New York Times bestselling author and Oprah Book Club favorite Alice Hoffman will open the Mandell Jewish Community Center's (JCC's) Jewish Book Festival on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. The 17th annual Jewish Book Festival celebrates nationally acclaimed authors and their extraordinary contributions.
For more information, visit The Jewish Book Festival, or contact Elana MacGilpin.
Best regards,
Adele
Adele M. Annesi
CT Authors and Publishers Association Publicity Chair
Visit my website, Adele Annesi, http://adeleannesi.com/
and blogs Word for Words http://wordforwords.blogspot.com/
and Writing Linx http://writinglinx.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Friday, September 4, 2009
Lisa Genova author of Still Alice is appearing in Watertown, CT
Lisa Genvova will be reading from her book Still Alice at The First Congregational Church in Watertown on Wednesday, October 14th at 7pm. For directions please click on the title of this blog.
My Fiction Bookclub and I read this book several months ago and we thought it was absolutely breathtaking. Important topic and done with astonishing skill. To date it remains the only book *all* of us loved.
We are organizing a "field trip" for the event. If you'd like to meet up with us please let me know.
My Fiction Bookclub and I read this book several months ago and we thought it was absolutely breathtaking. Important topic and done with astonishing skill. To date it remains the only book *all* of us loved.
We are organizing a "field trip" for the event. If you'd like to meet up with us please let me know.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
How to Plan, Write, and Develop a Book
How to Plan, Write, and Develop a Book Six-Week Class
Monday afternoon class starts September 21 at Hudson Valley Writers' Center
Instructor: Mary Carroll Moore
Ready to go back to school? Recharge your writing with weekly accountability? Join us for a brand-new session of "How to Plan, Develop, and Write a Book," at the Hudson Valley Writers' Center in Sleepy Hollow, NY, starting in September.
Past attendees of this six-week class have said:
"My second time through--and I got even more out of it this time around."
"Material is tailored to the changing environment of what sells in publishing today. Great grounding in the real world."
"Excellent. I learned a ton of exactly what I was looking to learn."
"Mary is an incredible teacher--knowledgeable, approachable, passionate, patient."
"Changed everything I knew about writing (for the better)."
"Really opened my eyes to all aspects of book writing. I thoroughly enjoyed it."
Class meets six Monday afternoons, 1:30-4:30 p.m., starting September 21, and is limited to 14 participants. Fee is $355 for six weeks. Writers at any stage of book writing, whether beginner or advanced, and in any genre--memoir, novel, nonfiction, biography, children's and YA--are welcome to join us.
Sound like a good fit for your writing this fall? See the full description below. To hold your place, call the Writers' Center at 914-332-5953 or email Maureen Hatch at maureen@writerscenter.org. The Writers' Center is located on Riverside Dr in Sleepy Hollow near Tarrytown.
HOW TO PLAN, WRITE, AND DEVELOP A BOOK
6 Mondays, 1:30 - 4:30 p.m.
September 21 - November 16 (skips Sept 28, Oct 12, Oct 19)
Fee: $355; returning Moore students deduct $15
Whether you’re a nonfiction author, memoirist, or novelist, and whether you have a book almost finished or merely a concept for one, this six-week class will help you get to know your book—what it is about, how to structure it, how to finish it! You’ll learn a step-by-step plan (including timetables, chapter grids, story-boarding, and other techniques) and ways to flow chapters, find holes in your material that need filling, organize research and concepts, and construct plots. You’ll also learn how to package your book for agents and publishers and gain essential tips on editing and evaluating your book at all stages.
Monday afternoon class starts September 21 at Hudson Valley Writers' Center
Instructor: Mary Carroll Moore
Ready to go back to school? Recharge your writing with weekly accountability? Join us for a brand-new session of "How to Plan, Develop, and Write a Book," at the Hudson Valley Writers' Center in Sleepy Hollow, NY, starting in September.
Past attendees of this six-week class have said:
"My second time through--and I got even more out of it this time around."
"Material is tailored to the changing environment of what sells in publishing today. Great grounding in the real world."
