Marelize Roets

Writer, screenwriter, college instructor, assistant editor for @GhostParachute

[Marelize Roets @MRoetsWritrix]

The Writer’s Path 2023 (featuring essays from incredible writers (including me) about the writing journey) is out now! Read it (for free) on Smashwords: https://t.co/EqLsfNnpdV

[Unreal Engine @UnrealEngine]

Pennsylvania Station, 1910 is a 1:1 reconstruction of the historic New York station in Unreal Engine by @Gregorio_Design. The project is the culmination of extensive research, texturing, lighting, assembly and more. For Dimitri, it developed from a personal project into something more akin to a preservation or educational endeavor.

"There are so many lost buildings, places, and moments in history that only survive through photographs, drawings, and documents. Unreal gives artists the ability to take that material and turn it into something people can actually experience in the modern era.

Don’t be afraid of an idea because it feels too ambitious. Start building it. You might be surprised how far you can take it." - Dimitri Gregorio

[Kerouac Project @Kerouac_Project]

We're hosting a special Jazz & Poetry Jam THIS SATURDAY at 7 pm at the Kerouac House. Tickets are $10.

Shawn Welcome, Orlando's Poet Laureate, will be the emcee, and you can read some of your poetry with jazz in the background, just like Jack used to do.

https://t.co/B4Y6FQBT7Y

[Kerouac Project @Kerouac_Project]

Limited residency spots available. We've expanded from four to SIX two-month spots. Don't miss your chance to write at the historic Kerouac House. The deadline has been extended to April 28th!

https://t.co/UKIf1AbkeL

#KerouacHouse #WritingResidency

[Kerouac Project @Kerouac_Project]

Uninterrupted writing time + a $600 stipend? Yes, please! The Jack Kerouac House residency is your chance to focus on your project. Apply by April 14th: https://t.co/TFWfuncQb6

#writerslife #writersretreat #amwriting

[Kerouac Project @Kerouac_Project]

There are less than 5 weeks left to sign up for the 2024-25 writer's residency at the Kerouac House. You get to stay in Jack's house in Orlando for two months and work on your writing project.

https://t.co/iY49tbRJH7

#amwriting #writingcommunity #writersresidency

[Kerouac Project @Kerouac_Project]

William Seward Burroughs (Naked Lunch, Junkie) was born on #OTD, Feb. 5, 1914. He co-authored the book, And The Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks, with #JackKerouac a decade before the two became famous as leading figures of the #BeatGeneration. #Kerouac101 #WilliamSBurroughs

[Marelize Roets @MRoetsWritrix]

(6/6) Let’s embrace our shared experiences and the human condition as we strive for true peace.

[Marelize Roets @MRoetsWritrix]

(1/6) Let’s be honest, 2023 was rough. It’s astounding to witness, to this day, devastating wars being waged, lives lost and taken, and people suffering severely.

[Marelize Roets @MRoetsWritrix]

(5/6) As the new year starts, let’s maintain our compassion, adaptability, strength, relentlessness, and bravery as we keep fighting for what is just and good. Let’s remember and honor those whose lives have been taken, their loved ones, and ours.

[Marelize Roets @MRoetsWritrix]

(4/6) The human condition and our shared experiences make us more alike than we may think. We are all connected through these experiences and we share in grief as we do in love.

[Marelize Roets @MRoetsWritrix]

(3/6) What’s more astounding, to me, is how incredibly brave, relentless, strong, adaptable, and compassionate people can be toward each other. In tragedy, we continue to rise up and fight against what is unjust, unequal, and immoral.

[Marelize Roets @MRoetsWritrix]

(2/6) Overwhelming fear and exhaustion plague those fighting for their lives, uncertain of what the new day may bring—if another day comes at all.

[Kerouac Project @Kerouac_Project]

It's the last poetry event in Orlando in 2023. You can read poetry with an improv jazz band backing you up AT THE KEROUAC HOUSE!

We're hosting the Jazz and Poetry Jam on Dec. 29, 8 – 10 PM. Read for 5 - 7 minutes with French poet Patrick Sacleux.

Info … https://t.co/wCt3HHUcAe

[Kerouac Project @Kerouac_Project]

Jack has been commemorated in infrastructure! Kerouac Park is in Lowell, Mass. Rue Jack-Kerouac is in Quebec City, and there's the hamlet of Kerouac, Lanmeur, Brittany. The city of San Francisco named a one-way street, Jack Kerouac Alley, in Chinatown. #Kerouac101 #JackKerouac

[Kerouac Project @Kerouac_Project]

Jack's third-written, fourth-published novel, The Subterraneans, was published in 1958. He wrote it in three days and nights in 1953. You can hear him reading an excerpt at: https://t.co/AyqjLZD7WF #Kerouac101 #JackKerouac #TheSubterraneans #BeatGenera… https://t.co/j1JYjokvaz

[Kerouac Project @Kerouac_Project]

On June 3, 2007, Kerouac was posthumously awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from UMass Lowell (@UMassLowell). U.S. Rep./civil rights leader John Lewis gave the commencement address to 2,000 graduates that day. https://t.co/ADUWTrkNrv #Kerouac101 #JackKerouac #JohnLewis

[Kerouac Project @Kerouac_Project]

#JackKerouac was one of the original Beat generation poets, which also included Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gregory Corso, and William S. Burroughs. https://t.co/pGKgsWSulv #Kerouac101 #BeatGeneration

[Kerouac Project @Kerouac_Project]

Jack introduced the term "beat" in 1948. He first heard it in a conversation with street hustler Herbert Huncke (see photo), who used the term to describe a person with little money and few prospects. https://t.co/pGKgsWT2b3 #Kerouac101 #JackKerouac

[David James Poissant @djpoissant]

So pleased to join @kathyfish @JoyBaglio @ClaudiaPutnam @PatriciaBidar and @anjuna2000 in the new issue of GHOST PARACHUTE up now! With huge thanks to @silasplum for the gorgeous art and @brettpribble and @MRoetsWritrix for the continued support!
https://t.co/glMc8kWuq0