M E D I A R E L E A S E
CONTACT: Carolyn Howard-Johnson
E-mail: HoJoNews@aol.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Amazon Short Program a Fit for Carolyn Howard-Johnson's Plans to Help Authors
Los Angeles - Carolyn Howard-Johnson is partnering with Amazon Shorts, a program that brings short pieces from published authors for the amazing price of 49 cents. Shorts include nonfiction and how-tos, short stories, poetry collections and more.
Howard-Johnson, the author of five published books available on Amazon, says, "I have consulting clients who hate to learn the proposal and synopsis process. There are many good books out there on the subject but I needed to lead these authors through the process easily and fast. Thus The Great First Impression Book Proposal was born. Amazon's short program seemed made for it. Amazon is a true publisher. They put the work out their and publicize it to the reading public."
Daniel Slater, editor at Amazon, and his team put together a cover and shepherded The Great First Impression Book Proposal: Everything You Need to Know About Selling Your Book in 20 Minutes or Less through the process in less than six weeks. Howard-Johnson says, "They have been very responsive, excellent communicators."
Howard-Johnson is no stranger to publishing or to awards. Her novel, This is the Place, won eight awards. Her book of creative nonfiction, Harkening, won three and her chapbook of poetry (Finishing Line Press) won the award of excellence from the Military Writers Societyof America. The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success and The Frugal Book Promoter: How to Do What Your Publisher Won't are both USA Book News Award winners in the publishing and writing category. Her marketing campaign for those books won the Book Publicists of Southern California's Irwin Award.
The author is an extension division instructor for UCLA’s renowned Writers’ Program and speaks at writers' conferences nationwide. She was named Woman of the Year in Arts and Entertainment by the California Legislature and American Business Women's Association (ABWA) named her Outstanding Woman.
Learn more about Howard-Johnson at http://carolynhoward-johnson.com or http://www.howtodoitfrugally.com. She blogs at
www.thefrugaleditor.blogspot.com,
www.sharingwithwriting.blogspot.com,
www.authorscoalition.blogspot.com,
www.thenewbookreview.blogspot.com,
and www.warpeacetolerance.blogspot.com.
Find The Great First Impression Book Proposal at http://www.amazon.com/Great-First-Impression-Book-Proposal/dp/B000YG6O5U/
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Support Materials including Short cover art is available on request.
Friday, December 7, 2007
Gwynne Spencer Cosmic Raccoon
Gwynne Spencer's Cosmic Raccoon is out for December. Check out her web site on the blog or past it right here.
gwynnespencer@aol.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
www.gwynnespencer.com
gwynnespencer@aol.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
www.gwynnespencer.com
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Ann Wylie Writing Coach Reving up the Readership
Wylie's Writing Tips
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Dec. 5, 2007
Publisher: Ann Wylie, Ann@WylieComm.com
Copyright Ann Wylie, 2007
_____________________________________________
"If it doesn't sell, it isn't creative."
-- David Ogilvy, "The Father of Advertising"
_____________________________________________
In this issue
_____________________________________________
* Quick tips: Try this recipe for creativity, stop information pollution, and become a headline ACE
* Is your press release spam? There's got to be a better way
* Book Ann now and save: Lock in this year's fees for next year's programs
* Check out Ann's touring schedule: Polish your skills when you catch Ann on the road
* Keep up with Ann's calendar: Find out when Ann's coming to your neighborhood
____________________________________________
"Thanks to Sesame Street, people expect to be entertained while educated."
-- Scott McKain,
chairman,
McKain Performance Group
_____________________________________________
Quick tips
---------------------------------------------------
Think inside the box
_____________________________________________
Try this recipe for creativity, stop information pollution, and become a headline ACE with these three tips from Rev Up Readership, Ann's premium toolbox for communicators:
http://tinyurl.com/hklye
---------------------------------------------------
Try this recipe for creativity
---------------------------------------------------
In 1999, Israeli researchers studied 200 ads that had been award winners or finalists in top advertising competitions. The researchers found that nearly nine in 10 of the ads could be classified into six templates.
Next, they studied 200 less successful ads -- those that had not earned awards. The researchers found that only 2.5 percent of those ads could be classified into templates.
"The surprising lesson of this story: Highly creative ads are more predictable than uncreative ones," write Chip Heath and Dan Heath in Made to Stick.
"It's like Tolstoy's quote: 'All happy families resemble each other, but each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.' All creative ads resemble one another, but each loser is uncreative in its own way."
=====>>> Tip: Next time you're developing a brochure, annual report or creative campaign, try the "consequences" technique.
For this approach, point out unexpected consequences of a product feature. A commercial for car loudspeakers, for instance, showed a bridge on the verge of collapse when the speakers of a car parked on it were turned way up.
To use this template, ask: "What's a key feature of our product or service? How can we exaggerate the consequences of using -- or failing to use -- this feature?"
Rev Up Readership Gold and Silver members, get the other five creative templates:
http://tinyurl.com/rsooe
Not yet a Rev Up Readership member? Join now:
http://tinyurl.com/hklye
___
Sources: Jacob Goldenberg, David Mazursky and Sorin Solomon, "The Fundamental Templates of Quality Ads," Marketing Science 18 (1999), 333-51; Chip Heath and Dan Heath, Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die, Random House, 2007: http://tinyurl.com/38vtxz
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Stop information pollution
---------------------------------------------------
Information pollution -- what "king of usability" Jakob Nielsen describes as "excessive word count and worthless details" -- not only wastes time, it steals audience attention.
"Each little piece of useless chatter is relatively innocent, and only robs us of a few seconds," Nielsen says. "The cumulative effect, however, is much worse: we assume that most communication is equally useless and tune it out, thus missing important information that's sometimes embedded in the mess."
Nielsen's solution: Cut your copy in half. He cites studies that show that removing half the words from your Web copy can double the amount of information users actually get.
"Let's clean up our information environment," he says. "Are you saying something that benefits your customers, or simply spewing word count? If users don't need it, don't write it. Stop polluting now."
Rev Up Readership Gold and Silver members, learn more Web-writing techniques from Nielsen:
http://tinyurl.com/rsooe
Rev Up Readership Gold members, find more ways to improve your Web writing:
http://tinyurl.com/yb78ne
---
Source: Jakob Nielsen, "Information Pollution," Alertbox, Aug. 11, 2003: http://tinyurl.com/kque
---------------------------------------------------
Become a headline ACE
---------------------------------------------------
What would your spouse, a classified ad or a joker in a bar say about your topic?
Make that comment your headline.
Many winners of the American Copy Editors Society's (ACES) 2006 Nationwide Headline Contest used this approach -- colloquial headlines -- for their award-winning heads.
For a photo package of elephants at a zoo, for instance, The Providence Journal's Peter Donahue channeled the classifieds:
Heavy-duty pickup, big trunk,
gray only, must see
When writing about a financial guide for newlyweds, Steve Byers of the Huntsville (Ala.) Times wrote:
No, sweetie, I distinctly said
'till debt do us part'
Just married? Then
take a vow to buy
this financial guide
Jeff Verbus of The Repository (Canton, Ohio) took a cue from the "where" element of his story to write this headline:
Didja hear 'bout
the deer that burst into a bar?
So what would someone say about your topic? That's your headline.
Rev Up Readership Gold and Silver members, learn more ways to write ACE headlines:
http://tinyurl.com/rsooe
Rev Up Readership Gold members, find more ways to improve your headlines:
http://tinyurl.com/2zskmx
___
Source: American Copy Editors Society's (ACES) 2006 Nationwide Headline Contest: http://tinyurl.com/2adnas
______________________________________________
"If nobody hears your strategic messaging, does it make a sound?"
-- David Murray,
editor,
Ragan Report
______________________________________________
Cut Through the Clutter
---------------------------------------------------
How to make every piece you write
easier to read and understand
_____________________________________________
Is your copy easy to read?
According to communication experts, that's one of the two key questions people ask to determine whether to read a piece -- or whether to toss it.
RevUpReadership.com has more than 100 articles packed with tools, tips and formulas to help you write more clearly and concisely.
Plus, as a Gold member, you'll have access to more than 1,150 articles in total, all exhaustively indexed and easy to find, on RevUpReadership.com. Whether you're looking for headline help, an outline for your next story or world-class Websites to model, you'll find it on RevUpReadership.com.
Learn more: http://www.revvingupreadership.com/
_____________________________________________
"Does your writing read like Muzak when you wish your words would leap up and sing like Streisand?
"Every time I read 'Rev Up Readership' I turn to my computer with tangible tips that add energy to my writing. Ann's suggestions prompt new thought processes to ease the flow of writing. When I'm stumped, I pick up past copies and discover the solution I need -- plus something to fix what I hadn't realized wasn't working.
"The balance between concrete tools and renewed passion is the most valuable feature 'Rev Up Readership' offers."
-- Marj McKinty,
development director
Lincoln Medical Education Partnership
_____________________________________________
Is your press release spam?
---------------------------------------------------
There's got to be a better way
_____________________________________________
When a respected journalist posts the e-mail addresses of 329 PR pros on his blog and uses his spam filter to block their messages permanently, something's got to change.
"I've had it," says Chris Anderson, executive editor of Wired magazine, told The New York Times. "I get more than 300 e-mails a day and my problem isn't spam ... it's P.R. people."
The PR pros -- including folks from Edelman, Fleishman-Hillard, Ogilvy Mather Worldwide and Weber Shandwick -- will soon be getting unwanted e-mail themselves. That's because "spam bots" collect e-mail addresses from Websites like Anderson's blog.
Want to avoid this kind of response to your e-mailed releases? Here are three approaches to try:
---------------------------------------------------
1. Prune the list.
---------------------------------------------------
"The smart PR folks (the successful ones) struggle to make their lists smaller and smaller," writes Seth Godin on his blog. "The lazy ones just try to make them bigger."
---------------------------------------------------
2. Target individual journalists.
---------------------------------------------------
Instead of spraying buckshot, do your homework and target the right reporter, says Peter Shankman, author of Can We Do That?! Outrageous PR Stunts That Work.
"Don't want to do that?" he asks. "Get the h*ll out of my industry."
---------------------------------------------------
3. Distribute via RSS feed.
---------------------------------------------------
"I'm about to change my letter to PR people asking them not to send emails with their news," San Jose Mercury News tech columnist Dan Gillmor told participants in a Bulldog Reporter teleseminar.
"I think the press release page of a company's site should have its own RSS feed. PR people will have a better shot at having journalists like me read their headlines if they do this. … The beauty of RSS is that nobody can force an RSS feed down your throat."
Nearly four in 10 journalists already use RSS feeds to keep up with news, according to a new study by Bulldog Reporter and TEKgroup International.
---------------------------------------------------
It's gone too far, people
---------------------------------------------------
The problem of e-mailed releases does seem to have gotten out of hand.
The New York Times reports that even PR Watch gets unsolicited e-mailed releases.
"We are a watchdog organization whose sole purpose is to critique objectionable P.R. practices, and even we get spammed by P.R. people," Sheldon Rampton, editor of PR Watch, told the Times.
"Sometimes we get follow-up calls from them asking if we want to run their stories. We've developed a standard response, which is, 'We write about deceptive and unethical P.R. practices -- do you have a story for us?'"
---------------------------------------------------
Create releases that get the word out
---------------------------------------------------
Are you looking for more ways to make your media relations more effective?
If so, join Ann at PRSA's Jan. 24 teleseminar, "Anatomy of a News Release, Pitch and E-mailed Release."
You'll learn to test your own copy against our checklists to make sure it includes everything needed for optimum impact -- in the right order, using the most effective approach -- without including too much. You'll learn:
* How to use the six-word limit to make your e-mail pitch leads less irritating to editors and reporters
* The most common lead approach -- and why you should avoid it
* The one-foot rule for making your pitches more effective
* Why two heads are better than one -- and how to tap the power of communication layers in your next release
* How to avoid editors' pet peeves about e-mailed releases
You'll walk away with formats, do's and don'ts, and rules of thumb for effective PR writing based on the latest research. They didn't teach you this in PR 101!
Sign up or get more details:
http://tinyurl.com/2tl2ga
Learn about Ann's other upcoming teleseminars:
http://tinyurl.com/zk289
___
Sources: Steve Kagan, "Things Turn Ugly in the 'Hacks vs. Flacks' War," The New York Times, Nov. 5, 2007: http://tinyurl.com/2dypjp; Seth Godin, "PR and the first amendment and keeping your job," Seth Godin's Blog, Oct. 31, 2007: http://tinyurl.com/2ztumw; "Is PR Email Dead?" Journalists Speak Out, July 7, 2004; Tonya Garcia, "Survey: More journalists consult online info," PR Week, Nov. 6, 2007: http://tinyurl.com/2ezxf4
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"Doctors lose their licenses. Drunk drivers get cited in the local papers. Speeders get tickets. Wild pitchers get pulled from the baseball game. Pedophiles must post signs warning the public of their past crimes. Why shouldn't grossly careless or incompetent PR people be lined up, exposed, and punished, too?"
-- Brenda Clevenger, ABC,
co-founder of CornerBarPR
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Book Ann now and save
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Lock in this year's fees for next year's programs _____________________________________________
Because of increasing demand for my programs, I'll be increasing the fees for my writing workshops on Jan. 2. Now, for a limited time, you can lock in 2007 fees for 2008 programs.
To get this year's fees for next year's programs, you must complete booking (that is, get a signed contract and deposit to me) by Dec. 31. To book a program, contact me at:
Ann@WylieComm.com
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Nothing but the truth
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What people say about Ann's writing workshops _____________________________________________
"Valuable and relevant information fabulously delivered in an incredibly interesting way."
-- Tammy Flynn,
marketing specialist,
City of Hampton
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Where in the world is Ann?
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Cut your training costs when you piggyback your program _____________________________________________
Save money when you piggyback your workshop by scheduling it when Ann is already "in the neighborhood." Book your program the day before or after another organization's and split Ann's airfare and ground transportation with the other group.
Ask about piggybacking on Ann's upcoming engagements in:
* Boston: Dec. 10
* Chicago: March 7, May 8-9
* Cleveland: Dec. 19
* Dayton, Ohio: May 1
* Des Moines, Iowa: Feb. 27
* Kansas City, Mo.: Dec. 12
* Orange County, Calif.: Jan. 17
* Washington, D.C.: Feb. 15
Save even more: Ask about Ann's communication association discounts and second-day fee reductions.
Contact Ann to discuss piggybacking:
Ann@WylieComm.com
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Ann's touring schedule
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Polish your skills at one of these events _____________________________________________
Alas, Ann can't invite you to the in-house seminars she presents for private organizations. But everyone's invited to Ann's upcoming public seminars in:
* Boston on Dec. 10. "Writing That Sells," a one-day workshop for PRSA. Contact PRSA for details: pd@prsa.org or 212/460-1480
* Chicago on March 7. "Writing That Sells," a one-day workshop for PRSA. Contact PRSA for details: pd@prsa.org or 212/460-1480
* Chicago on May 9. "Beyond the Inverted Pyramid" and "Think Like a Reader," two sessions for Ragan's Corporate Communicators Conference. Watch this space for details: http://tinyurl.com/2rfofm
* Dayton, on May 1: "Writing That Sells," a one-day workshop for Greater Dayton PRSA, IABC Dayton and the Greater Dayton Advertising Association. Contact Natasha Baker, APR, for details: 937/424-8950 x 2115
* Kansas City on Dec. 12. "Rev Up Readership," a luncheon keynote and half-day writing workshop for Kansas City IABC:
http://tinyurl.com/2vot8z
* Orange County on Jan. 17. "Writing That Sells," a one-day workshop for Orange County PRSA: Contact Katie Coates Ageson: 714/593-8874
* Washington, D.C., on Feb. 15. "Foolproof speechwriting: Master a simple structure that works for every speech," a one-day workshop for Ragan's Speechwriter's Conference:
http://tinyurl.com/2h2tdr
Would you like to attend? Please contact meeting planners directly for details.
Can't make these events? If you'd like to bring an Ann Wylie workshop to your organization, contact her at Ann@WylieComm.com
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Keep up with Ann's calendar
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Want to find out when Ann's coming to your neighborhood, learn when you can sign up for one of her programs and otherwise keep up with her calendar? Check out:
http://tinyurl.com/zk289
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What are we up to?
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The folks at Wylie Communications have been enjoying:
* Writing magazine and report copy for Northern Trust and Saint Luke's/Kansas City:
http://tinyurl.com/hgjlg
* Serving as creative consultants for marketing magazines and newsletters for Northern Trust and Saint Luke's/Kansas City:
http://tinyurl.com/fgv5m
* Presenting writing workshops for State Farm:
http://tinyurl.com/kyfun
* Providing writing coaching to Nokia:
http://tinyurl.com/hv5j3
* Presenting teleseminars for PRSA:
http://tinyurl.com/eh3up
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For more info --
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--- about Ann Wylie's seminars, publication consulting or writing and editing services, please contact Ann at Ann@WylieComm.com or visit http://WylieComm.com
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_____________________________________________
Dec. 5, 2007
Publisher: Ann Wylie, Ann@WylieComm.com
Copyright Ann Wylie, 2007
_____________________________________________
"If it doesn't sell, it isn't creative."
-- David Ogilvy, "The Father of Advertising"
_____________________________________________
In this issue
_____________________________________________
* Quick tips: Try this recipe for creativity, stop information pollution, and become a headline ACE
* Is your press release spam? There's got to be a better way
* Book Ann now and save: Lock in this year's fees for next year's programs
* Check out Ann's touring schedule: Polish your skills when you catch Ann on the road
* Keep up with Ann's calendar: Find out when Ann's coming to your neighborhood
____________________________________________
"Thanks to Sesame Street, people expect to be entertained while educated."
-- Scott McKain,
chairman,
McKain Performance Group
_____________________________________________
Quick tips
---------------------------------------------------
Think inside the box
_____________________________________________
Try this recipe for creativity, stop information pollution, and become a headline ACE with these three tips from Rev Up Readership, Ann's premium toolbox for communicators:
http://tinyurl.com/hklye
---------------------------------------------------
Try this recipe for creativity
---------------------------------------------------
In 1999, Israeli researchers studied 200 ads that had been award winners or finalists in top advertising competitions. The researchers found that nearly nine in 10 of the ads could be classified into six templates.