"Excellent. I learned a ton of exactly what I was looking to learn."
"Mary is an incredible teacher--knowledgeable, approachable, passionate, patient."
"Changed everything I knew about writing (for the better)."
"Really opened my eyes to all aspects of book writing. I thoroughly enjoyed it."
Class meets six Monday afternoons, 1:30-4:30 p.m., starting September 21, and is limited to 14 participants. Fee is $355 for six weeks. Writers at any stage of book writing, whether beginner or advanced, and in any genre--memoir, novel, nonfiction, biography, children's and YA--are welcome to join us.
Sound like a good fit for your writing this fall? See the full description below. To hold your place, call the Writers' Center at 914-332-5953 or email Maureen Hatch at maureen@writerscenter.org. The Writers' Center is located on Riverside Dr in Sleepy Hollow near Tarrytown.
HOW TO PLAN, WRITE, AND DEVELOP A BOOK
6 Mondays, 1:30 - 4:30 p.m.
September 21 - November 16 (skips Sept 28, Oct 12, Oct 19)
Fee: $355; returning Moore students deduct $15
Whether you’re a nonfiction author, memoirist, or novelist, and whether you have a book almost finished or merely a concept for one, this six-week class will help you get to know your book—what it is about, how to structure it, how to finish it! You’ll learn a step-by-step plan (including timetables, chapter grids, story-boarding, and other techniques) and ways to flow chapters, find holes in your material that need filling, organize research and concepts, and construct plots. You’ll also learn how to package your book for agents and publishers and gain essential tips on editing and evaluating your book at all stages.
Friday, August 28, 2009
The Big Apple Conference, Autumn 2009
WRITING AND PUBLISHING WEEKEND: AUTHORS AND AGENTS
The International Women’s Writing Guild
Presents its 58th Semi-Annual
Big Apple Conference
The National Arts Club (New Location)
15 Gramercy Park South (near East 20th Street)
New York City
October 17 & 18, 2009 (Saturday and Sunday)
_______________________________________________
Saturday Writing Workshop, October 17
9:30 am to 4:45 pm:
Plot: The Structure of Story in Fiction, Memoir and Narrative Nonfiction/How to Shape Your Work Using Change,
Movement and Territory
with
Lynne Barrett
_______________________________________________
Sunday, October 18
10:15 am to 6:00 pm:
Meet the Authors/Meet the Agents
_______________________________________________
Saturday, October 17, 9:00 am to 4:45 pm
9:00 to 9:30 am: Registration
9:30 to 10:00 am: Introducing ourselves to each other
10:00 to 12:30 pm: "Plot: The Structure of Story in Fiction, Memoir, and Narrative Nonfiction/How to Shape Your Work Using Change, Movement and Territory"
* What is story? How to discern plot, significant action, and design.
* Learn to see in scenes: Each scene is a little story that moves the larger story along. Wheels, tension and contrast.
* Construct meaningful journeys: How does the world change characters? How do characters change the world?
12:30 to 1:45 pm Lunch
1:45 to 4:45 pm Workshop continues
* Map the territory: Who owns what place as the story begins? Where do secrets lie? Where is danger and opportunity?
* Establish thresholds: Imbuing place and action with meaning. Obstacles and the distribution of discoveries.
* Find your ending: reversal, resolution, and measures of change.
LYNNE BARRETT is the author of two short story collections, The Secret Names of Women and The Land of Go. She has been honored with the Edgar Allan Poe award of the Mystery Writers of America for best mystery story and she has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs. She is editor of The Florida Book Review (www.floridabookreview.com), and professor at Florida International University, where she teaches in the M.F.A. program. Lynne’s webpage is http://lynne.barrett.googlepages.com.
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SUNDAY, October 18: 10:00 am to 12:30 pm
Twelve recently published Guild authors tell how they found their agents, how they got published, and speak of their successes and disappointments along the way. Questions from the audience are invited.
