Category Archives: Guest Speakers
Where Inspiration Comes Sliding Through – notes on a talk given by Carolyn Martin
Where Inspiration Comes Sliding Through – notes on a talk given by Carolyn Martin
How do you start a poem (or a story)?
- Put pen to paper?
- Put finger to keyboard?
- Write and/or change the first line of something you remember, then see where it goes.
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Book Marketing for the Bewildered, with Walt Socha
Book Marketing for the Bewildered, with Walt Socha
Walt will continue his presentation in December. Meanwhile here are notes from his talk on October 15th Continue reading Book Marketing for the Bewildered, with Walt Socha
Writers Mill Minutes 201709 Self-Publishing with Beth Jusino
Writers’ Mill Minutes, September 17, 2017
Minutes taken by Jean Harkin
Self-publishing Nuts and Bolts presented by Beth Jusino Continue reading Writers Mill Minutes 201709 Self-Publishing with Beth Jusino
What happens when you try to tell that story, with Zita Podany
What Happens when you have a Story to Tell, with Zita Podany
First step:
Zita had a story to tell. But life, as it does, kept getting in the way. Then she read the back of an Arcadia book where it said “Write for Arcadia.” She looked on the website and decided to contact them with her ideas.
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Meet the Author – Tim Applegate
Tim Applegate on Being an Author
Tim Applegate gives around four poetry readings per year, plus novel presentations, plus speaking engagements at writing groups such as Writers’ Mill. We were delighted to welcome him to our July 2017 meeting, and he assured us that writers’ group engagements were pleasantly lowkey and fun.
The D-I-Y book launch with Sarah Hall
THE D-I-Y BOOK LAUNCH WITH SARAH HALL
Click here to download Sarah’s presentation, or just read on:
http://portlandwritersmill.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/DIY-Book-launch.pptx
How To Choose A Publisher/Agent/Self-Publishing Site with Jim Elstad
Taken from Jim Elstad’s talk, May 21st 2017
For anyone using editorsandpreditors.com to check up on publishers, don’t. The site is going/has gone down. Other sites you might use are:
- http://www.sfwa.org/other-resources/for-authors/writer-beware/
- http://www.sfwa.org/other-resources/for-authors/writer-beware/
- http://absolutewrite.com/recommended-resources/ and
- http://critters.org/index.php
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Mining Your Life Story, Notes from Nancy Linnon’s Talk, March 2017
Notes from Nancy Linnon’s Writing Your Life Story Workshop
Opening question: If you were to write a memoir or personal essay, what would it be about? Continue reading Mining Your Life Story, Notes from Nancy Linnon’s Talk, March 2017
Writing and Appreciating Poetry with Carolyn Martin – from her talk in February 2017
Writing and Appreciating Poetry with Carolyn Martin
Carolyn began her talk with some groundrules:
- Don’t believe everything you hear unless it resonates in you.
- Ask lots of questions
- Daydream – she once went to a poetry reading and became distracted by a poem she needed to write … called Purgatory!