There were only three attendees in the library meeting room this month – perhaps not surprising given the recent weather. Many thanks to Christine for setting up there, and to Matthew for being in charge. Meanwhile we had ten members online – a smaller meeting than usual, but a lively one! We celebrated achievements of 2023 and discussed our goals, both personal and group goals, for 2024.
Continue reading Writers’ Mill Minutes 202401219 in-person and 11 online attendees were present to see the upload of this year’s anthology to Amazon. We were delighted to welcome new NaNoWriMo participants, and very much hope they might join us at future meetings too. If you’ve not already signed up for our newsletters, please go to the SignUp page on the portlandwritersmill.org website and follow the instructions there. (You’ll get the instructions in an email from admin @ portlandwritersmill . org, so make sure you flag those emails as “not spam” when they arrive.)
Continue reading Writers’ Mill Minutes, Nov 19th 2023Sheila had a PowerPoint presentation prepared to guide us through the upload of this year’s anthology, but Zoom and PowerPoint both crashed. Fearing the computer might crash next, she proceeded to give the talk off the cuff instead. By the end of the following day, our latest anthology was on sale at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CNPQ2F92/. Get your copies soon, before the price goes up!
Continue reading How to Upload your Book to Amazon, from Sheila’s talk, Nov 19th 2023Our 10th anthology is now available for purchase on Amazon. Just click on the links below to find it (and for FREE previews!):
Around 20 members joined us, online and in person, to watch the release of our 2022 anthology and learn a little more about self-publishing. We think we’re getting the hang of this “hybrid meeting” thing, but please send your suggestions and comments—what worked, what was better, what still doesn’t work—and we’ll do our best to continue to improve.
Continue reading Writers’ Mill Minutes 20221120Go to https://www.portlandwritersmill.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/GROW-YOUR-OWN-BOOK.pptx for Sheila’s Powerpoint presentation on self-publishing with amazon kdp, or read on for notes from her talk.
Continue reading How to Grow Your Book – Presentation by Sheila Deeth, 20221120| There were between 16 and 20 members participating in the meeting; some had to leave early. As Sheila was absent, Ron headed the meeting. |
Congratulations All. THE FLOOR ABOVE is now available from Amazon athttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B09M5B123Y for the print bookhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B09MCCY73K for the ebook
About 16 members attended November’s meeting and joined in the creation of our latest anthology, uploading to Amazon and creating the book cover. All done on a shoestring.
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With thanks to Zita, as Sheila was distracted with dog-sitting!
Meeting started at 1:00 pm
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