I wanted to let you know my new book, Same, Same but Different, will be released on September 13th. My publisher will be sending you a copy, soon I hope.
http://us.macmillan.com/book.aspx?isbn=9780805089462
I am having an event with Uma Krishnaswami at Maria's Bookshop in Durango, CO on Saturday, Sept 17th from 10-11am. I was wondering if you could share this announcement on your show the week before. We'd really appreciate it if you can. I think it will be a fun event!
http://mariasbookshop.com/event/meet-author-saturday-morning-story-time-jenny-sue-kostecki-shaw
Take care and hope your summer has been nice,
jenny sue
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning youth novels ‘Belle’s Star,’ and ‘Belle’s trial,’ based on the life of a real dog and written from her point of view. Available from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and Anazon,com Belle’s Star was a New Mexico BookAward in 2009 and 2010; First Place for Juvenile Fiction New Mezxico Press Women and National Federation of Press Women Communication Contests 2010’ Silver Mom’s Choice Award 2010.
Belle’s Trial’ won First Place for Juvenile Fiction in the 2011 New Mexico Press Press Women’s Commuication Contest, and a Silver Mom’s Choice Award for 2011. The book received an Eric Hoffer Award nomination for 2011.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Greetings!
Welcome to our newest newsletter! In this issue, we're pleased to share a writing tip from best-selling and prolific author David Morrell, the creator of Rambo and co-founder of the International Thriller Writers organization. We were honored when David, who has eighteen million copies of his work in print, translated into twenty-six languages, agreed to speak at the up-coming Tony Hillerman Writers Conference. He will share his insights into the future of publishing. Visit this link to find out more about how you can join us for the conference November 10-12 in Santa Fe. Thanks for reading!
Warm wishes,
Anne and Jean
Writing Tip: Watch for the Flow
From David Morrell
A story is a living thing. Our goal should be to serve it and do what it wants, to be its instrument. Its flow from our imagination to the page is impeded in two main ways---if we try to make the story do something that it doesn't want to do, or if something in us isn't ready to face the full implications of the story's theme and emotions. Avoiding those blocks requires developing a relationship with the story, as if it were a person. At the start of each writing session, especially if I'm having trouble moving a scene forward, I literally ask the story, "What do you want to do? Where do you want me to go with you? Why are you stalling?" This is a psychological trick that almost always creates an imagined response, along the lines of "This scene is boring. Why are you making me do it?" or "This scene is full of gimmicks. Why aren't you being honest with me?" The device takes only a minute. It's part of my ritual, and over the years, it saved me from writing a lot of scenes that were either unnecessary or else dishonest.
(This excerpt comes from a piece Morrell first wrote for WRITERS DIGEST. Copyright F + W Media and David Morrell, 2011.)
Morrell, a presenter at the Tony Hillerman Writers Conference, is the author of numerous best-selling thrillers. He has been nominated for Edgar, Anthony, and Macavity awards for THRILLERS: 100 MUST READS, which he co-edited with Hank Wagner.
Five More Things to Like About Santa Fe (Besides Our Conference)
The Santa Fe Children's Museum: This family-oriented center offers great, hands-on activities for children from toddler to pre-teens. Evenings often include musical entertainment.
El Rancho de las Golondrinas: "The Ranch of the Swallows" is a living history museum that dates from the early 1700s and was an important paraje or stopping place along the famous Camino Real, the Royal Road from Mexico City to Santa Fe.
Sopaipillas! You can eat these little clouds of fried, yeasty goodness with honey or use them to soak up the final traces of that luscious red and green chile sauce. They come with your meal at many Santa Fe restaurants that specialize in New Mexican cuisine.
The Sangre De Cristo Mountains: The southernmost range of the Rocky Mountains, the Sangre de Cristos sit in Santa Fe's backyard, just a 20-minute drive from the Plaza. Hiking, biking, camping, skiing and more await. The aspen usually turn around the end of September, creating a
wonderful reason for a fall picnic.
The New Mexico Rail Runner Express: Take the Rail Runner from Albuquerque to Santa Fe-no car is needed! (An express bus takes passengers from the airport to the train depot.) Once in Santa Fe, the Depot stop is walking distance to many shops, restaurants and our conference hotel.
WORDHARVEST Contest Updates
Thanks to everyone who entered the Hillerman Mystery Short Story Contest and who submitted novels for the Hillerman Prize. Your entries are with our judges. The winners will be announced at the Tony Hillerman Writers Conference in November and posted on our website afterward.
Editor Peter Joseph of St. Martin's Press will announce the 2011 novel award (we hope the winner will join us!) at lunch, Friday, November 11. Peter will also discuss what makes a good mystery with 2010 Hillerman Prize Winner Tricia Fields. The short story winner will be announced on Saturday, November 12, at the keynote dinner. Author Douglas Preston will be on hand to give an intriguing after-dinner talk. Stay tuned!
We'll leave you with a few words from one of the previous Tony Hillerman Writers Conference participants. She described the conference as, "content rich, fun, lively and informative." We couldn't have said it better ourselves!
Sincerely,
Anne Hillerman and Jean Schaumberg
WORDHARVEST
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning youth novels ‘Belle’s Star,’ and ‘Belle’s trial,’ based on the life of a real dog and written from her point of view. Available from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and Anazon,com Belle’s Star was a New Mexico BookAward in 2009 and 2010; First Place for Juvenile Fiction New Mezxico Press Women and National Federation of Press Women Communication Contests 2010’ Silver Mom’s Choice Award 2010.
Belle’s Trial’ won First Place for Juvenile Fiction in the 2011 New Mexico Press Press Women’s Commuication Contest, and a Silver Mom’s Choice Award for 2011. The book received an Eric Hoffer Award nomination for 2011.
Welcome to our newest newsletter! In this issue, we're pleased to share a writing tip from best-selling and prolific author David Morrell, the creator of Rambo and co-founder of the International Thriller Writers organization. We were honored when David, who has eighteen million copies of his work in print, translated into twenty-six languages, agreed to speak at the up-coming Tony Hillerman Writers Conference. He will share his insights into the future of publishing. Visit this link to find out more about how you can join us for the conference November 10-12 in Santa Fe. Thanks for reading!
Warm wishes,
Anne and Jean
Writing Tip: Watch for the Flow
From David Morrell
A story is a living thing. Our goal should be to serve it and do what it wants, to be its instrument. Its flow from our imagination to the page is impeded in two main ways---if we try to make the story do something that it doesn't want to do, or if something in us isn't ready to face the full implications of the story's theme and emotions. Avoiding those blocks requires developing a relationship with the story, as if it were a person. At the start of each writing session, especially if I'm having trouble moving a scene forward, I literally ask the story, "What do you want to do? Where do you want me to go with you? Why are you stalling?" This is a psychological trick that almost always creates an imagined response, along the lines of "This scene is boring. Why are you making me do it?" or "This scene is full of gimmicks. Why aren't you being honest with me?" The device takes only a minute. It's part of my ritual, and over the years, it saved me from writing a lot of scenes that were either unnecessary or else dishonest.
(This excerpt comes from a piece Morrell first wrote for WRITERS DIGEST. Copyright F + W Media and David Morrell, 2011.)
Morrell, a presenter at the Tony Hillerman Writers Conference, is the author of numerous best-selling thrillers. He has been nominated for Edgar, Anthony, and Macavity awards for THRILLERS: 100 MUST READS, which he co-edited with Hank Wagner.
Five More Things to Like About Santa Fe (Besides Our Conference)
The Santa Fe Children's Museum: This family-oriented center offers great, hands-on activities for children from toddler to pre-teens. Evenings often include musical entertainment.
El Rancho de las Golondrinas: "The Ranch of the Swallows" is a living history museum that dates from the early 1700s and was an important paraje or stopping place along the famous Camino Real, the Royal Road from Mexico City to Santa Fe.
Sopaipillas! You can eat these little clouds of fried, yeasty goodness with honey or use them to soak up the final traces of that luscious red and green chile sauce. They come with your meal at many Santa Fe restaurants that specialize in New Mexican cuisine.
The Sangre De Cristo Mountains: The southernmost range of the Rocky Mountains, the Sangre de Cristos sit in Santa Fe's backyard, just a 20-minute drive from the Plaza. Hiking, biking, camping, skiing and more await. The aspen usually turn around the end of September, creating a
wonderful reason for a fall picnic.
The New Mexico Rail Runner Express: Take the Rail Runner from Albuquerque to Santa Fe-no car is needed! (An express bus takes passengers from the airport to the train depot.) Once in Santa Fe, the Depot stop is walking distance to many shops, restaurants and our conference hotel.
WORDHARVEST Contest Updates
Thanks to everyone who entered the Hillerman Mystery Short Story Contest and who submitted novels for the Hillerman Prize. Your entries are with our judges. The winners will be announced at the Tony Hillerman Writers Conference in November and posted on our website afterward.
Editor Peter Joseph of St. Martin's Press will announce the 2011 novel award (we hope the winner will join us!) at lunch, Friday, November 11. Peter will also discuss what makes a good mystery with 2010 Hillerman Prize Winner Tricia Fields. The short story winner will be announced on Saturday, November 12, at the keynote dinner. Author Douglas Preston will be on hand to give an intriguing after-dinner talk. Stay tuned!
We'll leave you with a few words from one of the previous Tony Hillerman Writers Conference participants. She described the conference as, "content rich, fun, lively and informative." We couldn't have said it better ourselves!
Sincerely,
Anne Hillerman and Jean Schaumberg
WORDHARVEST
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning youth novels ‘Belle’s Star,’ and ‘Belle’s trial,’ based on the life of a real dog and written from her point of view. Available from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and Anazon,com Belle’s Star was a New Mexico BookAward in 2009 and 2010; First Place for Juvenile Fiction New Mezxico Press Women and National Federation of Press Women Communication Contests 2010’ Silver Mom’s Choice Award 2010.
Belle’s Trial’ won First Place for Juvenile Fiction in the 2011 New Mexico Press Press Women’s Commuication Contest, and a Silver Mom’s Choice Award for 2011. The book received an Eric Hoffer Award nomination for 2011.
Slim Randalls Bok Signing
You are cordially invited
to come and visit with Ol' Slim Randles
on Tuesday, September 6 at 7pm at Bookworks
at 4022 Rio Grande Blvd NW, Albuquerque
for a little sound advice and fun
as he talks about his new book
"A Cowboy's Guide to Growing Up Right"
Hope to see you there, partner!
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning youth novels ‘Belle’s Star,’ and ‘Belle’s trial,’ based on the life of a real dog and written from her point of view. Available from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and Anazon,com Belle’s Star was a New Mexico BookAward in 2009 and 2010; First Place for Juvenile Fiction New Mezxico Press Women and National Federation of Press Women Communication Contests 2010’ Silver Mom’s Choice Award 2010.
Belle’s Trial’ won First Place for Juvenile Fiction in the 2011 New Mexico Press Press Women’s Commuication Contest, and a Silver Mom’s Choice Award for 2011. The book received an Eric Hoffer Award nomination for 2011.
to come and visit with Ol' Slim Randles
on Tuesday, September 6 at 7pm at Bookworks
at 4022 Rio Grande Blvd NW, Albuquerque
for a little sound advice and fun
as he talks about his new book
"A Cowboy's Guide to Growing Up Right"
Hope to see you there, partner!
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning youth novels ‘Belle’s Star,’ and ‘Belle’s trial,’ based on the life of a real dog and written from her point of view. Available from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and Anazon,com Belle’s Star was a New Mexico BookAward in 2009 and 2010; First Place for Juvenile Fiction New Mezxico Press Women and National Federation of Press Women Communication Contests 2010’ Silver Mom’s Choice Award 2010.