Next, they studied 200 less successful ads -- those that had not earned awards. The researchers found that only 2.5 percent of those ads could be classified into templates.
"The surprising lesson of this story: Highly creative ads are more predictable than uncreative ones," write Chip Heath and Dan Heath in Made to Stick.
"It's like Tolstoy's quote: 'All happy families resemble each other, but each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.' All creative ads resemble one another, but each loser is uncreative in its own way."
=====>>> Tip: Next time you're developing a brochure, annual report or creative campaign, try the "consequences" technique.
For this approach, point out unexpected consequences of a product feature. A commercial for car loudspeakers, for instance, showed a bridge on the verge of collapse when the speakers of a car parked on it were turned way up.
To use this template, ask: "What's a key feature of our product or service? How can we exaggerate the consequences of using -- or failing to use -- this feature?"
Rev Up Readership Gold and Silver members, get the other five creative templates:
http://tinyurl.com/rsooe
Not yet a Rev Up Readership member? Join now:
http://tinyurl.com/hklye
___
Sources: Jacob Goldenberg, David Mazursky and Sorin Solomon, "The Fundamental Templates of Quality Ads," Marketing Science 18 (1999), 333-51; Chip Heath and Dan Heath, Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die, Random House, 2007: http://tinyurl.com/38vtxz
---------------------------------------------------
Stop information pollution
---------------------------------------------------
Information pollution -- what "king of usability" Jakob Nielsen describes as "excessive word count and worthless details" -- not only wastes time, it steals audience attention.
"Each little piece of useless chatter is relatively innocent, and only robs us of a few seconds," Nielsen says. "The cumulative effect, however, is much worse: we assume that most communication is equally useless and tune it out, thus missing important information that's sometimes embedded in the mess."
Nielsen's solution: Cut your copy in half. He cites studies that show that removing half the words from your Web copy can double the amount of information users actually get.
"Let's clean up our information environment," he says. "Are you saying something that benefits your customers, or simply spewing word count? If users don't need it, don't write it. Stop polluting now."
Rev Up Readership Gold and Silver members, learn more Web-writing techniques from Nielsen:
http://tinyurl.com/rsooe
Rev Up Readership Gold members, find more ways to improve your Web writing:
http://tinyurl.com/yb78ne
---
Source: Jakob Nielsen, "Information Pollution," Alertbox, Aug. 11, 2003: http://tinyurl.com/kque
---------------------------------------------------
Become a headline ACE
---------------------------------------------------
What would your spouse, a classified ad or a joker in a bar say about your topic?
Make that comment your headline.
Many winners of the American Copy Editors Society's (ACES) 2006 Nationwide Headline Contest used this approach -- colloquial headlines -- for their award-winning heads.
For a photo package of elephants at a zoo, for instance, The Providence Journal's Peter Donahue channeled the classifieds:
Heavy-duty pickup, big trunk,
gray only, must see
When writing about a financial guide for newlyweds, Steve Byers of the Huntsville (Ala.) Times wrote:
No, sweetie, I distinctly said
'till debt do us part'
Just married? Then
take a vow to buy
this financial guide
Jeff Verbus of The Repository (Canton, Ohio) took a cue from the "where" element of his story to write this headline:
Didja hear 'bout
the deer that burst into a bar?
So what would someone say about your topic? That's your headline.
Rev Up Readership Gold and Silver members, learn more ways to write ACE headlines:
http://tinyurl.com/rsooe
Rev Up Readership Gold members, find more ways to improve your headlines:
http://tinyurl.com/2zskmx
___
Source: American Copy Editors Society's (ACES) 2006 Nationwide Headline Contest: http://tinyurl.com/2adnas
______________________________________________
"If nobody hears your strategic messaging, does it make a sound?"
-- David Murray,
editor,
Ragan Report
______________________________________________
Cut Through the Clutter
---------------------------------------------------
How to make every piece you write
easier to read and understand
_____________________________________________
Is your copy easy to read?
According to communication experts, that's one of the two key questions people ask to determine whether to read a piece -- or whether to toss it.
RevUpReadership.com has more than 100 articles packed with tools, tips and formulas to help you write more clearly and concisely.
Plus, as a Gold member, you'll have access to more than 1,150 articles in total, all exhaustively indexed and easy to find, on RevUpReadership.com. Whether you're looking for headline help, an outline for your next story or world-class Websites to model, you'll find it on RevUpReadership.com.
Learn more: http://www.revvingupreadership.com/
_____________________________________________
"Does your writing read like Muzak when you wish your words would leap up and sing like Streisand?
"Every time I read 'Rev Up Readership' I turn to my computer with tangible tips that add energy to my writing. Ann's suggestions prompt new thought processes to ease the flow of writing. When I'm stumped, I pick up past copies and discover the solution I need -- plus something to fix what I hadn't realized wasn't working.
"The balance between concrete tools and renewed passion is the most valuable feature 'Rev Up Readership' offers."
-- Marj McKinty,
development director
Lincoln Medical Education Partnership
_____________________________________________
Is your press release spam?
---------------------------------------------------
There's got to be a better way
_____________________________________________
When a respected journalist posts the e-mail addresses of 329 PR pros on his blog and uses his spam filter to block their messages permanently, something's got to change.
"I've had it," says Chris Anderson, executive editor of Wired magazine, told The New York Times. "I get more than 300 e-mails a day and my problem isn't spam ... it's P.R. people."
The PR pros -- including folks from Edelman, Fleishman-Hillard, Ogilvy Mather Worldwide and Weber Shandwick -- will soon be getting unwanted e-mail themselves. That's because "spam bots" collect e-mail addresses from Websites like Anderson's blog.
Want to avoid this kind of response to your e-mailed releases? Here are three approaches to try:
---------------------------------------------------
1. Prune the list.
---------------------------------------------------
"The smart PR folks (the successful ones) struggle to make their lists smaller and smaller," writes Seth Godin on his blog. "The lazy ones just try to make them bigger."
---------------------------------------------------
2. Target individual journalists.
---------------------------------------------------
Instead of spraying buckshot, do your homework and target the right reporter, says Peter Shankman, author of Can We Do That?! Outrageous PR Stunts That Work.
"Don't want to do that?" he asks. "Get the h*ll out of my industry."
---------------------------------------------------
3. Distribute via RSS feed.
---------------------------------------------------
"I'm about to change my letter to PR people asking them not to send emails with their news," San Jose Mercury News tech columnist Dan Gillmor told participants in a Bulldog Reporter teleseminar.
"I think the press release page of a company's site should have its own RSS feed. PR people will have a better shot at having journalists like me read their headlines if they do this. … The beauty of RSS is that nobody can force an RSS feed down your throat."
Nearly four in 10 journalists already use RSS feeds to keep up with news, according to a new study by Bulldog Reporter and TEKgroup International.
---------------------------------------------------
It's gone too far, people
---------------------------------------------------
The problem of e-mailed releases does seem to have gotten out of hand.
The New York Times reports that even PR Watch gets unsolicited e-mailed releases.
"We are a watchdog organization whose sole purpose is to critique objectionable P.R. practices, and even we get spammed by P.R. people," Sheldon Rampton, editor of PR Watch, told the Times.
"Sometimes we get follow-up calls from them asking if we want to run their stories. We've developed a standard response, which is, 'We write about deceptive and unethical P.R. practices -- do you have a story for us?'"
---------------------------------------------------
Create releases that get the word out
---------------------------------------------------
Are you looking for more ways to make your media relations more effective?
If so, join Ann at PRSA's Jan. 24 teleseminar, "Anatomy of a News Release, Pitch and E-mailed Release."
You'll learn to test your own copy against our checklists to make sure it includes everything needed for optimum impact -- in the right order, using the most effective approach -- without including too much. You'll learn:
* How to use the six-word limit to make your e-mail pitch leads less irritating to editors and reporters
* The most common lead approach -- and why you should avoid it
* The one-foot rule for making your pitches more effective
* Why two heads are better than one -- and how to tap the power of communication layers in your next release
* How to avoid editors' pet peeves about e-mailed releases
You'll walk away with formats, do's and don'ts, and rules of thumb for effective PR writing based on the latest research. They didn't teach you this in PR 101!
Sign up or get more details:
http://tinyurl.com/2tl2ga
Learn about Ann's other upcoming teleseminars:
http://tinyurl.com/zk289
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Sources: Steve Kagan, "Things Turn Ugly in the 'Hacks vs. Flacks' War," The New York Times, Nov. 5, 2007: http://tinyurl.com/2dypjp; Seth Godin, "PR and the first amendment and keeping your job," Seth Godin's Blog, Oct. 31, 2007: http://tinyurl.com/2ztumw; "Is PR Email Dead?" Journalists Speak Out, July 7, 2004; Tonya Garcia, "Survey: More journalists consult online info," PR Week, Nov. 6, 2007: http://tinyurl.com/2ezxf4
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"Doctors lose their licenses. Drunk drivers get cited in the local papers. Speeders get tickets. Wild pitchers get pulled from the baseball game. Pedophiles must post signs warning the public of their past crimes. Why shouldn't grossly careless or incompetent PR people be lined up, exposed, and punished, too?"
-- Brenda Clevenger, ABC,
co-founder of CornerBarPR
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Because of increasing demand for my programs, I'll be increasing the fees for my writing workshops on Jan. 2. Now, for a limited time, you can lock in 2007 fees for 2008 programs.
To get this year's fees for next year's programs, you must complete booking (that is, get a signed contract and deposit to me) by Dec. 31. To book a program, contact me at:
Ann@WylieComm.com
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City of Hampton
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Cut your training costs when you piggyback your program _____________________________________________
Save money when you piggyback your workshop by scheduling it when Ann is already "in the neighborhood." Book your program the day before or after another organization's and split Ann's airfare and ground transportation with the other group.
Ask about piggybacking on Ann's upcoming engagements in:
* Boston: Dec. 10
* Chicago: March 7, May 8-9
* Cleveland: Dec. 19
* Dayton, Ohio: May 1
* Des Moines, Iowa: Feb. 27
* Kansas City, Mo.: Dec. 12
* Orange County, Calif.: Jan. 17
* Washington, D.C.: Feb. 15
Save even more: Ask about Ann's communication association discounts and second-day fee reductions.
Contact Ann to discuss piggybacking:
Ann@WylieComm.com
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Ann's touring schedule
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Polish your skills at one of these events _____________________________________________
Alas, Ann can't invite you to the in-house seminars she presents for private organizations. But everyone's invited to Ann's upcoming public seminars in:
* Boston on Dec. 10. "Writing That Sells," a one-day workshop for PRSA. Contact PRSA for details: pd@prsa.org or 212/460-1480
* Chicago on March 7. "Writing That Sells," a one-day workshop for PRSA. Contact PRSA for details: pd@prsa.org or 212/460-1480
* Chicago on May 9. "Beyond the Inverted Pyramid" and "Think Like a Reader," two sessions for Ragan's Corporate Communicators Conference. Watch this space for details: http://tinyurl.com/2rfofm
* Dayton, on May 1: "Writing That Sells," a one-day workshop for Greater Dayton PRSA, IABC Dayton and the Greater Dayton Advertising Association. Contact Natasha Baker, APR, for details: 937/424-8950 x 2115
* Kansas City on Dec. 12. "Rev Up Readership," a luncheon keynote and half-day writing workshop for Kansas City IABC:
http://tinyurl.com/2vot8z
* Orange County on Jan. 17. "Writing That Sells," a one-day workshop for Orange County PRSA: Contact Katie Coates Ageson: 714/593-8874
* Washington, D.C., on Feb. 15. "Foolproof speechwriting: Master a simple structure that works for every speech," a one-day workshop for Ragan's Speechwriter's Conference:
http://tinyurl.com/2h2tdr
Would you like to attend? Please contact meeting planners directly for details.
Can't make these events? If you'd like to bring an Ann Wylie workshop to your organization, contact her at Ann@WylieComm.com
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Want to find out when Ann's coming to your neighborhood, learn when you can sign up for one of her programs and otherwise keep up with her calendar? Check out:
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The folks at Wylie Communications have been enjoying:
* Writing magazine and report copy for Northern Trust and Saint Luke's/Kansas City:
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* Serving as creative consultants for marketing magazines and newsletters for Northern Trust and Saint Luke's/Kansas City:
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* Presenting writing workshops for State Farm:
http://tinyurl.com/kyfun
* Providing writing coaching to Nokia:
http://tinyurl.com/hv5j3
* Presenting teleseminars for PRSA:
http://tinyurl.com/eh3up
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Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Monday, December 3, 2007
Write On Four Corners KSJE FM Schedule December 2007 and January 2008
The Write On Four Corners Schedule for December, 2007 January, 2008 KSJE FM
12/5 Jeanette Boyer Junkyard Dreams Land Developers vs. Residents in Santa Fe UNM Press
12/12 Margaret Brettschneider Shadows on the Iron Curtain Blue Harmony Press
1/2 Lisa Polisar The Ghost of Mary Prairie University of New Mexico Press
1/9 Mary Neighbour Speak Right Dred Scott A Novel The Toby Press
Write On Four Corners runs on Wednesdays at 10:30 am and Fridays at 2:30 pm Mountain Time on KSJE FM 90.9 You can listen on the web at www.ksje.com in real time by clicking on listen live, or by going MP3 Archives, Write On Four Corners, and the program you wish to hear. We usually send up the podcasts a little after the Wednesday broadcasts.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
12/5 Jeanette Boyer Junkyard Dreams Land Developers vs. Residents in Santa Fe UNM Press
12/12 Margaret Brettschneider Shadows on the Iron Curtain Blue Harmony Press
1/2 Lisa Polisar The Ghost of Mary Prairie University of New Mexico Press
1/9 Mary Neighbour Speak Right Dred Scott A Novel The Toby Press
Write On Four Corners runs on Wednesdays at 10:30 am and Fridays at 2:30 pm Mountain Time on KSJE FM 90.9 You can listen on the web at www.ksje.com in real time by clicking on listen live, or by going MP3 Archives, Write On Four Corners, and the program you wish to hear. We usually send up the podcasts a little after the Wednesday broadcasts.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Thursday, November 29, 2007
New Kevin Kearney Book Cominf from New Mexico Writer/Write On Four Corners KSJE, Farmington author Kevin Kearney
My new book, Death Song, number eleven in the Kerney series, will be on sale in stores December 27. When my tour schedule is set, it will be posted on my website www.michaelmcgarrity.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
KSJE-FM Write On Four Corners News: Albuquerque Lisa Leonard Cook's Fall '07 News Letter
My fall 2007 newsletter, featuring two new classes, a new book, and more, can now be found at www.lisalenardcook.com.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Monday, November 26, 2007
Write On Four Corners Sylvia Rodriguez and her Book Acequia, Water Sharing, Sanctity and Place Published by the School for Advanced Research Santa Fe
11/28 Sylvia Rodriguez Acequia Water Sharing Sanctity and Place School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe. Ms. Rodriguez examines the history and future of water allotment and its affect on culture in New Mexico.
Write On Four Corners runs on Wednesdays at 10:30 am and Fridays at 2:30 pm Mountain Time on KSJE FM 90.9 You can listen on the web at www.ksje.com in real time by clicking on listen live, or by going MP3 Archives, Write On Four Corners, and the program you wish to hear. We usually send up the podcasts a little after the Wednesday broadcasts.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Write On Four Corners runs on Wednesdays at 10:30 am and Fridays at 2:30 pm Mountain Time on KSJE FM 90.9 You can listen on the web at www.ksje.com in real time by clicking on listen live, or by going MP3 Archives, Write On Four Corners, and the program you wish to hear. We usually send up the podcasts a little after the Wednesday broadcasts.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Monday, November 19, 2007
Write On Four Corners Schedule for November, 2007
The Write On Four Corners Schedule for November, 2008 KSJE FM
11/21 Pip Howard Acronisity Chap Book Aztec Poet Pip Howard lives in Aztec and is a regular at Andrea Kristina’s poetry readings.
11/28 Sylvia Rodriguez Acequia Water Sharing Sanctity and Place School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe. Ms. Rodriguez examines the history and future of water allotment and its affect on culture in New Mexico.
Write On Four Corners runs on Wednesdays at 10:30 am and Fridays at 2:30 pm Mountain Time on KSJE FM 90.9 You can listen on the web at www.ksje.com in real time by clicking on listen live, or by going MP3 Archives, Write On Four Corners, and the program you wish to hear. We usually send up the podcasts a little after the Wednesday broadcasts.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
11/21 Pip Howard Acronisity Chap Book Aztec Poet Pip Howard lives in Aztec and is a regular at Andrea Kristina’s poetry readings.
11/28 Sylvia Rodriguez Acequia Water Sharing Sanctity and Place School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe. Ms. Rodriguez examines the history and future of water allotment and its affect on culture in New Mexico.
Write On Four Corners runs on Wednesdays at 10:30 am and Fridays at 2:30 pm Mountain Time on KSJE FM 90.9 You can listen on the web at www.ksje.com in real time by clicking on listen live, or by going MP3 Archives, Write On Four Corners, and the program you wish to hear. We usually send up the podcasts a little after the Wednesday broadcasts.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Three New Mexico Authors Signing Books: Dave DeWitt, Don Bullis, and Robert Torrez
THREE LOCAL AUTHORS TO HOLD A BOOK SIGNING DECEMBER 8
Three local authors will be having a book signing at the St. Johns Cathedral Holiday Book Fair on Saturday, December 8 from 10am to 4pm. St. Johns Cathedral is located at 318 Silver SW in Albuquerque.
11am to 12 noon -- Dave DeWitt will be signing his new book, Avenging Victorio, which was a finalist in the New Mexico Book Awards and the National Best Book Awards.
