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From the Desks of
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Contents
This Is a Special Edition: Profit From Tweeting ~Note from Carolyn ~Invitation to Frugal Seminar ~ ~ ~:. ~ ~ ~.: ~ ~ ~.: ~ ~ ~:. ~ ~ ~.: ~ ~ ~.: ~ ~ ~:. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~:. ~ ~
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Dear Subscribers:

This is a special edition of Sharing with Writers. As you probably know by now, I wrote a new book on tweeting, Frugal and Focused Tweeting for
Retailers: Tweaking your Tweets and Other Tips for Integrating Your Social Media. Now I’m putting it to work with an amazing expert in the publishing field, Patricia Norins, publisher of Gift Shop Magazine and her new newsletter eProfits.

We’re presenting tweeting in a way that makes it easy for us to help you make it easy to turn Twitter into a tool that networks for you and, yes, even sells your books. It’s like a Power Point presentation on your computer screen accompanied by a casual telephone chat!

And besides that, Patricia has offered a Starving Writer Discount to my subscribers and only to my subscribers. So, see below for details or just go straight to www.retailconferenceseries.com and sign up. Use the code starvingwriter to receive the $79. Webinar for $40. And know that you will also receive a copy of Frugal and Focused Tweeting courtesy of eProfits newsletter, an extra benefit that comes from taking good care of the social media campaign for your book. And for being with us.

Remember my new mantra. “Marketing is marketing is marketing. Tweeting it tweeting!” So what is good for the sellers of any product is good for the sellers of books! That’s you!

Happy Writing, Promoting and Editing in 2010 Carolyn Howard - Johnson

PS: Learn more about Patricia’s expertise: http://www.patricianorins.com/


GIFT SHOP Magazine/Specialty Retail Report/Retailer eProfits Web Conference Series

Learn How to Put Twitter to Work to Build Store Traffic and Sales

Everywhere you look, everyone is talking about Twitter! In fact, more than
26 million adults are actively using it. It’s being hailed as the one - stop resource for making your marketing dreams come true. That’s great if you know how to put it to work for you…

Successful retailers know how powerful and effective Twitter can be—with the right plan, measurement tools and resources. Don’t fly blind in an industry where your customers can literally turn you off in an instant.
Finally! A Web Conference That Makes Using Twitter EASY and EFFECTIVE!

If you have 75 minutes, we have the answers! This conference is taught by social media experts Patricia Norins (publisher of GIFT SHOP Magazine, Specialty Retail Report and the monthly newsletter, Retailer eProfits) and Carolyn Howard - Johnson (successful veteran retailer, author of the book, "Frugal Tweeting" and award - winning journalist). This 75 minute course is specifically designed for retailers who are overwhelmed, intimidated, or unsure of how to use Twitter as a tool to drive results.

You could spend days researching the best practices online, slogging through costly books or even chatting with expensive consultants to find out how to get going on Twitter. Or, you can attend this fast and effective Web conference. Space is limited! Enroll today!
You’ll learn clear and simple steps on getting started, tips and insider advice on building a powerful list to target current and potential customers, content strategies, a plan on how to define your Twitter marketing goals, and resources for getting the most out of Twitter.

Enroll Now!
As a reminder, here’s what you’ll get with this course:
1. Twitter 101—Step - by - Step breakdown of how to get started

2. Content Strategies—Insider tips to engage your customers to drive more
traffic in less than 10 minutes per day

3. How to Define and Reach your Twitter Goals—5 key considerations

4. Resources for Getting the Most out of Twitter—Tools for measuring your
progress and methodology to expand your reach

5. LIVE Q&A Session with Patricia Norins and Carolyn Howard -
Johnson—During this call you’ll have the chance to ask Patricia and Carolyn questions directly to clear up YOUR Twitter issues!

6. Invite Your Team to Attend for FREE—You can maximize the reach of this
training even more by creating your own team training event. When you enroll in this conference, gather as many people around the table as you want.

7. And there are three great BONUSES too: With this Web Conference,
Tweeting for Retailers in 5 Simple Steps, you get a printed copy of Carolyn Howard - Johnson’s brand new book, Frugal and Focused Tweeting for Retailers, along with a 60 - page pdf of the presentation and a coupon for $40 off your next webinar (combined it’s a $90 value)!


It’s a perfectly - timed occasion to get direct access to such respected social media experts in the gift industry—one that that you will not find again at this affordable price.

