The Octavia Hatcher story is a local legend around Central Appalachia, but not only isolated to the communities surrounding Pike County, KY. Her story is known worldwide, having been examined by such programs as […]

My Mountains Mysteries - The Octavia Hatcher Story - Chapter Three; Pastor Jason Johnson

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February 26, 2019

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The Octavia Hatcher story is a local legend around Central Appalachia, but not only isolated to the communities surrounding Pike County, KY. Her story is known worldwide, having been examined by such programs as Mysteries at the Museum on...

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The Octavia Hatcher story is a local legend around Central Appalachia, but not only isolated to the communities surrounding Pike County, KY. Her story is known worldwide, having been examined by such programs as […]

My Mountains Mysteries - The Octavia Hatcher Story - Chapter One; What We Know

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November 1, 2018

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The Octavia Hatcher story is a local legend around Central Appalachia, but not only isolated to the communities surrounding Pike County, KY. Her story is known worldwide, having been examined by such programs as Mysteries at the Museum on...

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Exciting things coming soon from the Holler! I can’t wait to share it with you.

Michael Gabriel Elswick creates comics. Toons, to be exact. He is finishing up his last semester at the University of Pikeville with a BA in Art. During our interview with Michael, we learn about his story, Mick […]

Podcast with Michael Elswick

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December 15, 2017

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Michael Gabriel Elswick creates comics. Toons, to be exact. He is finishing up his last semester at the University of Pikeville with a BA in Art. During our interview with Michael, we learn about his story, Mick and Sally,...

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The Monk Media Podcast welcomes Willa Johnson as our guest for October. Willa is the Project Director of All Access EKY at Appalshop. She also is the co-director of Appalshop’s Appalachian Media Institute. Her […]

The Monk Media Podcast with Willa Johnson

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October 30, 2017

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The Monk Media Podcast welcomes Willa Johnson as our guest for October. Willa is the Project Director of All Access EKY at Appalshop. She also is the co-director of Appalshop's Appalachian Media Institute. Her work in film has been showcased...

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A native of Raccoon, Ky., Michelle Goff is the author of the Maggie Morgan cozy mystery series. Set in a fictional Eastern Kentucky community, the series features a newspaper reporter with a penchant for solving […]

Monk Media Podcast with Michelle Goff

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August 29, 2017

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A native of Raccoon, Ky., Michelle Goff is the author of the Maggie Morgan cozy mystery series. Set in a fictional Eastern Kentucky community, the series features a newspaper reporter with a penchant for solving murders. Goff, herself a...

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Sister Gracie Bentley has been quilting for over 70 years. Starting out when she was 12 years old, Gracie is now in her mid to late 80’s. She’s lived nearly all her life in the mountains of eastern Kentucky, in […]

The Monk Media Podcast with Sister Gracie Bentley

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July 30, 2017

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Sister Gracie Bentley has been quilting for over 70 years. Starting out when she was 12 years old, Gracie is now in her mid to late 80's. She's lived nearly all her life in the mountains of eastern Kentucky,...

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I really recommend everyone checking out the Imagination Library Kentucky Pilot Projects. Get involved! Promote reading, learning, creating and sharing every chance you get! I’ve also got some really, really cool news coming up for the fall. Stay tuned… things are going to get very very interesting!

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer! We have some really neat things coming up for when you return from summer break. Can’t wait to share those with you!

Hope everyone is looking forward to their summer break (those still waiting, have faith). We might have some exciting new opportunities coming up in the near future. Please be sure to check the Art Gallery Workshop Holler often so you can stay up to date.

Show Notes for John Haywood:
Correction: John was born in Prestonsburg -KY but currently resides in Letcher County, KY. In the show I give the impression he is originally from Whitesburg, KY (which is in […]

Monk Media with John Haywood

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May 18, 2017

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Show Notes for John Haywood: Correction: John was born in Prestonsburg -KY but currently resides in Letcher County, KY. In the show I give the impression he is originally from Whitesburg, KY (which is in Letcher County). Describing John Haywood (owner...

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PULL your files from the dropbox folder this week! Below is the link. Visit the folder and copy and paste YOUR book’s files. Please DO NOT erase the files in these folders! Minuteman Press has the files on hand, but these are for your records.

Here’s the link. Simply look in the folder for your book and save the files to your computer. You may…Read More

I am so proud of ALL the students that participated in the book publishing project for KVEC (Project Prevent Grant). You all did such an outstanding job! Please remember to send out request for signing at local libraries in your area! As well as businesses too! Promote your work by sending press releases out to the newspapers. Please always be…Read More

ATTENTION! VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION!

Hello everyone. We won’t be going live tomorrow morning due to Johnson County having to cancel school for the rest of the week due to illnesses. Please keep the teachers and students of Johnson County in your thoughts and/or prayers.

We will have session 3 tomorrow, but I will be recording the session from…Read More

Mike W. Belcher is a writer/guy who draws, who has been in love with sequential storytelling for as long as he can remember. Professionally, he has built a resume of graphic design skills in the newspaper […]

Monk Media with Mike W. Belcher

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March 7, 2017

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Mike W. Belcher is a writer/guy who draws, who has been in love with sequential storytelling for as long as he can remember. Professionally, he has built a resume of graphic design skills in the newspaper industry. In 2009,...