12noon to 1pm -- Don Bullis will be signing his new book, New Mexico: A Biographical Dictionary, which was the winner of the New Mexico Book Awards New Mexico Book and finalist, New Mexico Book Awards Reference Book.
1pm to 2pm -- Robert Torrez will be signing New Mexico in 1876-1877, which was a finalist in the New Mexico Book awards and the Winner of the National Best Books Award for Media and Journalism.
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Paul Rhetts
LPD Press & Rio Grande Books
925 Salamanca NW
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107
505/344-9382
FAX 505/345-5129
LPD_Press@msn.com
http://nmsantos.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Three local authors will be having a book signing at the St. Johns Cathedral Holiday Book Fair on Saturday, December 8 from 10am to 4pm. St. Johns Cathedral is located at 318 Silver SW in Albuquerque.
11am to 12 noon -- Dave DeWitt will be signing his new book, Avenging Victorio, which was a finalist in the New Mexico Book Awards and the National Best Book Awards.
12noon to 1pm -- Don Bullis will be signing his new book, New Mexico: A Biographical Dictionary, which was the winner of the New Mexico Book Awards New Mexico Book and finalist, New Mexico Book Awards Reference Book.
1pm to 2pm -- Robert Torrez will be signing New Mexico in 1876-1877, which was a finalist in the New Mexico Book awards and the Winner of the National Best Books Award for Media and Journalism.
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Paul Rhetts
LPD Press & Rio Grande Books
925 Salamanca NW
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107
505/344-9382
FAX 505/345-5129
LPD_Press@msn.com
http://nmsantos.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
New Mexico authors Sign Books: Don Bullis, Cynthia Davis, and Antonio Garcez
THREE LOCAL AUTHORS TO SIGN AT BORDERS COTTONWOOD
Don Bullis, author of New Mexico: A Biographical Dictionary, Antonio Garcez, author of New Mexico Ghost Stories, and Cynthia Davis, author of Rahab's Redemption, will be having a book signing on Saturday, November 24 at Borders Cottonwood at 10420 Coors Bypass on Albuquerque's Westside.
The book signings are part of a regular book signing schedule sponsored by the New Mexico Book Coop and Borders.
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Paul Rhetts
LPD Press & Rio Grande Books
925 Salamanca NW
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107
505/344-9382
FAX 505/345-5129
LPD_Press@msn.com
http://nmsantos.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Don Bullis, author of New Mexico: A Biographical Dictionary, Antonio Garcez, author of New Mexico Ghost Stories, and Cynthia Davis, author of Rahab's Redemption, will be having a book signing on Saturday, November 24 at Borders Cottonwood at 10420 Coors Bypass on Albuquerque's Westside.
The book signings are part of a regular book signing schedule sponsored by the New Mexico Book Coop and Borders.
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Paul Rhetts
LPD Press & Rio Grande Books
925 Salamanca NW
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107
505/344-9382
FAX 505/345-5129
LPD_Press@msn.com
http://nmsantos.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Dave DeWitt Signs his Novel Avenging Vittorio
LOCAL AUTHOR FEATURED AT BEST OF THE CITY PARTY
Dave DeWitt, author of "Avenging Victorio" from Rio Grande Books, will be featured at the Best of the City Party hosted by Albuquerque The Magazine on Thursday, November 29 at Santa Ana Star Casino. The Best of the City Party runs from 6pm to 10pm. DeWitt will be signing copies of his new book at the event at the booth for Borders, which has been named for the second year as the Best Bookstore in Albuquerque. Tickets for the event are available from Ticketmaster, Borders in Albuquerque, or at the door.
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Paul Rhetts
LPD Press & Rio Grande Books
925 Salamanca NW
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107
505/344-9382
FAX 505/345-5129
LPD_Press@msn.com
http://nmsantos.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Dave DeWitt, author of "Avenging Victorio" from Rio Grande Books, will be featured at the Best of the City Party hosted by Albuquerque The Magazine on Thursday, November 29 at Santa Ana Star Casino. The Best of the City Party runs from 6pm to 10pm. DeWitt will be signing copies of his new book at the event at the booth for Borders, which has been named for the second year as the Best Bookstore in Albuquerque. Tickets for the event are available from Ticketmaster, Borders in Albuquerque, or at the door.
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Paul Rhetts
LPD Press & Rio Grande Books
925 Salamanca NW
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107
505/344-9382
FAX 505/345-5129
LPD_Press@msn.com
http://nmsantos.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
LOCAL AUTHOR FEATURED AT BEST OF THE CITY PARTY
Dave DeWitt, author of "Avenging Victorio" from Rio Grande Books, will be featured at the Best of the City Party hosted by Albuquerque The Magazine on Thursday, November 29 at Santa Ana Star Casino. The Best of the City Party runs from 6pm to 10pm. DeWitt will be signing copies of his new book at the event at the booth for Borders, which has been named for the second year as the Best Bookstore in Albuquerque. Tickets for the event are available from Ticketmaster, Borders in Albuquerque, or at the door.
--
Paul Rhetts
LPD Press & Rio Grande Books
925 Salamanca NW
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107
505/344-9382
FAX 505/345-5129
LPD_Press@msn.com
http://nmsantos.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Dave DeWitt, author of "Avenging Victorio" from Rio Grande Books, will be featured at the Best of the City Party hosted by Albuquerque The Magazine on Thursday, November 29 at Santa Ana Star Casino. The Best of the City Party runs from 6pm to 10pm. DeWitt will be signing copies of his new book at the event at the booth for Borders, which has been named for the second year as the Best Bookstore in Albuquerque. Tickets for the event are available from Ticketmaster, Borders in Albuquerque, or at the door.
--
Paul Rhetts
LPD Press & Rio Grande Books
925 Salamanca NW
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107
505/344-9382
FAX 505/345-5129
LPD_Press@msn.com
http://nmsantos.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Art journalist and critic, Leanne Goebel, granted membership in the International Art Critics Association, USA Chapter.
Goebel granted membership in International Art Critics Association
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Art journalist and critic, Leanne Goebel, has been granted membership in the International Art Critics Association, USA Chapter. Goebel is a freelance writer specializing in the visual arts. She writes from Southwest Colorado.
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The International Association of Art Critics (AICA), founded in 1948/1949 in Paris and originally affiliated with UNESCO as an NGO ("non-governmental organization"). At present there are 64 member nations representing more than 4,000 art critics.
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Membership in AICA is a professional honor. The organization is open to critics who have been writing in the field of contemporary art at a high level and on a continuous basis for at least three years. (Contemporary art is defined as art made since 1900). Criticism may take the form of publications in reputable art magazines or journals, art critiques in daily papers or periodicals, reports on art for radio, or TV programs, books on contemporary art or art criticism and critical essays published in museum catalogues.
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Goebel applied for membership based upon her repertoire of contemporary art criticism for the Durango Herald and her writings in many other regional publications.
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?This is an honor for me and I?m thrilled to be able to network with other art critics. I look forward to all the opportunities that membership will bring,? Goebel said.
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AICA USA, headquartered in New York, is the largest national section, with a membership of over 400 distinguished critics, curators, scholars, and art historians around the country. AICA/USA is intent on international communication, elevating the values of art criticism as a discipline and acting on behalf of the physical and moral defense of works of art.
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Art journalist and critic, Leanne Goebel, has been granted membership in the International Art Critics Association, USA Chapter. Goebel is a freelance writer specializing in the visual arts. She writes from Southwest Colorado.
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The International Association of Art Critics (AICA), founded in 1948/1949 in Paris and originally affiliated with UNESCO as an NGO ("non-governmental organization"). At present there are 64 member nations representing more than 4,000 art critics.
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Membership in AICA is a professional honor. The organization is open to critics who have been writing in the field of contemporary art at a high level and on a continuous basis for at least three years. (Contemporary art is defined as art made since 1900). Criticism may take the form of publications in reputable art magazines or journals, art critiques in daily papers or periodicals, reports on art for radio, or TV programs, books on contemporary art or art criticism and critical essays published in museum catalogues.
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Goebel applied for membership based upon her repertoire of contemporary art criticism for the Durango Herald and her writings in many other regional publications.
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?This is an honor for me and I?m thrilled to be able to network with other art critics. I look forward to all the opportunities that membership will bring,? Goebel said.
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AICA USA, headquartered in New York, is the largest national section, with a membership of over 400 distinguished critics, curators, scholars, and art historians around the country. AICA/USA is intent on international communication, elevating the values of art criticism as a discipline and acting on behalf of the physical and moral defense of works of art.
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Monday, November 12, 2007
Write On Four Corners KSJE FM 11/14 Santa Fe Author Lynn Cline Literary Pilgrims The Santa Fe and Taos Writers' Colonies 1917-1950
The Write On Four Corners Schedule for November, 2008 KSJE FM
11/14 Lynn Cline Literary Pilgrims, The Santa Fe and Taos Writers Colonies 1917-1950 University of New Mexico Press This is the story of the writers who came to Taos in the 1920s and 1930s
11/21 Pip Howard Acronisity Chap Book Aztec Poet Pip Howard lives in Aztec and is a regular at Andrea Kristina’s poetry readings.
11/28 Sylvia Rodriguez Acequia Water Sharing Sanctity and Place School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe. Ms. Rodriguez examines the history and future of water allotment and its affect on culture in New Mexico.
Write On Four Corners runs on Wednesdays at 10:30 am and Fridays at 2:30 pm Mountain Time on KSJE FM 90.9 You can listen on the web at www.ksje.com in real time by clicking on listen live, or by going MP3 Archives, Write On Four Corners, and the program you wish to hear. We usually send up the podcasts a little after the Wednesday broadcasts.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
11/14 Lynn Cline Literary Pilgrims, The Santa Fe and Taos Writers Colonies 1917-1950 University of New Mexico Press This is the story of the writers who came to Taos in the 1920s and 1930s
11/21 Pip Howard Acronisity Chap Book Aztec Poet Pip Howard lives in Aztec and is a regular at Andrea Kristina’s poetry readings.
11/28 Sylvia Rodriguez Acequia Water Sharing Sanctity and Place School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe. Ms. Rodriguez examines the history and future of water allotment and its affect on culture in New Mexico.
Write On Four Corners runs on Wednesdays at 10:30 am and Fridays at 2:30 pm Mountain Time on KSJE FM 90.9 You can listen on the web at www.ksje.com in real time by clicking on listen live, or by going MP3 Archives, Write On Four Corners, and the program you wish to hear. We usually send up the podcasts a little after the Wednesday broadcasts.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Congratulations to Write On People Winning New Mexico Book Awards: Ana Baca William Trimble Rudolfo Anaya Barbara Fenzl Robert Bauver
Best Novel, historical fiction
WINNER
Baca, Ana - Mama Fela's Girls - UNM Press
Best Book on Native American Subject
WINNER
Bauver, Robert - Navajo and Pueblo Earrings 1850-1945 - Rio Grande Books
Best Cookbook
WINNER
Fenzl, Barbara Pool - Seasonal Southwest Cooking - Northland Publishing
Best Arts Book (includes art, music, or photography)
WINNER
Trimble, Stephen - Lasting Light: 125 Years of Grand Canyon Photography - Northland Publishing
PEOPLES CHOICE AWARD
Bless Me Ultima - Rudolfo Anaya - Grand Central Publishing
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
WINNER
Baca, Ana - Mama Fela's Girls - UNM Press
Best Book on Native American Subject
WINNER
Bauver, Robert - Navajo and Pueblo Earrings 1850-1945 - Rio Grande Books
Best Cookbook
WINNER
Fenzl, Barbara Pool - Seasonal Southwest Cooking - Northland Publishing
Best Arts Book (includes art, music, or photography)
WINNER
Trimble, Stephen - Lasting Light: 125 Years of Grand Canyon Photography - Northland Publishing
PEOPLES CHOICE AWARD
Bless Me Ultima - Rudolfo Anaya - Grand Central Publishing
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Friday, November 9, 2007
Defining Woman News Letter Out For November Edited by Jane Blum Desert Sky Communications
The Autumn 2007 issue of Defining Women is now available on our website, www.dw-nm.com. To access it directly, please visit: http://www.dw-nm.com/autumn07.htm.
The theme is, "How do you know when you have achieved success?"Sincerely,
Jane Blume
Editor/Publisher
Desert Sky Communications
Albuquerque, New MexicoConnie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
The theme is, "How do you know when you have achieved success?"Sincerely,
Jane Blume
Editor/Publisher
Desert Sky Communications
Albuquerque, New MexicoConnie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Tony Hillerman Award Winner Announced. Albuquerque author Christine Barber for The Replacement Child.
Albuquerque writer Christine Barber wins Hillerman Prize
Albuquerque, NM -- WORDHARVEST Writers Workshops and Thomas Dunne Books have announced that Christine Barber’s novel "The Replacement Child" has won the first Tony Hillerman Prize. The announcement came at the fourth annual Tony Hillerman Writers Conference: Focus on Mystery held in Albuquerque, N.M. Nov. 1-4
The Tony Hillerman Prize will be awarded annually to the best unpublished mystery set in the Southwest written by a first-time author. "The Replacement Child" will be published by the Thomas Dunne Books/ St. Martin’s Minotaur imprint in the fall of 2008. Barber received a $10,000 advance.
"The Replacement Child" is set in Santa Fe, N.M. and draws upon Barber’s experiences working for local newspapers and as a volunteer EMT/firefighter with Santa Fe County. Barber was an editor at the Santa Fe New Mexican for ten years and has also worked for the Albuquerque Journal and the Gallup Independent. Barber credits Tony Hillerman’s novels with inspiring her to move to New Mexico from Florida. She lives in Albuquerque.
Anne Hillerman, Tony Hillerman’s daughter, launched the first Tony Hillerman Writers Conference: Focus on Mystery in 2004 through the business which she co-founded, WORDHARVEST Writers Workshops. Jean Schaumberg, a former bookstore owner, is the co-founder. The conference highlights writing by Southwestern authors.
Tony Hillerman’s Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee mysteries, set on the Navajo reservation, were the first “regional” mysteries to become national bestsellers. His work has been praised by reviewers and the Navajo Nation for its ability to combine Navajo traditions and beliefs with a well-told mystery story. Hillerman’s writing reflects his appreciation for the natural wonders and stark beauty of the American Southwest and its people, particularly the Navajo. His books have been translated into many languages and frequently make the New York Times bestseller list.
Thomas Dunne Books and St. Martin’s Minotaur are imprints of St. Martin’s Press, which is a subsidiary of Macmillan.
For more information or interviews please contact Hector DeJean at 646-307-5560 or hector.dejean@stmartins.com. For information on WORDHARVEST and the Hillerman conference, please contact Anne Hillerman or Jean Schaumberg at Wordharvest@wordharvest.com
The 2007 contest received about 150 submissions from writers throughout the United States. The deadline for submissions to next year’s competition will be July 1, 2008. For complete guidelines, please visit http://www.thomasdunnebooks.com/ or http://www.hillermanconference.com/
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Albuquerque, NM -- WORDHARVEST Writers Workshops and Thomas Dunne Books have announced that Christine Barber’s novel "The Replacement Child" has won the first Tony Hillerman Prize. The announcement came at the fourth annual Tony Hillerman Writers Conference: Focus on Mystery held in Albuquerque, N.M. Nov. 1-4
The Tony Hillerman Prize will be awarded annually to the best unpublished mystery set in the Southwest written by a first-time author. "The Replacement Child" will be published by the Thomas Dunne Books/ St. Martin’s Minotaur imprint in the fall of 2008. Barber received a $10,000 advance.
"The Replacement Child" is set in Santa Fe, N.M. and draws upon Barber’s experiences working for local newspapers and as a volunteer EMT/firefighter with Santa Fe County. Barber was an editor at the Santa Fe New Mexican for ten years and has also worked for the Albuquerque Journal and the Gallup Independent. Barber credits Tony Hillerman’s novels with inspiring her to move to New Mexico from Florida. She lives in Albuquerque.
Anne Hillerman, Tony Hillerman’s daughter, launched the first Tony Hillerman Writers Conference: Focus on Mystery in 2004 through the business which she co-founded, WORDHARVEST Writers Workshops. Jean Schaumberg, a former bookstore owner, is the co-founder. The conference highlights writing by Southwestern authors.
Tony Hillerman’s Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee mysteries, set on the Navajo reservation, were the first “regional” mysteries to become national bestsellers. His work has been praised by reviewers and the Navajo Nation for its ability to combine Navajo traditions and beliefs with a well-told mystery story. Hillerman’s writing reflects his appreciation for the natural wonders and stark beauty of the American Southwest and its people, particularly the Navajo. His books have been translated into many languages and frequently make the New York Times bestseller list.
Thomas Dunne Books and St. Martin’s Minotaur are imprints of St. Martin’s Press, which is a subsidiary of Macmillan.
For more information or interviews please contact Hector DeJean at 646-307-5560 or hector.dejean@stmartins.com. For information on WORDHARVEST and the Hillerman conference, please contact Anne Hillerman or Jean Schaumberg at Wordharvest@wordharvest.com
The 2007 contest received about 150 submissions from writers throughout the United States. The deadline for submissions to next year’s competition will be July 1, 2008. For complete guidelines, please visit http://www.thomasdunnebooks.com/ or http://www.hillermanconference.com/
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Thursday, November 8, 2007
KSJE FM Write On Four Corners Farmington New Mexico Author Lynn Cline on Santa Fe and Taos Writers Colonies
The Write On Four Corners Schedule for November, 2008 KSJE FM
11/14 Lynn Cline Literary Pilgrims, The Santa Fe and Taos Writers Colonies 1917-1950 University of New Mexico Press This is the story of the writers who came to Taos in the 1920s and 1930s
11/21 Pip Howard Acronisity Chap Book Aztec Poet Pip Howard lives in Aztec and is a regular at Andrea Kristina’s poetry readings.
11/28 Sylvia Rodriguez Acequia Water Sharing Sanctity and Place School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe. Ms. Rodriguez examines the history and future of water allotment and its affect on culture in New Mexico.