MEET THE AUTHORS
Stephanie Alston-Nero, Glenda Baker, Lynne Barrett, Eleanor Garrell Berger, Arlene Bice, Marian Bond, Toni Carroll (Termin), Marion Goldstein, Victoria Moran, Elsa Nad, Chris Ranck, Phyllis Edgerly Ring
Book Fair of Books by Author Panel (12:30 to1:30 pm)
Lunch (1:30 to 2:30 pm)
SUNDAY, October 18: 2:30 to 6:00 pm
The “Meet the Agents” Open House has yielded wonderful matches between authors and agents over the years. The agents introduce themselves at the podium and speak about their “shop,” trends in the marketplace, hits and misses. Then, members of the audience seek out those agents whom they wish to meet. After you introduce yourself and speak briefly about your work, the agent will let you know if he or she is interested in hearing from and possibly working with you and how to submit your work.
MEET THE AGENTS These agents have frequented our Big Apple events recently: Robert Astle, Robert Astle & Associates Literary Management, Barbara Braun, Barbara Braun Associates; Regina Brooks, Serendipity Literary Agency; Diana Finch, Diana Finch Literary Agency; Linda Langton, Langton’s International Agency; Jessica Regel, Jean Naggar Literary Agency; Rita Rosenkranz, Rita Rosenkranz Agency; Regina Ryan, Regina Ryan Publishing Enterprises
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REGISTRATION FEES (prices have remained the same for many years):
Discounted fees for full weekend conference as well as for Sunday all-day conference. Save up to $45 (or pay for individual sessions):
Weekend (both days, all events)
MEMBERS: $130.00 NON-MEMBERS: $160.00
Sunday Full-Day (morning and afternoon sessions)
MEMBERS; $80.00 NON-MEMBERS $105.00
or
Sunday, October 18 (10:00 AM - 1:30 PM)
MEET THE AUTHORS Open House & Book Fair
MEMBERS: $50.00 NON-MEMBERS: $60.00
MEET THE AGENTS Open House (2:30 PM to 6:00 PM)
INTRODUCTORY AGENT FORUM & ONE-ON-ONE MEETING WITH AGENTS
MEMBERS: $55.00 NON-MEMBERS: $65.00
Saturday, October 17 (9:30 AM – 12:30 PM and 1:45 PM - 4:45 PM)
Lynne Barrett, "Plot: The Structure of Story in Fiction, Memoir, and Narrative Nonfiction"
MEMBERS: $90.00 NON-MEMBERS: $100.00
IWWG MEMBERSHIP: $45.00 (Members receive discounts on all IWWG workshops.) To join the IWWG online, click on the following link: http://iwwg.org/index.php?section=join
To register online for the Big Apple Conference via PayPal, click on the following link: http://iwwg.org/index.php?page=1042
To register by Mail, send a check to: IWWG, PO Box 810, Gracie Sta., New York, NY 10028
For a list of suggested hotels for an overnight stay in New York City, click on the following link: http://www.iwwg.com/index.php?page=1048
Registration fees are recorded as they are received. We do not mail out confirmation receipts. For confirmation, call (212) 737-7536. (In the event of your cancellation, payments may be applied to a future IWWG event.)
Credit cards are not accepted at the door.
Contact: IWWG, Telephone: 212-737-7536 or Email: dirhahn@iwwg.org
The International Women’s Writing Guild
Presents its 58th Semi-Annual
Big Apple Conference
The National Arts Club (New Location)
15 Gramercy Park South (near East 20th Street)
New York City
October 17 & 18, 2009 (Saturday and Sunday)
_______________________________________________
Saturday Writing Workshop, October 17
9:30 am to 4:45 pm:
Plot: The Structure of Story in Fiction, Memoir and Narrative Nonfiction/How to Shape Your Work Using Change,
Movement and Territory
with
Lynne Barrett
_______________________________________________
Sunday, October 18
10:15 am to 6:00 pm:
Meet the Authors/Meet the Agents
_______________________________________________
Saturday, October 17, 9:00 am to 4:45 pm
9:00 to 9:30 am: Registration
9:30 to 10:00 am: Introducing ourselves to each other
10:00 to 12:30 pm: "Plot: The Structure of Story in Fiction, Memoir, and Narrative Nonfiction/How to Shape Your Work Using Change, Movement and Territory"
* What is story? How to discern plot, significant action, and design.