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Co - presenters Carolyn Howard - Johnson and Patricia Norins receive rave reviews at industry events:

"Carolyn and Patricia are terrific presenters with loads of specific information that I will put to use right away in my store. Thank you for arming me with the tools I need to grow my business."

"Thank you for showing me a fantastic plan for how to use social media to increase my store sales."

"I loved how interactive and educational the session was. The Q & A at the end was great."












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(Definitions in the next few newsletters are from www.butlerwebs.com/jokes/definitions.htm. You might have some favorite neologisms, metaphors or similes that make you smile. If so, please
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Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.


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Essential Book and Record Keeping:

This is a place to share with others and learn from others.

Although I do attempt to verify information used within this newsletter's pages, Sharing with Writers does not guarantee entities or information.
Subscribers should research resources.

To submit information articles, tips or other information, e - mail Carolyn at HoJoNews@aol.com. Please put "Submission: Sharing with Writers"
in the subject line.

If you do not care to receive this newsletter, send an e - mail to HoJoNews@aol.com with "Unsubscribe” in the subject line, but please, please don't tell me you've given up writing or promoting!

To subscribe to Sharing with Writers send an e - mail with "Subscribe" in the subject line to:: HoJoNews@aol.com.

Please pass this newsletter to friends or e - groups. It needn't be pasted in its complete form, but please credit this newsletter, and the individual contributors with anything you snip and paste.

Ordering Information:
Frugal Book Promoter: How to Do What Your Publisher Won't http://budurl.com/FrugalBkPromo The e - book at http://starpublishllc.com/id43.html

The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success http://budurl.com/TheFrugalEditor

The Great First Impression Book Proposal: Everything You Need To Know About Selling Your Book in 20 Minutes or Less, http://www.amazon.com/Great - First - Impression - Book - Proposal/dp/B000YG6O5U/

A Retailer’s Guide to Frugal In - Store Promotions: How To Increase Profits and Spit in the Eyes of Economic Downturns with Thrifty Events and Sales Techniques http://budurl.com/RetailersGuide To learn more about This Is the Place,
Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered, Tracings, and She Wore Emerald Then: www.carolynhoward - johnson.com.

She Wore Emerald Then: Reflections on Motherhood, a chapbook of poetry coauthored with Magdalena Ball. http://budurl.com/MotherChapbook

Tracings, a chapbook of poetry (Finishing Line Press) www.budurl.com/CarolynsTracings

Contact Information
Websites:
http://carolynhoward - Johnson.com (literary) http://HowToDoItFrugally.com (all things about writing)


Blogs:

http://www.SharingwithWriters.blogspot.com, a blog on all things publishing http://www.TheFrugalEditor.blogspot.com, all things grammatical and ungrammatical http://www.TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com, a blog focused on YOUR reviews http://www.TheFrugalEditor.blogspot.com, a blog focused on editing, formatting and craft http://www.WarPeaceTolerance.blogspot.com War. Peace. Tolerance. And Our Soldiers.
http://www.sizzlingbookfairbooths.blogspot.com, a blog where you can learn to get some mojo behind your own booth by learning from the successes and mistakes of others.

Tweeting at:
www.twitter.com/frugalbookpromo
www.twitter.com/frugalretailing




Visit Carolyn HowardJohnson at:
http://www.authorsden.com/carolynhowardjohnson


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And now out! Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and through your local book store. Winner 2010 Mom’s Choice Award Finalist 2009 New Mexico Book Awards.

Southwest Book Award winners

Announcing The Southwest Book Design and Production Award winners for 2008-2009 and The Book in Hand & Special Recognition award winners awarded June 11, 2010.www.nmbook.org

Many thanks,

Karen Villanueva
for New Mexico Book Association

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 at Amazon.com and from me right here.

And now out! Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and through your local book store. Winner 2010 Mom’s Choice Award Finalist 2009 New Mexico Book Awards.

