Writers’ Mill Minutes, September 17, 2017
Minutes taken by Jean Harkin
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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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Writers’ Mill Minutes August 20th 2017
Despite the approaching eclipse, August’s Writers’ Mill meeting was well attended with 16 people present to learn about research, photographs, permissions and publishing specs from Zita Podany, author of VanPort in the Images of America series. Notes from Zita’s talk can be below. And our thanks to Zita and the library staff for the excellent use of technology. (One day I’ll have to learn how it’s all done!)
Walt, who will be speaking and using technology in October and December, handed around a “reading assignment” for us all. In case you weren’t there, Walt very highly recommends “To Sell is Human” by Daniel H. Pink; also “How to Publish your Book” by Jane Friedman. We should all try to read Pink’s book, or at least to look at it, before October’s meeting (which gives us lots of time).
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Writers’ Mill Minutes, 16th July 2017
- Are you reading this on the website? Did you receive the email? If you did not receive the email, please check your spam, deleted, update and other random folders. Try using “search” on your emails for admin@portlandwritersmill.org, then set is as a “safe sender.” And if none of the that helps, contact admin@portlandwritersmill.org
- Send journal entries to journal2017@portlandwritersmill.org before the end of the month! Read on to learn more details
- Send 100th contest suggestions to admin@portlandwritersmill.org before the 1st of August!
- Send What If…? Contest entries to contest@portlandwritersmill.org before the end of August 6th. Read on to learn more details.
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.
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Writers’ Mill Minutes June 18th Fathers’ Day 2017
Around 20 members attended Sarah Hall’s Fathers’ Day presentation of the DIY book launch and learned not only how to create a good book “product,” but also how to reach an audience, prepare that audience to receive and read the book, and how to use technology! Notes from Sarah’s talk will be included below.
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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Writers’ Mill Minutes 5/21/2017
Numbers were down at this month’s meeting, with only 14 people present, but the sudden onset of summer was a likely cause. Please mark your calendars for next month—Father’s Day—when Sara Hall will give her much-anticipated multimedia presentation on the DIY book launch. Continue reading Writers’ Mill Minutes 201705
Protected: Answers to Agent Questions from Sarah’s October talk.
Sarah Hall agents and publishing discussion
- Sarah passed out copies of a handout with a timeline of her journey (CLICK THE LINK TO DOWNLOAD YOUR COPY) toward signing a contract with Carina Press. She’d attached a post-it note to each for a contest at the end. The person who guessed how many drafts it took her to reach her final manuscript would get a prize. (She gave the hint that it was between 5-15.)