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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Pacific Club: 1451 Queen Emma Street, Honolulu 96813
MARCIA ZINA MAGER
Presents
THE POWER OF WRITING (& PAINTING) BADLY:
Secrets to Breaking Through Fear, Procrastination & Perfectionism
As artists, no matter what our medium, we are much too often confronted with overwhelming feelings of confusion, insecurity, fear, and procrastination… which, in the end, is what perfectionism is really all about.
Yet these very vulnerable human feelings are integral to the creative process. The key is learning how to dance with them, play with them, befriend them, and ultimately make them our ally.
How do you do that?
Well…that’s what this inspiring presentation/mini-mini-mini-workshop is all about!
MARCIA ZINA MAGER is an international best-selling author, award-winning poet & playwright, performer, book coach & creativity therapist (we’ll leave her stripper resume for another time!).
In addition to writing more than a dozen books, she studied improvisation with Academy-award winning actor Alan Arkin, co-wrote & co-performed the hit 2-woman musical, MONEY TALKS: But What the Hell is it Saying? and won numerous awards for her mixed-media artwork. How she ended up in Hawaii is such an astonishing story that it ended up on American and Japanese television. She always brings her wildly diverse background to every client and creative project. Her most recent work is a stunning graphic memoir celebrating the life of an aikido master and healer living in Hawaii:
UNCONDITIONAL: The extraordinary life of an ordinary man by Xavier Staub as told to Marcia Zina Mager. Learn more at www.marciazinamager.com
IMPORTANT-DEADLINE FOR RESERVATIONS
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Attendance limited to 50 people.
First come, first accepted.
Email Carol Egan at cognac91@gmail.com
by Noon, Wednesday, October 29th, include your name and the name of your Guest, if any.
Lunch is plated. Don't forget to include in your reservation your and your guest's choice from the 3 menu options.
(a) Seared Ahi Bowl, Furikake Rice, Namasu, Aioli Sauce
(b) Chicken Salad on Pita Bread, Mesclun Green Salad
(c) Southwestern Black Bean Roasted Corn Salad, Avocado Crema (Vegetarian)
Members and Friends: $35
Guests: $38 - not dues paying Members or Friends
Checks should be received by
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Make checks payable to NLAPW Honolulu.
Mail to Carol Egan, 344 Iliaina Street, Kailua HI 96734
With a reservation you may pay at the door by check or cash.
BOOK EXCHANGE - Bring a book & Take a Book
PAST EVENTS
October 1, 2025 - Tadia Rice: My Conversations With AI
September 3, 2025 - Meredith Artley: Growing Trust & Compassion in Turbulent Times: How HPR is Working to Meet the Moment
July 16, 2025 - The Magic of Stories: 2025 Lorin Tarr Gill Writing Competition winners reading
May 7, 2025 - Members & Friends Reading: Celebrating Our Pen Women’s Writing
April 2, 2025 - Eric Paul Shaffer: Defining Success in Poetry, One Friend at a Time
February 24, 2025 - Susan Scott: HAWAII’S PLANTS AND ANIMALS, a new book for all who love Hawaii
January 29, 2025 - John Rampage: The Joy & Frustration of Producing Musical Theatre in Honolulu
November 6, 2024 - Rebecca Woodland: Your So Talented and Other Lies
October 2, 2024 - Tamara Moan: Putting It on Paper: Words & Pictures
September 4, 2024 - Kealoha: Science, Poetry, Life
June 12, 2024 - Jason O’Rourke: Conservation through Photography (via zoom)
May 1, 2024 - Celebrating Our Writers: Pen Women Honolulu Members Share their own work
April 3, 2024 - Kaethe Kauffman: From Nothing to Something: Creativity's Great Surprises
March 6, 2024 - Maya Sypert: The Other Side of the Mirror: Reflections on My Journey as a Classical Singer
January 31, 2024 - Mindy Pennybacker: Surfing the sisterhood of Hawaiian water women
November 2, 2023 - Shari Lynn: A Life built on Song and Music
October 4, 2023 - Shervelle Bergholz: The Power of Storytelling
September 7, 2023 - Lee Cataluna: Playwriting in Hawaii
May 10, 2023 - Celebrating Our Writers: Pen Women Honolulu Members Share their own work
April 5, 2023 - Don Wallace: Modern Publishing Today
March 1, 2023 - Tadia Rice: The Power of Expressive Arts
January 25, 2023 - Susan McCreary Duprey: How a community embraces the health & well-being of song
November 2, 2022 - Susan Scott: Every Kolea Counts
Durring the Covid-19 pandemic, monthly in-person meetings were cancelled starting with April 2020. Monthly zoom meetings began in January 2021. From March 2021 to the December 2022, we have been privileged to enjoy the following zoom presentations:
March 3, 2021: Presenter Kaethe Kauffman, Humor in Contemporary Art
April 7, 2021: Presenter Jane Marshall Goodsill, How to Convert Oral Histories into Literature
May 5, 2021: Readings of excerpts from current works by our own Members & Friends
June 2, 2021: Presenter Wayne Levine, Where Borders Cross
July 7, 2021: Presenter Roslyn Catracchia, Feeding the Lake (Just Say Yes)
August 4, 2021: Presenter Christine Sleeter, Fiction and Historical Truths
September 1, 2021: Presenter Victoria Talbot, The Important Role of Journalism in Hawai‘i
October 6, 2021: Presenters Rosemary & Larry Mild, Writing Together is Murder
November 3, 2021: Presenters Susie & Gary Anderson, Quick Bite Aloha Friday
January 12, 2022: Presenter Dr. David J. Connor, Writing Compulsions
February 2, 2022: Presenter Penny Pence Smith, Hanging on the Hollywood Sign
March 2, 2022: Presenter Dr. Kelli Carmean, The Ancient Maya: Archaeological Evidence & Creative Writing
April 6, 2022: Presenter Sally French, Transformation
May 4, 2022: Annual Writers Salon: “Words in a Box” … the Pen Women Shine
June 1, 2022: Bob Schildgen, Mr. Green Carries On!
July 6, 2022 - Jeff Raz, How Art Makes Better Lives
August 3, 2022 - Claire Bowman, My life as a writer without discipline, structure & consistent commitment to my craft
September 7, 2022 - Susan Simone, Opening the prison walls: Oral History & Collaborative Writing - zoom recording link CLICK HERE password: m3Fypi+4
October 5, 2022 - Helen Shaw, Criticism as Chronicle: Covering the absence and presence of theater during the COVID shutdown
December 7, 2022 - Happy Everything, short readings shared by members to usher in the holidays & creativity
Attendance at the Zoom sessions were excellent, keeping our interest in and passion for the visual arts, writing, and music on our virtual center stage.