by SusanDaffron on February 1, 2010
Table of Contents
– President’s Letter
– Editor’s Note
– Market Update by Patricia Fry
– Book Doctor by Bobbie Christmas
– Member News
– Word Usage by Bonnie Myhrum
– Book review by Dallas Woodburn—
The I Love to Write Book: Ideas & Tips for Young Writers by Mary-Lane Kamberg
– Featured Members—Charlotte and Jon O’Brien
– This and That
by SusanDaffron on February 1, 2010
A Web site is up for the seven-day mystery cruise to the Mexican Riviera next November: www.2010mysterycruise.blogspot.com Panels and presentations are being pulled together as authors sign up. Short mystery fiction is a strong entry. Looking for publishers to represent their houses and do pitch sessions as well as editors who have put together anthologies. [...]
by SusanDaffron on February 1, 2010
Spring Book Show, March 26-28, 2010, Cobb Galleria, Atlanta, GA, www.springbookshow.com or call Cathie Eargle at 865-922-7490 to register.
by SusanDaffron on February 1, 2010
CLAS is sponsoring a three-session book proposal workshop on February 3, 10 and 17, 7-9 p.m., at Bank of Books, 748 East Main Street, Ventura, CA. The workshop will include detailed instruction on how to prepare the book proposal. Authors will receive individual help. There will be a Q&A. The goal is for each author [...]
by SusanDaffron on February 1, 2010
The 2010 San Francisco Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual program celebrating the best books of the spring season. The event will hold its awards ceremony in May in San Francisco. www.sanfranciscobookfestival.com
by SusanDaffron on February 1, 2010
The 2010 Beach Book Festival has issued the call for entries to its annual competition honoring the hottest reads of the summer season. The top festival book of the upcoming season will win $1500 and a flight to New York for our June 11 awards ceremony at the famed Algonquin Hotel. www.beachbookfestival.com
by SusanDaffron on February 1, 2010
The 2010 New York Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual celebration of books worthy of further recognition from the world’s publishing capital. The event will be held June 10-12, 2010 in Manhattan. www.newyorkbookfestival.com
by SusanDaffron on February 1, 2010
Living Now Awards—Entry fee is $90 per category and the final entry deadline is February 14, 2010. Enter online by midnight Feb. 14 and send books later, or postmark your mail-in entry by February 13th. The Living Now Book Awards present gold, silver and bronze medallions in 30 different lifestyle categories. www.livingnowawards.com