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June 8 – “Create Your Book Buzz” with Chris Hennessy

by Web Editor | May 18, 2024 | Event, Speaker

  So you’ve written a book and friends love it, but how do you reach a wider audience? At our next meeting, speaker, author, and filmmaker Chris Hennessy will share how to master promoting your work in today’s world of social media. His presentation includes...

May 11 – “The ABC’s of Picture Books: Essential Writing & Publishing Tips” with Emily Jiang

by Web Editor | Apr 20, 2024 | Event, Speaker

We all grew up on picture books. We enjoyed the illustrations before we learned how to read the words. Only years later did we realize that crafting the latter requires as much painstaking skill as drawing the former. Brevity brings forth brilliance. The seamless...

April 13 – “It’s All Writing,” with Mary Gottschalk

by Web Editor | Mar 14, 2024 | Event, Speaker

Whether your focus is fiction, non-fiction, novels, or magazine pieces, or you’re working on a biography or your autobiography—it’s all writing!! And all writing involves research, interviews, organization, editing, and an opening that will make the reader...

March 9 – “Flaming Great Dialogue: Create Unforgettable Characters Through Dynamite Exchanges” with Martha Engber

by Web Editor | Feb 17, 2024 | Event, Speaker

It has been noted that your dialogue is white-hot when your characters stop speaking to you and start speaking to each other. How can you get there? The process cannot be rushed. Before you kill your darlings, you must cultivate them. You must walk in each...

Feb 10 – Crafting a Powerful Memoir with Eleanor Vincent

by Web Editor | Jan 23, 2024 | Event, Speaker

Whether you’re writing a memoir, considering it, or working on a book of fiction, don’t miss our next meeting on Crafting a Powerful Memoir. In February, award-winning author and memoirist, Eleanor Vincent will explain the key ingredient that will transforms your...

Jan 13 – Promoting Your Book: Building a Successful Marketing Strategy with Andrew Benzie

by Web Editor | Dec 28, 2023 | Event, Speaker, Uncategorized

Most of us spend years writing a book. Hours are devoted to conjuring up characters, developing the plot—then rewriting, editing, and more rewriting. Finally, submitting it to an agent—or deciding to forego rejection by self-publishing. But that’s not the end of your...
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