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Hello everyone,

Hope that everyone is doing well. Thanks for your patience regarding the student book publishing project. I also appreciate all the hard work that you have put into helping your students to submit their work.

We are processing the chapter / short stories at the moment. The processing of the picture books is finished and the…Read More

Mystic Forces… a game to change RPGs forever is here and it’s created by Pike County, KY native Joe Meade. Join Monk Media as Joe tells about his journey from playing Dungeons and Dragons with his friends in […]

Monk Media Podcast with Joe Meade

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February 4, 2017

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Mystic Forces... a game to change RPGs forever is here and it's created by Pike County, KY native Joe Meade. Join Monk Media as Joe tells about his journey from playing Dungeons and Dragons with his friends in high...

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Hello everyone. Just want to remind all the students with short stories (or chapter books) to be making the edits to their work for the resubmission. We found substantial mistakes and grammatical errors throughout the books submitted. This is typical with publishing, but this is also a good time for students to learn about an aspect of publishing…Read More

ATTENTION STUDENTS!

The KY Governor’s Office has a contest for students! Check out the link I’ve attached to this post. They are wanting to select a student’s artwork for the KY Derby! Please let me know if you are planning on entering the challenge.

http://firstlady.ky.gov/initiatives/Pages/derby-poster-contest.aspx

A couple more names to add to the list of students to be published. I want to make sure and state again that ALL of the submissions were SO well done. I am so very pleased and happy with the work. I wish we could publish every student’s book… but we can’t. There was a strict criteria that had to be met in order to move on to the next step. The…Read More

SELECTED STUDENTS (SO FAR) FOR PUBLISHING:

We are still waiting for Betsy Layne High School and Hazard Ind. High School to submit their books.

Attention teachers… please check your email for instructions following the posting of this list. You will need to follow-up with me concerning a few matters related to us moving forward. It’s very…Read More

Ragghhrrrrr!

Names of books to be published by students will be announced by the end of the week! Check back here for the information and what to expect next. Thanks everyone and Happy New Year.

Update! I’ve received many great submissions. So many that I’m once again blown away by the talent and creativity on behalf of the students making up our region. Thought I would be able to post the names of the students going on to be published before Christmas, but that’s going to be impossible. I will be taking all the books over to KVEC where…Read More

Tomorrow is the deadline for submissions! I hope everyone has their student’s books in the mail and on their way here. We will review the books and let everyone know the status of the selections as soon as possible. We should be able to let everyone know before Christmas. Thanks to everyone who participated. I’m looking forward to reviewing these…Read More

Looking forward to seeing all the submissions! We are getting closer to the deadline. If there’s any questions, email me at eplingillustrations@gmail.com!

thanks!

It’s getting closer to the deadline for submission! Please mail all submissions to me directly. Christopher Epling. PO Box 183 Regina, KY 41559. Thanks! Looking forward to seeing what the students created!

If you visit the link, you will see exactly what I hope all of our young authors and illustrators will do too. Create social media links centered around your small business and promote your work. Those 35 students that go on to be published will have to do similar things as Andrew Turner of Breathitt County High School. Great job Andrew.…Read More

I am preparing the next tutorial on basic drawing and would like to have your input on what you would like to see me demonstrate. Is there a particular area of drawing that is troubling you? Maybe it’s drawing hands? Let me know by commenting below. I will do my best to create something in the form of a video that might hopefully help.

Attention teachers; if you’re interested in having me work with your student and/or class, please contact either myself or Kelli Thompson to set up a date. I am available to come to your school between now and the week prior to when the books are suppose to be submitted. Limited amount of spots available so please contact us soon if you are…Read More

Hello everyone. An update for today’s Week 8 Workshop Video:

I am producing Week 8’s video from my studio here in ny shop. Because of that, I will have to record the video, then save the video out to our holler here because of my not-so-great internet. Using a laptop computer to record ‘live’ is choppy, unreliable and counter productive. I’ve…Read More

Looking forward to our 7th workshop tomorrow! Really hoping to see some stellar stories submitted as we move forward. Hope you are having fun. If you are… and this is something you would like to do as a profession, then take full advantage of this opportunity. Becoming a published author / illustrator now will greatly enhance the possibilities…Read More

I hope everyone is doing ok with this project and enjoying the Fall Break. Please ask any questions you might have here on the homepage of the Art Workshop. You can also share any progress you might have here on this portion of our “holler”. Looking forward to seeing your work!

Glad to see all of you joining the holler! Be sure to check out the resources we have in the documents page. Just click on the link at the top of this thread. Looking forward to working with you all!

Congratulations to all the students and schools participating in the two projects I helped out on for the sumitt on April 27th! I was amazed to see the finished banners on display. Such talent and diversity of that talent in our region. I created a very long post, including pictures, of the banners and student authors / illustrators on my public…Read More

Tomorrow is the BIG day… banners are being processed, grommets are in, and the planning and preparation is hopefully going to produce a GREAT summit. I look forward to seeing how the young author/illustrator entrepreneurs prepared for their book signing, as well as all the county’s banners displayed together. Thank you all for the hard work and…Read More