As promised, here’s part two of the December update, with a contest (more if you follow the link), a songwriting workshop, places to submit, and more. And the usual list of member successes! Chris Fielden is a British writer who keeps me updated about writing contests. I like his list because it’s international. Here’s an…
As I said in my last post, AI is a hot topic for writers these days. Here are a couple of webinars to help you decide what you do and don’t want to do with it. Jane Friedman runs regular, useful, and inexpensive classes for writers, and the next one is Using AI for Writing…
We had another great meeting today, with the focus on different ways to publish, submitting to contests, and more. Here’s the first half of the update – it includes an interesting webinar for memoir writers tomorrow, Thursday, May 22, which is why I’m posting a little faster than usual. If you’re a memoir writer intending…
Apart from some new writers’ events, we talked about self-publishing, book launches, and marketing and dictating your book – and came up with some suggestions. Head to Byrd’s Books in Bethel on Sunday, March 10 at 4pm for an afternoon of poetry at the store and on Zoom. The series of three events starts with…
We spent quite a bit of Wednesday’s meeting talking about the various paths to publication, starting with the importance of editing. Here’s a link to Jane Friedman’s chart of the various ways to publish, but if you’re new to this, remember that a professional edit by someone who doesn’t know you is essential if you…
We had a fun meeting today, with several discussions about the various ways to publish, among other things. I found a couple of events starting soon that should be helpful. Before that, in case you couldn’t make it to see Kate White at the Westport Library last week – here’s the video of the event….
