participate in "Books & Brews" a community-focused event celebrating the freedom to read on Sept. 13, 2024, at 1881 Restaurant at 308 Broadway, Kissimmee, FL. Local authors, independent bookstores, and beer enthusiasts joined for an evening of community-building, celebration, and reading.