Belle’s Trial’ won First Place for Juvenile Fiction in the 2011 New Mexico Press Press Women’s Commuication Contest, and a Silver Mom’s Choice Award for 2011. The book received an Eric Hoffer Award nomination for 2011.
Friday, August 26, 2011
September Book Co-op Newsletter
International Literacy Day – September 8, at the Albuquerque Main Library, 10:30am – 4pm
Even if you are not a vendor you are invited to drop in to the all day activities for Literacy Day at the Albuquerque Main Library at 501 Copper NW. Admission to the events and Book Market is FREE and if you park diagonally from the Library on Copper, stamped parking tickets give you 2 hours FREE – just go to the front desk. If you are thinking about publishing, come see publishers and authors at the Market and check out what has been done. If you have kids that are too young for school, the story times will be great! And if you get hungry the Library has a Café. But above all, support literacy because if people can’t read they can’t buy a book!
Book Howl for Halloween in Los Ranchos
There are about 10 spaces left for the Halloween Holiday Howl at the Los Ranchos Barn October 29. Don’t wait too long or all the spaces will be gone! There will be jewelry, books, foods, soaps, and much more and be spooky too!
BOOK NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT...
Internet Book Tour Gone
BookTour will be shutting down on Thursday, September 1, 2011. On that date, all of their services will end and the data will no longer be available. Fewer author tours and changes in book marketing budgets made the company financially unviable.
Another Shoe Dropping…?
We alerted all Co-op members starting in 2009 (it actually may have been even earlier than that) that Borders was in trouble and may close its doors. We advised everyone to monitor any inventory that they may have at Borders so that you would not lose those assets. Well, as we have also told everyone, things don’t sound very good over at Barnes & Noble either. Their big refinancing deal has fallen through. So watch out for any tell-tale signs. Be alert! Find out what is going on.
Book club members increasingly using e-readers
Some 21 percent of reading group members are now reading all or most of their selections on e-readers, up from 11 percent in 2009, according to a Reading Group Choices survey. Groups representing more than 200,000 members were surveyed online and via a traditional mailing in the first three months of the year.
Of reading group members reading e-books, 59 percent use Amazon Kindles, 26 percent use Barnes & Noble's Nook and 20 percent use a tablet. In 2009, only seven percent used the Nook.
Romance, always a popular e-book category, is most frequently read on e-books by book group members: 60 percent of romance fiction read for the book groups is bought as e-books.
One difficulty that may hold back e-book usage by book group members: many publishers' backlists are not available as e-books.
Reading Group Choices owner Barbara Mead commented: "The use of e-books in concert with printed books only serves to reaffirm book clubs' passion for literature. And e-readers are a great investment for avid readers who are consuming books well in excess of their reading group selections or for book club members with a dwindling amount of free shelf-space."
Hastings first quarter earnings slide, will start selling e-books
Hastings Entertainment reported a drop in net income for its first quarter to 5 cents per share compared to 11 cents per share a year ago.
Total sales declined by 3.8 percent, to $124.1 million. Overall book comps decreased 9.1 percent for the quarter, new book sales fell 8.6 percent in the period and used books sales declined 19.6 percent. However, value books (remainders and white sales) gained by 8.7 percent.
The retailer said there was a 22 percent drop in “titles for which we purchase more than 1,000 copies,” blaming publishers for weak releases.
The company said that it is working on a new program to sell e-books through its GoHastings.com website.
Author drops e-book price to $0.99, ups sales by 2,500 percent
An author who remains anonymous, with control of the rights to five of his titles previously published by a traditional publisher, initially listed the titles as Kindle selections priced at $2.99 each.
When the books moved slowly, he decided to drop the price to $0.99 per title, and more than tripled his sales.
The books were formatted for and made available only on the Amazon Kindle and Nook platforms since November 2010.
The books sold an average of 20 e-books a month until the beginning of May.
That’s when he decided to try lowering the price of the five e-book titles to $0.99 each, just to see what happened. He calculated that he had to increase his sales to 120 copies per month to match the small income he was receiving from the same books at $2.99.
Since dropping the price, he’s sold over 400 copies in three weeks, and if current trends continue, estimates he will easily eclipse 500 copies for the month.
“A number of his titles sold in excess of 10,000 copies when they were first released years ago, but to have them find new life as e-books,” he says, “is especially gratifying.”
Publishing revolution: Amazon now selling more ebooks than pbooks
Amazon said on May 19 that “Amazon.com customers are now purchasing more Kindle books than all print books - hardcover and paperback –combined,” adding that “Since April 1, for every 100 print books Amazon.com has sold, it has sold 105 Kindle books. This includes sales of hardcover and paperback books by Amazon where there is no Kindle edition.” Amazon says ebook unit sales are more than three times sales for the same period in 2010. Amazon reiterated that its print book sales continue to grow - taking share from everyone else - and that their U.S. books business overall, including ebooks, is showing “the fastest year-over-year growth rate, in both units and dollars, in over 10 years.” … “The book publishing industry has entered a period of long-term decline because of the rising sales of ebook readers,” reads an April 28 research note from IHS iSuppli, which predicted a decrease in book revenue at a compound annual rate of three percent through 2014 - a reversal from the period between 2005 and 2010, when revenue rose. For the traditional book publishing industry, the implications of the rise of the ebook and ebook reader markets are frightening, given the decline in paper book printing, distribution and sales,” Steve Mather, IHS iSuppli’s principal analyst for wireless, wrote in the April 28 statement. “The industry has entered a phase of disruption that will be as significant as the major changes impacting the music and movie business.” The firm predicts that physical book sales will decline at a compound annual rate of five percent. While ebook sales will rise during that same period, the increase won’t cover the revenue gap created by the decline in the physical book market. By 2014, the research note predicts, ebooks will occupy some 13 percent of U.S. book publishing revenue, more than twice its current level ... E-books were .05 percent of the trade-book market in 2002 and 3.2 percent in 2009. Last year, they shot up to 8.3 percent of the $5.3 billion market, according to the Association of American Publishers, totaling $441.3 million in sales … Barnes & Noble is releasing an upgrade to the Nook reader that allows Nook owners to have authors sign their ebooks using a stylus. Nook owners can activate the autograph function, hand the stylus over, and get the signature. Just like with a paper book… According to an article posted to the Web by Piotr Kowalczyk, of the top-100 Amazon Kindle titles on April 21, 2011, 28 were by self-published authors. Eleven of the self-published titles were in the Kindle top 50. All of the self-published best-sellers were priced at $3.99 or less. Eighteen of the titles were selling at the lowest possible price tag: $0.99… Jeffrey Trachtenberg in a Wall Street Journal article noted that advance sales of a short story by best-selling author David Baldacci hit no. 51 on Amazon's digital best-seller list in April. Grand Central Publishing, a unit of Lagardere SCA's Hachette Book Group, listed Baldacci's original short story "No Time Left," which features Frank Becker, an aging assassin with work-life balance issues, for 99 cents. The work was published May 2. "No Time Left" was originally published in January 2010 when it was included in an anniversary edition of Baldacci's thriller Absolute Power… App maker Scroll Motion will create mobile apps out of Smashwords' "premium" catalog of over 30,000 ebooks at no additional charge to the authors and publishers. The royalty rate on the apps will be 60 percent of list price.
Author recognition: Relationship guru offers 10 tips for writers
Blane Bachelor, journalist, nationally syndicated columnist and author, has 10 tips for wannabe writers and authors.
Bachelor was among 16 distinguished presenters at the Authorship 101-201 workshops held in conjunction with the GABBS Atlanta Spring Book Show at Atlanta's Cobb Galleria Center. Bachelor, a long-term columnist with Atlanta's The Sunday Paper, is a former staffer at two metropolitan newspapers. She has written hundreds of articles and columns about dating, relationships, travel and pop culture for outlets including Marie Claire, Women's Health, People.com, Tango.com, Modern Bride, Zink!, the Christian Science Monitor and USA Today. Her popular advice column, "Ask a Bachelor," appears weekly in metro newspapers across the United States.
She offered fledgling writers advice on how to avoid "10 Pitfalls to Avoid on Your Way to Being Published." The Top 10 tips:
(1) Know the trade terminology used by professional writers, authors, editors and publishers.
(2) Always submit clean copy that avoids bad spelling and grammar and punctuation errors.
(3) Do your homework. Avoid accuracy errors. Check to be sure you have your facts correct - accurate names, addresses, ages and other information.
(4) Become a reader. You're not going to become a successful author if you don’t read.
(5) Avoid being short on patience and drive. Writing is a high-energy profession.
(6) Avoid tormented, tortured, insane query letters. Be calm and professional.
(7) Avoid listening to advice from unqualified critics. Your Mom loves you, but she's probably not capable of judging the excellence of your writing.
(8) Have some Web presence. You should be on social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and the like.
(9) Don't assume that your book or writing will sell itself. You have to play the prime role in marketing.
(10) Avoid unrealistic expectations. Believe in yourself, but recognize that not everything you write is worthy of publication.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
If a form says write a check to the Friends of the Albuquerque Library do not write it to LPD Press, NMBA, NM Book Co-op, or anyone else. You are an author - READ! Now at this point you may be laughing but it created big problems because the Friends can not cash checks made out to someone else. Was that the point?
Why You Need To Check Our Outlets
This story is so stupid we had to share it with you. One of our books was the exclusive subject of a store and was delivered it to them in May. On another book delivery down the street in August, we decided afterwards to check them out. Upon looking we asked the clerk did they have it? We were told, “No – they never had it and it was not out yet – no one has it!” We knew that was wrong and said it is in display at the store down the street. We were told this store sold things for less than the store down the street. We said, ”How can you, the price of the book is printed on the back?” When we got back to the office we first checked that the store paid their bill and they had. We emailed the owner and told her the book is almost sold out do you want to get a few more for a big event coming up? The email back was priceless. It seemed that ONE copy of the book on display had sold – who knows when – and the box with the rest of the books was in the back room and no one, including the owner, had the common sense to put them out. You can’t sell books you don’t put out for sale!
This is a lesson that you have to drop in to your outlets to see what is going on. It doesn’t help the publisher or author one bit if the books are not put out for customers.
Can you say stores going under?
Congratulations
Congratulations to Marilyn Stablein who received the First Place Award at the National Federation of Press Women's Book Awards for her book "Splitting Hard Ground. Her book had previously won the New Mexico Book Award.
Next Meetings & Events
September 8, Literacy Day at ABQ Main Library 10:30 to 4pm
September 23, Don Bullis & The Finalists Announced for the New Mexico Book Awards
October 1-9, NM Women Authors Book Fair in Santa Fe
October 28, Lynn Baca of SAR Press & Renee Tambeau of Museums of New Mexico Press talking about What They Do For Survival
October 29 - Barn Holiday Howl in Los Ranchos 8am -3pm.
November 18 – NM Book Awards Banquet at MCM Elegante, Reservations ONLY
December 16 - Holiday Party – no business - Just Fun!
2012
January 27 – What We Have Learned in the NM Book Awards & Announcing 6th year of the NM Book Awards ( and maybe get some winners in to meet!)
February 24 - Michael Hice – pr & marketing for books
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning youth novels ‘Belle’s Star,’ and ‘Belle’s trial,’ based on the life of a real dog and written from her point of view. Available from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and Anazon,com Belle’s Star was a New Mexico BookAward in 2009 and 2010; First Place for Juvenile Fiction New Mezxico Press Women and National Federation of Press Women Communication Contests 2010’ Silver Mom’s Choice Award 2010.
Belle’s Trial’ won First Place for Juvenile Fiction in the 2011 New Mexico Press Press Women’s Commuication Contest, and a Silver Mom’s Choice Award for 2011. The book received an Eric Hoffer Award nomination for 2011.
