Writing Business Made Clear

Carolyn Howard-Johnson will be one of the internationally known authors featured at the fourth annual Pen To Paper Literary Symposium, sponsored by the Mark Baker Foundation and Pen of the Writer in Dayton, Ohio.

Valerie Coleman, symposium coordinator says, “The Pen To Paper Literary Symposium provides a wealth of information on the art of and business of writing. “Attendees gain insight from mainstream and self-published authors, editors, agents and an attorney. This year we’ve expanded the symposium to include sessions for music and screen writing.” It will be held on Saturday, October 6, 2007 at the Dayton Urban League (www.daytonurbanleague.com ), 907 West Fifth Street. Sessions begin at 8:30 a.m.

Note from Gotsch--

Carolyn Howard Johnson is a good one to know about if you're trying to promote your own writing. She has the How to Do it Frugally Series of books that have some good ideas on publicity and editing. She makes both easy to understand. She's also an author of place. her award-winning 'This is the Place,' is tender and funny sad, and gut wrenching. If you like to think about the subject of tolerence, you'll like this, as well as her short story collection 'Harkening,' and her poetry found in the chapbook, 'Tracings. Cyeck out her web site. It's on this blog under her name.