* Learn to see in scenes: Each scene is a little story that moves the larger story along. Wheels, tension and contrast.
* Construct meaningful journeys: How does the world change characters? How do characters change the world?
12:30 to 1:45 pm Lunch
1:45 to 4:45 pm Workshop continues
* Map the territory: Who owns what place as the story begins? Where do secrets lie? Where is danger and opportunity?
* Establish thresholds: Imbuing place and action with meaning. Obstacles and the distribution of discoveries.
* Find your ending: reversal, resolution, and measures of change.
LYNNE BARRETT is the author of two short story collections, The Secret Names of Women and The Land of Go. She has been honored with the Edgar Allan Poe award of the Mystery Writers of America for best mystery story and she has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs. She is editor of The Florida Book Review (www.floridabookreview.com), and professor at Florida International University, where she teaches in the M.F.A. program. Lynne’s webpage is http://lynne.barrett.googlepages.com.
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SUNDAY, October 18: 10:00 am to 12:30 pm
Twelve recently published Guild authors tell how they found their agents, how they got published, and speak of their successes and disappointments along the way. Questions from the audience are invited.
MEET THE AUTHORS
Stephanie Alston-Nero, Glenda Baker, Lynne Barrett, Eleanor Garrell Berger, Arlene Bice, Marian Bond, Toni Carroll (Termin), Marion Goldstein, Victoria Moran, Elsa Nad, Chris Ranck, Phyllis Edgerly Ring
Book Fair of Books by Author Panel (12:30 to1:30 pm)
Lunch (1:30 to 2:30 pm)
SUNDAY, October 18: 2:30 to 6:00 pm
The “Meet the Agents” Open House has yielded wonderful matches between authors and agents over the years. The agents introduce themselves at the podium and speak about their “shop,” trends in the marketplace, hits and misses. Then, members of the audience seek out those agents whom they wish to meet. After you introduce yourself and speak briefly about your work, the agent will let you know if he or she is interested in hearing from and possibly working with you and how to submit your work.
MEET THE AGENTS These agents have frequented our Big Apple events recently: Robert Astle, Robert Astle & Associates Literary Management, Barbara Braun, Barbara Braun Associates; Regina Brooks, Serendipity Literary Agency; Diana Finch, Diana Finch Literary Agency; Linda Langton, Langton’s International Agency; Jessica Regel, Jean Naggar Literary Agency; Rita Rosenkranz, Rita Rosenkranz Agency; Regina Ryan, Regina Ryan Publishing Enterprises
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
REGISTRATION FEES (prices have remained the same for many years):
Discounted fees for full weekend conference as well as for Sunday all-day conference. Save up to $45 (or pay for individual sessions):
Weekend (both days, all events)
MEMBERS: $130.00 NON-MEMBERS: $160.00
Sunday Full-Day (morning and afternoon sessions)
MEMBERS; $80.00 NON-MEMBERS $105.00
or
Sunday, October 18 (10:00 AM - 1:30 PM)
MEET THE AUTHORS Open House & Book Fair
MEMBERS: $50.00 NON-MEMBERS: $60.00
MEET THE AGENTS Open House (2:30 PM to 6:00 PM)
INTRODUCTORY AGENT FORUM & ONE-ON-ONE MEETING WITH AGENTS
MEMBERS: $55.00 NON-MEMBERS: $65.00
Saturday, October 17 (9:30 AM – 12:30 PM and 1:45 PM - 4:45 PM)
Lynne Barrett, "Plot: The Structure of Story in Fiction, Memoir, and Narrative Nonfiction"
MEMBERS: $90.00 NON-MEMBERS: $100.00
IWWG MEMBERSHIP: $45.00 (Members receive discounts on all IWWG workshops.) To join the IWWG online, click on the following link: http://iwwg.org/index.php?section=join
To register online for the Big Apple Conference via PayPal, click on the following link: http://iwwg.org/index.php?page=1042
To register by Mail, send a check to: IWWG, PO Box 810, Gracie Sta., New York, NY 10028
For a list of suggested hotels for an overnight stay in New York City, click on the following link: http://www.iwwg.com/index.php?page=1048
Registration fees are recorded as they are received. We do not mail out confirmation receipts. For confirmation, call (212) 737-7536. (In the event of your cancellation, payments may be applied to a future IWWG event.)
