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  Mike Staton has done a little bit of everything in his 62 years of life in this corner of the universe. He has been a newspaper journalist and a technical writer/instructional developer. He was even a librarian one summer between his sophomore and junior years of college. Now the fellow has taken early retirement … Read more

  Copy from website: Do you know how to identify and secure your company’s intellectual property? Every business needs to consider protection for their company brand, advertising materials, products and services. In this webinar, attorney F. Christopher Austin of the Las Vegas firm of Weide & Miller will explain the basics of intellectual property for … Read more

Las Vegas Writer’s Conference exceeded my expectations. Winning a basket of books with authors,Gregory Kompes, Judy Logan, Alba Arango, Donald Riggio, Paul Atreides, Sydnee Elliot, and Vital Germaine-will keep me busy with plenty to read. My second winning raffle ticket came from Toni Pacini, a stunning handmade glass beaded jewelry set. Many Thanks to all … Read more

Here is an interesting article on ARCHETYPES: Empowering Source-Driven Characters and Plots Larry Brooks has written 587 posts on Storyfix.com.You can follow Larry on Twitter, or Google+. Email the author by LARRY BROOKS on MARCH 17, 2014

The Las Vegas Writer’s Conference is over. What a great weekend. So many writers out there that want to learn and more. This is a great opportunity to mingle with other writers, publishers, agents, and more. If you attendended the conference we would love to hear from you. This is a great opportunity to promote … Read more

Saturday’s Schedule Saturday, April 26: Doors open at 7:00am Registration 8:00am — 9:00am Breakfast 9:00AM – 9:50AM ROOM 1 Creating characters Wilkins ROOM 2 Self-Publishing Demystified Bowerman ROOM 3 Persistence: Writing Through the Realities and Responsibilities of Life McInnes ROOM 4 Savvy self-publishing – Bonuses and traps of DIY King 10:00AM – 10:50AM ROOM 1 … Read more

Friday’s Schedule Friday, April 25: Doors open at 7:00am Registration 8:00am — 9:00am Breakfast — Welcome 9:00AM – 9:50AM ROOM 1 Self-Publishing Demystified Bowerman ROOM 2 Workshopping the query Goldsmith ROOM 3 Self-editing for fiction writers Watters ROOM 4 Whose Story is This? – Writing on POV Platt 10:00AM – 10:50AM ROOM 1 Agents in … Read more

Today was the opening day for the Las Vegas Writer’s Conference. Gregory Knopes (HWG President) said that it was a great start. Many authors, writers, agents, publishers and more came today to the conference. The weather was nice and warm, not too hot. Maybe tomorrow will be scorching. So wear a sweater if you’re at … Read more

Carly Watters: PS Literary Carly Watters is a literary agent with the P.S. Literary Agency having joined them in 2010 after working at Bloomsbury and the Darley Anderson Agency both in the UK. She considers herself a hands-on agent that develops proposals and manuscripts with attention for detail and the relevant markets. PSLA’s mission is to … Read more

Welcome dear fellow members. As your upcoming VP and Blogger I try to make things a bit easier for all members. In order to do my job as a Blogger to the best of my abilities I need your help.  I am in charge of updating the member information and promotional marketing of the group, … Read more