Write On Four Corners runs on Wednesdays at 10:30 am and Fridays at 2:30 pm Mountain Time on KSJE FM 90.9 You can listen on the web at www.ksje.com in real time by clicking on listen live, or by going MP3 Archives, Write On Four Corners, and the program you wish to hear. We usually send up the podcasts a little after the Wednesday broadcasts.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
11/14 Lynn Cline Literary Pilgrims, The Santa Fe and Taos Writers Colonies 1917-1950 University of New Mexico Press This is the story of the writers who came to Taos in the 1920s and 1930s
11/21 Pip Howard Acronisity Chap Book Aztec Poet Pip Howard lives in Aztec and is a regular at Andrea Kristina’s poetry readings.
11/28 Sylvia Rodriguez Acequia Water Sharing Sanctity and Place School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe. Ms. Rodriguez examines the history and future of water allotment and its affect on culture in New Mexico.
Write On Four Corners runs on Wednesdays at 10:30 am and Fridays at 2:30 pm Mountain Time on KSJE FM 90.9 You can listen on the web at www.ksje.com in real time by clicking on listen live, or by going MP3 Archives, Write On Four Corners, and the program you wish to hear. We usually send up the podcasts a little after the Wednesday broadcasts.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Durango Colorado Fort Lewis College Southwest Writer's Institute cancelled
DATE: November 8, 2007
TO: Local & Regional Media
FROM: Mitch Davis
FLC Public Affairs Officer
(970) 247-7401
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Southwest Writers Institute at Fort Lewis College Canceled
The Southwest Writers Institute has been canceled for this year. The event was to be held at Fort Lewis College on November 16-17.
“The cancellation of our keynote speaker, Wilma Mankiller, has made this decision almost unavoidable,” said Assistant Professor of English Nancy Cardona.
Full refunds are being made to all registered participants.
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Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
TO: Local & Regional Media
FROM: Mitch Davis
FLC Public Affairs Officer
(970) 247-7401
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Southwest Writers Institute at Fort Lewis College Canceled
The Southwest Writers Institute has been canceled for this year. The event was to be held at Fort Lewis College on November 16-17.
“The cancellation of our keynote speaker, Wilma Mankiller, has made this decision almost unavoidable,” said Assistant Professor of English Nancy Cardona.
Full refunds are being made to all registered participants.
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Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Carolyn Howard Johnson The Frugal Editor. Good Tips for Writers of Any Kind
USA BOOK NEWS NAMES CAROLYN HOWARD-JOHNSON'S
FRUGAL EDITOR BEST PUBLISHING BOOK IN
NATIONAL “BEST BOOKS 2007” AWARDS
Simon & Schuster, Penguin-Putnam, HarperCollins, Random House,
Houghton Mifflin Co., John Wiley & Sons Red Engine Press & Hundreds of Independent Titles Score Top Honors in
the 4th Annual National “Best Books” Awards
LOS ANGELES – Thursday (Nov. 1, 2007), USA Book News, the premiere online magazine and review website for mainstream and independent publishing houses, announced Carolyn Howard-Johnson's The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success the National Best Book Awards (BBA) in the category of business and publishing. on November 1, 2007.
Jeffrey Keen, President and CEO of USABookNews.com, said this year’s contest yielded an unprecedented number of entries, which were then narrowed down to winners and finalists.
Howard-Johnson is no stranger to awards. HerThe novel, This is the Place, won eight awards. Her book of creative nonfiction, Harkening, won three and the companion book to The Frugal Editor, The Frugal Book Promoter: How to Do What Your Publisher Won't is an Irwin award winner. Howard-Johnson's chapbook of poetry (Finishing Line Press) won the award of excellence from the Military Writers Association of America.
The authors is an extension division instructor for UCLA’s reknowned Writers’ Program and speaks at writers' conferences nationwide. She was named Woman of the Year in Arts and Entertainment by the California Legislature and American Business Women's Association (ABWA) named her Outstanding Woman.
Winners and finalists traversed the publishing landscape: Simon & Schuster, Penguin-Putnam, HarperCollins, Random House, McGraw-Hill, Houghton Mifflin Co., John Wiley & Sons & hundreds of independent titles contributed to this year’s outstanding BBA competition. Keen adds, “BBA’s success begins with the enthusiastic participation of authors and publishers and continues with our distinguished panel of industry judges who bring to the table their extensive editorial, PR, marketing, and design expertise.”
USABookNews.com is an online publication providing coverage for books from mainstream and independent publishers to the world online community. USABN Magazine Online is the monthly electronic magazine e-mailed free to a large cross-section of the book buying public. JPX Media, in Los Angeles, California, is the parent company of USABookNews.com.
Learn more about Howard-Johnson at http://carolynhoward-johnson.com or http://www.howtodoitfrugally.com
Full results listing is available online at www.USABookNews.com.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
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Support Materials available on request.
FRUGAL EDITOR BEST PUBLISHING BOOK IN
NATIONAL “BEST BOOKS 2007” AWARDS
Simon & Schuster, Penguin-Putnam, HarperCollins, Random House,
Houghton Mifflin Co., John Wiley & Sons Red Engine Press & Hundreds of Independent Titles Score Top Honors in
the 4th Annual National “Best Books” Awards
LOS ANGELES – Thursday (Nov. 1, 2007), USA Book News, the premiere online magazine and review website for mainstream and independent publishing houses, announced Carolyn Howard-Johnson's The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success the National Best Book Awards (BBA) in the category of business and publishing. on November 1, 2007.
Jeffrey Keen, President and CEO of USABookNews.com, said this year’s contest yielded an unprecedented number of entries, which were then narrowed down to winners and finalists.
Howard-Johnson is no stranger to awards. HerThe novel, This is the Place, won eight awards. Her book of creative nonfiction, Harkening, won three and the companion book to The Frugal Editor, The Frugal Book Promoter: How to Do What Your Publisher Won't is an Irwin award winner. Howard-Johnson's chapbook of poetry (Finishing Line Press) won the award of excellence from the Military Writers Association of America.
The authors is an extension division instructor for UCLA’s reknowned Writers’ Program and speaks at writers' conferences nationwide. She was named Woman of the Year in Arts and Entertainment by the California Legislature and American Business Women's Association (ABWA) named her Outstanding Woman.
Winners and finalists traversed the publishing landscape: Simon & Schuster, Penguin-Putnam, HarperCollins, Random House, McGraw-Hill, Houghton Mifflin Co., John Wiley & Sons & hundreds of independent titles contributed to this year’s outstanding BBA competition. Keen adds, “BBA’s success begins with the enthusiastic participation of authors and publishers and continues with our distinguished panel of industry judges who bring to the table their extensive editorial, PR, marketing, and design expertise.”
USABookNews.com is an online publication providing coverage for books from mainstream and independent publishers to the world online community. USABN Magazine Online is the monthly electronic magazine e-mailed free to a large cross-section of the book buying public. JPX Media, in Los Angeles, California, is the parent company of USABookNews.com.
Learn more about Howard-Johnson at http://carolynhoward-johnson.com or http://www.howtodoitfrugally.com
Full results listing is available online at www.USABookNews.com.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
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Support Materials available on request.
Ann Wylie Writing Coach Reving up the Readership
Ann Wylie's Writing Tips are In for November-- William Blundell,
author, The Art and Craft of Feature Writing
To subscribe, go to http://tinyurl.com/hklye
or emailann@wylie.com
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In this issue
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* Quick tips: Perform message triage, make dessert short and sweet, and draw Web visitors' eyes
* People Power: Bring your ideas to life with human interest
* Create an approval process that doesn't drive you nuts: Come up with a good comeback
* Don't know your manga from your mashup? Get the skinny on Wired's new Geekipedia
* Check out Ann's touring schedule: Polish your skills when you catch Ann on the road
* Keep up with Ann's calendar: Find out when Ann's coming to your neighborhood
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
author, The Art and Craft of Feature Writing
To subscribe, go to http://tinyurl.com/hklye
or emailann@wylie.com
_____________________________________________
In this issue
_____________________________________________
* Quick tips: Perform message triage, make dessert short and sweet, and draw Web visitors' eyes
* People Power: Bring your ideas to life with human interest
* Create an approval process that doesn't drive you nuts: Come up with a good comeback
* Don't know your manga from your mashup? Get the skinny on Wired's new Geekipedia
* Check out Ann's touring schedule: Polish your skills when you catch Ann on the road
* Keep up with Ann's calendar: Find out when Ann's coming to your neighborhood
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Friday, November 2, 2007
Tekla dennison Miller former Michigan Prison Warden Author of The Warden Wore Pink will Speak at San Juan Collebe Nov. 6
Former prison warden Tekla Dennison Miller will address San Juan College students and the community from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. tomorrow, Tuesday, November 6, in room 9012 of the Henderson Fine Arts Center. Her talk will focus on prison life, who goes to prison and the death penalty.
Miller ran both a man and a woman’s maximum security prison in Michigan at the same time. She has written three books and is a frequent speaker at corrections conferences across the United States. Her published memoir, The Warden Wore Pink, is about her 20-year career in corrections.
Former prison warden, Tekla Dennison Miller. She’ll be talking to students and the community tomorrow, Tuesday November 6 at 11:30 in Room 9012 of the Henderson Fine Arts Center. She’ll autograph a book for you as well, if you want one. She’ll also be on Write On Four Corners on KSJE in spring of 2008. for information on Ms. Dennison-Miller’s talk tomorrow, call Dr. Connie Jacobs at 505 566 3235.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Miller ran both a man and a woman’s maximum security prison in Michigan at the same time. She has written three books and is a frequent speaker at corrections conferences across the United States. Her published memoir, The Warden Wore Pink, is about her 20-year career in corrections.
Former prison warden, Tekla Dennison Miller. She’ll be talking to students and the community tomorrow, Tuesday November 6 at 11:30 in Room 9012 of the Henderson Fine Arts Center. She’ll autograph a book for you as well, if you want one. She’ll also be on Write On Four Corners on KSJE in spring of 2008. for information on Ms. Dennison-Miller’s talk tomorrow, call Dr. Connie Jacobs at 505 566 3235.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
New Mexico's Rio Grand Books Authors Win Awards
Media Contact:
JPX Media
800-733-6511 jpxmedia@earthlink.net
USA BOOK NEWS ANNOUNCES WINNERS AND FINALISTS OF THE NATIONAL ³BEST BOOKS 2007² AWARDS, INCLUDING 7 AWARDEES IN NEW MEXICO
Simon & Schuster, Penguin-Putnam, HarperCollins, Random House, Houghton Mifflin Co., John Wiley & Sons and one publisher from New Mexico Score Top Honors in the 4th Annual National ³Best Books² Awards
LOS ANGELES: USABookNews.com, the premiere online magazine and review website for mainstream and independent publishing houses, announced the winners and finalists of THE NATIONAL ³BEST BOOKS² 2007 AWARDS (BBA) on November 1, 2007. Over 500 winners and finalists were announced in over 140 categories covering print, audio books & courses, e-books and interactive CD-ROMs. Awards were presented for titles published in 2007 and late 2006.
Jeffrey Keen, President and CEO of USABookNews.com, said this year¹s contest yielded an unprecedented number of entries, which were then narrowed down to over 500 winners and finalists.
Winners and finalists traversed the publishing landscape: Simon & Schuster, Penguin-Putnam, HarperCollins, Random House, McGraw-Hill, Houghton Mifflin Co., John Wiley & Sons and Rio Grande Books in Los Ranchos, New Mexico along with hundreds of independent titles contributed to this year¹s outstanding BBA competition. Keen adds, ³BBA¹s success begins with the enthusiastic participation of authors and publishers and continues with our distinguished panel of industry judges who bring to the table their extensive editorial, PR, marketing, and design expertise.²
Award highlights in New Mexico include the following:
€ New Mexico in 1876-1877 by Robert Torrez (Rio Grande Books, Los Ranchos,
NM) was honored as the winner in the Media/Journalism In addition, Rio Grande Books snagged six other Finalist awards for:
€ Villages & Villagers by Abe Pena (Finalist, Multicultural Nonfiction) € Memories of Cibola by Abe Pena (Finalist, Multicultural Nonfiction) € Atarque: Now All Is SilentŠ by Pauline Chavez Bent (Finalist, Multicultural Nonfiction) € Between Two Countries by Joseph Sanchez, Bruce Erickson, and Jerry Gurule (Finalist, History: U.S.) € Avenging Victorio by Dave DeWitt (Finalist, Fiction & Literature:
Multicultural Fiction)
€ New Mexico: A Biographical Dictionary by Don Bullis (Finalist, Biography:
History)
Keen says of the awards, now in their fourth year, ³The 2007 results represent a phenomenal mix of books from a wide array of publishers throughout the United States. As an executive in the publishing PR and marketing industry and president and CEO of JPX Media, I wanted to create an awards competition that recognized books in their publication year rather than months after the original launch window. With a full publicity and marketing campaign promoting the results of BBA, this year¹s winners and finalists will gain additional media coverage for the upcoming holiday retail season.²
USABookNews.com is an online publication providing coverage for books from mainstream and independent publishers to the world online community. USABN Magazine Online is the monthly electronic magazine e-mailed free to a large cross-section of the book buying public. JPX Media, in Los Angeles, California, is the parent company of USABookNews.com.
A complete list of the winners and finalists of the USABookNews.com National ³Best Books² 2007 Awards are available online at http://www.USABookNews.com
Rio Grande Books can be contacted for interviews and additional information at 925 Salamanca NW, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107, 505/344-9382, info@nmsantos.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
JPX Media
800-733-6511 jpxmedia@earthlink.net
USA BOOK NEWS ANNOUNCES WINNERS AND FINALISTS OF THE NATIONAL ³BEST BOOKS 2007² AWARDS, INCLUDING 7 AWARDEES IN NEW MEXICO
Simon & Schuster, Penguin-Putnam, HarperCollins, Random House, Houghton Mifflin Co., John Wiley & Sons and one publisher from New Mexico Score Top Honors in the 4th Annual National ³Best Books² Awards
LOS ANGELES: USABookNews.com, the premiere online magazine and review website for mainstream and independent publishing houses, announced the winners and finalists of THE NATIONAL ³BEST BOOKS² 2007 AWARDS (BBA) on November 1, 2007. Over 500 winners and finalists were announced in over 140 categories covering print, audio books & courses, e-books and interactive CD-ROMs. Awards were presented for titles published in 2007 and late 2006.
Jeffrey Keen, President and CEO of USABookNews.com, said this year¹s contest yielded an unprecedented number of entries, which were then narrowed down to over 500 winners and finalists.
Winners and finalists traversed the publishing landscape: Simon & Schuster, Penguin-Putnam, HarperCollins, Random House, McGraw-Hill, Houghton Mifflin Co., John Wiley & Sons and Rio Grande Books in Los Ranchos, New Mexico along with hundreds of independent titles contributed to this year¹s outstanding BBA competition. Keen adds, ³BBA¹s success begins with the enthusiastic participation of authors and publishers and continues with our distinguished panel of industry judges who bring to the table their extensive editorial, PR, marketing, and design expertise.²
Award highlights in New Mexico include the following:
€ New Mexico in 1876-1877 by Robert Torrez (Rio Grande Books, Los Ranchos,
NM) was honored as the winner in the Media/Journalism In addition, Rio Grande Books snagged six other Finalist awards for:
€ Villages & Villagers by Abe Pena (Finalist, Multicultural Nonfiction) € Memories of Cibola by Abe Pena (Finalist, Multicultural Nonfiction) € Atarque: Now All Is SilentŠ by Pauline Chavez Bent (Finalist, Multicultural Nonfiction) € Between Two Countries by Joseph Sanchez, Bruce Erickson, and Jerry Gurule (Finalist, History: U.S.) € Avenging Victorio by Dave DeWitt (Finalist, Fiction & Literature:
Multicultural Fiction)
€ New Mexico: A Biographical Dictionary by Don Bullis (Finalist, Biography:
History)
Keen says of the awards, now in their fourth year, ³The 2007 results represent a phenomenal mix of books from a wide array of publishers throughout the United States. As an executive in the publishing PR and marketing industry and president and CEO of JPX Media, I wanted to create an awards competition that recognized books in their publication year rather than months after the original launch window. With a full publicity and marketing campaign promoting the results of BBA, this year¹s winners and finalists will gain additional media coverage for the upcoming holiday retail season.²
USABookNews.com is an online publication providing coverage for books from mainstream and independent publishers to the world online community. USABN Magazine Online is the monthly electronic magazine e-mailed free to a large cross-section of the book buying public. JPX Media, in Los Angeles, California, is the parent company of USABookNews.com.
A complete list of the winners and finalists of the USABookNews.com National ³Best Books² 2007 Awards are available online at http://www.USABookNews.com
Rio Grande Books can be contacted for interviews and additional information at 925 Salamanca NW, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107, 505/344-9382, info@nmsantos.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Great Christmas Books from The Alibi and New Mexico Book CoOp
ALIBI LOCAL BOOKS LISTINGS
The Albuquerque Alibi has started a new column starting in the Oct 25 issue featuring local books. Organized by the NM Book Co-op, local books will be profiled on an on-going basis. The 1st two listing included 5 local books that have a connection with Halloween (October) and 5 local Native American books (November).
The next two listings will be in December and will feature children’s picture and young adult books and adult gift books. If you have a children’s picture or young adult book or a book that is great as a gift for adults for the holidays that has been published in the last 12 months please send us a cover image (300 dpi jpeg, 5x6 inches), title, hard or softcover, author name, publisher, price, what stores the book is available in New Mexico, and a max. 50-word description of the book — any entries with a description over 50 words will not be considered for inclusion. Books for consideration must be received no later than Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007. Send and submissions by email only to info@nmbookcoop.com
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Paul Rhetts
LPD Press & Rio Grande Books
925 Salamanca NW
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107
505/344-9382
FAX 505/345-5129
LPD_Press@msn.com
http://nmsantos.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
The Albuquerque Alibi has started a new column starting in the Oct 25 issue featuring local books. Organized by the NM Book Co-op, local books will be profiled on an on-going basis. The 1st two listing included 5 local books that have a connection with Halloween (October) and 5 local Native American books (November).
