5th Annual Spring Fling Book Fair at Clark County Library Saturday, March 29, 2014. This is the 5th year anniversary book fair for local authors. Meet 100 local and regional authors who will be discussing and selling their new releases and bestsellers. Gregory will have a table there for the group. There are three shifts due to the large number…
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Author Business Card
Authors should have a business card handy at all times. You never know when you will run in with a fellow writer, an agent, a publisher, or someone that will publish your books. It is the cheapest and most effective way to advertise yourself. The Author. You are now responsible to get the word out that you write. Make sure…
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This week in HWG
Here is our weekly update. I volunteered to take over the newsletter and made a few adjustments to it. We now have a blog that is posted almost on a daily basis. We will have different things posted all the time. We’re talking about Q&A’s about writing, quotes, writing, articles, new writers, and published books. On Tuesday, January 14, 2014…
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Shelter Me – How it came to be
Shelter Me grew out of two pivotal experiences in my life: working in a psychiatric department for a community hospital, and hearing my grandmother cry over my deceased grandfather. In the late 1980s and the early 1990s I was the Coordinator of Administrative Services in the department of psychiatry at Boston Regional Medical Center, where we had nine units…
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Q & A – Show vs Tell
Show Vs Tell Important Questions answered by a Community of Writers Marshal Prescott has an important question to ask us. Let’s help him out by giving him an answer that may help him. If you know of resources that he can go to, please provide them. Please write a paragraph of the above scene and give us an example of…
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HWG Jan 13, 2014 Post
Good Morning Fellow Members This is officially my first blog after the meeting, I hope you like my notes. Guests We had 2 new guests last night. Jonathan Brooke from South Carolina. He writes Historical Non-fiction. Welcome Jonathan, we look forward to hearing about your writing and learning from you. Sherry Rosenthal, writes Commercial Fiction. Welcome aboard. Conference News Don’t…
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Big Sur Writing Workshops
Here’s some interesting news. Another *amazing* Big Sur Writing Workshops (for children to young adults) in the books! Click for photos! March ’14 registration is open! Phew – yet another *amazing* Big Sur Writing Workshops (for children to young adults) in the books! Thanks to all! Check out Andrea Brown Literary Agency, Inc. agent Laura Rennert’sreport: Just back from our agency’s Big Sur Writing…
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Thank you Jenny/What is a blog?
I would like to thank Jenny for doing a great job with the newsletter. I feel that I might not fill in her shoes for she’s done a great job. I want to thank the members for giving me the opportunity to continue the tradition and allowing me to make some changes. With that in mind I would like…
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Member Quote
“When you start to write a novel you do the following three things: 1) Write, 2)Write, 3)Write. If you’re not clear, go to #1. ” – Andres Fragoso, jr.
Newsletter 12
We had a full meeting at the Coffee House this last Monday, and there is a full calendar of writing-related events coming up. Be sure to check the calendar for information about upcoming meetings and events. Announcements: Next Monday, January 13th, Lauren Tallman is speaking to the group. CJ Mun will be speaking at the January 27th meeting. I am retiring…
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Welcome 2014
Happy New Year to all. Looking ahead at the new year you may want to consider the following writing related goals: 1. Enter a Contest: Funds for Writers maintains a useful list of writing contests. The Writer’s Digest Contests are among the best paying and well known. Poets and Writers has a good directory of writing competitions. Literary magazines such…
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Newsletter 10
We had a great Holiday Party this Monday. A big thank you to Tina for hosting, and to Amanda Nikki for doing some outstanding caracitures (including the one you’ll see of Gregory in this newsletter interview). Announcements: Our conference is coming up! Don’t forget to register before the price increase on January 16th. Interview with HWG President Gregory Kompes: You’ve published…
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