About Joey Madia
Joey Madia is an actor-educator, playwright and poet whose work and life are one with the worlds
of shadow, shaman, form and flight. This work is dedicated to his shining Muse, Tonya, to
Joseph Campbell, and to Crow. He is editor of www.newmystics.com. Joey is also the author of
the novel Jester-Knight.
Joey Madia is an actor-educator, playwright and poet whose work and life are one with the worlds
of shadow, shaman, form and flight. This work is dedicated to his shining Muse, Tonya, to
Joseph Campbell, and to Crow. He is editor of www.newmystics.com. Joey is also the author of
the novel Jester-Knight.
Dinner & A Guest -- July 11, 2009
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Saturday, July 11, 2009, 8p
The Iron Horse
20 Washington Ave (map)
Westwood, NJ 07675
Phone: 201-666-9682
Fax: 201-666-1163
The Iron Horse
20 Washington Ave (map)
Westwood, NJ 07675
Phone: 201-666-9682
Fax: 201-666-1163
Event Recap
This was one great night, the food was spectacular, the guest was great and we all had a great time so much so, that we were still chatting at closing time and stood in the rain for a bit to continue talking!
The evening started off with a lovely spread of food for us to enjoy. Our guest, Joey Madia, author of Jester-Knight, arrived with Dan Cooley, Director of Media & Special Projects for New Mystics Enterprises, Inc.
Group members introduced themselves and enjoyed chatting with our guests.
Food was placed out; we lined up, filled our plates and sat down for a wonderful meal. We all moved around from table to table talking with everyone at other tables.
At 9:30 Steve S noticed the time and quickly told Todd. Oops! We were all having such a great time talking that we lost track of time. In fact, one of the things that we were talking about with our guests, Joey and Dan, was the movie Haunted Hayride! Not kidding. In fact, several of the cast members were friends of our guests and had studied film/acting with them. How's that for not only a cool coincidence, but also awesome follow-up! We had much fun discussing the actors, different scenes and other various topics that we forgot Joey was supposed to speak to the group!
We shifted seats and gave our guest the floor. Joey Madia is an actor-educator, playwright and poet in addition to author. He is editor of www.newmystics.com. New Mystics is an online Arts community founded in 2002 by Joey Madia as a way to promote the work of a group of cutting edge writers and artists active in the Small and Independent Press.
Mr. Madia spoke about his start and how it was a 22-year labor love for Jester-Knight. The six books that make up the Ambir Dragon Tales began in 1988 as a series of metaphorical poems written while Mr. Madia was in college. "I have always seen myself as having a dual personality and this became the starting point for the main character in the first book, Alde (later called Aldemere) who is born the son of a Jester and later becomes a Jester-Knight. In creating the Kingdom of Glittereye and the world of which it is a part (called Mynoweth) I have been able to bring together all my varied interests.
The books begin as a series of poems, and draw heavily on ancient and medieval history and the study of different religions/spiritual systems for the minute details I use to create a three-dimensional world of different races and edgy politics. The creation of a new mythology for Jesters, for the dragons of the world, and for many of the traditional fantasy and totally original races has been a terrific journey."
Mr. Madia wove facts with funny asides while presenting to the group assemble. One of our favorites that became the running gag of the evening was, "and my name comes out of the dragons mouth!" This was one fun guest who was entertaining, humble and a lot of fun.
Joey talked to us about the process of writing, his personal journey and his other interests such as playwriting. He spoke at length about the creation of his worlds and character development. He gave insight into editors, rejection letters and knowing your work. He gave helpful suggestions for the aspiring writers present and kept the non-writers entertained as well.
When Mr. Madia finished, he opened the floor to questions. Mike P and BJ quickly started firing off questions. Joey answered each question at length and made sure people were satisfied with their answers. Deena, Thom, Todd, Steve S and a few others followed. We were very interested in hearing about the plays Joey writes. Deena was particularly interested in the social awareness plays for teens.