The next two listings will be in December and will feature children’s picture and young adult books and adult gift books. If you have a children’s picture or young adult book or a book that is great as a gift for adults for the holidays that has been published in the last 12 months please send us a cover image (300 dpi jpeg, 5x6 inches), title, hard or softcover, author name, publisher, price, what stores the book is available in New Mexico, and a max. 50-word description of the book — any entries with a description over 50 words will not be considered for inclusion. Books for consideration must be received no later than Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007. Send and submissions by email only to info@nmbookcoop.com
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Paul Rhetts
LPD Press & Rio Grande Books
925 Salamanca NW
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107
505/344-9382
FAX 505/345-5129
LPD_Press@msn.com
http://nmsantos.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Book Signing LPD Press Author Pauline Chavez Bent "Atarque: Now All Is Silent..."
Press Release
November 1, 2007
Contact: Paul Rhetts, Rio Grande Books - 505/344-9382
ATARQUE AUTHOR PAULINE CHAVEZ BENT SIGNING AT HISPANIAE NOVEMBER 11
Pauline Chavez Bent author of the new book "Atarque: Now All Is Silent..."
will sign copies at Hispaniae in Old Town, Albuquerque, on Sunday, November 11, from 2-3pm.
Atarque is a long gone village near Grants, New Mexico, in which Bent grew up. The book tells stories of the people, the place, and the history of Atarque. It is part of the New Mexico Villages series by Rio Grande Books and was named a Finalist in the 2007 New Mexico Book Awards. Hispaniae is located at 410 Romero Street.
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Paul Rhetts
LPD Press & Rio Grande Books
925 Salamanca NW
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107
505/344-9382
FAX 505/345-5129
LPD_Press@msn.com
http://nmsantos.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
November 1, 2007
Contact: Paul Rhetts, Rio Grande Books - 505/344-9382
ATARQUE AUTHOR PAULINE CHAVEZ BENT SIGNING AT HISPANIAE NOVEMBER 11
Pauline Chavez Bent author of the new book "Atarque: Now All Is Silent..."
will sign copies at Hispaniae in Old Town, Albuquerque, on Sunday, November 11, from 2-3pm.
Atarque is a long gone village near Grants, New Mexico, in which Bent grew up. The book tells stories of the people, the place, and the history of Atarque. It is part of the New Mexico Villages series by Rio Grande Books and was named a Finalist in the 2007 New Mexico Book Awards. Hispaniae is located at 410 Romero Street.
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Paul Rhetts
LPD Press & Rio Grande Books
925 Salamanca NW
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107
505/344-9382
FAX 505/345-5129
LPD_Press@msn.com
http://nmsantos.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
New Mexico Book CoOp Activities November KSJE FM Write On Four Corners Book Show
NOVEMBER 16 CO-OP MEETING — What Sells!
Our guest at the November 16 Co-op lunch meeting will be Derek Buschman, manager of Borders Cottonwood. He will talk about his experience with what makes books sell. The meeting begins at 11:30 and will be at the HomeTown Buffet at 9261 Coors Blvd in Albuquerque. Cost is $8.29 plus tax and tip. Email info@nmbookcoop.com to reserve a seat at the meeting.
NEW MEXICO BOOK AWARDS ANNOUNCED
The winners of the New Mexico Book Awards will be announced at the Banquet on November 9, honoring all 2007 winners. The banquet is totally sold out. The finalists in the 2007 NM Book Awards have been announced and are posted on the Book Awards website at http://nmbookaward.com/finalists.html The winners will be posted there on November 10.
ALIBI LOCAL BOOKS LISTINGS
The Albuquerque Alibi has started a new column starting in the Oct 25 issue featuring local books. Organized by the NM Book Co-op, local books will be profiled on an on-going basis. The 1st listing includes 5 local books that have a connection with Halloween. The next article will be in November and will feature Native American books. If you have a book by or about Native Americans please send us a cover image (300 dpi jpeg, 5x6 inches), title, author name, publisher, price, what stores the book is available in New Mexico, and a max. 50-word description of the book — any entries with a description over 50 words will not be considered for inclusion. Books for consideration must be received no later than Friday, Nov. 2, 2007. Send and submissions by email only to info@nmbookcoop.com
MEET THE AUTHORS EVENT
The NM Book Co-op is working with the Holy Ghost School in Albuquerque to organize a Meet the Author Book Fair event on Sat. March 8 from 10-5pm in celebration of the opening of the their new school library. Authors and publishers can sell books and have book signings. Organizers are also looking for book covers/jackets to display (they will not be returned) — mail covers/jackets to NM Book Coop at 925 Salamanca NW, Los Ranchos, NM 87107 no later than January 15. In addition, opportunities exist for book talks and book readings. The cost is $15 for each table. To sign up and to get more information go to http://nmbookcoop.com/Holy%20Ghost%20Meet%20the%20Authors.pdf
HOLIDAY BOOK FAIR
The NM Book Co-op has organized a Holiday Book Fair and Craft Show at St. Johns Cathedral in Albuquerque on Saturday Dec 8, 2007 from 10-4pm. Some 60 local authors and publishers will be selling books at the fair. Come and see what is new in local books! Tell all your friends and customers to come as well!
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Paul Rhetts
LPD Press & Rio Grande Books
925 Salamanca NW
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107
505/344-9382
FAX 505/345-5129
LPD_Press@msn.com
http://nmsantos.comConnie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Our guest at the November 16 Co-op lunch meeting will be Derek Buschman, manager of Borders Cottonwood. He will talk about his experience with what makes books sell. The meeting begins at 11:30 and will be at the HomeTown Buffet at 9261 Coors Blvd in Albuquerque. Cost is $8.29 plus tax and tip. Email info@nmbookcoop.com to reserve a seat at the meeting.
NEW MEXICO BOOK AWARDS ANNOUNCED
The winners of the New Mexico Book Awards will be announced at the Banquet on November 9, honoring all 2007 winners. The banquet is totally sold out. The finalists in the 2007 NM Book Awards have been announced and are posted on the Book Awards website at http://nmbookaward.com/finalists.html The winners will be posted there on November 10.
ALIBI LOCAL BOOKS LISTINGS
The Albuquerque Alibi has started a new column starting in the Oct 25 issue featuring local books. Organized by the NM Book Co-op, local books will be profiled on an on-going basis. The 1st listing includes 5 local books that have a connection with Halloween. The next article will be in November and will feature Native American books. If you have a book by or about Native Americans please send us a cover image (300 dpi jpeg, 5x6 inches), title, author name, publisher, price, what stores the book is available in New Mexico, and a max. 50-word description of the book — any entries with a description over 50 words will not be considered for inclusion. Books for consideration must be received no later than Friday, Nov. 2, 2007. Send and submissions by email only to info@nmbookcoop.com
MEET THE AUTHORS EVENT
The NM Book Co-op is working with the Holy Ghost School in Albuquerque to organize a Meet the Author Book Fair event on Sat. March 8 from 10-5pm in celebration of the opening of the their new school library. Authors and publishers can sell books and have book signings. Organizers are also looking for book covers/jackets to display (they will not be returned) — mail covers/jackets to NM Book Coop at 925 Salamanca NW, Los Ranchos, NM 87107 no later than January 15. In addition, opportunities exist for book talks and book readings. The cost is $15 for each table. To sign up and to get more information go to http://nmbookcoop.com/Holy%20Ghost%20Meet%20the%20Authors.pdf
HOLIDAY BOOK FAIR
The NM Book Co-op has organized a Holiday Book Fair and Craft Show at St. Johns Cathedral in Albuquerque on Saturday Dec 8, 2007 from 10-4pm. Some 60 local authors and publishers will be selling books at the fair. Come and see what is new in local books! Tell all your friends and customers to come as well!
--
Paul Rhetts
LPD Press & Rio Grande Books
925 Salamanca NW
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107
505/344-9382
FAX 505/345-5129
LPD_Press@msn.com
http://nmsantos.comConnie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Friday, October 26, 2007
Former Prison Warden, Tekla Miller To Give Talk. Author of the Memoir The Warden Wore Pink
Former prison warden Tekla Dennison Miller will address San Juan College students and the community from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., Tuesday, November 6, in room 9012 of the Henderson Fine Arts Center. Her talk will focus on prison life, who goes to prison and the death penalty. She relates stories of when she was a warden and some of the prisoners she had to deal with.
Miller is unusual in that she ran both a man and a woman’s maximum security prison in Michigan at the same time. She is the author of three books and is a frequent speaker at corrections conferences across the United States.
Her published memoir, The Warden Wore Pink, is about her 20-year career in corrections. Miller also taught children in South Central LA after the riots, worked with mentally challenged enlisted men while employed with the U.S. Special Services in Germany, was the first female probation officer in Oakland County, Michigan, and the supervisor of the first prison camp for women in Michigan. Miller is a social activist, writer and national speaker focusing on women's issues, juvenile and criminal justice reform.
At the talk, her books will be available for sale and signing.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Miller is unusual in that she ran both a man and a woman’s maximum security prison in Michigan at the same time. She is the author of three books and is a frequent speaker at corrections conferences across the United States.
Her published memoir, The Warden Wore Pink, is about her 20-year career in corrections. Miller also taught children in South Central LA after the riots, worked with mentally challenged enlisted men while employed with the U.S. Special Services in Germany, was the first female probation officer in Oakland County, Michigan, and the supervisor of the first prison camp for women in Michigan. Miller is a social activist, writer and national speaker focusing on women's issues, juvenile and criminal justice reform.
At the talk, her books will be available for sale and signing.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Hampton Sides to Appear on KSJE FM Write On Four Corners November 7 to Discuss Blood and Thunder Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West
The Write On Four Corners Schedule for November, 2008 KSJE FM
11/7 Hampton Sides Blood and Thunder Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West University of New Mexico Press. Mr. Sides takes examines the good and bad in Kit Carson.
Write On Four Corners runs on Wednesdays at 10:30 am and Fridays at 2:30 pm Mountain Time on KSJE FM 90.9 You can listen on the web at www.ksje.com in real time by clicking on listen live, or by going MP3 Archives, Write On Four Corners, and the program you wish to hear. We usually send up the podcasts a little after the Wednesday broadcasts.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
11/7 Hampton Sides Blood and Thunder Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West University of New Mexico Press. Mr. Sides takes examines the good and bad in Kit Carson.
Write On Four Corners runs on Wednesdays at 10:30 am and Fridays at 2:30 pm Mountain Time on KSJE FM 90.9 You can listen on the web at www.ksje.com in real time by clicking on listen live, or by going MP3 Archives, Write On Four Corners, and the program you wish to hear. We usually send up the podcasts a little after the Wednesday broadcasts.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Write On Four Corners KSJE Farmington New Schedule
The Write On Four Corners Schedule for November, 2008 KSJE FM
11/7 Hampton Sides Blood and Thunder Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West University of New Mexico Press. Mr. Sides takes examines the good and bad in Kit Carson.
11/14 Lynn Cline Literary Pilgrims, The Santa Fe and Taos Writers Colonies 1917-1950 University of New Mexico Press This is the story of the writers who came to Taos in the 1920s and 1930s
11/21 Pip Howard Acronisity Chap Book Aztec Poet Pip Howard lives in Aztec and is a regular at Andrea Kristina’s poetry readings.
11/28 Sylvia Rodriguez Acequia Water Sharing Sanctity and Place School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe. Ms. Rodriguez examines the history and future of water allotment and its affect on culture in New Mexico.
Write On Four Corners runs on Wednesdays at 10:30 am and Fridays at 2:30 pm Mountain Time on KSJE FM 90.9 You can listen on the web at www.ksje.com in real time by clicking on listen live, or by going MP3 Archives, Write On Four Corners, and the program you wish to hear. We usually send up the podcasts a little after the Wednesday broadcasts.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
11/7 Hampton Sides Blood and Thunder Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West University of New Mexico Press. Mr. Sides takes examines the good and bad in Kit Carson.
11/14 Lynn Cline Literary Pilgrims, The Santa Fe and Taos Writers Colonies 1917-1950 University of New Mexico Press This is the story of the writers who came to Taos in the 1920s and 1930s
11/21 Pip Howard Acronisity Chap Book Aztec Poet Pip Howard lives in Aztec and is a regular at Andrea Kristina’s poetry readings.
11/28 Sylvia Rodriguez Acequia Water Sharing Sanctity and Place School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe. Ms. Rodriguez examines the history and future of water allotment and its affect on culture in New Mexico.
Write On Four Corners runs on Wednesdays at 10:30 am and Fridays at 2:30 pm Mountain Time on KSJE FM 90.9 You can listen on the web at www.ksje.com in real time by clicking on listen live, or by going MP3 Archives, Write On Four Corners, and the program you wish to hear. We usually send up the podcasts a little after the Wednesday broadcasts.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Western Writer John Duncklee on Write on Four Corners this Week, KSJE Farmington New Mexico
On Wed. Oct. 24 at 10:30 Mountain Time and Fri. Oct. 26 at 2:30 enjoy writer John Duncklee talking about "Disowned," his latest novel, published by Pipers Willow Press.
Write On Four Corners runs on Wednesdays at 10:30 am and Fridays at 2:30 pm Mountain Time on KSJE FM 90.9 You can listen on the web at www.ksje.com in real time by clicking on listen live, or by going to Public Arts, then to podcasts, and then to Write On Four Corners. We usually send up the podcasts a little after the Wednesday broadcasts.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Write On Four Corners runs on Wednesdays at 10:30 am and Fridays at 2:30 pm Mountain Time on KSJE FM 90.9 You can listen on the web at www.ksje.com in real time by clicking on listen live, or by going to Public Arts, then to podcasts, and then to Write On Four Corners. We usually send up the podcasts a little after the Wednesday broadcasts.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Take a Quiz on Your Manuscript \ Editing Skills! Caroyln Howard-Johnson's New Writers' Newsletter Out
Subscribe to Carolyn Howard-Johnson's newsletter, Sharing with Writers. Lear about her books: The Frugal Book Promoter: How to Do What Your Publisher Won't, and The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Foot Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success. If you're a writer these books will be a boon, ans will Carolyn's Sharing with Writers. If you've got some other kind of business, the Frugal Editor The Frugal Book Promoter, and Sharing with writers will help because guess what? Good writing and good promotion are just that for any situation. You can find the linke to Sharing with writers on this blog and also Carolyn Howard Johnson's web site.
Shes also written an award winning novel, This is the Place, and pearsonal essays called Harkening, and poetry
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Dear Authors' Coalition Members and SWW Subscribers;
This isn't really an ad for the Frugal Editor.
It's better.
It's a quiz.
As a quiz it's an example of a way you might promote your book and a way
for you to ascertain that you definitely ( - : NEED the Frugal Editor: Put
Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success.
I promise that you will learn much from the Frugal Editor? about editing,
about making your word program spell checker work for you, about agents
peeves, about formatting, about avoiding editing scams and a whole lot
more.
And I promise you will get no other issue of Sharing with Writers
dedicated solely to my book (though to assuage my conscience it also has
that nifty aspect of being an example of using quizzes in your handouts,
fliers, etc.).
So here it is!
Happy, happy writing and promoting and, yes, EDITING, too.
Carolyn Howard - Johnson
Shes also written an award winning novel, This is the Place, and pearsonal essays called Harkening, and poetry
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Dear Authors' Coalition Members and SWW Subscribers;
This isn't really an ad for the Frugal Editor.
It's better.
It's a quiz.
As a quiz it's an example of a way you might promote your book and a way
for you to ascertain that you definitely ( - : NEED the Frugal Editor: Put
Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success.
I promise that you will learn much from the Frugal Editor? about editing,
about making your word program spell checker work for you, about agents
peeves, about formatting, about avoiding editing scams and a whole lot
more.
And I promise you will get no other issue of Sharing with Writers
dedicated solely to my book (though to assuage my conscience it also has
that nifty aspect of being an example of using quizzes in your handouts,
fliers, etc.).
So here it is!
Happy, happy writing and promoting and, yes, EDITING, too.
Carolyn Howard - Johnson
Friday, October 19, 2007
Western author John Duncklee on Write On Four Corners KSJE Farmington for Western Novel Disowned
10/24 10/26 John Duncklee Disowned This is his latest Novel
Write On Four Corners runs on Wednesdays at 10:30 am and Fridays at 2:30 pm Mountain Time on KSJE FM 90.9 You can listen on the web at www.ksje.com in real time by clicking on listen live, or by going to Public Arts, then to podcasts, and then to Write On Four Corners. We usually send up the podcasts a little after the Wednesday broadcasts.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Write On Four Corners runs on Wednesdays at 10:30 am and Fridays at 2:30 pm Mountain Time on KSJE FM 90.9 You can listen on the web at www.ksje.com in real time by clicking on listen live, or by going to Public Arts, then to podcasts, and then to Write On Four Corners. We usually send up the podcasts a little after the Wednesday broadcasts.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Avenging Vittorio Featured at Book Signing in Albuquerque
AVENGING VICTORIO FEATURED AT BOOKSIGNING AT BORDERS COTTONWOOD ON OCT 27
Avenging Victorio, a new novel by best-selling author Dave DeWitt, will be featured at a book signing vent at Borders Cottonwood in Albuquerque on Saturday, October 27 from 3-4pm. The Borders at Cottonwood Crossing is located at 10420 Coors Bypass NW on Albuquerque's Westside.
Dave DeWitt is the author of 32 books. Drawing on his uncanny grasp and sensibility of Apache customs, traditions, rituals (and humor), best-selling author Dave DeWitt, the world¹s authority on the Southwest¹s hottest food, has woven a fast-paced and engaging saga of death and revenge. Using guerilla warfare, evading the Cavalry and Buffalo Soldiers, the Apache won!