100 Best New Mexico Books

PRESS RELEASE
June 23, 2010
CONTACT: Paul Rhetts 505/344-9382
100 BEST NEW MEXICO BOOKS FOR THE CENTENNIAL
The New Mexico Book Co-op and Reading New Mexico have announced the search for the 100 Best New Mexico Book to celebrate New Mexico’s Centennial.
Votes will be solicited from authors, libraries, schools, booksellers, and the public to nominate the best New Mexico books written and published on or before 2000. Books nominated must be written by New Mexicans, published by a New Mexico publisher, or about New Mexico. The competition will end January 6, 2011 and be announced in the Spring of 2011. Each nomination includes up to ten books; nominations must include the name of the author of each book nominated. All nominations must include the name of the person nominating. Only one nomination (up to ten books) per person. Duplicate nominations will not be counted.
For more information go to the New Mexico Book Co-op website at http://nmbookcoop.com/Projects/Best-Books/Best-Books.html or by CLICKING 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 at Amazon.com and from me right here.

And now out! Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and through your local book store. Winner 2010 Mom’s Choice Award Finalist 2009 New Mexico Book Awards.

New Mexico's Centennial Poet, Storyteller, and Author

Nominations sought for New Mexico’s Centennial Poet, Storyteller and Authors—Deadline Extended!
Honor your favorite NM author, poet, children’s author, and/or storyteller! The New Mexico State Library and Centennial planners are accepting nominations for four honorary positions associated with the commemoration of New Mexico’s hundred years of statehood in 2012 – Poet, Storyteller, Author and Children’s Author. And the deadline has been extended!
Nominations may be submitted by individual New Mexico residents or representatives of organizations in New Mexico and may include self-nominations. The deadline for submissions has been extended to Friday, July 2, 2010! The individuals selected will be announced at a ceremony in the fall of 2010. Those interested in nominating can visit www.nmstatelibrary.org and click on Centennial Nominations (in the left-side menu) for complete guidelines. You can also go directly to this by CLICKING HERE
Applications may be submitted via postal mail or online.

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 at Amazon.com and from me right here.

And now out! Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and through your local book store. Winner 2010 Mom’s Choice Award Finalist 2009 New Mexico Book Awards.

Carolyn Howard Johnson News Letter

June 11, 2010
Sharing with Writers
A newsletter that is also a community. Share your ideas. Learn from theirs! Associated with the multi award - winning series of HowToDoItFrugally series of books for writers, www.howtodoitfrugally.com


From the Desks of
Carolyn Howard - Johnson
and Sharing with Writers Subscribers

In the spirit of the advice I give in the Frugal Editor - - that is to use an extra pair of eyes whenever possible - - this newsletter is voluntarily copyedited by Mindy Phillips Lawrence ~ mplcreative1@aol.com ~ www.freewebs.com/mplcreative. I also tell writers to be patient with other writers when they make editing boo - boos. We're all human. This letter comes out weekly (except when I'm traveling or on deadline) and it's long!
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Dear Subscribers:

How about literature for Father’s Day instead of ties or dinner?

We know ties are a cliché and in a few years, Dad won’t remember one Father’s Day dinner from another. Let’s face it, not all literature is created equal, thus some books are just as fleeting, though most would be a step up from a gift certificate and certainly would help support the industry that we believe important for the future.

I’m proposing—selfishly—poetry. Frugally!

First, you may have never given your father, grandfather, or a favorite father figure in your life a book of poetry. Thus, it will be memorable.
A small book of poetry will also be flattering. He will appreciate being treated tenderly. In fact, present a small chapbook with a single rose or gladiolus spray. Who says that only women want romance and tenderness in their lives!

Some of the readers of this newsletter could easily write a poem—even if they don’t think poetry is their forte. Print it out on some linen - like paper and present it with any other gift you may be giving.
You might choose to tuck it inside the cover of the chapbook Imagining the
Future: Ruminations on Fathers and Other Masculine Apparitions that Magdalena Ball and I wrote for our Celebration Series of chapbooks. Our idea for this series is to have small books written for those who prefer something a little more literary than the typical greeting card, but still accessible for those who didn’t study literature in school. And at an affordable price with cover art (and sometimes interior art) chosen from among our circles of talented writing and artist friends.

Most of our booklets are $6.95. We now have one for mothers (She Wore Emerald Then: Reflections on Motherhood, www.budurl.com/MotherChapbook), one that says love (Cherished Pulse: Unconventional Love Poetry,
www.budulr.com/CherishedPulse) and one for men and fathers (Imagining the Future, www.budurl.com/Imagining). We’re working on one for Christmas (not the holidays, but Christmas). It will be called Blooming Red.

Think of your poetry presentation to Dad as a Father’s Day card; it costs little more than a really nice one. Or think of it as a tuck - in gift or a tie - on as part of the wrap. Any poetry book you choose can be made more personal if you tie a little grosgrain or satin ribbon inside the crease of the book to be used as a bookmark.
And don’t forget the hug.