Credit cards are not accepted at the door.
Contact: IWWG, Telephone: 212-737-7536 or Email: dirhahn@iwwg.org
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
How Do First Authors Get Published?
How Do First Authors Get Published?
They told us it would be impossible - but we did it anyway!
Find out how at the
Wilton Library
First Authors' Panel
Thursday, Aug. 27
7 to 8:30 PM
No charge but reservations are recommended
Ready to be inspired?
Want encourgement to make your dream of a published book become reality?
FIRST AUTHORS' PANEL
Join us for a lively panel discussion at the Wilton Library in which three authors, with just published first books, will talk about our books, and of course, share our experiences in both writing and publishing our works.
Meet Jessica Bram, founder and teacher at the Westport Writers' Workshop and author of Happily Ever After Divorce: Notes of a Joyful Journey; Matthew Dicks, with his delightfully quirky first novel Something Missing; and Margot Berwin, with her Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire: A Novel, which has a garnered a Publisher's Weekly starred review.
Jessica Bram will lead this lively discussion. Whether or not you're an aspiring writer, or just want to hear about these great new reads by local authors, be sure not to miss it.
There is no charge for this event. Books available for purchase and signing, courtesy of RJ Julia Booksellers.
WHEN:
Thursday, Aug. 27
7 to 8:30 p.m.
WHERE:
Wilton Library
Brubeck Room
137 Old Ridgefield Road, Wilton
NO CHARGE TO ATTEND.
RESERVATIONS ARE RECOMMENDED BY CALLING 203-762-3950 or visit www.wiltonlibrary.org.
Westport Writers' Workshop
32 Webb Road
Westport, Connecticut 06880
For questions or more information visit www.wiltonlibrary.org or call (203)762-3950
Also, if you are interested in receiving information about The Westport Writers' Workshops, click on the title of this blog and sign up for their newsletter! They feature some really fantastic workshops. I myself will likely be in attendance for this particular event. Join me!
They told us it would be impossible - but we did it anyway!
Find out how at the
Wilton Library
First Authors' Panel
Thursday, Aug. 27
7 to 8:30 PM
No charge but reservations are recommended
Ready to be inspired?
Want encourgement to make your dream of a published book become reality?
FIRST AUTHORS' PANEL
Join us for a lively panel discussion at the Wilton Library in which three authors, with just published first books, will talk about our books, and of course, share our experiences in both writing and publishing our works.
Meet Jessica Bram, founder and teacher at the Westport Writers' Workshop and author of Happily Ever After Divorce: Notes of a Joyful Journey; Matthew Dicks, with his delightfully quirky first novel Something Missing; and Margot Berwin, with her Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire: A Novel, which has a garnered a Publisher's Weekly starred review.
Jessica Bram will lead this lively discussion. Whether or not you're an aspiring writer, or just want to hear about these great new reads by local authors, be sure not to miss it.
There is no charge for this event. Books available for purchase and signing, courtesy of RJ Julia Booksellers.
WHEN:
Thursday, Aug. 27
7 to 8:30 p.m.
WHERE:
Wilton Library
Brubeck Room
137 Old Ridgefield Road, Wilton
NO CHARGE TO ATTEND.
RESERVATIONS ARE RECOMMENDED BY CALLING 203-762-3950 or visit www.wiltonlibrary.org.
Westport Writers' Workshop
32 Webb Road
Westport, Connecticut 06880
For questions or more information visit www.wiltonlibrary.org or call (203)762-3950
Also, if you are interested in receiving information about The Westport Writers' Workshops, click on the title of this blog and sign up for their newsletter! They feature some really fantastic workshops. I myself will likely be in attendance for this particular event. Join me!
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