Rudy 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.

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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.

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Anthology 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!

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