Here is a sample poem from Imagining the Future
(www.budurl.com/Imagining):

Long Before They Shut the Napster Down

my father collected blursounds
get out of town
downloaded into the night soft jazzy
lights, sweet pink smoke
the smell of Jack Daniel's hot
satin doll
to real applause, nothing canned

found in the night a voice
like a staccato bass Wes Bowen
at KSL croons ella and shearing
at midnight to benefit a crowd
of one, alone at the wheel
make believe

marimbas, smooth
lullaby of birdland
sweet humanbaby - whine of clarinets
and a moon
no electronic nothing
humthrum of base, brushswish metal on cymbals

tell you what it's all about
lucky to get it before they shut the music down
smokey joe's
dispenser of joy, free of charge
cut me a rose

Great Reading, Book Promoting and Editing to You!
Carolyn Howard - Johnson

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(Fun with language from The Washington and other publications.)


Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained.




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Although I do attempt to verify information used within this newsletter's pages, Sharing with Writers does not guarantee entities or information.
Subscribers should research resources.

To submit information articles, tips or other information, e - mail Carolyn at HoJoNews@aol.com. Please put "Submission: Sharing with Writers"
in the subject line.

If you do not care to receive this newsletter, send an e - mail to HoJoNews@aol.com with "Unsubscribe” in the subject line, but please, please don't tell me you've given up writing or promoting!

To subscribe to Sharing with Writers send an e - mail with "Subscribe" in the subject line to:: HoJoNews@aol.com.

Please pass this newsletter to friends or e - groups. It needn't be pasted in its complete form, but please credit this newsletter, and the individual contributors with anything you snip and paste.

Ordering Information:
Frugal Book Promoter: How to Do What Your Publisher Won't http://budurl.com/FrugalBkPromo The e - book at http://starpublishllc.com/id43.html

The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success http://budurl.com/TheFrugalEditor

The Great First Impression Book Proposal: Everything You Need To Know About Selling Your Book in 20 Minutes or Less, http://www.amazon.com/Great - First - Impression - Book - Proposal/dp/B000YG6O5U/

A Retailer’s Guide to Frugal In - Store Promotions: How To Increase Profits and Spit in the Eyes of Economic Downturns with Thrifty Events and Sales Techniques http://budurl.com/RetailersGuide

To learn more about This Is the Place,
Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered, Tracings, and She Wore Emerald Then: www.carolynhoward - johnson.com.

She Wore Emerald Then: Reflections on Motherhood, a chapbook of poetry coauthored with Magdalena Ball. http://budurl.com/MotherChapbook

Tracings, a chapbook of poetry (Finishing Line Press) www.budurl.com/CarolynsTracings

Contact Information
Websites:
http://carolynhoward - Johnson.com (literary) http://HowToDoItFrugally.com (all things about writing)


Blogs:

http://www.SharingwithWriters.blogspot.com, a blog on all things publishing http://www.TheFrugalEditor.blogspot.com, all things grammatical and ungrammatical http://www.TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com, a blog focused on YOUR reviews http://www.TheFrugalEditor.blogspot.com, a blog focused on editing, formatting and craft http://www.WarPeaceTolerance.blogspot.com War. Peace. Tolerance. And Our Soldiers.
http://www.sizzlingbookfairbooths.blogspot.com, a blog where you can learn to get some mojo behind your own booth by learning from the successes and mistakes of others.

Tweeting at:
www.twitter.com/frugalbookpromo
www.twitter.com/frugalretailing




Visit Carolyn HowardJohnson at:
http://www.authorsden.com/carolynhowardjohnson


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And now out! Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and through your local book store. Winner 2010 Mom’s Choice Award Finalist 2009 New Mexico Book Awards.