³Swiftly moving tale of death and revenge needed to be told² ‹ True West Magazine ³Dynamic narrative format builds suspense² ‹ New Mexico Magazine ³An enthralling book, which grabs you quickly and does not let go² ‹ ReaderViews ³This book is a winner² ‹ BellaOnline ³Bound to entertain and educate at the same time² ‹ MidWest Book Reviews
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Paul Rhetts
LPD Press & Rio Grande Books
925 Salamanca NW
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107
505/344-9382
FAX 505/345-5129
LPD_Press@msn.com
http://nmsantos.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Avenging Victorio, a new novel by best-selling author Dave DeWitt, will be featured at a book signing vent at Borders Cottonwood in Albuquerque on Saturday, October 27 from 3-4pm. The Borders at Cottonwood Crossing is located at 10420 Coors Bypass NW on Albuquerque's Westside.
Dave DeWitt is the author of 32 books. Drawing on his uncanny grasp and sensibility of Apache customs, traditions, rituals (and humor), best-selling author Dave DeWitt, the world¹s authority on the Southwest¹s hottest food, has woven a fast-paced and engaging saga of death and revenge. Using guerilla warfare, evading the Cavalry and Buffalo Soldiers, the Apache won!
³Swiftly moving tale of death and revenge needed to be told² ‹ True West Magazine ³Dynamic narrative format builds suspense² ‹ New Mexico Magazine ³An enthralling book, which grabs you quickly and does not let go² ‹ ReaderViews ³This book is a winner² ‹ BellaOnline ³Bound to entertain and educate at the same time² ‹ MidWest Book Reviews
--
Paul Rhetts
LPD Press & Rio Grande Books
925 Salamanca NW
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107
505/344-9382
FAX 505/345-5129
LPD_Press@msn.com
http://nmsantos.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Avenging Vittorio Featured at Book Signing in Albuquerque
AVENGING VICTORIO FEATURED AT BOOKSIGNING AT BORDERS COTTONWOOD ON OCT 27
Avenging Victorio, a new novel by best-selling author Dave DeWitt, will be featured at a book signing vent at Borders Cottonwood in Albuquerque on Saturday, October 27 from 3-4pm. The Borders at Cottonwood Crossing is located at 10420 Coors Bypass NW on Albuquerque's Westside.
Dave DeWitt is the author of 32 books. Drawing on his uncanny grasp and sensibility of Apache customs, traditions, rituals (and humor), best-selling author Dave DeWitt, the world¹s authority on the Southwest¹s hottest food, has woven a fast-paced and engaging saga of death and revenge. Using guerilla warfare, evading the Cavalry and Buffalo Soldiers, the Apache won!
³Swiftly moving tale of death and revenge needed to be told² ‹ True West Magazine ³Dynamic narrative format builds suspense² ‹ New Mexico Magazine ³An enthralling book, which grabs you quickly and does not let go² ‹ ReaderViews ³This book is a winner² ‹ BellaOnline ³Bound to entertain and educate at the same time² ‹ MidWest Book Reviews
--
Paul Rhetts
LPD Press & Rio Grande Books
925 Salamanca NW
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107
505/344-9382
FAX 505/345-5129
LPD_Press@msn.com
http://nmsantos.com
Avenging Victorio, a new novel by best-selling author Dave DeWitt, will be featured at a book signing vent at Borders Cottonwood in Albuquerque on Saturday, October 27 from 3-4pm. The Borders at Cottonwood Crossing is located at 10420 Coors Bypass NW on Albuquerque's Westside.
Dave DeWitt is the author of 32 books. Drawing on his uncanny grasp and sensibility of Apache customs, traditions, rituals (and humor), best-selling author Dave DeWitt, the world¹s authority on the Southwest¹s hottest food, has woven a fast-paced and engaging saga of death and revenge. Using guerilla warfare, evading the Cavalry and Buffalo Soldiers, the Apache won!
³Swiftly moving tale of death and revenge needed to be told² ‹ True West Magazine ³Dynamic narrative format builds suspense² ‹ New Mexico Magazine ³An enthralling book, which grabs you quickly and does not let go² ‹ ReaderViews ³This book is a winner² ‹ BellaOnline ³Bound to entertain and educate at the same time² ‹ MidWest Book Reviews
--
Paul Rhetts
LPD Press & Rio Grande Books
925 Salamanca NW
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107
505/344-9382
FAX 505/345-5129
LPD_Press@msn.com
http://nmsantos.com
Monday, October 15, 2007
KSJE Farmington New Mexico Features author W. C. Jameson's Hot Coffee and Cold Truth Essays about the West Oct. 17
10/17 10/19 W. C. Jameson Hot coffee and Cold Truth Essays about the west
10/24 10/26 John Duncklee Disowned This is his latest Novel
Write On Four Corners runs on Wednesdays at 10:30 am and Fridays at 2:30 pm Mountain Time on KSJE FM 90.9 You can listen on the web at www.ksje.com in real time by clicking on listen live, or by going to Public Arts, then to podcasts, and then to Write On Four Corners. We usually send up the podcasts a little after the Wednesday broadcasts.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
10/24 10/26 John Duncklee Disowned This is his latest Novel
Write On Four Corners runs on Wednesdays at 10:30 am and Fridays at 2:30 pm Mountain Time on KSJE FM 90.9 You can listen on the web at www.ksje.com in real time by clicking on listen live, or by going to Public Arts, then to podcasts, and then to Write On Four Corners. We usually send up the podcasts a little after the Wednesday broadcasts.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
New Mexico Book Award Banquet Sold Out
I am sorry to announce that the New Mexico Books Awards Banquet honoring Tony Hillerman and Rudolfo Anaya and the winners of the 2007 Book Awards is totally sold out! There was a rush on tickets and all 232 seats are now sold.
The complete list of 2007 NM Book Awards winners will be posted on the website on November 10.
We would like to thanks all those who reserved tickets, all entrants, finalists and winners. A special thanks to all the judges who helped make this a satisfying recognition program. We also want to thank all our sponsor organizations without whom this would not have been possible:
abqArts Magazine
Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Library System Albuquerque The Magazine Around 505 Magazine Borders New Mexico Book Association New Mexico Humanities Council New Mexico State Library Portales Public Library and Portales Chapter of the Friends of the Library Rio Rancho Public Library Santa Fe Public Library/Friends of Santa Fe Public Library Sunbelt Shows/Fiery Foods WordHarvest Writers Workshop
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Paul Rhetts
LPD Press & Rio Grande Books
925 Salamanca NW
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107
505/344-9382
FAX 505/345-5129
LPD_Press@msn.com
http://nmsantos.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
The complete list of 2007 NM Book Awards winners will be posted on the website on November 10.
We would like to thanks all those who reserved tickets, all entrants, finalists and winners. A special thanks to all the judges who helped make this a satisfying recognition program. We also want to thank all our sponsor organizations without whom this would not have been possible:
abqArts Magazine
Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Library System Albuquerque The Magazine Around 505 Magazine Borders New Mexico Book Association New Mexico Humanities Council New Mexico State Library Portales Public Library and Portales Chapter of the Friends of the Library Rio Rancho Public Library Santa Fe Public Library/Friends of Santa Fe Public Library Sunbelt Shows/Fiery Foods WordHarvest Writers Workshop
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Paul Rhetts
LPD Press & Rio Grande Books
925 Salamanca NW
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107
505/344-9382
FAX 505/345-5129
LPD_Press@msn.com
http://nmsantos.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Tony Hillerman Conference/ Bill O'Hanlon/Word Harvest News/Mystery Writing/Tips for Writers
Dear Writers,
We hope you can join us in Albuquerque Nov. 1-4 for the Tony Hillerman Writers Conference: Focus on Mystery. (If you’ve already registered, thanks again!)
Author and motivational speaker Bill O’Hanlon will teach the pre-conference workshop, “Getting Published: A Bootcamp for Writers.” He’ll focus on the marketing and selling your book. Class topics include: Understanding the editor/publisher mindset; Understanding the agent mindset; Get the right agent; Re-working your manuscript; Secrets to a compelling query letter and Expanding your platform. http://www.hillermanconference.com/hillerman.htm
Jean Schaumberg and Anne Hillerman
Tony Hillerman Conference: Focus on Mystery
Nov. 1-4 Albuquerque, N.M.
www.hillermanconference.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
We hope you can join us in Albuquerque Nov. 1-4 for the Tony Hillerman Writers Conference: Focus on Mystery. (If you’ve already registered, thanks again!)
Author and motivational speaker Bill O’Hanlon will teach the pre-conference workshop, “Getting Published: A Bootcamp for Writers.” He’ll focus on the marketing and selling your book. Class topics include: Understanding the editor/publisher mindset; Understanding the agent mindset; Get the right agent; Re-working your manuscript; Secrets to a compelling query letter and Expanding your platform. http://www.hillermanconference.com/hillerman.htm
Jean Schaumberg and Anne Hillerman
Tony Hillerman Conference: Focus on Mystery
Nov. 1-4 Albuquerque, N.M.
www.hillermanconference.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Write On Four Corners for 10/17 KSJE Farmington New Mexico W. C. Jamespn Hot Coffee and Cold Turth
10/17 10/19 W. C. Jameson Hot coffee and Cold Truth Essays about the west published by The University of New Mexico Press
10/24 10/26 John Duncklee Disowned This is his latest Novel
Write On Four Corners runs on Wednesdays at 10:30 am and Fridays at 2:30 pm Mountain Time on KSJE FM 90.9 You can listen on the web at www.ksje.com in real time by clicking on listen live, or by going to Public Arts, then to podcasts, and then to Write On Four Corners. We usually send up the podcasts a little after the Wednesday broadcasts.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
10/24 10/26 John Duncklee Disowned This is his latest Novel
Write On Four Corners runs on Wednesdays at 10:30 am and Fridays at 2:30 pm Mountain Time on KSJE FM 90.9 You can listen on the web at www.ksje.com in real time by clicking on listen live, or by going to Public Arts, then to podcasts, and then to Write On Four Corners. We usually send up the podcasts a little after the Wednesday broadcasts.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Dr. Tom Chaves with New Mexico Past and Present
Dr. Chavez' Write On Four Corners Interview is on KSJE FM's Web Site! Go to www.ksje.com Click on MP3 Podcast Click on Write On Four Corners. Choose the program for this week.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Monday, October 8, 2007
New Mexico Book Awards Finalists in the Write On Four Corners Family
FINALISTS, 2007 NEW MEXICO BOOK AWARDS
Best Arts Book (includes art, music, or photography)
Trimble, Stephen - Lasting Light: 125 Years of Grand Canyon Photography - Northland
Publishing
Walker, Hollis - Zink: The Language of Enchantment - New Mexico Magazine
Best Cookbook
Fenzl, Barbara Pool - Seasonal Southwest Cooking - Northland Publishing
Best Southwest History Book
Bauver, Robert - Navajo and Pueblo Earrings 1850-1945 - Rio Grande Books
Blake, Michael - Indian Yell - Northland Publishing
Best Book on Native American Subject
Bauver, Robert - Navajo and Pueblo Earrings 1850-1945 - Rio Grande Books
Blake, Michael - Indian Yell - Northland Publishing
Best Novel, historical fiction
Baca, Ana - Mama Fela's Girls - UNM Press
DeWitt, Dave - Avenging Victorio - Rio Grande Books
Best Novel, mystery
Van Gieson, Judith - The Wolf Path - ABQ Press
Best Novel, romance
MacQuigg, Donna - The Price of Pride - Thomson/Gale
Storme, Sarah - The Long Way Home - Thomson/Gale
Best Book, Other Fiction
Paul, Paula - Crazy Quilt - UNM Press
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Best Arts Book (includes art, music, or photography)
Trimble, Stephen - Lasting Light: 125 Years of Grand Canyon Photography - Northland
Publishing
Walker, Hollis - Zink: The Language of Enchantment - New Mexico Magazine
Best Cookbook
Fenzl, Barbara Pool - Seasonal Southwest Cooking - Northland Publishing
Best Southwest History Book
Bauver, Robert - Navajo and Pueblo Earrings 1850-1945 - Rio Grande Books
Blake, Michael - Indian Yell - Northland Publishing
Best Book on Native American Subject
Bauver, Robert - Navajo and Pueblo Earrings 1850-1945 - Rio Grande Books
Blake, Michael - Indian Yell - Northland Publishing
Best Novel, historical fiction
Baca, Ana - Mama Fela's Girls - UNM Press
DeWitt, Dave - Avenging Victorio - Rio Grande Books
Best Novel, mystery
Van Gieson, Judith - The Wolf Path - ABQ Press
Best Novel, romance
MacQuigg, Donna - The Price of Pride - Thomson/Gale
Storme, Sarah - The Long Way Home - Thomson/Gale
Best Book, Other Fiction
Paul, Paula - Crazy Quilt - UNM Press
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
New Mexico BookCoOp New Mexoico Book Awards Harry Wilson Amador Press
OCTOBER 19 CO-OP MEETING — What I as a Writer Learned by Becoming a Publisher
Our guest at the October 19 Co-op lunch meeting will be Harry Willson, publisher and author, Amador Publishers. The publishers seemed to like Harry Willson's work - even as they rejected it. So he decided to take a chance on his own writing and publish it himself. Soon he was publishing the work of others as well. Twenty years later the company Harry started with his wife Adela Amador, Amador Publishers, has published more than 30 books by 15 authors. Still, Harry is first and foremost a writer, and he's learned a lot about both the craft and business of writing from being on the other side of the desk. He will share some of those insights in his talk: What I as a Writer Learned by Becoming a Publisher.
The meeting begins at 11:30 and will be at the HomeTown Buffet at 9261 Coors Blvd in Albuquerque. Cost is $8.29 plus tax and tip. Email info@nmbookcoop.com to reserve a seat at the meeting.
NEW MEXICO BOOK AWARDS ANNOUNCED
The winners of the New Mexico Book Awards will be announced at the Banquet on November 9, honoring all 2007 winners. The banquet will be at the MCM Elegante Hotel in Albuquerque (2020 Menaul Blvd) starting at 5pm. Casual Dress. Special guests for the event will be Tony Hillerman and Rudy Anaya, who will both be honored for their contributions to New Mexico's books. Cost is $34 per person. RSVP 505-344-9382. 925 Salamanca NW, Los Ranchos, NM 87107 You can make and pay for your reservation online at http://nmbookaward.com/winners.html
As of today, 150 people have reserved a space at the banquet — don’t wait too long or all the seats will be gone!
The finalists in the 2007 NM Book Awards have been announced and are posted on the Book Awards website at http://nmbookaward.com/finalists.html
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Our guest at the October 19 Co-op lunch meeting will be Harry Willson, publisher and author, Amador Publishers. The publishers seemed to like Harry Willson's work - even as they rejected it. So he decided to take a chance on his own writing and publish it himself. Soon he was publishing the work of others as well. Twenty years later the company Harry started with his wife Adela Amador, Amador Publishers, has published more than 30 books by 15 authors. Still, Harry is first and foremost a writer, and he's learned a lot about both the craft and business of writing from being on the other side of the desk. He will share some of those insights in his talk: What I as a Writer Learned by Becoming a Publisher.
The meeting begins at 11:30 and will be at the HomeTown Buffet at 9261 Coors Blvd in Albuquerque. Cost is $8.29 plus tax and tip. Email info@nmbookcoop.com to reserve a seat at the meeting.
NEW MEXICO BOOK AWARDS ANNOUNCED
The winners of the New Mexico Book Awards will be announced at the Banquet on November 9, honoring all 2007 winners. The banquet will be at the MCM Elegante Hotel in Albuquerque (2020 Menaul Blvd) starting at 5pm. Casual Dress. Special guests for the event will be Tony Hillerman and Rudy Anaya, who will both be honored for their contributions to New Mexico's books. Cost is $34 per person. RSVP 505-344-9382. 925 Salamanca NW, Los Ranchos, NM 87107 You can make and pay for your reservation online at http://nmbookaward.com/winners.html
As of today, 150 people have reserved a space at the banquet — don’t wait too long or all the seats will be gone!
The finalists in the 2007 NM Book Awards have been announced and are posted on the Book Awards website at http://nmbookaward.com/finalists.html
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Friday, October 5, 2007
Write On Four Corners, KSJE Farmington schedule for Oct. 10 2007
10/10 10/12 Tom Chavez New Mexico Past and Future This is a compilation of lectures Dr. Chavez gave during his years as the Director of the Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe
10/17 10/19 W. C. Jameson Hot coffee and Cold Truth Essays about the west
10/24 10/26 John Duncklee Disowned This is his latest Novel
Write On Four Corners runs on Wednesdays at 10:30 am and Fridays at 2:30 pm Mountain Time on KSJE FM 90.9 You can listen on the web at www.ksje.com in real time by clicking on listen live, or by going to Public Arts, then to podcasts, and then to Write On Four Corners. We usually send up the podcasts a little after the Wednesday broadcasts.
And watch for Hampton Sides and Blood and Thunder the first week in November on Write On.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
10/17 10/19 W. C. Jameson Hot coffee and Cold Truth Essays about the west
10/24 10/26 John Duncklee Disowned This is his latest Novel
Write On Four Corners runs on Wednesdays at 10:30 am and Fridays at 2:30 pm Mountain Time on KSJE FM 90.9 You can listen on the web at www.ksje.com in real time by clicking on listen live, or by going to Public Arts, then to podcasts, and then to Write On Four Corners. We usually send up the podcasts a little after the Wednesday broadcasts.
And watch for Hampton Sides and Blood and Thunder the first week in November on Write On.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Carolyn Howard Johnson's The Frugal Editor Hits Amazon PreSales Top 10
M E D I A R E L E A S E
For Immediate Release
Contact: Carolyn Howard-Johnson
E-mail: HoJoNews@aol.com
Or Publicist at www.redenginepress.com
ISBN: 9780978515874
Publisher: Red Engine Press
Wholesaler: Baker & Taylor
Release Date: October 1, 2007
Editor/Author/Publicist Newest Book Reaches Amazon's Top Ten in PreSales
The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward To Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success reached the top ten in its category (editing) on Amazon in presale efforts.