International Literacy Day – September 8, at the Albuquerque Main Library, 10:30am – 4pm
Even if you are not a vendor you are invited to drop in to the all day activities for Literacy Day at the Albuquerque Main Library at 501 Copper NW. Admission to the events and Book Market is FREE and if you park diagonally from the Library on Copper, stamped parking tickets give you 2 hours FREE – just go to the front desk. If you are thinking about publishing, come see publishers and authors at the Market and check out what has been done. If you have kids that are too young for school, the story times will be great! And if you get hungry the Library has a Café. But above all, support literacy because if people can’t read they can’t buy a book!
Book Howl for Halloween in Los Ranchos
There are about 10 spaces left for the Halloween Holiday Howl at the Los Ranchos Barn October 29. Don’t wait too long or all the spaces will be gone! There will be jewelry, books, foods, soaps, and much more and be spooky too!
BOOK NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT...
Internet Book Tour Gone
BookTour will be shutting down on Thursday, September 1, 2011. On that date, all of their services will end and the data will no longer be available. Fewer author tours and changes in book marketing budgets made the company financially unviable.
Another Shoe Dropping…?
We alerted all Co-op members starting in 2009 (it actually may have been even earlier than that) that Borders was in trouble and may close its doors. We advised everyone to monitor any inventory that they may have at Borders so that you would not lose those assets. Well, as we have also told everyone, things don’t sound very good over at Barnes & Noble either. Their big refinancing deal has fallen through. So watch out for any tell-tale signs. Be alert! Find out what is going on.
Book club members increasingly using e-readers
Some 21 percent of reading group members are now reading all or most of their selections on e-readers, up from 11 percent in 2009, according to a Reading Group Choices survey. Groups representing more than 200,000 members were surveyed online and via a traditional mailing in the first three months of the year.
Of reading group members reading e-books, 59 percent use Amazon Kindles, 26 percent use Barnes & Noble's Nook and 20 percent use a tablet. In 2009, only seven percent used the Nook.
Romance, always a popular e-book category, is most frequently read on e-books by book group members: 60 percent of romance fiction read for the book groups is bought as e-books.
One difficulty that may hold back e-book usage by book group members: many publishers' backlists are not available as e-books.
Reading Group Choices owner Barbara Mead commented: "The use of e-books in concert with printed books only serves to reaffirm book clubs' passion for literature. And e-readers are a great investment for avid readers who are consuming books well in excess of their reading group selections or for book club members with a dwindling amount of free shelf-space."
Hastings first quarter earnings slide, will start selling e-books
Hastings Entertainment reported a drop in net income for its first quarter to 5 cents per share compared to 11 cents per share a year ago.
Total sales declined by 3.8 percent, to $124.1 million. Overall book comps decreased 9.1 percent for the quarter, new book sales fell 8.6 percent in the period and used books sales declined 19.6 percent. However, value books (remainders and white sales) gained by 8.7 percent.
The retailer said there was a 22 percent drop in “titles for which we purchase more than 1,000 copies,” blaming publishers for weak releases.
The company said that it is working on a new program to sell e-books through its GoHastings.com website.
Author drops e-book price to $0.99, ups sales by 2,500 percent
An author who remains anonymous, with control of the rights to five of his titles previously published by a traditional publisher, initially listed the titles as Kindle selections priced at $2.99 each.
When the books moved slowly, he decided to drop the price to $0.99 per title, and more than tripled his sales.
The books were formatted for and made available only on the Amazon Kindle and Nook platforms since November 2010.
The books sold an average of 20 e-books a month until the beginning of May.
That’s when he decided to try lowering the price of the five e-book titles to $0.99 each, just to see what happened. He calculated that he had to increase his sales to 120 copies per month to match the small income he was receiving from the same books at $2.99.
Since dropping the price, he’s sold over 400 copies in three weeks, and if current trends continue, estimates he will easily eclipse 500 copies for the month.
“A number of his titles sold in excess of 10,000 copies when they were first released years ago, but to have them find new life as e-books,” he says, “is especially gratifying.”
Publishing revolution: Amazon now selling more ebooks than pbooks
Amazon said on May 19 that “Amazon.com customers are now purchasing more Kindle books than all print books - hardcover and paperback –combined,” adding that “Since April 1, for every 100 print books Amazon.com has sold, it has sold 105 Kindle books. This includes sales of hardcover and paperback books by Amazon where there is no Kindle edition.” Amazon says ebook unit sales are more than three times sales for the same period in 2010. Amazon reiterated that its print book sales continue to grow - taking share from everyone else - and that their U.S. books business overall, including ebooks, is showing “the fastest year-over-year growth rate, in both units and dollars, in over 10 years.” … “The book publishing industry has entered a period of long-term decline because of the rising sales of ebook readers,” reads an April 28 research note from IHS iSuppli, which predicted a decrease in book revenue at a compound annual rate of three percent through 2014 - a reversal from the period between 2005 and 2010, when revenue rose. For the traditional book publishing industry, the implications of the rise of the ebook and ebook reader markets are frightening, given the decline in paper book printing, distribution and sales,” Steve Mather, IHS iSuppli’s principal analyst for wireless, wrote in the April 28 statement. “The industry has entered a phase of disruption that will be as significant as the major changes impacting the music and movie business.” The firm predicts that physical book sales will decline at a compound annual rate of five percent. While ebook sales will rise during that same period, the increase won’t cover the revenue gap created by the decline in the physical book market. By 2014, the research note predicts, ebooks will occupy some 13 percent of U.S. book publishing revenue, more than twice its current level ... E-books were .05 percent of the trade-book market in 2002 and 3.2 percent in 2009. Last year, they shot up to 8.3 percent of the $5.3 billion market, according to the Association of American Publishers, totaling $441.3 million in sales … Barnes & Noble is releasing an upgrade to the Nook reader that allows Nook owners to have authors sign their ebooks using a stylus. Nook owners can activate the autograph function, hand the stylus over, and get the signature. Just like with a paper book… According to an article posted to the Web by Piotr Kowalczyk, of the top-100 Amazon Kindle titles on April 21, 2011, 28 were by self-published authors. Eleven of the self-published titles were in the Kindle top 50. All of the self-published best-sellers were priced at $3.99 or less. Eighteen of the titles were selling at the lowest possible price tag: $0.99… Jeffrey Trachtenberg in a Wall Street Journal article noted that advance sales of a short story by best-selling author David Baldacci hit no. 51 on Amazon's digital best-seller list in April. Grand Central Publishing, a unit of Lagardere SCA's Hachette Book Group, listed Baldacci's original short story "No Time Left," which features Frank Becker, an aging assassin with work-life balance issues, for 99 cents. The work was published May 2. "No Time Left" was originally published in January 2010 when it was included in an anniversary edition of Baldacci's thriller Absolute Power… App maker Scroll Motion will create mobile apps out of Smashwords' "premium" catalog of over 30,000 ebooks at no additional charge to the authors and publishers. The royalty rate on the apps will be 60 percent of list price.
Author recognition: Relationship guru offers 10 tips for writers
Blane Bachelor, journalist, nationally syndicated columnist and author, has 10 tips for wannabe writers and authors.
Bachelor was among 16 distinguished presenters at the Authorship 101-201 workshops held in conjunction with the GABBS Atlanta Spring Book Show at Atlanta's Cobb Galleria Center. Bachelor, a long-term columnist with Atlanta's The Sunday Paper, is a former staffer at two metropolitan newspapers. She has written hundreds of articles and columns about dating, relationships, travel and pop culture for outlets including Marie Claire, Women's Health, People.com, Tango.com, Modern Bride, Zink!, the Christian Science Monitor and USA Today. Her popular advice column, "Ask a Bachelor," appears weekly in metro newspapers across the United States.
She offered fledgling writers advice on how to avoid "10 Pitfalls to Avoid on Your Way to Being Published." The Top 10 tips:
(1) Know the trade terminology used by professional writers, authors, editors and publishers.
(2) Always submit clean copy that avoids bad spelling and grammar and punctuation errors.
(3) Do your homework. Avoid accuracy errors. Check to be sure you have your facts correct - accurate names, addresses, ages and other information.
(4) Become a reader. You're not going to become a successful author if you don’t read.
(5) Avoid being short on patience and drive. Writing is a high-energy profession.
(6) Avoid tormented, tortured, insane query letters. Be calm and professional.
(7) Avoid listening to advice from unqualified critics. Your Mom loves you, but she's probably not capable of judging the excellence of your writing.
(8) Have some Web presence. You should be on social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and the like.
(9) Don't assume that your book or writing will sell itself. You have to play the prime role in marketing.
(10) Avoid unrealistic expectations. Believe in yourself, but recognize that not everything you write is worthy of publication.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
If a form says write a check to the Friends of the Albuquerque Library do not write it to LPD Press, NMBA, NM Book Co-op, or anyone else. You are an author - READ! Now at this point you may be laughing but it created big problems because the Friends can not cash checks made out to someone else. Was that the point?
Why You Need To Check Our Outlets
This story is so stupid we had to share it with you. One of our books was the exclusive subject of a store and was delivered it to them in May. On another book delivery down the street in August, we decided afterwards to check them out. Upon looking we asked the clerk did they have it? We were told, “No – they never had it and it was not out yet – no one has it!” We knew that was wrong and said it is in display at the store down the street. We were told this store sold things for less than the store down the street. We said, ”How can you, the price of the book is printed on the back?” When we got back to the office we first checked that the store paid their bill and they had. We emailed the owner and told her the book is almost sold out do you want to get a few more for a big event coming up? The email back was priceless. It seemed that ONE copy of the book on display had sold – who knows when – and the box with the rest of the books was in the back room and no one, including the owner, had the common sense to put them out. You can’t sell books you don’t put out for sale!
This is a lesson that you have to drop in to your outlets to see what is going on. It doesn’t help the publisher or author one bit if the books are not put out for customers.
Can you say stores going under?
Congratulations
Congratulations to Marilyn Stablein who received the First Place Award at the National Federation of Press Women's Book Awards for her book "Splitting Hard Ground. Her book had previously won the New Mexico Book Award.
Next Meetings & Events
September 8, Literacy Day at ABQ Main Library 10:30 to 4pm
September 23, Don Bullis & The Finalists Announced for the New Mexico Book Awards
October 1-9, NM Women Authors Book Fair in Santa Fe
October 28, Lynn Baca of SAR Press & Renee Tambeau of Museums of New Mexico Press talking about What They Do For Survival
October 29 - Barn Holiday Howl in Los Ranchos 8am -3pm.
November 18 – NM Book Awards Banquet at MCM Elegante, Reservations ONLY
December 16 - Holiday Party – no business - Just Fun!
2012
January 27 – What We Have Learned in the NM Book Awards & Announcing 6th year of the NM Book Awards ( and maybe get some winners in to meet!)
February 24 - Michael Hice – pr & marketing for books
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning youth novels ‘Belle’s Star,’ and ‘Belle’s trial,’ based on the life of a real dog and written from her point of view. Available from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and Anazon,com Belle’s Star was a New Mexico BookAward in 2009 and 2010; First Place for Juvenile Fiction New Mezxico Press Women and National Federation of Press Women Communication Contests 2010’ Silver Mom’s Choice Award 2010.
Belle’s Trial’ won First Place for Juvenile Fiction in the 2011 New Mexico Press Press Women’s Commuication Contest, and a Silver Mom’s Choice Award for 2011. The book received an Eric Hoffer Award nomination for 2011.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Celebrate International Literacy Day
Thursday, September 8, 2011
10:30am – 4pm
At the Albuquerque Main Library
501 Copper NW, Albuquerque
Admission is FREE!!!!
