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Newsletter changes
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Continue reading Members, read this post NOWTopics for 2024
Please add further suggestions in the comments and I will add them to the poll. (If you can’t see a place for comments, click on the header “Topics for 2024” then keep scrolling down to find it.)
Let’s make this our best year ever!
Writers’ Mill Minutes 20221016
Writers’ Mill Minutes 16th October 2022
Seventeen members attended October’s meeting, including several new and nearly new members—you are very welcome, and we hope you’ll stay with us! This was only our second hybrid meeting, and this time we had more in-person attendees than online—which means we’re looking for feedback again, from any and all of you, about how we can make these hybrid meetings even better. We’re very grateful to the librarians for all their help.
Continue reading Writers’ Mill Minutes 20221016State of the Anthology – Updated
Authors and Editors
Editors are now sending their editing suggestions to the authors. Our assumption is always that the piece you sent, as an author, was in the form you would like it to be in. The purpose of editing is to polish out typos, apply consistent styling across the whole book, and make whatever minimal changes will improve readability. If authors are concerned that too many changes are being asked of them (please remember, any changes have to be approved and edited before the end of October 9th), they should feel free to say no or ask for a second opinion.
Continue reading State of the Anthology – UpdatedState of the Anthology – Updated
We have a great collection of entries, which will make a great anthology – a cheap and personal Christmas gift, great keepsake, and a first time opportunity for some of us to be published. Thank you all for coming together to make this happen.
Continue reading State of the Anthology – UpdatedThe Joys of Title Research
So… our Challenges anthology is nearing completion, but still needs a title. You’ve seen the suggestions. You’ve sent in your votes. You’ve help me prune the tree of possible keywords. So now…
- Top votes went to the title, Journey Through Chaos.
- Top keyword choices went to Apart and Together, with Quirky and Challenges a close second.
- Any my personal favorites (’cause if I’m spending all this time, I might as well research my own choices too) were Waiting for Tomorrow and Waiting for Locusts.
Read on to learn what comes next…
Continue reading The Joys of Title ResearchWriters’ Mill Minutes August 2020
This month’s speaker was Erik Nebel, whose first book of comics was published in 2014 by Yeti Press. Erik’s work has appeared in Best American Comics 2015 and Best American Comics 2019. Most recently, Erik finished work on a graphic novel adaptation of Tolstoy’s novel, WAR AND PEACE. Find Erik at OUR LIBRARY at https://wccls.bibliocommons.com/v2/search?query=erik+nebel&searchType=smart
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