Carolyn Howard-Johnson Teaching Class

Award-Winning Author to Teach UCLA Class for Writers
Carolyn Howard-Johnson, the multi award-winning author of more than a dozen books, will teach a one-day seminar on book marketing for writers at UCLA Extension Writers’ Program this summer quarter.
The world-renowned program offers writers classes--from the craft of writing to promoting one’s writing--at several different venues and online. Howard-Johnson’s seminar, Creating a Promotion Package for Your Fiction or Nonfiction Book, will be taught Sat. Aug. 7 on the UCLA campus. The class is based on the content of her book The Frugal Book Promoter: How To Do What Your Publisher Won’t, winner of USA Book News Award for business books and the Irwin award, given by Book Publicists of Southern California for marketing campaigns.
The author has been and instructor for the Writers' Program since 2004. She has served as a publicist for all her own books (including her poetry chapbooks--the most difficult of all genres to promote), been a fashion publicist in New York City, done the marketing for her own chain of retail stores, and has worked in the publishing industry for Good Housekeeping Magazine and a variety of newspapers and trade publications.
Howard-Johnson was named Woman of the Year in Arts and Entertainment by the 43rd and 44th District of the California Legislature. Her fiction, nonfiction and poems have appeared in national magazines, anthologies and review journals. One of her poems recently won the Franklin Christoph prize. She speaks on Utah's culture, tolerance and other subjects and has appeared on TV and hundreds of radio stations nationwide.

For more information on UCLA’s Writers’ Program or to request their quarterly extension catalog, call (310) 825-9415. Sign up online at www.uclaextension.edu. The registration number for the English 735.1 class is 76941.
Howard-Johnson may be reached at (HoJoNews@aol.com). Information is also available at http://carolynhoward-johnson.com and http://www.howtodoitfrugally.com .
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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 at Amazon.com and from me right here.

And now out! Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and through your local book store. Winner 2010 Mom’s Choice Award Finalist 2009 New Mexico Book Awards.

Shoes for Santo Niño Reviewed in NM Magazine

The Shoes for the Santo Niño, written by Peggy Pond Church with illustrations by Charles M. Carrillo, was reviewed in New Mexico Magazine.
New Mexico Magazine says:
"In the Roman Catholic tradition, and particularly among Hispanic and Native American Catholics in northern New Mexico, Santo Niño (the Christ child) is thought to heal children. Figurines of the saint are believed to leave church altars at night to visit ailing children—the devout leave children’s shoes at his shrines to ensure that he can continue his travels. In this story, Julianita, the youngest of 11 siblings, diligently crafts a pair of shoes for Santo Niño. Unlike he family, Julianita believes that the saint departs the church not to help children, but to gambol about the countryside—just as she dearly wishes she could do herself. Once Julianita delivers the shoes, Santa Niño springs to life, and together the two explore the llano (plains), in this magical tale rich in cultural significance. Tales such as this have been shared among New Mexican families for centuries, and this one is well worth picking up so that your own family can continue the tradition. Originally written in the 1930s by famed New Mexico author Peggy Pond Church, probably best known for The House at Otowi Bridge: The Story of Edith Warner and Los Alamos (University of New Mexico Press, 1959), Shoes for the Santo Niño was lost for almost seven decades. Here it is brought back to life with watercolor illustrations by Santa Fe santero Charles M. Carrillo. Recommended for children five to seven." -- May 2010
BOOK SIGNINGS
Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 3pm — Museum of NM History/Spanish Market, Santa Fe, NM

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 at Amazon.com and from me right here.

And now out! Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and through your local book store. Winner 2010 Mom’s Choice Award Finalist 2009 New Mexico Book Awards.

Rio Grande Books News

SACRED FEMININE Featured in NM Magazine
Award-winning author Judith McLaughlin and her new book SACRED FEMININE are featured in a book review in New Mexico Magazine. McLaughlin won the 2009 New Mexico Book Awards in her category and won a 2010 New Mexico Press Women’s Award for Sacred Feminine. Sacred Feminine examines the role that culture, religion, sociology, art, and gender play in the development of religious, Santero art in New Mexico. McLaughlin also looks at images of women in sacred art in New Mexico.
New Mexico Magazine says:
"Ever since Spanish Colonial times, santos — the sacred folk-art figures depicting Roman Catholic saints that are the objects of daily prayer and community celebration in New Mexico—have helped carry on the faith in this rugged area. Although much research has been devoted to santos, the artists who make them (santeros), and the creation of these devotional figures, little attention has been paid to the role of feminine symbolism and iconography in this tradition. In Sacred Feminine, author Judith McLaughlin helps to remedy this oversight. She explores santeros’ depictions of Mary, the mother of Jesus and the key feminine figure in Catholic tradition, as well as how the glorification of these feminine figures affected the roles of women in Spanish Colonial society. To illustrate the concepts discussed, the book includes many photographs of santos, bultos, and retablos; however, McLaughlin fails to pinpont the connections between the specific pieces presented and the concepts she describes. Additionally, these pieces of religious folk art are presented in black-and-white, which doesn’t allow the reader to fully appreciate their colorful beauty. On the whole, however, Sacred Feminine — which won the 2009 New Mexico Book Award for Best Religious Book—is a fascinating look at this artistic tradition that both scholars and art fans will appreciate."--May 2010
BOOK SIGNING
Sunday, June 20 at 1pm --Treasure House Books, Albuquerque, NM

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 at Amazon.com and from me right here.