Sponsored by the Friends of the Albuquerque Library, New Mexico Book Co-op, ReadWest Literacy Volunteers, Reading Works Adult Literacy in Albuquerque.
Schedule
All Day – Book Fair Sponsored by the New Mexico Books Co-op – meet local authors and publishers and buy a book for kids and adults. Community Room Lower Level.
Main Library Bookshop – great bargains on books operated by the Friends of the Library. Lower Level.
Literacy information at tables located outside of the auditorium.
ABQ Coffee Connection located at the Main entrance for lunch or snacks.
10:30 am – 11am – Children’s Storytime for babies & toddlers in Children’s Room Lower Level.
Open Ceremony – in Auditorium
11am – Noon – Carla Aragon – Author of Dance of the Eggshells & Emmy Award-winning broadcaster in Auditorium.
Noon – 1pm – Slim Randles – Author of A Cowboy’s Guide To Growing Up Right -2nd Floor Genealogy Area.
Noon – 2pm Book Readings by celebrities & authors in Auditorium.
1-2pm – Anne Hillerman & Don Strel author and photography of the Garden’s of Santa Fe, in the Genealogy Center.
2-3pm – Readr’s Theater – Appear onstage to read a part from a script in Auditorium.
2-3pm – Nasario Garcia – Author of Fe y Tragedias in the Genealogy Center..
3-4pm Book Trivia in the Auditorium.
3:30-4pm – Albuquerque Youth Symphony
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning youth novels ‘Belle’s Star,’ and ‘Belle’s trial,’ based on the life of a real dog and written from her point of view. Available from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and Anazon,com Belle’s Star was a New Mexico BookAward in 2009 and 2010; First Place for Juvenile Fiction New Mezxico Press Women and National Federation of Press Women Communication Contests 2010’ Silver Mom’s Choice Award 2010.
Belle’s Trial’ won First Place for Juvenile Fiction in the 2011 New Mexico Press Press Women’s Commuication Contest, and a Silver Mom’s Choice Award for 2011. The book received an Eric Hoffer Award nomination for 2011
Thursday, September 8, 2011
10:30am – 4pm
At the Albuquerque Main Library
501 Copper NW, Albuquerque
Admission is FREE!!!!
Sponsored by the Friends of the Albuquerque Library, New Mexico Book Co-op, ReadWest Literacy Volunteers, Reading Works Adult Literacy in Albuquerque.
Schedule
All Day – Book Fair Sponsored by the New Mexico Books Co-op – meet local authors and publishers and buy a book for kids and adults. Community Room Lower Level.
Main Library Bookshop – great bargains on books operated by the Friends of the Library. Lower Level.
Literacy information at tables located outside of the auditorium.
ABQ Coffee Connection located at the Main entrance for lunch or snacks.
10:30 am – 11am – Children’s Storytime for babies & toddlers in Children’s Room Lower Level.
Open Ceremony – in Auditorium
11am – Noon – Carla Aragon – Author of Dance of the Eggshells & Emmy Award-winning broadcaster in Auditorium.
Noon – 1pm – Slim Randles – Author of A Cowboy’s Guide To Growing Up Right -2nd Floor Genealogy Area.
Noon – 2pm Book Readings by celebrities & authors in Auditorium.
1-2pm – Anne Hillerman & Don Strel author and photography of the Garden’s of Santa Fe, in the Genealogy Center.
2-3pm – Readr’s Theater – Appear onstage to read a part from a script in Auditorium.
2-3pm – Nasario Garcia – Author of Fe y Tragedias in the Genealogy Center..
3-4pm Book Trivia in the Auditorium.
3:30-4pm – Albuquerque Youth Symphony
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning youth novels ‘Belle’s Star,’ and ‘Belle’s trial,’ based on the life of a real dog and written from her point of view. Available from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and Anazon,com Belle’s Star was a New Mexico BookAward in 2009 and 2010; First Place for Juvenile Fiction New Mezxico Press Women and National Federation of Press Women Communication Contests 2010’ Silver Mom’s Choice Award 2010.
Belle’s Trial’ won First Place for Juvenile Fiction in the 2011 New Mexico Press Press Women’s Commuication Contest, and a Silver Mom’s Choice Award for 2011. The book received an Eric Hoffer Award nomination for 2011
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Booksignings for Slim Randles
Slim Randles, author of A Cowboy's Guide to Growing Up Right, will have two book signings in September.
BOOK SIGNING EVENTS
Saturday, September 3, 2011 — 11am to 2pm
Wagon Mound Ranch Supply
6855 4th St NW, Albuquerque, NM
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 — 7pm to 8:30pm
Bookworks
4022 Rio Grande Blvd NW, Albuquerque, NM
BOOK REVIEWS
“This cowboy has a hit on his hands...I can say this book is a beacon of hope in troubled times.” — Daily Sun News, Sunnyside (Yakima), WA
“Slim Randles’ advice about living life comes from someone who has endured the rigors of the outdoors and stuck with the discipline of writing. Randles hammers the point with humor.” — The Graham (TX) Leader
Every cowboy knows there is a great deal more to being a grown-up than getting tall and inheriting the ability to reproduce. A cowboy (and by this we’re including girls, too) is simply the pinnacle of evolution, the nadir of American culture. You’ll find there are the right ways to do something, the wrong ways, and the cowboy ways. And this little book will help you become an adult cowboy, a grown-up able to spit in the eye of evil and sloth and be respected—perhaps revered—for your independent thought and kindness to others. These steps are simple and learnable, whether we have had the privilege of growing up with a full loving family or not. You can do nothing good about your past except to learn from it. So take what you have been given, roll up your sleeves, and get ready for a wonderful future.
Growing up right is never easy, even if all the stars line up and you win the parent lottery. If you don’t, it’s even tougher. Since a cowboy is the pinnacle of human evolution (just ask one) he has certain values and responsibilities and attitudes to pass along to help others, even if they are in the city, and regardless of age or gender.
Told with the frank humor of the range and mountains by a master storyteller whose column is read by nearly two million people each week, this book gives unique advice straight from the shoulder for those who would aspire to have a great life.
Looking for work? Work for free. Do the right thing, even when no one’s looking. Courtesy makes the homeliest of us beautiful. And lots more …
Remember: the saddest thing is not that someone dies, but that some people never quite live.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Slim Randles learned mule packing from Gene Burkhart and Slim Nivens. He learned mustanging and wild burro catching from Hap Pierce. He learned horse shoeing from Rocky Earick. He learned horse training from Dick Johnson and Joe Cabral. He learned humility from the mules of the eastern High Sierra. Randles lives in Albuquerque.
Randles has written newspaper stories, magazine articles and book, both fiction and nonfiction. His column appeared in New Mexico Magazine for many years and was a popular columnist for the Anchorage Daily News and the Albuquerque Journal, and now writes a nationally syndicated column, “Home Country,” which appears in several hundred newspapers across the country.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning youth novels ‘Belle’s Star,’ and ‘Belle’s trial,’ based on the life of a real dog and written from her point of view. Available from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and Anazon,com Belle’s Star was a New Mexico BookAward in 2009 and 2010; First Place for Juvenile Fiction New Mezxico Press Women and National Federation of Press Women Communication Contests 2010’ Silver Mom’s Choice Award 2010.
Belle’s Trial’ won First Place for Juvenile Fiction in the 2011 New Mexico Press Press Women’s Commuication Contest, and a Silver Mom’s Choice Award for 2011. The book received an Eric Hoffer Award nomination for 2011.
Slim Randles, author of A Cowboy's Guide to Growing Up Right, will have two book signings in September.
BOOK SIGNING EVENTS
Saturday, September 3, 2011 — 11am to 2pm
Wagon Mound Ranch Supply
6855 4th St NW, Albuquerque, NM
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 — 7pm to 8:30pm
Bookworks
4022 Rio Grande Blvd NW, Albuquerque, NM
BOOK REVIEWS
“This cowboy has a hit on his hands...I can say this book is a beacon of hope in troubled times.” — Daily Sun News, Sunnyside (Yakima), WA
“Slim Randles’ advice about living life comes from someone who has endured the rigors of the outdoors and stuck with the discipline of writing. Randles hammers the point with humor.” — The Graham (TX) Leader
Every cowboy knows there is a great deal more to being a grown-up than getting tall and inheriting the ability to reproduce. A cowboy (and by this we’re including girls, too) is simply the pinnacle of evolution, the nadir of American culture. You’ll find there are the right ways to do something, the wrong ways, and the cowboy ways. And this little book will help you become an adult cowboy, a grown-up able to spit in the eye of evil and sloth and be respected—perhaps revered—for your independent thought and kindness to others. These steps are simple and learnable, whether we have had the privilege of growing up with a full loving family or not. You can do nothing good about your past except to learn from it. So take what you have been given, roll up your sleeves, and get ready for a wonderful future.
Growing up right is never easy, even if all the stars line up and you win the parent lottery. If you don’t, it’s even tougher. Since a cowboy is the pinnacle of human evolution (just ask one) he has certain values and responsibilities and attitudes to pass along to help others, even if they are in the city, and regardless of age or gender.
Told with the frank humor of the range and mountains by a master storyteller whose column is read by nearly two million people each week, this book gives unique advice straight from the shoulder for those who would aspire to have a great life.
Looking for work? Work for free. Do the right thing, even when no one’s looking. Courtesy makes the homeliest of us beautiful. And lots more …
Remember: the saddest thing is not that someone dies, but that some people never quite live.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Slim Randles learned mule packing from Gene Burkhart and Slim Nivens. He learned mustanging and wild burro catching from Hap Pierce. He learned horse shoeing from Rocky Earick. He learned horse training from Dick Johnson and Joe Cabral. He learned humility from the mules of the eastern High Sierra. Randles lives in Albuquerque.
Randles has written newspaper stories, magazine articles and book, both fiction and nonfiction. His column appeared in New Mexico Magazine for many years and was a popular columnist for the Anchorage Daily News and the Albuquerque Journal, and now writes a nationally syndicated column, “Home Country,” which appears in several hundred newspapers across the country.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning youth novels ‘Belle’s Star,’ and ‘Belle’s trial,’ based on the life of a real dog and written from her point of view. Available from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and Anazon,com Belle’s Star was a New Mexico BookAward in 2009 and 2010; First Place for Juvenile Fiction New Mezxico Press Women and National Federation of Press Women Communication Contests 2010’ Silver Mom’s Choice Award 2010.
Belle’s Trial’ won First Place for Juvenile Fiction in the 2011 New Mexico Press Press Women’s Commuication Contest, and a Silver Mom’s Choice Award for 2011. The book received an Eric Hoffer Award nomination for 2011.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Latest From Word Harvest
In This Issue
Five great things about Santa Fe
Writing tip
Need a second opinion?
Quick Links
About WORDHARVEST
Anne Hillerman's Books
2010 Hillerman Prize Winner Tricia Fields
Greetings!
Welcome to our newest newsletter. We hope you will find the writing tips of value, and that you'll consider joining us for the 2011 Tony Hillerman Writers Conference, in Santa Fe, November 10-12, at the beautiful Hotel Santa Fe, the city's only Native-owned hotel. Jean and I are excited about the upcoming conference. We're happy about our expansion from last year to include more well-known non-fiction and mainstream fiction authors on the faculty, along with our friends from the world of mysteries. Judges are at work selecting the winners of the Tony Hillerman Prize for Best First Mystery novel and the Mystery Short Story contest.The winner will be announced in November. Stay tuned.
Warm wishes,
Anne and Jean
Five great things about Santa Fe (besides our conference)
The New Mexico History Museum-This recently-opened museum tells the complex story of our beautiful state.
The Plaza-This square is not only the end of the Old Santa Fe Trail but also a great place to buy Indian jewelry or pottery directly from the Indian artist who made them.