The Frugal Editor is the second in the HowToDoItFrugally Series of books for writers after The Frugal Editor: How To Do What Your Publisher Won't which is a USA Book News Best Professional Book and Irwin Award Winner. The Frugal Editor helps writers jigger their computers to work with them instead of against them to produce everything from picture-perfect query letters to full manuscripts. It also includes advice from 20 of the nation's top agents on how to avoid appearing like an amateur and a appendices that include contact information for those agents.
The Frugal Editor will foil the gremlins out there determined to keep authors' works from being published, their books from being promoted. They—resolved to embarrass writers before the gatekeepers who can turn the key of success for them—lurk in their subconscious minds and the depths of their computer programs. With the release of Carolyn Howard-Johnson’s The Frugal Editor writers can take control of their own futures—from first query letter to final galley.
This new how-to book is second in the How To Do It Frugally Series, accessible at http://howtodoitfrugally.com.
The author says, "This series is the result of a combination of experience gained through trial and error in promoting my own literary works and my professional experience in marketing, PR, journalism, editing and publishing in general."
Howard-Johnson in an instructor for UCLA Extension's Writers' Program and was named Woman of the Year in Arts and Entertainment by members of the California legislature. In addition to dozens of literary awards and honors, she was also honored by her city's Ethics Committee and the Pasadena Weekly. She was also recently named outstanding woman by American Business Women's Association.
The Frugal Editor is available for pre-orders at Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Frugal-Editor-forward-humiliation-success/dp/0978515870/). Its official release was October 1, 2007M E D I A R E L E A S E
For Immediate Release
Contact: Carolyn Howard-Johnson
E-mail: HoJoNews@aol.com
Or Publicist at www.redenginepress.com
ISBN: 9780978515874
Publisher: Red Engine Press
Wholesaler: Baker & Taylor
Release Date: October 1, 2007
Editor/Author/Publicist Newest Book Reaches Amazon's Top Ten in PreSales
The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward To Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success reached the top ten in its category (editing) on Amazon in presale efforts.
The Frugal Editor is the second in the HowToDoItFrugally Series of books for writers after The Frugal Editor: How To Do What Your Publisher Won't which is a USA Book News Best Professional Book and Irwin Award Winner. The Frugal Editor helps writers jigger their computers to work with them instead of against them to produce everything from picture-perfect query letters to full manuscripts. It also includes advice from 20 of the nation's top agents on how to avoid appearing like an amateur and a appendices that include contact information for those agents.
The Frugal Editor will foil the gremlins out there determined to keep authors' works from being published, their books from being promoted. They—resolved to embarrass writers before the gatekeepers who can turn the key of success for them—lurk in their subconscious minds and the depths of their computer programs. With the release of Carolyn Howard-Johnson’s The Frugal Editor writers can take control of their own futures—from first query letter to final galley.
This new how-to book is second in the How To Do It Frugally Series, accessible at http://howtodoitfrugally.com.
The author says, "This series is the result of a combination of experience gained through trial and error in promoting my own literary works and my professional experience in marketing, PR, journalism, editing and publishing in general."
Howard-Johnson in an instructor for UCLA Extension's Writers' Program and was named Woman of the Year in Arts and Entertainment by members of the California legislature. In addition to dozens of literary awards and honors, she was also honored by her city's Ethics Committee and the Pasadena Weekly. She was also recently named outstanding woman by American Business Women's Association.
The Frugal Editor is available for pre-orders at Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Frugal-Editor-forward-humiliation-success/dp/0978515870/). Its official release was October 1, 2007
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
For Immediate Release
Contact: Carolyn Howard-Johnson
E-mail: HoJoNews@aol.com
Or Publicist at www.redenginepress.com
ISBN: 9780978515874
Publisher: Red Engine Press
Wholesaler: Baker & Taylor
Release Date: October 1, 2007
Editor/Author/Publicist Newest Book Reaches Amazon's Top Ten in PreSales
The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward To Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success reached the top ten in its category (editing) on Amazon in presale efforts.
The Frugal Editor is the second in the HowToDoItFrugally Series of books for writers after The Frugal Editor: How To Do What Your Publisher Won't which is a USA Book News Best Professional Book and Irwin Award Winner. The Frugal Editor helps writers jigger their computers to work with them instead of against them to produce everything from picture-perfect query letters to full manuscripts. It also includes advice from 20 of the nation's top agents on how to avoid appearing like an amateur and a appendices that include contact information for those agents.
The Frugal Editor will foil the gremlins out there determined to keep authors' works from being published, their books from being promoted. They—resolved to embarrass writers before the gatekeepers who can turn the key of success for them—lurk in their subconscious minds and the depths of their computer programs. With the release of Carolyn Howard-Johnson’s The Frugal Editor writers can take control of their own futures—from first query letter to final galley.
This new how-to book is second in the How To Do It Frugally Series, accessible at http://howtodoitfrugally.com.
The author says, "This series is the result of a combination of experience gained through trial and error in promoting my own literary works and my professional experience in marketing, PR, journalism, editing and publishing in general."
Howard-Johnson in an instructor for UCLA Extension's Writers' Program and was named Woman of the Year in Arts and Entertainment by members of the California legislature. In addition to dozens of literary awards and honors, she was also honored by her city's Ethics Committee and the Pasadena Weekly. She was also recently named outstanding woman by American Business Women's Association.
The Frugal Editor is available for pre-orders at Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Frugal-Editor-forward-humiliation-success/dp/0978515870/). Its official release was October 1, 2007M E D I A R E L E A S E
For Immediate Release
Contact: Carolyn Howard-Johnson
E-mail: HoJoNews@aol.com
Or Publicist at www.redenginepress.com
ISBN: 9780978515874
Publisher: Red Engine Press
Wholesaler: Baker & Taylor
Release Date: October 1, 2007
Editor/Author/Publicist Newest Book Reaches Amazon's Top Ten in PreSales
The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward To Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success reached the top ten in its category (editing) on Amazon in presale efforts.
The Frugal Editor is the second in the HowToDoItFrugally Series of books for writers after The Frugal Editor: How To Do What Your Publisher Won't which is a USA Book News Best Professional Book and Irwin Award Winner. The Frugal Editor helps writers jigger their computers to work with them instead of against them to produce everything from picture-perfect query letters to full manuscripts. It also includes advice from 20 of the nation's top agents on how to avoid appearing like an amateur and a appendices that include contact information for those agents.
The Frugal Editor will foil the gremlins out there determined to keep authors' works from being published, their books from being promoted. They—resolved to embarrass writers before the gatekeepers who can turn the key of success for them—lurk in their subconscious minds and the depths of their computer programs. With the release of Carolyn Howard-Johnson’s The Frugal Editor writers can take control of their own futures—from first query letter to final galley.
This new how-to book is second in the How To Do It Frugally Series, accessible at http://howtodoitfrugally.com.
The author says, "This series is the result of a combination of experience gained through trial and error in promoting my own literary works and my professional experience in marketing, PR, journalism, editing and publishing in general."
Howard-Johnson in an instructor for UCLA Extension's Writers' Program and was named Woman of the Year in Arts and Entertainment by members of the California legislature. In addition to dozens of literary awards and honors, she was also honored by her city's Ethics Committee and the Pasadena Weekly. She was also recently named outstanding woman by American Business Women's Association.
The Frugal Editor is available for pre-orders at Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Frugal-Editor-forward-humiliation-success/dp/0978515870/). Its official release was October 1, 2007
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Tekla Dennison Miller The Warden Wore Pink Speaks at San Juan College
Tekla Dennison Miller, former prison warden, and now writer, will be speaking at San Juan College in Farmington New Mexico Tuesday, November 6 at 11:30 AM on Prisons and Prisoners. Contact Connie Jacobs, PhD at 505-566-3235 or JacobsC@SanJuanCollege.edu.
Tekla is coming to speak to my English 095 class on the death penalty and the novel, A Place to Stand by Jimmy Santiago Baca. He was in prison, illiterate, and was “saved” through language and poetry. I always invite any other students to attend. I especially target Psychology, Sociology, and Human Service students.
Dr. Jacobs says:
Tekla Dennison Miller
www.teklamiller.com
The Warden Wore Pink
A Bowl of Cherries
Life Sentences
Mexico.
Tekla is coming to speak to my English 095 class on the death penalty and the novel, A Place to Stand by Jimmy Santiago Baca. He was in prison, illiterate, and was “saved” through language and poetry. I always invite any other students to attend. I especially target Psychology, Sociology, and Human Service students.
Dr. Jacobs says:
Tekla Dennison Miller
www.teklamiller.com
The Warden Wore Pink
A Bowl of Cherries
Life Sentences
Mexico.
Gotsch Discovery
Went to a creative writing workshop, and got "my wrist slapped" for cramming too many internal thoughts, or too much information expressed by dialogue into a story and slowing it down. The instructor suggested that I find all internals or dialogue possible that could be expressed in a gesture, and use expressions and physical movement to express them. Save dialogue and internals for abstract thoughts. I tried it and didConnie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com it shorten my stuff up. That should have been a "duh", but for some reason it wasn't. Have a good day.
Wylie's Writing Tips/Gwynne Spencer's Cosmic Raccoon
Ann Wylie has just published her latest Writing Tips News Letter. Check out her web site on this blog. If you'd like to subscribe to it, you can. Also Gwynne Spencer's Cosmic Raccoon is out. You can follow the adventures of this Write On Four Corners family member as she settles in the Pacfic Northwest after a move from Southern Colorado. Her web site's on this blog, too.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Friday, September 28, 2007
Write On Four Corners Schedule October KSJE FM Farmington New Mexico
10/3 10/5 Hal Jackson Following the Royal Road A Guide ti the Historic Cameno Real Talke in car
10/10 10/12 Tom Chavez New Mexico Past and Future This is a compilation of lectures Dr. Chavez gave during his years as the Director of the Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe
10/17 10/19 W. C. Jameson Hot coffee and Cold Truth Essays about the west
10/24 10/26 John Duncklee Disowned This is his latest Novel
Write On Four Corners runs on Wednesdays at 10:30 am and Fridays at 2:30 pm Mountain Time on KSJE FM 90.9 You can listen on the web at www.ksje.com in real time by clicking on listen live, or by going to Public Arts, then to podcasts, and then to Write On Four Corners. We usually send up the podcasts a little after the Wednesday broadcasts.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
10/10 10/12 Tom Chavez New Mexico Past and Future This is a compilation of lectures Dr. Chavez gave during his years as the Director of the Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe
10/17 10/19 W. C. Jameson Hot coffee and Cold Truth Essays about the west
10/24 10/26 John Duncklee Disowned This is his latest Novel
Write On Four Corners runs on Wednesdays at 10:30 am and Fridays at 2:30 pm Mountain Time on KSJE FM 90.9 You can listen on the web at www.ksje.com in real time by clicking on listen live, or by going to Public Arts, then to podcasts, and then to Write On Four Corners. We usually send up the podcasts a little after the Wednesday broadcasts.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Authors' Coalition featured at West Hollywood Book Fair during Education Week
If you're in California at this time, come meet Write On Four Corners Author Carolyn Howard JohnsonConnie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
M E D I A R E L E A S E
Contact: Carolyn Howard-Johnson
E-mail: HoJoNews@aol.com
For Immediate Release
Educators' Week a Feature of Authors' Coalition Booth at West Hollywood Fair
West Hollywood -- During this week designated to honor educators, Authors' Coalition will feature teachers in its booth at the West Hollywood Book Fair this Sunday, Sept. 30.
Among those signing at the AC booth (Booth #51-52F) will be educators Carol J. D'Amato, Janice Goliger and Carolyn Howard-Johnson.
The fair is at the West Hollywood Park, 647 N San Vicente Blvd. West Hollywood, CA 90069. It features a variety of pavilions with free panels and seminars.
Howard-Johnson is an instructor for the UCLA Extension Writers' Program. Her books in the HowToDoItFrugally.com Series of books for writers are recommended reading for her classes. Goliger is a teacher for Glendale Unified Schools and writes on self defense for children and D'Amato is a prolific writer of texts and how-tos for graduate students.
Other authors signing are Christine Alexanians, Kevin Gerard, Margaret Danielak, Erica Stux, Leora Krygier, Walter Brasch, Jay Bern, Sona Ovasapyan, Michael Wallach, and Nance Rosen. Their books include everything from nonfiction to poetry to genre fiction.
Students Alexa Gregorian and Rita Gabrielyan will serve as aids to earn volunteer credits required by their schools as well.
More information on the West Hollywood Book Festival may be found at. http://www.westhollywoodbookfair.org/
For a schedule of author signing times go to http://www.authorscoalition.blogspot.com.
For more information on Authors' Coalition go to www.authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com .
M E D I A R E L E A S E
Contact: Carolyn Howard-Johnson
E-mail: HoJoNews@aol.com
For Immediate Release
Educators' Week a Feature of Authors' Coalition Booth at West Hollywood Fair
West Hollywood -- During this week designated to honor educators, Authors' Coalition will feature teachers in its booth at the West Hollywood Book Fair this Sunday, Sept. 30.
Among those signing at the AC booth (Booth #51-52F) will be educators Carol J. D'Amato, Janice Goliger and Carolyn Howard-Johnson.
The fair is at the West Hollywood Park, 647 N San Vicente Blvd. West Hollywood, CA 90069. It features a variety of pavilions with free panels and seminars.
Howard-Johnson is an instructor for the UCLA Extension Writers' Program. Her books in the HowToDoItFrugally.com Series of books for writers are recommended reading for her classes. Goliger is a teacher for Glendale Unified Schools and writes on self defense for children and D'Amato is a prolific writer of texts and how-tos for graduate students.
Other authors signing are Christine Alexanians, Kevin Gerard, Margaret Danielak, Erica Stux, Leora Krygier, Walter Brasch, Jay Bern, Sona Ovasapyan, Michael Wallach, and Nance Rosen. Their books include everything from nonfiction to poetry to genre fiction.
Students Alexa Gregorian and Rita Gabrielyan will serve as aids to earn volunteer credits required by their schools as well.
More information on the West Hollywood Book Festival may be found at. http://www.westhollywoodbookfair.org/
For a schedule of author signing times go to http://www.authorscoalition.blogspot.com.
For more information on Authors' Coalition go to www.authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com .
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Gotsch Wins Broadcast Award for KSJE Farmington
MEDIA RELEASE
CONTACT
Connie Gotsch
Imagination on Board
3101 Centenary Avenue
Farmington, New Mexico
87402
505 326 4969
For Immediate Release
Gotsch Takes Second Place for Radio Program at National Federation of Press Women
The National Federation of Press Women announced the winners in its 2007 Communications Contest Sept. 22 in Richmond, Virginia, at its annual conference.
Broadcaster and author Connie Gotsch received a second place in the Category Radio Special Programming for her documentary ‘Miracle in the Desert: The Story of the Santa Fe Opera.’ She wrote the hour-long work to celebrate the SFO’s 50th Anniversary, for KSJE FM, a public radio station in Farmington, New Mexico.
In addition, Gotsch was recognized as the New Mexico Press Woman Communicator of Achievement.
When she’s not attending meetings, Gotsch hosts the book program ‘Write On Four Corners’ and the classical music show ‘Roving with the Arts’ for KSJE.
She has written two novels A Mouth Full of Shell, and Snap Me a Future. Both are published by dlsijpress.com. Both have won National Federation of Press Women and New Mexico Press Women Communication Contest Awards.
To find out more about Connie Gotsch, KSJE-FM, and DLSIJ Press, go to www.conniegotsch.com www.ksje.com www.conniegotsch.blogspot.com or www.dlsijpress.com
CONTACT
Connie Gotsch
Imagination on Board
3101 Centenary Avenue
Farmington, New Mexico
87402
505 326 4969
For Immediate Release
Gotsch Takes Second Place for Radio Program at National Federation of Press Women
The National Federation of Press Women announced the winners in its 2007 Communications Contest Sept. 22 in Richmond, Virginia, at its annual conference.
Broadcaster and author Connie Gotsch received a second place in the Category Radio Special Programming for her documentary ‘Miracle in the Desert: The Story of the Santa Fe Opera.’ She wrote the hour-long work to celebrate the SFO’s 50th Anniversary, for KSJE FM, a public radio station in Farmington, New Mexico.
In addition, Gotsch was recognized as the New Mexico Press Woman Communicator of Achievement.
When she’s not attending meetings, Gotsch hosts the book program ‘Write On Four Corners’ and the classical music show ‘Roving with the Arts’ for KSJE.
She has written two novels A Mouth Full of Shell, and Snap Me a Future. Both are published by dlsijpress.com. Both have won National Federation of Press Women and New Mexico Press Women Communication Contest Awards.
To find out more about Connie Gotsch, KSJE-FM, and DLSIJ Press, go to www.conniegotsch.com www.ksje.com www.conniegotsch.blogspot.com or www.dlsijpress.com
Banned Bok Week Get Out and Read Check out happenings at Maria's book store
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.comCheck this out:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Libby Cowles, Events Manager
Maria's Bookshop
libby@mariasbookshop.com
(970) 247-1438
celebrate your freedom to read during banned books week!
DURANGO (September 25, 2007)-Banned Books Week - Celebrating the Freedom to Read is observed during the last week of September each year. This year, it
will be celebrated from September 29th through October 6th. Observed since
1982, the annual event reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted.
Banned Books Week is sponsored by the American Booksellers Association, the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE), the American Library Association (ALA), the Association of American Publishers, the American Society of Journalists and Authors and the National Association of
College Stores. The Library of Congress Center for the Book endorses it.
Many bookstores and libraries across the nation, including Maria's Bookshop in Durango, join in the celebration with displays of books that have been
banned or threatened throughout history. These include works ranging from
the Bible to John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men."
Each year, the American Library Association's (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom receives hundreds of reports on books and other materials that were "challenged" (their removal from school or library shelves was requested).
The ALA estimates the number represents only about a quarter of the actual
challenges. "Most Challenged" titles include the popular "Harry Potter"
series of fantasy books for children by J.K. Rowling. The series drew
complaints from parents and others who believe the books promote witchcraft to children.