And now out! Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and through your local book store. Winner 2010 Mom’s Choice Award Finalist 2009 New Mexico Book Awards.

New Mexico Book CoOp Lunch Speaker

June Book Co-op Meeting
PRESS RELEASE
June 7, 2010
Contact: Paul Rhetts 505/344-9382, LPD Press/Rio Grande Books
THE POPE OF PEPPERS TO SPEAK AT THE JUNE 25 NEW MEXICO BOOK CO-OP MEETING ON ALTERNATIVE MARKETING
Dave DeWitt, The “Pope of Peppers” and author of over 35 books, will be the featured speaker at the June 25 New Mexico Book Co-op Lunch. Emily DeWitt-Cisneros will join him in the discussion on social media and alternative book marketing – YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, e-events, blogs, blasts, internet newsletters, and new technology. The lunch will be held at Golden Corral on Alameda and off Coors across from Lowe’s (3401 NM HWY 528). Lunch starts at 11:15am and the meeting begins at noon. Meeting is free, but attendees pay for their own lunches.
Dave DeWitt’s nerwest book “Founding Foodies: How Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin Revolutionized American Cuisine,” will be released this fall. DeWitt is the founder of the Fiery Foods Show. Emily DeWitt Cisneros manages the Fiery Foods Show and manages the use of social media for the annual show, which is the largest show in the country featuring hot and spicy foods.
For information or reservations email info@nmsantos.com or call 505/344-9382.
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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 at Amazon.com and from me right here.

And now out! Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and through your local book store. Winner 2010 Mom’s Choice Award Finalist 2009 New Mexico Book Awards.

June New Mexico Book CoOp Meeting

June Book Co-op Meeting
PRESS RELEASE
June 7, 2010
Contact: Paul Rhetts 505/344-9382, LPD Press/Rio Grande Books
THE POPE OF PEPPERS TO SPEAK AT THE JUNE 25 NEW MEXICO BOOK CO-OP MEETING ON ALTERNATIVE MARKETING
Dave DeWitt, The “Pope of Peppers” and author of over 35 books, will be the featured speaker at the June 25 New Mexico Book Co-op Lunch. Emily DeWitt-Cisneros will join him in the discussion on social media and alternative book marketing – YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, e-events, blogs, blasts, internet newsletters, and new technology. The lunch will be held at Golden Corral on Alameda and off Coors across from Lowe’s (3401 NM HWY 528). Lunch starts at 11:15am and the meeting begins at noon. Meeting is free, but attendees pay for their own lunches.
Dave DeWitt’s nerwest book “Founding Foodies: How Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin Revolutionized American Cuisine,” will be released this. DeWitt is the founder of the Fiery Foods Show. Emily DeWitt Cisneros manages the Fiery Foods Show and manages the use of social media for the annual show, which is the largest show in the country featuring hot and spicy foods.
For information or reservations email info@nmsantos.com or call 505/344-9382.

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 at Amazon.com and from me right here.

And now out! Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and through your local book store. Winner 2010 Mom’s Choice Award Finalist 2009 New Mexico Book Awards.

New Mexico Book Association Revamps Web Site

NMBA is delighted to present our new website! Our web address remains the same—www.nmbook.org—but we have a remodeled appearance and enhanced functionality. As you browse the pages, new navigational tools will make your movement through the site fun, smooth, and efficient. You will encounter all the features that you have come to know and love about www.nmbook.org, with these new additions:
• An interactive, printable Calendar of Events, with views by the day, week, or month. Our calendar submission form has also been updated, and we hope you will let us know if we can make additional improvements here. As before, calendar submissions are not automatic; they will be batch posted at least weekly.
• New online forms and PayPal options to make your payments for Classifieds, dues, and workshops more convenient.
• A Classified Ads page, where members and others can advertise their skills, look for jobs, or sell an item. For book sales, we’ve included a separate category. The fee per submission is just $10 for the first month and $5 for each month thereafter. The “clock” on your monthly submission begins at the time of posting, not at the time of submission (Your submissions do not appear instantaneously.)
• Plus RSS feeds and social network sharing, and more to come...
Explore the new www.nmbook.org to see what the new site offers. If you have a good idea about improving future versions of the website, or experience any technical difficulties while viewing the site, please email Mary Neighbour: office@nmbook.org.