Chile-You can eat red and green chile for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Sunsets-Take a drive up Old Taos Highway for a great view of the day's end over the beautiful Jemez Mountains.
Three major independent bookstores-The Ark, Collected Works and Garcia Street Books each has its own focus and clientele.
Writing tip: 1,000 words a day brings success
By Sally Denton, 2011 Tony Hillerman Writers Conference Presenter
These are my tips. Although they are all clichés, they work for me:
Write 1,000 words a day, five days a week. Finished, edited, polished, words. Words that you don't go back the next day and change. If it takes two hours to write a thousand perfect words, be grateful and reward yourself by spending the rest of the day doing something you love to do. If it takes 12 or 14 hours, be grateful that you finally did it and reward yourself with a great dinner and glass of wine. Ninety percent of the time it takes 6 or 7 hours, which is a wonderful block of time that leaves you with several hours to also enjoy a hike, read a book for pleasure instead of work, pay attention to your long suffering family, friends, and pets.
Hold this rule inviolable and do not take phone calls, surf the Internet, write emails or emerge from your study until you've got your thousand words. Then, enjoy every weekend with gusto!
Write about what you know. While this adage is typically applied to fiction, it is equally critical for non-fiction. One must be in complete command of one's material. If you don't know the subject you're writing about, immerse yourself in it until you do. Only then will you find your authentic voice.
Trust and respect the reader. Less is almost always more. I just completed a book about 1933 that has stunning, even eerie, parallels to contemporary politics, events, and people. While it is tempting to draw those parallels for the reader-FDR and Obama; the Great Depression and the Debt Ceiling Debacle; the Liberty League and the Tea Party-I find it much more compelling to engage the reader to such a depth that the reader draws the parallels for himself.
Show Don't Tell. I am not of the school of writing-which one often sees in full display in nonfiction writing-in which each paragraph begins with a sentence that tells the reader what she is going to read, followed by several sentences of content, followed by a concluding sentence telling the reader what she just read. I prefer to let the story unfold through the actions of the characters.
Sally Denton's seventh book, The Plots Against the President: FDR, A Nation in Crisis, and the Rise of the American Right will be published by Bloomsbury Press in January 2012. Her most recent book, The Pink Lady: The Many Lives of Helen Gahagan Douglas is being issued in paperback at the same time. She will present "Non-fiction, Fiction and True Storytelling" with Don Bullis, Doug Preston, John Vorhass and Virginia Scharff at the Tony Hillerman conference Nov. 10-12 in Santa Fe.
Need a second opinion?
Being your own editor can be tough, if not impossible. Authors Sean Murphy and Tania Casselle have joined the Hillerman conference this year to offer a second opinion, professional, face-to-face, 20- minute critique. The two authors will evaluate short fiction, non-fiction essays, synopses, and first chapters of novels or non-fiction books. Even better, they will offer a price discount to those who sign up for the Tony Hillerman Writers Conference.
Submission deadline is October 1, 2011. Price is $165 per submission for those registered for at least one day of the conference (or pre-conference workshop) and $200.00 per submission for those not registered for the conference.
Sean and his wife Tania live in Taos and teach writing around the world. Sean has taught at several WORDHARVEST programs, always to rave reviews. You'll find more information here.
Thank you to our colleague Karen S. Elliott. She calls herself a "voracious, nit-picky proofreading shark," and she has kept us out of trouble for months by helping with our newsletter. If you need a second set of eyes for your projects, Jean and I highly recommend
her. Karen has made significant changes to her recent blog and shares grammar, punctuation, and proofreading tips you can use. Contact Karen via her blog.
Sincerely,
Anne Hillerman and Jean Schaumberg
WORDHARVEST
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning youth novels ‘Belle’s Star,’ and ‘Belle’s trial,’ based on the life of a real dog and written from her point of view. Available from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and Anazon,com Belle’s Star was a New Mexico BookAward in 2009 and 2010; First Place for Juvenile Fiction New Mezxico Press Women and National Federation of Press Women Communication Contests 2010’ Silver Mom’s Choice Award 2010.
Belle’s Trial’ won First Place for Juvenile Fiction in the 2011 New Mexico Press Press Women’s Commuication Contest, and a Silver Mom’s Choice Award for 2011. The book received an Eric Hoffer Award nomination for 2011.
Five great things about Santa Fe
Writing tip
Need a second opinion?
Quick Links
About WORDHARVEST
Anne Hillerman's Books
2010 Hillerman Prize Winner Tricia Fields
Greetings!
Welcome to our newest newsletter. We hope you will find the writing tips of value, and that you'll consider joining us for the 2011 Tony Hillerman Writers Conference, in Santa Fe, November 10-12, at the beautiful Hotel Santa Fe, the city's only Native-owned hotel. Jean and I are excited about the upcoming conference. We're happy about our expansion from last year to include more well-known non-fiction and mainstream fiction authors on the faculty, along with our friends from the world of mysteries. Judges are at work selecting the winners of the Tony Hillerman Prize for Best First Mystery novel and the Mystery Short Story contest.The winner will be announced in November. Stay tuned.
Warm wishes,
Anne and Jean
Five great things about Santa Fe (besides our conference)
The New Mexico History Museum-This recently-opened museum tells the complex story of our beautiful state.
The Plaza-This square is not only the end of the Old Santa Fe Trail but also a great place to buy Indian jewelry or pottery directly from the Indian artist who made them.
Chile-You can eat red and green chile for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Sunsets-Take a drive up Old Taos Highway for a great view of the day's end over the beautiful Jemez Mountains.
Three major independent bookstores-The Ark, Collected Works and Garcia Street Books each has its own focus and clientele.
Writing tip: 1,000 words a day brings success
By Sally Denton, 2011 Tony Hillerman Writers Conference Presenter
These are my tips. Although they are all clichés, they work for me:
Write 1,000 words a day, five days a week. Finished, edited, polished, words. Words that you don't go back the next day and change. If it takes two hours to write a thousand perfect words, be grateful and reward yourself by spending the rest of the day doing something you love to do. If it takes 12 or 14 hours, be grateful that you finally did it and reward yourself with a great dinner and glass of wine. Ninety percent of the time it takes 6 or 7 hours, which is a wonderful block of time that leaves you with several hours to also enjoy a hike, read a book for pleasure instead of work, pay attention to your long suffering family, friends, and pets.
Hold this rule inviolable and do not take phone calls, surf the Internet, write emails or emerge from your study until you've got your thousand words. Then, enjoy every weekend with gusto!
Write about what you know. While this adage is typically applied to fiction, it is equally critical for non-fiction. One must be in complete command of one's material. If you don't know the subject you're writing about, immerse yourself in it until you do. Only then will you find your authentic voice.
Trust and respect the reader. Less is almost always more. I just completed a book about 1933 that has stunning, even eerie, parallels to contemporary politics, events, and people. While it is tempting to draw those parallels for the reader-FDR and Obama; the Great Depression and the Debt Ceiling Debacle; the Liberty League and the Tea Party-I find it much more compelling to engage the reader to such a depth that the reader draws the parallels for himself.
Show Don't Tell. I am not of the school of writing-which one often sees in full display in nonfiction writing-in which each paragraph begins with a sentence that tells the reader what she is going to read, followed by several sentences of content, followed by a concluding sentence telling the reader what she just read. I prefer to let the story unfold through the actions of the characters.
Sally Denton's seventh book, The Plots Against the President: FDR, A Nation in Crisis, and the Rise of the American Right will be published by Bloomsbury Press in January 2012. Her most recent book, The Pink Lady: The Many Lives of Helen Gahagan Douglas is being issued in paperback at the same time. She will present "Non-fiction, Fiction and True Storytelling" with Don Bullis, Doug Preston, John Vorhass and Virginia Scharff at the Tony Hillerman conference Nov. 10-12 in Santa Fe.
Need a second opinion?
Being your own editor can be tough, if not impossible. Authors Sean Murphy and Tania Casselle have joined the Hillerman conference this year to offer a second opinion, professional, face-to-face, 20- minute critique. The two authors will evaluate short fiction, non-fiction essays, synopses, and first chapters of novels or non-fiction books. Even better, they will offer a price discount to those who sign up for the Tony Hillerman Writers Conference.
Submission deadline is October 1, 2011. Price is $165 per submission for those registered for at least one day of the conference (or pre-conference workshop) and $200.00 per submission for those not registered for the conference.
Sean and his wife Tania live in Taos and teach writing around the world. Sean has taught at several WORDHARVEST programs, always to rave reviews. You'll find more information here.
Thank you to our colleague Karen S. Elliott. She calls herself a "voracious, nit-picky proofreading shark," and she has kept us out of trouble for months by helping with our newsletter. If you need a second set of eyes for your projects, Jean and I highly recommend
her. Karen has made significant changes to her recent blog and shares grammar, punctuation, and proofreading tips you can use. Contact Karen via her blog.
Sincerely,
Anne Hillerman and Jean Schaumberg
WORDHARVEST
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning youth novels ‘Belle’s Star,’ and ‘Belle’s trial,’ based on the life of a real dog and written from her point of view. Available from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and Anazon,com Belle’s Star was a New Mexico BookAward in 2009 and 2010; First Place for Juvenile Fiction New Mezxico Press Women and National Federation of Press Women Communication Contests 2010’ Silver Mom’s Choice Award 2010.
Belle’s Trial’ won First Place for Juvenile Fiction in the 2011 New Mexico Press Press Women’s Commuication Contest, and a Silver Mom’s Choice Award for 2011. The book received an Eric Hoffer Award nomination for 2011.
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August 2011
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THE CIRCUIT: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child by Francisco Jiménez has been selected as an Oregon Battle of the Books title for 2012 and will be read by students in over 200 schools across the state!
These independent but intertwined stories follow a migrant family through their circuit, from picking cotton and strawberries to topping carrots--and back again--over a number of years. As it moves from one labor camp to the next, the little family of four grows into ten. Impermanence and poverty define their lives. But with faith, hope, and back-breaking work, the family endures.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Sunday, August 21 at 3pm: E. B. Held discusses and signs A SPY'S GUIDE TO SANTA FE AND ALBUQUERQUE at Bookworks in Albuquerque, NM.
Wednesday, August 24 at 6pm: Paul Berkowitz discusses and signs THE CASE OF THE INDIAN TRADER: Billy Malone and the National Park Service Investigation at Hubbell Trading Post at Collected Works in Santa Fe, NM.
Saturday, August 27 at 2pm: Thomas Fox Averill discusses and signs rode at Barnes & Noble in Topeka, KS.
Friday, September 16 from 10am-12pm: Lawrence Welsh discusses and signs BEGGING FOR VULTURES: New and Selected Poems, 1994-2009 at the Barnes & Noble at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, NM.
Saturday, September 17 from 2-4pm: Ana Baca discusses and signs TIA'S TAMALES at the Barnes & Noble at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, NM.
Saturday, September 17 at 3pm: WildEarth Guardians present THE RIO GRANDE: An Eagle's View at Bookworks in Albuquerque, NM.
Wednesday, September 28 at 7pm: Jim Kristofic discusses and signs NAVAJOS WEAR NIKES: A Reservation Life at Bookworks in Albuquerque, NM.
More event information available here.
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AMADITO AND THE HERO CHILDREN: Amadito y los Niños Héroes by Enrique Lamadrid, illustrated by Amy Córdova
Recounting the two most deadly epidemics to strike the Southwest, this beautifully illustrated narrative reveals that with tragedy comes heroism, as demonstrated by the children who bravely transported the smallpox vaccine from Mexico's interior to New Mexico in 1805.
