Showing posts with label February 2012 Events. Show all posts
Showing posts with label February 2012 Events. Show all posts
Leap Month Reading @ In Other Words
Join us for our next event at In Other Words. February 21st at 7 p.m.
This will be our first leap month reading and there won’t be another until 2016, so be sure and come hear our singular featured poets Carolyn Martin and Kathleen Halme. So bring a poem of any type and your appetite for good poets, broadsides, prompts and of course, cookies. Hope to see you there.
Pics and info. at http://www.figuresofspeechpdx.wordpress.com/about
This will be our first leap month reading and there won’t be another until 2016, so be sure and come hear our singular featured poets Carolyn Martin and Kathleen Halme. So bring a poem of any type and your appetite for good poets, broadsides, prompts and of course, cookies. Hope to see you there.
Pics and info. at http://www.figuresofspeechpdx.wordpress.com/about
You’ve Finished Your Book. Now What? & Book Publicity
You’ve Finished Your Book. Now What?
Susan DeFreitas, Indigo Editing & Publications
10 a.m.–11:30 a.m., $45
Susan DeFreitas, Indigo Editing & Publications
10 a.m.–11:30 a.m., $45
The only task possibly more daunting than finishing a book is figuring out what to do with it once you have! In this class, writers will discover practical tools for clarifying the book’s strengths and weaknesses, and strengthening the manuscript in revision as well as solid strategies for determining the work’s potential avenues for publication and promotion. This class will be most useful to writers who have recently completed a book, or are close to doing so.
Book Publicity: The Vital Step No One Warned You About
Jessica Glenn, Mindbuck Media
11:45 a.m.–1:15 p.m., $45
Book Publicity: The Vital Step No One Warned You About
Jessica Glenn, Mindbuck Media
11:45 a.m.–1:15 p.m., $45
Book publicity is different than any other type of publicity and often seems to authors like an option rather than a necessity. If you are finishing a manuscript, you are most likely self-publishing or planning to submit to agents and publishers. Before doing any of these options, you will need a watertight marketing and publicity plan. Without it, statistically, you are highly unlikely to find a receptive agent or publisher. You are also unlikely to sell more than 50–150 books total if self-publishing. In this class, Jessica Glenn will lead you through the phases of book publicity from six months before the release date to three weeks after the launch. Learn how to contact bloggers; use radio, print, and TV to your advantage; and organize book tours.
Double Feature
You’ve Finished Your Book. Now What? with Susan DeFreitas, AND
Book Publicity: The Vital Step No One Warned You About with Jessica Glenn,
10 a.m.–1:15 p.m., $70
Double Feature
You’ve Finished Your Book. Now What? with Susan DeFreitas, AND
Book Publicity: The Vital Step No One Warned You About with Jessica Glenn,
10 a.m.–1:15 p.m., $70
Register at: http://www.indigoediting.com/classes
Fiction Workshop with Greg Robillard
In this five-week class we'll work on your flash fiction, short stories and drafts of novels if you have it.
Teacher: G. Xavier Robillard
Like a hilltop ride on a shiny red sled, writing fiction is one of humanity's most amazing experiences. To write fiction well, it takes the same looseness of spirit it takes to ride a sled from the top of the hill to the bottom. As we discuss your newest stories, we'll use successful in-class exercises to keep you loose. We'll also share great stories from established writers to help you resolve problems you might have with your own work. And while some students might focus on traditional literary fiction, everyone is welcome -- lets polish those car chases and robot fight scenes, too. This is a wild ride for fiction writers.
Teacher: G. Xavier Robillard
Time: Mondays, 7:30-9:30, February 20 - March 19
Location: Attic Institute, 4232 SE Hawthorne Boulevard
Total Fee: $185
Register: The Attic
Turn Up The Tension In Your Writing: 47 techniques for creating a page-turner with New York Times Bestseller April Henry
Tension and suspense are the cornerstone of all fiction, whether you're writing a mystery, sci-fi, romance, young adult book or a literary novel. It makes readers’ hearts beat faster and their palms sweat. Creating and sustaining suspense is key to holding reader’s interest. You'll learn 47 techniques for creating a page-turner.
April Henry is the author of eleven mysteries and thrillers, including the New York Times bestseller Face of Betrayal (with co-author Lis Wiehl) with contracts for six more. She also reviews mysteries and young adult books for the Oregonian and has written for Writers Digest and The Writer.
Date & Time: Feb 2 from 6:30-8:00pm.
Call 503-796-9224 to register.
Cost: $30.
Location: 917 SW Oak Street, Suite 405 (across from Powell's City of Books).
All proceeds support the nonprofit Write Around Portland and their free creative writing workshops held in prisons, hospitals, senior centers, schools, treatment facilities and low income residences.
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