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 at Amazon.com and from me right here.

And now out! Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and through your local book store. Winner 2010 Mom’s Choice Award Finalist 2009 New Mexico Book Awards.

New Mexico Book CoOp Gala

You have heard about our new website with updated functions, and you have heard about the June 11 Membership Meeting and Gala . . . combine the two and now you can pay online to attend the gala, as well as download a ballot to elect new board members.
The Gala is one of NMBA’s highlight events. This year we will be announcing the winners of the Southwest Book Design & Production Awards, as well as presenting the Book in Hand and Special Recognition Honors—all in the festive atmosphere of El Farol restaurant in the company of publishers, authors, book designers, publicists, journalists, book lovers, NMBA members and friends. Please join us; members and nonmembers are welcome!

Date/Time: Friday, June 11, from 11:30am to 2:00pm
Location: El Farol Restaurant, 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912
(municipal parking lot across the street)
Cost: $25/per person
Price includes 4 delicious tapas plates and iced tea or coffee
(self-pay for menu offerings and bar)
RSVP: Mary Neighbour, 505.660.6357; office@nmbook.org

NMBA June 2010 Calendar of Events
June 4
6th Annual Chama Book Fair, Chama
When: June 4 – 5, 2010
Description: 6th Annual Chama Book Fair, Chama. Features Rambo's dad, David Morrell and a list of authors. Find details about the workshop and book fair on the NM Book Co-op’s website, www.nmbookcoop.com.
Saturday, June 5
IWWG-and-Friends Luncheon
11:30am – 11:30am
Where: Location to be determined (map)
Description: IWWG-and-Friends Luncheon, RSVP needed, (505) 473-3479, lozarpaula@cs.com.

Dr. Marcellin Simard and Malina Simard-Halm: Tell Me Your Dreams
2:00pm
Where: Garcia Street Books, 376 Garcia St., Santa Fe (map)
Description: Author event; contact Garcia Street Books; (505) 986-0151; garciastreetbooks@yahoo.com; www.garciastreetbooks.com.
Friday, June 11
NMBA Gala & Awards, Networking &Annual Membership Meeting
11:30am – 2:00pm
Where: El Farol Restaurant, 808 Canyon Road, Santa Fe (map)
Description: As featured at top of page.
Saturday, June 12
Santa Fe Writers Conference,
When: June 12-13, 2010
Where: Hotel Santa Fe (map)
Description: "Write, Thrive, Publish" in the Digital Age; $375 for both days; details and registration form at: www.santafewritersconference.com; (505) 982-9301.
Dan Flores: Canyon Visions: Photographs And Pastels of the Texas Plains
3:00pm
Where: Garcia Street Books, 376 Garcia St., Santa Fe (map)
Description: Author event; contact (505) 986-0151 garciastreetbooks@yahoo.com www.garciastreetbooks.com.
Sunday, June 13
Santa Fe Writers Conference, http://www.santafewritersconference.com/
Monday, June 14
Deadline for the Purple Dragonfly Book Award
When: Monday, June 14, 2010
Description: Deadline for the Purple Dragonfly Book Award, recognizing authors of children’s literature; www.fivestarpublications.com/dragonfly.
Tuesday, June 15
Nancy Bartlit, Silent Voices of World War II, Los Alamos Historical Society
8:30am
Where: St. John's College, 1160 Camino Cruz Blanca, Santa FeLos Alamos Historical Society (map)
Description: Nancy Bartlit, Silent Voices of World War II, Los Alamos Historical Society, Workshop on the Manhattan Project, Los Alamos & Santa Fe, Los Alamos Historical Society. (505) 466-1256, michaelhice@earthlink.net, www.losalamoshistory.org.