BEGGING FOR VULTURES: New and Selected Poems, 1994-2009
by Lawrence Welsh
The poetry of Lawrence Welsh crosses many borders, from South Central Los Angeles, where he was raised, to El Paso, where he has lived for almost twenty years.
THE WRATH OF GOD: Lope de Aguirre, Revolutionary of the Americas
by Evan L. Balkan
Deliberately provocative, Evan Balkan's The Wrath of God examines Aguirre, a symbol of Basque fury and rampage, arguing that Aguirre's historical representation as a one-dimensional madman deserves revisiting.
COWBOYS DON'T CRY by Charles Berry
As Scout McBride navigates the rugged path to becoming a man, he knows that to emulate the men he admires, he must keep one thing in mind: Cowboys don't cry.
AUTHORS ON THE AIR
Tuesday, August 23 at 8:05am MST: Paul Berkowitz discusses THE CASE OF THE INDIAN TRADER: Billy Malone and the National Park Service Investigation at Hubbell Trading Post on "Santa Fe Radio Cafe," KSFR-FM (Santa Fe).
Tuesday, August 23 at 5:35pm MST: Emlen Hall discusses REINING IN THE RIO GRANDE: People, Land, and Water on "The Journey Home," KSFR-FM (Santa Fe).
Thursday, September 1 from 8am-9am MST: Emlen Hall discusses REINING IN THE RIO GRANDE: People, Land, and Water on the KUNM-FM "Call-In Show" (Albuquerque).
Saturday, September 3 from 7-10pm: Lawrence Welsh discusses BEGGING FOR VULTURES: New and Selected Poems, 1994-2009 on "Folk Fury," KTEP-FM (El Paso).
Thursday, September 8 at 8am: Jim Kristofic discusses NAVAJOS WEAR NIKES: A Reservation Life on "New Mexico People, Places, and Ideas," KUNM-FM (Albuquerque).
Saturday, September 10 at 1pm: Ana Baca and illustrator Noel Chilton discuss TIA'S TAMALES on "Women's Focus," KUNM-FM (Albuquerque).
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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 youth novels ‘Belle’s Star,’ and ‘Belle’s trial,’ based on the life of a real dog and written from her point of view. Available from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and Anazon,com Belle’s Star was a New Mexico BookAward in 2009 and 2010; First Place for Juvenile Fiction New Mezxico Press Women and National Federation of Press Women Communication Contests 2010’ Silver Mom’s Choice Award 2010.
Belle’s Trial’ won First Place for Juvenile Fiction in the 2011 New Mexico Press Press Women’s Commuication Contest, and a Silver Mom’s Choice Award for 2011. The book received an Eric Hoffer Award nomination for 2011.
Monday, August 15, 2011
News From Write On Four Corners Author Lauren Camp
Hi there. I have been invited to be part of several intriguing readings / performances in the next few months, and I’m also leading a few classes. Below, you’ll find information on the first reading and a writing class that begins next week. Visit my News & Events page to find out about other upcoming events. I hope to see you soon!
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Four Writers Reading the Landscape
photo by Margaret Randall
I will be participating in this month’s “Third Thursday Lectures” presentation at the Public Lands Information Center, along with Santa Fe Poet Laureate Joan Logghe, author and photographer David Grant Noble, and longtime journalist and author Anne Hillerman. The four of us will share our writings about New Mexico’s spectacular environments. There will be a meet-and-greet after the reading, with a book-signing and refreshments.
When: Thursday, August 18 • 7pm
Where: Public Lands Information Center
at the Bureau of Land Management Office,
301 Dinosaur Trail, Santa Fe
Cost: FREE
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Sign Up for Monday “Word Play” Series
Self-expression feels so good! Spirited activities, strong examples and the gentlest feedback allow you to experiment with words and emotions, and bring you to a place of surprise. Let me draw you into the genres of poetry, fiction and memoir. Each class helps you find exciting beginnings from an empty page. The “Word Play” series requires no experience, but is also worthwhile for seasoned writers.
When my upcoming Tuesday night series filled and over-filled, I decided to open up a new section on Monday evenings. The class starts in about a week, and is already more than half-full. Register by Wednesday, August 17, if you want to be part of it.
When: Monday evenings for 8 weeks, August 22 to October 17 • 7 to 9pm
(no meeting on Sept. 19)
Where: Kingston Residence, 2400 Legacy Court, Santa Fe
Series Cost: $175 + NM sales tax ($186.59 total)
To register: You can reserve a space by clicking the button below and dropping in your Paypal info, or let me know pronto, and we’ll find another way.
lauren@laurencamp.com • (505) 474-7943
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning youth novels ‘Belle’s Star,’ and ‘Belle’s trial,’ based on the life of a real dog and written from her point of view. Available from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and Anazon,com Belle’s Star was a New Mexico BookAward in 2009 and 2010; First Place for Juvenile Fiction New Mezxico Press Women and National Federation of Press Women Communication Contests 2010’ Silver Mom’s Choice Award 2010.
Belle’s Trial’ won First Place for Juvenile Fiction in the 2011 New Mexico Press Press Women’s Commuication Contest, and a Silver Mom’s Choice Award for 2011. The book received an Eric Hoffer Award nomination for 2011.
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August Book Co-op Newsletter
Next Coop Meeting
September 23, New Mexico Book Co-op lunch features Don Bullis talking about his role as New Mexico Centennial Author, his experiences with publishers, and his newest book for the Centennial. We will also announce the Finalists in the 2011 New Mexico Book Awards!
The October meeting (Oct. 28) will feature Lynn Baca of SAR Press & Renee Tambeau of Museum of New Mexico Press talking about What They Do For Survival.
Price Going Up For The Halloween Holiday Fiesta at the Barn in Los Ranchos
The Book Coop is renting the Los Ranchos Community Barn for a special day of bookselling on Saturday, October 29. We are calling it the "Halloween Holiday Book Howl." This should be a great event to show-off and sell local NM books. You can get more information and sign up by CLICKING HERE. Spaces for this will go very fast so don't delay.
Make sure you get your spot for the Los Ranchos Barn October 29. Already other sellers – other than books- are reserving. Fees go up September 1.
Last call for Literacy Day
There are few spaces left so if you want to be a part of Literacy Day at the Albuquerque Public Library Main location and sell books join Slim Randles, Anne Hillerman & Don Strel, Nasario Garcia, Joe Hayes, and many other but sign up NOW! CLICK HERE You need to reserve your table now for Literacy Day at the Main, Albuquerque Library. Library folks need time to email a selling release sheet so no last minute walk-ins will be handled.
Books In The Movie Odd Thomas
Thanks to Loretta Hall a number of New Mexico books are on the set of a fake bookstore for the filming of the Dean Koontz movie Odd Thomas. We saw quickly: Old West Trivia by Don Bullis, Out Of This World and Underground Buildings by Loretta Hall, Voices of New Mexico, Navajo and Pueblo Earrings by Robert Bauver, The World Comes to Albuquerque: The Official Balloon Fiesta Book for the 40th Anniversary, Saints of the Pueblos by Charlie Carrillo, Memories of Cibola by Abe Pena, Avenging Victorio by Dave DeWitt and books by David Corwell and Lela Belle Wolfert in the window display in the old Borders in Winrock. We hope they survive the cuts! The downside of the books being in a movie is that some were destroyed in a fight seen when the “bookstore” window was blown up. But that is what contracts are for!
Nasty
Seems some Board Members of NMBA don't like the Book Co-op. On July 31, 2011, Scott Tyson, an NMBA Board member, sent an email to New Mexico Book Association Board members that was vile, nasty, and just wrong. Besides the many factual errors, he maligned Ruthe Francis, Barbe Awalt, and Paul Rhetts. His ill-informed and ill-timed remarks set back relations between NMBA and the Co-op. To compound the issue, another NMBA Board Member, Richard Harris, then proceeded to send out an email to the NMBA Board and the Book Co-op implying that the Book Co-op was not a legal or legitimate organization and that it did not comply with state regulations. Both of these accusations are false and again show a complete disregard for the facts. Another blow to NMBA-Book Coop relations. Who knows what else has been said. The sad thing is that both organizations were considering some future joint projects in these tough times. These joint efforts on behalf of authors and publishers are probably no longer possible. The Co-op is the largest not-for-profit book organization for authors and publishers in New Mexico and these remarks seem to be sour grapes multiplied.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning youth novels ‘Belle’s Star,’ and ‘Belle’s trial,’ based on the life of a real dog and written from her point of view. Available from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and Anazon,com Belle’s Star was a New Mexico BookAward in 2009 and 2010; First Place for Juvenile Fiction New Mezxico Press Women and National Federation of Press Women Communication Contests 2010’ Silver Mom’s Choice Award 2010.
Belle’s Trial’ won First Place for Juvenile Fiction in the 2011 New Mexico Press Press Women’s Commuication Contest, and a Silver Mom’s Choice Award for 2011. The book received an Eric Hoffer Award nomination for 2011.
Next Coop Meeting
September 23, New Mexico Book Co-op lunch features Don Bullis talking about his role as New Mexico Centennial Author, his experiences with publishers, and his newest book for the Centennial. We will also announce the Finalists in the 2011 New Mexico Book Awards!
The October meeting (Oct. 28) will feature Lynn Baca of SAR Press & Renee Tambeau of Museum of New Mexico Press talking about What They Do For Survival.
Price Going Up For The Halloween Holiday Fiesta at the Barn in Los Ranchos
The Book Coop is renting the Los Ranchos Community Barn for a special day of bookselling on Saturday, October 29. We are calling it the "Halloween Holiday Book Howl." This should be a great event to show-off and sell local NM books. You can get more information and sign up by CLICKING HERE. Spaces for this will go very fast so don't delay.
Make sure you get your spot for the Los Ranchos Barn October 29. Already other sellers – other than books- are reserving. Fees go up September 1.
Last call for Literacy Day
There are few spaces left so if you want to be a part of Literacy Day at the Albuquerque Public Library Main location and sell books join Slim Randles, Anne Hillerman & Don Strel, Nasario Garcia, Joe Hayes, and many other but sign up NOW! CLICK HERE You need to reserve your table now for Literacy Day at the Main, Albuquerque Library. Library folks need time to email a selling release sheet so no last minute walk-ins will be handled.
Books In The Movie Odd Thomas
Thanks to Loretta Hall a number of New Mexico books are on the set of a fake bookstore for the filming of the Dean Koontz movie Odd Thomas. We saw quickly: Old West Trivia by Don Bullis, Out Of This World and Underground Buildings by Loretta Hall, Voices of New Mexico, Navajo and Pueblo Earrings by Robert Bauver, The World Comes to Albuquerque: The Official Balloon Fiesta Book for the 40th Anniversary, Saints of the Pueblos by Charlie Carrillo, Memories of Cibola by Abe Pena, Avenging Victorio by Dave DeWitt and books by David Corwell and Lela Belle Wolfert in the window display in the old Borders in Winrock. We hope they survive the cuts! The downside of the books being in a movie is that some were destroyed in a fight seen when the “bookstore” window was blown up. But that is what contracts are for!
Nasty
Seems some Board Members of NMBA don't like the Book Co-op. On July 31, 2011, Scott Tyson, an NMBA Board member, sent an email to New Mexico Book Association Board members that was vile, nasty, and just wrong. Besides the many factual errors, he maligned Ruthe Francis, Barbe Awalt, and Paul Rhetts. His ill-informed and ill-timed remarks set back relations between NMBA and the Co-op. To compound the issue, another NMBA Board Member, Richard Harris, then proceeded to send out an email to the NMBA Board and the Book Co-op implying that the Book Co-op was not a legal or legitimate organization and that it did not comply with state regulations. Both of these accusations are false and again show a complete disregard for the facts. Another blow to NMBA-Book Coop relations. Who knows what else has been said. The sad thing is that both organizations were considering some future joint projects in these tough times. These joint efforts on behalf of authors and publishers are probably no longer possible. The Co-op is the largest not-for-profit book organization for authors and publishers in New Mexico and these remarks seem to be sour grapes multiplied.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning youth novels ‘Belle’s Star,’ and ‘Belle’s trial,’ based on the life of a real dog and written from her point of view. Available from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and Anazon,com Belle’s Star was a New Mexico BookAward in 2009 and 2010; First Place for Juvenile Fiction New Mezxico Press Women and National Federation of Press Women Communication Contests 2010’ Silver Mom’s Choice Award 2010.