Mr. Madia is very busy! Books, plays, teaching, his current book tour, and editor – he wears many hats. He was engaging, informative and fun. He wrapped up, signed books (yeah, Todd beat everyone up to the front of the line) and thanked us for a great time! He thanked us! What a nice guy. Big thanks to Joey and Dan for joining us at Iron Horse (beware the palm tree Dan!). Much success to two very nice guys who deserve it.
*Thanks also to all of our friends who joined us for this special night.
This was one great night, the food was spectacular, the guest was great and we all had a great time so much so, that we were still chatting at closing time and stood in the rain for a bit to continue talking!
The evening started off with a lovely spread of food for us to enjoy. Our guest, Joey Madia, author of Jester-Knight, arrived with Dan Cooley, Director of Media & Special Projects for New Mystics Enterprises, Inc.
Group members introduced themselves and enjoyed chatting with our guests.
Food was placed out; we lined up, filled our plates and sat down for a wonderful meal. We all moved around from table to table talking with everyone at other tables.
At 9:30 Steve S noticed the time and quickly told Todd. Oops! We were all having such a great time talking that we lost track of time. In fact, one of the things that we were talking about with our guests, Joey and Dan, was the movie Haunted Hayride! Not kidding. In fact, several of the cast members were friends of our guests and had studied film/acting with them. How's that for not only a cool coincidence, but also awesome follow-up! We had much fun discussing the actors, different scenes and other various topics that we forgot Joey was supposed to speak to the group!
We shifted seats and gave our guest the floor. Joey Madia is an actor-educator, playwright and poet in addition to author. He is editor of www.newmystics.com. New Mystics is an online Arts community founded in 2002 by Joey Madia as a way to promote the work of a group of cutting edge writers and artists active in the Small and Independent Press.
Mr. Madia spoke about his start and how it was a 22-year labor love for Jester-Knight. The six books that make up the Ambir Dragon Tales began in 1988 as a series of metaphorical poems written while Mr. Madia was in college. "I have always seen myself as having a dual personality and this became the starting point for the main character in the first book, Alde (later called Aldemere) who is born the son of a Jester and later becomes a Jester-Knight. In creating the Kingdom of Glittereye and the world of which it is a part (called Mynoweth) I have been able to bring together all my varied interests.
The books begin as a series of poems, and draw heavily on ancient and medieval history and the study of different religions/spiritual systems for the minute details I use to create a three-dimensional world of different races and edgy politics. The creation of a new mythology for Jesters, for the dragons of the world, and for many of the traditional fantasy and totally original races has been a terrific journey."
Mr. Madia wove facts with funny asides while presenting to the group assemble. One of our favorites that became the running gag of the evening was, "and my name comes out of the dragons mouth!" This was one fun guest who was entertaining, humble and a lot of fun.
Joey talked to us about the process of writing, his personal journey and his other interests such as playwriting. He spoke at length about the creation of his worlds and character development. He gave insight into editors, rejection letters and knowing your work. He gave helpful suggestions for the aspiring writers present and kept the non-writers entertained as well.
When Mr. Madia finished, he opened the floor to questions. Mike P and BJ quickly started firing off questions. Joey answered each question at length and made sure people were satisfied with their answers. Deena, Thom, Todd, Steve S and a few others followed. We were very interested in hearing about the plays Joey writes. Deena was particularly interested in the social awareness plays for teens.
Mr. Madia is very busy! Books, plays, teaching, his current book tour, and editor – he wears many hats. He was engaging, informative and fun. He wrapped up, signed books (yeah, Todd beat everyone up to the front of the line) and thanked us for a great time! He thanked us! What a nice guy. Big thanks to Joey and Dan for joining us at Iron Horse (beware the palm tree Dan!). Much success to two very nice guys who deserve it.
*Thanks also to all of our friends who joined us for this special night.