James McGrath Morris
7:00pm
Where: New Life Presbyterian Church, 5540 Eubank NE, Albuquerque (map)
Description: I See Dead People: Researching Lives from the Past; contact SouthWest Writers, www.southwestwriters.com.
Thursday, June 17
New Mexico Coalition for Literacy 22nd Annual Meeting-Opening Reception
4:00pm
Where: Courtyard by Marriott, Santa Fe, NM (map)
Description: New Mexico Coalition for Literacy 22nd Annual Meeting-Opening Reception. (800) 233-7587, officemanager@nmcl.org, www.nmcl.org. Authors are invited to the reception, 4-6pm. The meeting begins the following day (see below) and authors are invited to exhibit or to participate in the silent auction, donating books for a good cause. Call Virginia Pulver, (800) 233-7587 with questions or to RSVP for the reception.
Friday, June 18
New Mexico Coalition for Literacy 22nd Annual Meeting
All day
Where: Courtyard by Marriott, Santa Fe, NM (map)
Description: New Mexico Coalition for Literacy 22nd Annual Meeting, Courtyard by Marriott, Santa Fe, 8am-4pm, (800) 233-7587, officemanager@nmcl.org, www.nmcl.org.
Monday, June 21
Sallie Bingham: If In Darkness
5:30pm
Where: Garcia Street Books, 376 Garcia St., Santa Fe (map)
Description: Garcia Street Books; (505) 986-0151; garciastreetbooks@yahoo.com; www.garciastreetbooks.com.
Desiree Mays - Reading of John Luther Long's story, "Madame Butterfly"
6pm – 8pm
Where: 202 Galisteo St., Santa Fe 87501 (map)
Description: Have you ever wondered what the original source of Puccini's Madame Butterfly was? Come to a reading by Desiree Mays of John Luther Long's story, Madame Butterfly. This free event is sponsored by Collected Works Bookstore and The Santa Fe Opera Guild. Contact Mary Wolf; 505 988-4226; mary@cwbookstore.com.
Tuesday, June 22
Shirley Raye Redmond, The Jersey Devil and Other Unsolved Mysteries, Croak and Dagger Chapter of Sisters in Crime
7:00pm
Where: James Dwyer Memorial Police Substation, 12700 Montgomery Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM (map)
Description: Shirley Raye Redmond, The Jersey Devil and Other Unsolved Mysteries, Croak and Dagger Chapter of Sisters in Crime, (505) 298-4823, www.croak-and-dagger.com.
Tuesday, June 23
Author Event: SWAIA 365: Native Literary Series - Readings by Jamie Figueroa & Santee Frazier
6pm – 8pm
Where: 202 Galisteo St., Santa Fe 87501 (map)
Description: Jamie Figueroa is a creative writing student at The Institute of American Indian Arts. She identifies as Boricua from the island of Borinquen. Santee Frazier is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. He holds a BFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts and an MFA from Syracuse University. Contact Mary Wolf 505 988-4226; mary@cwbookstore.com.
Thursday, June 24
The American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference
When: June 24 – 28 2010
Description: The American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference. Visit www.ala.org for details.
Martha Egan, La Ranfla and Other New Mexico Stories
7:00pm
Where: Mesa Public Library, Authors Speak Series, 2400 Central Ave., Los Alamos
Description: Martha Egan, La Ranfla and Other New Mexico Stories, Mesa Public Library, Authors Speak Series, (505) 466-1256, michaelhice@earthlink.net, www.losalamosnm.us.
Friday, June 25
The American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference, www.ala.org
Deadline for the 2010 Hollywood Book Festival, Los Angeles, www.hollywoodbookfestival.com
Saturday, June 26
The American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference
All day
Author event: Richard A. Barrett
2:00pm
Where: Garcia Street Books, 376 Garcia Street Santa Fe, NM 87501 (map)
Description: Richard A. Barrett: Tales from a Spanish Village; garciastreetbooks@yahoo.com; www.garciastreetbooks.com; (505) 986-0151.
Sunday, June 27
The American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference
All day
June 28
The American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference
All day, last day.
Wednesday, June 30
SWAIA Presents Native Arts Authenticity Lecture Series
6pm – 8pm
Where: 202 Galisteo St., Santa Fe 87501 (map)
Description: SWAIA presents a series of four informative lectures throughout June and July on Native Art and authenticity. The lectures, presented by local experts, will discuss the local economic and cultural impact of foreign-made "Native" jewelry and artwork. Contact Person Mary Wolf; 505 988-4226; mary@cwbookstore.com.


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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 at Amazon.com and from me right here.

And now out! Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and through your local book store. Winner 2010 Mom’s Choice Award Finalist 2009 New Mexico Book Awards.