Belle’s Trial’ won First Place for Juvenile Fiction in the 2011 New Mexico Press Press Women’s Commuication Contest, and a Silver Mom’s Choice Award for 2011. The book received an Eric Hoffer Award nomination for 2011.
Wednesday
September 21, 2011 7-8:30 pm
Farmington Public Library
Multipurpose Room
2101 Farmington Ave., Farmington
Book signing and slide-lecture on New Mexico's Tasty Traditions.
Contact: 505-599-1272.
Free
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning youth novels ‘Belle’s Star,’ and ‘Belle’s trial,’ based on the life of a real dog and written from her point of view. Available from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and Anazon,com Belle’s Star was a New Mexico BookAward in 2009 and 2010; First Place for Juvenile Fiction New Mezxico Press Women and National Federation of Press Women Communication Contests 2010’ Silver Mom’s Choice Award 2010.
Belle’s Trial’ won First Place for Juvenile Fiction in the 2011 New Mexico Press Press Women’s Commuication Contest, and a Silver Mom’s Choice Award for 2011. The book received an Eric Hoffer Award nomination for 2011.
September 21, 2011 7-8:30 pm
Farmington Public Library
Multipurpose Room
2101 Farmington Ave., Farmington
Book signing and slide-lecture on New Mexico's Tasty Traditions.
Contact: 505-599-1272.
Free
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning youth novels ‘Belle’s Star,’ and ‘Belle’s trial,’ based on the life of a real dog and written from her point of view. Available from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and Anazon,com Belle’s Star was a New Mexico BookAward in 2009 and 2010; First Place for Juvenile Fiction New Mezxico Press Women and National Federation of Press Women Communication Contests 2010’ Silver Mom’s Choice Award 2010.
Belle’s Trial’ won First Place for Juvenile Fiction in the 2011 New Mexico Press Press Women’s Commuication Contest, and a Silver Mom’s Choice Award for 2011. The book received an Eric Hoffer Award nomination for 2011.
BOOK SIGNING WITH DON JAMES (photographer of ONE NATION ONE YEAR) AT TREASURE HOUSE AUGUST 28
"One Nation One Year," the story in pictures of one year on the Navajo Nation by photographer Don James, will be featured at Treasure House, Sunday, August 28, 2pm. Don James, a Navajo, will talk informally about his adventures and the $100 a week he lived on during the year. "One Nation One Year" won the 2010 New Mexico Book Awards for Best New Mexico Book.
Treasure House is located at 2012 S. Plaza NW, in Old Town Albuquerque.
For information call 505/344-9382 or go to LPDPress.com.
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PRESS RELEASE
August 14, 2011
Contact: Paul Rhetts 505/344-9382 or LPDPress@q..com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning youth novels ‘Belle’s Star,’ and ‘Belle’s trial,’ based on the life of a real dog and written from her point of view. Available from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and Anazon,com Belle’s Star was a New Mexico BookAward in 2009 and 2010; First Place for Juvenile Fiction New Mezxico Press Women and National Federation of Press Women Communication Contests 2010’ Silver Mom’s Choice Award 2010.
Belle’s Trial’ won First Place for Juvenile Fiction in the 2011 New Mexico Press Press Women’s Commuication Contest, and a Silver Mom’s Choice Award for 2011. The book received an Eric Hoffer Award nomination for 2011.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
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Important Reminders
NMBA Networking Luncheon: This Friday
So many of you turned out in July that we decided not to take a break—we'll hold our next Networking Luncheon on Friday, August 12, 11:30am - 1:00pm at our office: 805 Early Street, C205. Check out the Google map on our website.
Libro Deadline
Be sure to get your news and announcements to Cindy Belllinger, bellinger.cindy@gmail.com, before August 15.
Renew Your Membership
NMBA's new membership year begins September 1. You can renew online right now or wait for a form and envelope in the next issue of Libro. Be sure to renew, because we have a lot in store for you in the 2011-2012 year. The NMBA board of directors met in July for a planning retreat, and we have many great ideas to roll out in the months ahead. Topic areas include:
• a chance to meet and speak with an Amazon representative
• Scott Flora (SPANNET) will present a workshop on developing a marketing plan
• expanded book catalog
• advertising opportunities for members
• and much, much more
If you are not a member and would like to join, dues for the initial year are $50, and you can learn about several different methods of payment on our website.
For more event listings, please visit www.nmbook.org. NMBA is New Mexico's only nonprofit serving all book professionals.
For more event listings, please visit www.nmbook.org.
NMBA is a New Mexico nonprofit professional organization serving all book professionals.
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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 youth novels ‘Belle’s Star,’ and ‘Belle’s trial,’ based on the life of a real dog and written from her point of view. Available from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and Anazon,com Belle’s Star was a New Mexico BookAward in 2009 and 2010; First Place for Juvenile Fiction New Mezxico Press Women and National Federation of Press Women Communication Contests 2010’ Silver Mom’s Choice Award 2010.
Belle’s Trial’ won First Place for Juvenile Fiction in the 2011 New Mexico Press Press Women’s Commuication Contest, and a Silver Mom’s Choice Award for 2011. The book received an Eric Hoffer Award nomination for 2011.
Important Reminders
NMBA Networking Luncheon: This Friday
So many of you turned out in July that we decided not to take a break—we'll hold our next Networking Luncheon on Friday, August 12, 11:30am - 1:00pm at our office: 805 Early Street, C205. Check out the Google map on our website.
Libro Deadline
Be sure to get your news and announcements to Cindy Belllinger, bellinger.cindy@gmail.com, before August 15.
Renew Your Membership
NMBA's new membership year begins September 1. You can renew online right now or wait for a form and envelope in the next issue of Libro. Be sure to renew, because we have a lot in store for you in the 2011-2012 year. The NMBA board of directors met in July for a planning retreat, and we have many great ideas to roll out in the months ahead. Topic areas include:
• a chance to meet and speak with an Amazon representative
• Scott Flora (SPANNET) will present a workshop on developing a marketing plan
• expanded book catalog
• advertising opportunities for members
• and much, much more
If you are not a member and would like to join, dues for the initial year are $50, and you can learn about several different methods of payment on our website.
For more event listings, please visit www.nmbook.org. NMBA is New Mexico's only nonprofit serving all book professionals.
For more event listings, please visit www.nmbook.org.
NMBA is a New Mexico nonprofit professional organization serving all book professionals.
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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 youth novels ‘Belle’s Star,’ and ‘Belle’s trial,’ based on the life of a real dog and written from her point of view. Available from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and Anazon,com Belle’s Star was a New Mexico BookAward in 2009 and 2010; First Place for Juvenile Fiction New Mezxico Press Women and National Federation of Press Women Communication Contests 2010’ Silver Mom’s Choice Award 2010.
Belle’s Trial’ won First Place for Juvenile Fiction in the 2011 New Mexico Press Press Women’s Commuication Contest, and a Silver Mom’s Choice Award for 2011. The book received an Eric Hoffer Award nomination for 2011.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Nadia Sahari Show
HELLO SUPER STARS!!!
TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT — LISTEN IN AND CALL OUR GUEST:
CLICK ON THIS LINK:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/nadiasahari/2011/08/10/dr-diane-howardactress-professor-author
Dr. Diane Howard, who lived her first years in mainland China and Japan, has resided all over the world.
Dr. Howard is a Professor of Performance Studies and Film at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton, TX. Diane Howard has been a professionalactor and teacher for over 40 years. She has been a university professor for over 20 years. Dr. Howard has been a professional actor and teacher for over 40 years.
LIVE YOUR DREAM! YOU ARE WORTHY!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
Nadia Sahari
Nadia will be on Write On Four Corners on KSJE FM 90.9 and www.ksje.com in September
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning youth novels ‘Belle’s Star,’ and ‘Belle’s trial,’ based on the life of a real dog and written from her point of view. Available from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and Anazon,com Belle’s Star was a New Mexico BookAward in 2009 and 2010; First Place for Juvenile Fiction New Mezxico Press Women and National Federation of Press Women Communication Contests 2010’ Silver Mom’s Choice Award 2010.
Belle’s Trial’ won First Place for Juvenile Fiction in the 2011 New Mexico Press Press Women’s Commuication Contest, and a Silver Mom’s Choice Award for 2011. The book received an Eric Hoffer Award nomination for 2011.
TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT — LISTEN IN AND CALL OUR GUEST:
CLICK ON THIS LINK:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/nadiasahari/2011/08/10/dr-diane-howardactress-professor-author
Dr. Diane Howard, who lived her first years in mainland China and Japan, has resided all over the world.
Dr. Howard is a Professor of Performance Studies and Film at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton, TX. Diane Howard has been a professionalactor and teacher for over 40 years. She has been a university professor for over 20 years. Dr. Howard has been a professional actor and teacher for over 40 years.
LIVE YOUR DREAM! YOU ARE WORTHY!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
Nadia Sahari
Nadia will be on Write On Four Corners on KSJE FM 90.9 and www.ksje.com in September
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning youth novels ‘Belle’s Star,’ and ‘Belle’s trial,’ based on the life of a real dog and written from her point of view. Available from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and Anazon,com Belle’s Star was a New Mexico BookAward in 2009 and 2010; First Place for Juvenile Fiction New Mezxico Press Women and National Federation of Press Women Communication Contests 2010’ Silver Mom’s Choice Award 2010.
Belle’s Trial’ won First Place for Juvenile Fiction in the 2011 New Mexico Press Press Women’s Commuication Contest, and a Silver Mom’s Choice Award for 2011. The book received an Eric Hoffer Award nomination for 2011.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
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Hello, everyone!
Hope your writing is going well. We are happy to provide suggestions for writing a winning mystery short story, just in time for our August 15 mystery short story contest deadline. Plus author John Vorhaus, a rising star in the literary galaxy and all-around nice guy, shares a writing tip. Please consider joining us in Santa Fe for the 2011 Tony Hillerman Writers Conference.
Warm wishes,
Anne and Jean
Six Clues for a Winning Mystery Short Story
The deadline for the Tony Hillerman Mystery Short Story Contest is August 15, 2011.
WORDHARVEST welcomes our new co-sponsor, New Mexico Magazine, which will publish the winning entry and give the writer $1,000. To qualify the story:
• Must be 2,500 words or less
• Must be set primarily in New Mexico
• Must be a mystery
• Must be postmarked no later than August 15
• You'll find the entry form and complete rules here.
Here are some clues to help you create a winning entry from Wolf Schneider, mystery book reviewer and emcee for Writing with the Stars:
1. Make sure the story has a beginning, middle, and end that resolves the mystery-no vague endings or "to be continued."
2. Create compelling, memorable characters with character development.
3. Be sparing with adjectives and descriptions.
4. Plot out a storyline where things happen.
5. Avoid wasted words. Study the work of a good mystery writer, like Tony Hillerman, Robert Parker, Michael McGarrity, Sandi Ault, Margaret Coel, etc.
