Writers Mill Minutes 202410
14 people – 7 in person and 7 on zoom – attended October’s Writers’ Mill meeting. Those who missed it missed a very engaging and informative talk from Rudy Shur. But look out for his Writers’ Guides (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08DTWHT97 on Amazon, https://squareonepublishers.com/collections/writers-guides on the publisher’s website).
Continue reading Writers Mill Minutes 202410Rudy Shur on Publishing
Get Published and Don’t Get Scammed, from Rudy Shur’s talk on October 20th 20204
Rudy Shur has talked with many authors and writing groups in his long career. He’s learned that lots of authors get ripped off by people they thought were going to help. And he points out, the book world is a rather large marketplace—it can be hard to know who will really help.
Continue reading Rudy Shur on PublishingWriters Mill Minutes 202409
There were eight attendees in person and eleven on Zoom for a total of 19 at our September meeting. Two new members joined the group at the library. Welcome!
Continue reading Writers Mill Minutes 202409Protected: Nancy Linnon on Writing
Book Template
Last year, someone recommended that Sheila create a template file that could be used for subsequent anthologies, so she did. It’s a Word Doc rather than a template, and she included (chapters of) instructions on how to use it, in hopes that perhaps someone will take over from her and “use” it next year! The template should also be helpful for anyone who hopes to self-publish their work in a 6×9 inch book.
Continue reading Book TemplateAnthology Deadlines
We had five editors before the meeting, six afterward. Sheila will send the file to all the editors (with their editing assignments) by the end of Monday. Anyone else volunteering to edit needs to contact her (admin @ portlandwritersmill . org, or anthology @ … etc) before then.
Continue reading Anthology DeadlinesWriters Mill Minutes 202408
Housekeeping
Writers’ Mill had 10 attendees in-person and 7 on Zoom for a total of 17 at our August meeting. Sheila started the meeting with the usual boring reminders: For online members:
Continue reading Writers Mill Minutes 202408Anthology Update
The deadline for submissions to this year’s anthology was the end of Sunday August 4th. Many thanks to all who sent in submissions. Work has started on putting them all together and we will send out another call for volunteers soon!
The rules are simple:
- Members only
- up to 5 submissions per member
- up to 5,000 words in total per member
Send your submissions to anthology @ portlandwritersmill . org
And watch this space for further news!
Words, words, words
Useful Links from Melanie Dobson’s talk
- https://onelook.com/ a great way to find words (with thanks to Melanie again)
- https://www.merriam-webster.com/ will give you the first time a word was used