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At last evening’s meeting, Darrah did a short presentation on preparing for the pitch sessions at the conference. A handout provided some bullet points for your Bio and Synopsis. I’ve attached a pdf you can download and use for reference as you work on those very important, needed items. We will not have any readers … Read more

The Desert Institute at Joshua Tree National Park is offering the weekend class with Rebecca Lowry this weekend,  April 4 & 5. Titled “Desert Experience: Transforming Observation Through Writing. For more information, contact Kevin Wong, Program Coordinator, Desert Institute Joshua Tree National Park Association at 760-910-1420. Link: www.joshuatree.org

Our guest speaker for tonight has come down with Laryngitis. She will be re-scheduled.

Next Monday’s meeting, March 30, our Guest Speaker will be Laura Stokes. She’ll be explaining how to get your ebook into the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District system. You won’t want to miss this meeting!

Martha Engber, author, speaker, and presenter, sends this pre-conference treat: Growing Great Characters From the Ground Up, in Word document format. HowLoveCharacters4.15

Heritage Park Senior Center is hosting a monthly platform for local authors to come in and talk about their published works.  If you, or anyone in your group, is interested in discussing their work at HPK, please email Matt Hortt, Head of Adult Services, at  mhortt@hdpl.org for more information and to schedule an appearance.   … Read more

The Aesthetica Creative Writing Award is open for submissions. Now in its eighth year, the award is an internationally renowned prize presented by Aesthetica Magazine and judged by industry experts including Arifa Akbar, literary editor of The Independent. Prizes include £500 and publication in an anthology of new writing, giving you the chance to showcase … Read more

The Black Mountain Institute will host authors Jamaica Kincaid and Caryl Phillips in a panel titled “Crossing the Black Atlantic,” moderated by UNLV Assistant Professor Julia Lee. The conversation will cover how each examines the Caribbean diaspora, the history of the Altantic slave trade, and the questions of racial and national identity in their work. The March … Read more

Huge thanks to Drew Cohen for speaking to us last night. The slides he intended to utilize are attached here in pdf format for download. I hope all our published authors took advantage and grabbed a Consignment Application from the table. The Writer’s Block bookstore is doing much good in the way of community education, … Read more

Coming up on May 2nd… If you are interested in a Vendor Table, now’s the time to register. All Vendors should submit application forms as early as possible.  The festival has many requests for new and previous vendors and exhibitors who would like to participate.  Booth spaces are 10’ x 12’. Vendors are requested to … Read more

“Paws and Reflect: Tales of Tails” is our first annual short story contest. The top 10 stories will be featured in an anthology by Muddy Pig Press. The prompt is: Pets hold a special place in our hearts. They are our companions, our best friends, our children, even our therapists at times. Is there a … Read more

Attached to Julie’s email about the Spring Fling was the following information on getting your book(s) included in the Library’s collection: Many of you have been asking about how to get your book into the library so that readers can check them out with their library cards.  Attached is a two-page set of instructions called … Read more