The challenges reported reflect a continuing concern with a wide variety of
themes. Other "Most Challenged" titles include "The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain, for its use of language, particularly references to race; "It's Perfectly Normal," a sex education book by Robie Harris, for being too explicit, especially for children; and "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou, for the description of rape she suffered
as a child. For more information about this year's list of challenged
books, see http://www.abffe.org/bbw-booklist-detailed.htm.
In celebration of Banned Books Week 2007, Maria's Bookshop will be donating 10% from all gift card sales to the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) until supplies of the special "Freadom" gift cards run out.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Libby Cowles, Events Manager
Maria's Bookshop
libby@mariasbookshop.com
(970) 247-1438
celebrate your freedom to read during banned books week!
DURANGO (September 25, 2007)-Banned Books Week - Celebrating the Freedom to Read is observed during the last week of September each year. This year, it
will be celebrated from September 29th through October 6th. Observed since
1982, the annual event reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted.
Banned Books Week is sponsored by the American Booksellers Association, the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE), the American Library Association (ALA), the Association of American Publishers, the American Society of Journalists and Authors and the National Association of
College Stores. The Library of Congress Center for the Book endorses it.
Many bookstores and libraries across the nation, including Maria's Bookshop in Durango, join in the celebration with displays of books that have been
banned or threatened throughout history. These include works ranging from
the Bible to John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men."
Each year, the American Library Association's (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom receives hundreds of reports on books and other materials that were "challenged" (their removal from school or library shelves was requested).
The ALA estimates the number represents only about a quarter of the actual
challenges. "Most Challenged" titles include the popular "Harry Potter"
series of fantasy books for children by J.K. Rowling. The series drew
complaints from parents and others who believe the books promote witchcraft to children.
The challenges reported reflect a continuing concern with a wide variety of
themes. Other "Most Challenged" titles include "The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain, for its use of language, particularly references to race; "It's Perfectly Normal," a sex education book by Robie Harris, for being too explicit, especially for children; and "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou, for the description of rape she suffered
as a child. For more information about this year's list of challenged
books, see http://www.abffe.org/bbw-booklist-detailed.htm.
In celebration of Banned Books Week 2007, Maria's Bookshop will be donating 10% from all gift card sales to the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) until supplies of the special "Freadom" gift cards run out.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Farmington Public Library, Farmington New Mexico Hosts Author
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
9/17/07
FARMINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY HOSTS RETURN OF STEPHEN ALLTEN BROWN
FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO – The Farmington Public Library invites you to explore the wonder and mystery of Chaco Canyon with noted author Stephen Allten Brown. Mr. Brown will be at the Farmington Public Library on Thursday, September 27 at 7:00 pm to discuss his book “The Shadows of Chaco Canyon." Mr. Brown was previously at the Farmington Public Library earlier this year. While he was here in February, Mr. Brown elaborated on the celestial events at Chaco Canyon, and how these elements play a significant role in his book. During this visit, he will further elaborate on the Great Houses, grand roadways, irrigation systems, and the solar and lunar markers at Chaco Canyon.
Stephen Allten Brown was born and raised in Albuquerque, graduated from the University of New Mexico, and is an avid outdoorsman. Keenly sensitive to the nuances of culture, he was captivated by the mysteriously spiritual ethos of Chaco Canyon upon his first visit in October, 2000. In his book “The Shadows of Chaco Canyon”, Mr. Brown has reanimated the miraculous world heritage site of Chaco Canyon with the addition of a fictional story that accompanies the real elements of Chaco Canyon.
Stephen Allten Brown’s perspective on the archeoastronomy of Chaco Canyon was an exciting and well received program at the library. Many Four Corners residents have requested another opportunity to hear his insights into how celestial events interact with the architecture of this local landmark. Mr. Brown will also be available for book signings after the discussion. “Chaco Canyon and its celestial features are a widely discussed topic here in the Four Corners,” stated Juris Odins, a Reference Librarian at the Farmington Public Library. “We felt this was a great opportunity to bring back Stephen Allten Brown so he could further discuss this amazing local attraction.”
For more information on the author talk and book signing with author Stephen Allten Brown, call the Farmington Public Library 599-1270 or log on to www.infoway.org.
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CONTACT:
Jenny Lee Bingmann
Program Coordinator
Farmington Public Library
Posted by Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
9/17/07
FARMINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY HOSTS RETURN OF STEPHEN ALLTEN BROWN
FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO – The Farmington Public Library invites you to explore the wonder and mystery of Chaco Canyon with noted author Stephen Allten Brown. Mr. Brown will be at the Farmington Public Library on Thursday, September 27 at 7:00 pm to discuss his book “The Shadows of Chaco Canyon." Mr. Brown was previously at the Farmington Public Library earlier this year. While he was here in February, Mr. Brown elaborated on the celestial events at Chaco Canyon, and how these elements play a significant role in his book. During this visit, he will further elaborate on the Great Houses, grand roadways, irrigation systems, and the solar and lunar markers at Chaco Canyon.
Stephen Allten Brown was born and raised in Albuquerque, graduated from the University of New Mexico, and is an avid outdoorsman. Keenly sensitive to the nuances of culture, he was captivated by the mysteriously spiritual ethos of Chaco Canyon upon his first visit in October, 2000. In his book “The Shadows of Chaco Canyon”, Mr. Brown has reanimated the miraculous world heritage site of Chaco Canyon with the addition of a fictional story that accompanies the real elements of Chaco Canyon.
Stephen Allten Brown’s perspective on the archeoastronomy of Chaco Canyon was an exciting and well received program at the library. Many Four Corners residents have requested another opportunity to hear his insights into how celestial events interact with the architecture of this local landmark. Mr. Brown will also be available for book signings after the discussion. “Chaco Canyon and its celestial features are a widely discussed topic here in the Four Corners,” stated Juris Odins, a Reference Librarian at the Farmington Public Library. “We felt this was a great opportunity to bring back Stephen Allten Brown so he could further discuss this amazing local attraction.”
For more information on the author talk and book signing with author Stephen Allten Brown, call the Farmington Public Library 599-1270 or log on to www.infoway.org.
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CONTACT:
Jenny Lee Bingmann
Program Coordinator
Farmington Public Library
Posted by Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Update on the New Mexico Book Awards
If you like Southwest writing, you might want to keep up with this. Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
JOIN US FOR THE NEW MEXICO BOOK AWARDS
The winners of the New Mexico Book Awards will be announced at the Banquet on November 9, honoring all 2007 winners. The banquet will be at the MCM Elegante Hotel in Albuquerque (2020 Menaul Blvd) starting at 5pm. Casual Dress. Special guests for the event will be Tony Hillerman and Rudy Anaya, who will both be honored for their contributions to New Mexico's books. Cost is $28 per person if reserved before Oct 1 (cost is $34 after that date).
RSVP 505-344-9382. 925 Salamanca NW, Los Ranchos, NM 87107 You can make and pay for your reservation online at http://nmbookaward.com/winners.html
The finalists in the 2007 NM Book Awards will be announced at the October 19 Book Coop lunch meeting and will be posted on the Book Awards website immediately after that meeting.
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Paul Rhetts
LPD Press & Rio Grande Books
925 Salamanca NW
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107
505/344-9382
FAX 505/345-5129
LPD_Press@msn.com
http://nmsantos.com
JOIN US FOR THE NEW MEXICO BOOK AWARDS
The winners of the New Mexico Book Awards will be announced at the Banquet on November 9, honoring all 2007 winners. The banquet will be at the MCM Elegante Hotel in Albuquerque (2020 Menaul Blvd) starting at 5pm. Casual Dress. Special guests for the event will be Tony Hillerman and Rudy Anaya, who will both be honored for their contributions to New Mexico's books. Cost is $28 per person if reserved before Oct 1 (cost is $34 after that date).
RSVP 505-344-9382. 925 Salamanca NW, Los Ranchos, NM 87107 You can make and pay for your reservation online at http://nmbookaward.com/winners.html
The finalists in the 2007 NM Book Awards will be announced at the October 19 Book Coop lunch meeting and will be posted on the Book Awards website immediately after that meeting.
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Paul Rhetts
LPD Press & Rio Grande Books
925 Salamanca NW
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107
505/344-9382
FAX 505/345-5129
LPD_Press@msn.com
http://nmsantos.com
Tips for Authors with Carolyn Howard Johnson
Carolyn Howard Johnson has some good ideas for writers here.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
M E D I A R E L E A S E
September 19, 2007
For Immediate Release
Contact: Carolyn Howard-Johnson
E-Mail: HoJoNews@aol.com
Phone: 818-790-0502
Authors' Coalition Readies Third Semi-Annual All-Tips Issue
Glendale, CA—Pssst. Did you know?
That kind of approach has always caught our interest. We look for hot stuff on the stock market, best buys and, of course, better ways to do business. Now that authors find themselves in the positions of promoter and publisher as well as writer, they look for tips, too!
Tips, in fact, are the favorite feature of Authors' Coalition's newsletter, "Sharing with Writers." Founder of the organization, Carolyn Howard-Johnson, is editor of that letter and noticed that correspondence from readers was mostly about tips and more tips. Thus, the first-ever, all-new tips edition was born. After that, subscribers asked for more and the tips edition become a semi-annual event.
Authors' Coalition members are always encouraged to participate in the letter, to share with their fellows by sending articles and news. They came out in droves for this issue and the edition may need to become a two-part newsletter. Before September has waned, the third semi-annual edition will hit the email boxes of subscribers.
Authors' Coalition's site is under construction but interested authors may subscribe to the letter at http://authorscoaltionandredeneginepress.com) or do so by sending an e-mail with "subscribe" in the subject line to HoJoNews@aol.com.
The group also offers ad space, fee writing-related e-books, promotional ideas, a bookstore for to showcase their members' books, a blog focused on making humdrum booth at a book fair into a rousing success by using value-added promotions, (http://AuthorsCoalition.blogspot.com ), and more.
Directors of the group are published authors Pat McGrath Avery and Joyce Faulkner.
Howard-Johnson, the editor of "Sharing with Writers," is the author of USA Book News' Best Professional Book and Irwin Award winnner, The Frugal Book Promoter: How to Do What Your Publisher Won't. Hew new is release, The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success .
Among the sponsors of Authors' Coalition are WebforAuthors.com and Red Engine Press.
More information on Authors' Coalition principles may be found at:
http://www.JoyceFaulkner.com
http://www.HowToDoItFrugally.com .
http://www.redenginepress.com.
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Support materials available on request.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
M E D I A R E L E A S E
September 19, 2007
For Immediate Release
Contact: Carolyn Howard-Johnson
E-Mail: HoJoNews@aol.com
Phone: 818-790-0502
Authors' Coalition Readies Third Semi-Annual All-Tips Issue
Glendale, CA—Pssst. Did you know?
That kind of approach has always caught our interest. We look for hot stuff on the stock market, best buys and, of course, better ways to do business. Now that authors find themselves in the positions of promoter and publisher as well as writer, they look for tips, too!
Tips, in fact, are the favorite feature of Authors' Coalition's newsletter, "Sharing with Writers." Founder of the organization, Carolyn Howard-Johnson, is editor of that letter and noticed that correspondence from readers was mostly about tips and more tips. Thus, the first-ever, all-new tips edition was born. After that, subscribers asked for more and the tips edition become a semi-annual event.
Authors' Coalition members are always encouraged to participate in the letter, to share with their fellows by sending articles and news. They came out in droves for this issue and the edition may need to become a two-part newsletter. Before September has waned, the third semi-annual edition will hit the email boxes of subscribers.
Authors' Coalition's site is under construction but interested authors may subscribe to the letter at http://authorscoaltionandredeneginepress.com) or do so by sending an e-mail with "subscribe" in the subject line to HoJoNews@aol.com.
The group also offers ad space, fee writing-related e-books, promotional ideas, a bookstore for to showcase their members' books, a blog focused on making humdrum booth at a book fair into a rousing success by using value-added promotions, (http://AuthorsCoalition.blogspot.com ), and more.
Directors of the group are published authors Pat McGrath Avery and Joyce Faulkner.
Howard-Johnson, the editor of "Sharing with Writers," is the author of USA Book News' Best Professional Book and Irwin Award winnner, The Frugal Book Promoter: How to Do What Your Publisher Won't. Hew new is release, The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success .
Among the sponsors of Authors' Coalition are WebforAuthors.com and Red Engine Press.
More information on Authors' Coalition principles may be found at:
http://www.JoyceFaulkner.com
http://www.HowToDoItFrugally.com .
http://www.redenginepress.com.
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Support materials available on request.
Hillerman Conference Reminder
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Hello,
If you’ve been meaning to register for the Tony Hillerman Writers Conference: Focus on Mystery, September 30—next Sunday—is the early registration deadline. www.hillermanconference has all the info on program and faculty, including the agents who will welcome your pitches. Please drop us a note if you have any questions. Hope you can join us! You can sign up later, of course, but it will cost a little more.
In other news, we received more than 150 entries for the mystery short story contest we offer with Cowboys & Indians magazine. The stories are now with our judge and the winner will be announced in November at the conference.
Hope to see you there!
Anne and Jean
Jean Schaumberg and Anne Hillerman
Tony Hillerman Conference: Focus on Mystery
Nov. 1-4 Albuquerque, N.M.
www.hillermanconference.com
Hello,
If you’ve been meaning to register for the Tony Hillerman Writers Conference: Focus on Mystery, September 30—next Sunday—is the early registration deadline. www.hillermanconference has all the info on program and faculty, including the agents who will welcome your pitches. Please drop us a note if you have any questions. Hope you can join us! You can sign up later, of course, but it will cost a little more.
In other news, we received more than 150 entries for the mystery short story contest we offer with Cowboys & Indians magazine. The stories are now with our judge and the winner will be announced in November at the conference.
Hope to see you there!
Anne and Jean
Jean Schaumberg and Anne Hillerman
Tony Hillerman Conference: Focus on Mystery
Nov. 1-4 Albuquerque, N.M.
www.hillermanconference.com
Margaret Coel and The Girl with Braided Hair
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
A Journey to the Top
The trials and tribulations of Native Americans journey into today's society
Who: Margaret Coel
When: September 26th, from 7:00 - Noon Eastern
After enduring horrific conditions and laborious journeys, 21st Century Native Americans continue to become impoverished and are now forced to cope with the suffering of the previously afflicted generations. How can these tribes sustain living their own rich culture amongst today's high speed, high fashion, celebrity driven society with corrupt politicians, and steamy scandals?
New York Times Best-selling author Margaret Coel's latest novel, The Girl with Braided Hair, deals with the frauds against the Native Americans. Margaret weaves a parallel of the events of the heated summer of 1973, when activities of the American Indian Movement (AIM) were raging. She strives to showcase and prove that Native Americans are as normal and educated as your best friend. They are noble and flawed, brave and cowardly, funny and sad, good and not-so-good. They are people with a unique, wonderfully rich and ancient culture that can truly benefit all of us.
Margaret sheds light on the following:
§ How the rights of American Indians still get violated.
§ A historical context for the struggling plight of Native Americans.
§ How a tight-knit community can turn on its own and how such ostracizing can have deadly results or long-lasting repercussions.
§ How one approaches the solving of a cold case murder of nearly 35 years, with an unknown victim, no apparent motive, and no witnesses.
§ Why tales of the West still capture our curiosity.
About Margaret Coel: Margaret is the best-selling author of a Western novel series that centers on the Arapaho American Indians. The Girl with Braided Hair is her 13th in the Wind River series. She is a four-time winner of the Colorado Book Award, and is also the winner of the Willa (Cather) Award for Best Novel of the West.
TO SCHEDULE AN INTERVIEW WITH MARGARET COEL
PLEASE CONTACT CHRISTINA DECRESCENZO @ 212-583-5867 or decrescenzoc@plannedtvarts.com
Christina DeCrescenzo
Public Relations Intern
Planned Television Arts/ Ruder Finn Inc.
1110 Second Avenue
Third Floor
New York, New York 10022
Telephone:212.583.5867
Email: decrescenzoc@plannedtvarts.com
www.plannedtvarts.com
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A Journey to the Top
The trials and tribulations of Native Americans journey into today's society
Who: Margaret Coel
When: September 26th, from 7:00 - Noon Eastern
After enduring horrific conditions and laborious journeys, 21st Century Native Americans continue to become impoverished and are now forced to cope with the suffering of the previously afflicted generations. How can these tribes sustain living their own rich culture amongst today's high speed, high fashion, celebrity driven society with corrupt politicians, and steamy scandals?
New York Times Best-selling author Margaret Coel's latest novel, The Girl with Braided Hair, deals with the frauds against the Native Americans. Margaret weaves a parallel of the events of the heated summer of 1973, when activities of the American Indian Movement (AIM) were raging. She strives to showcase and prove that Native Americans are as normal and educated as your best friend. They are noble and flawed, brave and cowardly, funny and sad, good and not-so-good. They are people with a unique, wonderfully rich and ancient culture that can truly benefit all of us.
Margaret sheds light on the following:
§ How the rights of American Indians still get violated.
§ A historical context for the struggling plight of Native Americans.
§ How a tight-knit community can turn on its own and how such ostracizing can have deadly results or long-lasting repercussions.
§ How one approaches the solving of a cold case murder of nearly 35 years, with an unknown victim, no apparent motive, and no witnesses.
§ Why tales of the West still capture our curiosity.
About Margaret Coel: Margaret is the best-selling author of a Western novel series that centers on the Arapaho American Indians. The Girl with Braided Hair is her 13th in the Wind River series. She is a four-time winner of the Colorado Book Award, and is also the winner of the Willa (Cather) Award for Best Novel of the West.
TO SCHEDULE AN INTERVIEW WITH MARGARET COEL
PLEASE CONTACT CHRISTINA DECRESCENZO @ 212-583-5867 or decrescenzoc@plannedtvarts.com
Christina DeCrescenzo
Public Relations Intern
Planned Television Arts/ Ruder Finn Inc.
1110 Second Avenue
Third Floor
New York, New York 10022
Telephone:212.583.5867
Email: decrescenzoc@plannedtvarts.com
www.plannedtvarts.com
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