6. Create suspense---a ticking clock that gives urgency to the solving of the mystery.
Writing Tip: The Face of the Wave
From John Vorhaus, Hillerman Conference Speaker
"The face of the wave" is the name I give to the place where the written words end and the blank space begins. It can be a scary place, but I conquer it through momentum. I go back and read what I wrote yesterday - not editing, just gathering speed and reacquainting myself with the work. Then, when the written words run out and I'm back there at the face of the wave, I just... ride it! I remind myself that everything written can be rewritten, and that the only thing I have to do right now is just put more words on the page. Not good words, not bad words, just words. The good news is that by this method, I always advance the face of the wave. The bad news is that the face of the wave will be right back there tomorrow to confront me once again. So I repeat the process: review, reacquaint, remind myself to keep expectations low, and plunge ahead. I don't worry too much about results; as any good surfer will tell you, wipeouts are part of the game."
John Vorhaus is the author of what he calls "sunshine noir" novels: The California Roll and The Albuquerque Turkey and the comedy writing classic, The Comic Toolbox. He tweets for no apparent reason @TrueFactBarFact, and secretly controls the world from johnvorhaus.com He joins the HIllerman Conference on Nov. 11 for the panels "Creating Good Bad Guys" and "Non-fiction, Fiction and True Storytelling." Learn about other conference presenters here.
News from the Trenches: Author Updates
Author Tricia Fields is now accepting pre-orders for The Territory, winner of the 2010 Tony Hillerman Prize for best first mystery novel. Tricia's blog talks about why it's worth the trouble to enter contests. She also has good advice on manuscript organizing, first drafts and other insights for fiction writers. Tricia and her editor, Peter Joseph of St. Martin's Press, will swap stories at this year's Tony
Hillerman Conference.
Sandi Ault's latest installment in the WILD mystery series, Wild Penance was a finalist for the Spur Award and three other major awards over the past few months. Sandi, a popular teacher who will be in Santa Fe to lead the Hillerman pre-conference workshop, is at work on a new novel which will introduce an exciting new detective. Stay tuned!
Among the nominees for the 2011 Macavity Award is thriller expert David Morrell. The MaCavity Award nominees are selected and voted on by members of Mystery Readers International. The Awards will be presented at Bouchercon 2011: Sprits of St. Louis in September. Morrell and co-editor Hank Wagner were nominated in the Best Mystery Nonfiction category for "Thrillers: 100 Must Reads." Morrell, a successful writer for many decades, will talk about changes in the world of publishing at the Hillerman Conference.
John Trudel's first novel, God's House, is being published to excellent
early reviews. It will be out in paper and eBook formats in September. John calls it "a new type of thriller." For early information, check here. God's House will be up on Amazon.com in September, so, if you like it, please post a review. John's second novel, Privacy Wars, will be out in 2012.
Santa Fe Ranks High Among Travelers
Need a reason (besides our conference) to come to Santa Fe? For the tenth consecutive year Santa Fe is included in Travel + Leisure (T+L) magazine's "World's Best Awards" list of top 10 favorite United States and Canadian travel destinations. For 2011, Santa Fe is ranked as the fifth most popular travel city in North America by the magazine's travel-savvy readers.
Of Santa Fe, T+L says: "...in this ever-changing city... thick-walled adobe buildings nearly 400 years old stand cheek-by-jowl with avant-garde art galleries and edgy modern restaurants. It's a reminder that, despite its vibrant population of skiers and hikers, painters and photographers, alternative healers, hippies, and gays, this city is strongly connected to its Spanish-Native American heritage-and to the pristine landscape that surrounds it."
Preview: 2011 Tony Hillerman Conference Highlights
Look forward to these presentations and events at the Hillerman Conference:
"A Writer's Toolkit: Seven Essentials for Success" with Sandi Ault
A Spy's Guide to Santa Fe, with Edward Held, author and Director of Intelligence and Counterintelligence
"The Plot Thickens: Keep Readers Turning Those Pages" with best-selling author Douglas Preston
"The Art and Craft of Narrative Non-Fiction" with Hampton Sides
"Building Tension" panel with Jo-Ann Mapson, David Morrell, Sean Murphy and Hampton Sides
"Harnessing the Beast: Organizing your Manuscript" with Steve Havill
"Pitches, Synopses and Queries to Seduce an Editor/Agent" with author Bill O'Hanlon, St. Martin's Press editor Peter Joseph, New Mexico Magazine editor in chief Dave Herndon, and agent Liz
Trupin-Pulli
Presentation of the Tony Hillerman/New Mexico Magazine Short Story Prize.
Don't forget: The deadline for the Hillerman Short Story Contest is August 15. Enter soon!
Sincerely,
Anne Hillerman and Jean Schaumberg
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Belle’s Trial’ won First Place for Juvenile Fiction in the 2011 New Mexico Press Press Women’s Commuication Contest, and a Silver Mom’s Choice Award for 2011. The book received an Eric Hoffer Award nomination for 2011.
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Anne Hillerman's Books
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2010 Hillerman Prize Winner Tricia Fields
Hello, everyone!
Hope your writing is going well. We are happy to provide suggestions for writing a winning mystery short story, just in time for our August 15 mystery short story contest deadline. Plus author John Vorhaus, a rising star in the literary galaxy and all-around nice guy, shares a writing tip. Please consider joining us in Santa Fe for the 2011 Tony Hillerman Writers Conference.
Warm wishes,
Anne and Jean
Six Clues for a Winning Mystery Short Story
The deadline for the Tony Hillerman Mystery Short Story Contest is August 15, 2011.
WORDHARVEST welcomes our new co-sponsor, New Mexico Magazine, which will publish the winning entry and give the writer $1,000. To qualify the story:
• Must be 2,500 words or less
• Must be set primarily in New Mexico
• Must be a mystery
• Must be postmarked no later than August 15
• You'll find the entry form and complete rules here.
Here are some clues to help you create a winning entry from Wolf Schneider, mystery book reviewer and emcee for Writing with the Stars:
1. Make sure the story has a beginning, middle, and end that resolves the mystery-no vague endings or "to be continued."
2. Create compelling, memorable characters with character development.
3. Be sparing with adjectives and descriptions.
4. Plot out a storyline where things happen.
5. Avoid wasted words. Study the work of a good mystery writer, like Tony Hillerman, Robert Parker, Michael McGarrity, Sandi Ault, Margaret Coel, etc.
6. Create suspense---a ticking clock that gives urgency to the solving of the mystery.
Writing Tip: The Face of the Wave
From John Vorhaus, Hillerman Conference Speaker
"The face of the wave" is the name I give to the place where the written words end and the blank space begins. It can be a scary place, but I conquer it through momentum. I go back and read what I wrote yesterday - not editing, just gathering speed and reacquainting myself with the work. Then, when the written words run out and I'm back there at the face of the wave, I just... ride it! I remind myself that everything written can be rewritten, and that the only thing I have to do right now is just put more words on the page. Not good words, not bad words, just words. The good news is that by this method, I always advance the face of the wave. The bad news is that the face of the wave will be right back there tomorrow to confront me once again. So I repeat the process: review, reacquaint, remind myself to keep expectations low, and plunge ahead. I don't worry too much about results; as any good surfer will tell you, wipeouts are part of the game."
John Vorhaus is the author of what he calls "sunshine noir" novels: The California Roll and The Albuquerque Turkey and the comedy writing classic, The Comic Toolbox. He tweets for no apparent reason @TrueFactBarFact, and secretly controls the world from johnvorhaus.com He joins the HIllerman Conference on Nov. 11 for the panels "Creating Good Bad Guys" and "Non-fiction, Fiction and True Storytelling." Learn about other conference presenters here.
News from the Trenches: Author Updates
Author Tricia Fields is now accepting pre-orders for The Territory, winner of the 2010 Tony Hillerman Prize for best first mystery novel. Tricia's blog talks about why it's worth the trouble to enter contests. She also has good advice on manuscript organizing, first drafts and other insights for fiction writers. Tricia and her editor, Peter Joseph of St. Martin's Press, will swap stories at this year's Tony
Hillerman Conference.
Sandi Ault's latest installment in the WILD mystery series, Wild Penance was a finalist for the Spur Award and three other major awards over the past few months. Sandi, a popular teacher who will be in Santa Fe to lead the Hillerman pre-conference workshop, is at work on a new novel which will introduce an exciting new detective. Stay tuned!
Among the nominees for the 2011 Macavity Award is thriller expert David Morrell. The MaCavity Award nominees are selected and voted on by members of Mystery Readers International. The Awards will be presented at Bouchercon 2011: Sprits of St. Louis in September. Morrell and co-editor Hank Wagner were nominated in the Best Mystery Nonfiction category for "Thrillers: 100 Must Reads." Morrell, a successful writer for many decades, will talk about changes in the world of publishing at the Hillerman Conference.
John Trudel's first novel, God's House, is being published to excellent
early reviews. It will be out in paper and eBook formats in September. John calls it "a new type of thriller." For early information, check here. God's House will be up on Amazon.com in September, so, if you like it, please post a review. John's second novel, Privacy Wars, will be out in 2012.
Santa Fe Ranks High Among Travelers
Need a reason (besides our conference) to come to Santa Fe? For the tenth consecutive year Santa Fe is included in Travel + Leisure (T+L) magazine's "World's Best Awards" list of top 10 favorite United States and Canadian travel destinations. For 2011, Santa Fe is ranked as the fifth most popular travel city in North America by the magazine's travel-savvy readers.
Of Santa Fe, T+L says: "...in this ever-changing city... thick-walled adobe buildings nearly 400 years old stand cheek-by-jowl with avant-garde art galleries and edgy modern restaurants. It's a reminder that, despite its vibrant population of skiers and hikers, painters and photographers, alternative healers, hippies, and gays, this city is strongly connected to its Spanish-Native American heritage-and to the pristine landscape that surrounds it."
Preview: 2011 Tony Hillerman Conference Highlights
Look forward to these presentations and events at the Hillerman Conference:
"A Writer's Toolkit: Seven Essentials for Success" with Sandi Ault
A Spy's Guide to Santa Fe, with Edward Held, author and Director of Intelligence and Counterintelligence
"The Plot Thickens: Keep Readers Turning Those Pages" with best-selling author Douglas Preston
"The Art and Craft of Narrative Non-Fiction" with Hampton Sides
"Building Tension" panel with Jo-Ann Mapson, David Morrell, Sean Murphy and Hampton Sides
"Harnessing the Beast: Organizing your Manuscript" with Steve Havill
"Pitches, Synopses and Queries to Seduce an Editor/Agent" with author Bill O'Hanlon, St. Martin's Press editor Peter Joseph, New Mexico Magazine editor in chief Dave Herndon, and agent Liz
Trupin-Pulli
Presentation of the Tony Hillerman/New Mexico Magazine Short Story Prize.
Don't forget: The deadline for the Hillerman Short Story Contest is August 15. Enter soon!
Sincerely,
Anne Hillerman and Jean Schaumberg
WORDHARVEST
Forward email
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning youth novels ‘Belle’s Star,’ and ‘Belle’s trial,’ based on the life of a real dog and written from her point of view. Available from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and Anazon,com Belle’s Star was a New Mexico BookAward in 2009 and 2010; First Place for Juvenile Fiction New Mezxico Press Women and National Federation of Press Women Communication Contests 2010’ Silver Mom’s Choice Award 2010.
Belle’s Trial’ won First Place for Juvenile Fiction in the 2011 New Mexico Press Press Women’s Commuication Contest, and a Silver Mom’s Choice Award for 2011. The book received an Eric Hoffer Award nomination for 2011.
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Calendar Highlights
It's membership renewal time
NMBA's new membership year begins September 1. You will be able renew online, or look for a form and envelope in the next issue of Libro. Be sure to renew, because we have a lot in store for you in the 2011-2012 year. The NMBA board of directors met in July for a planning retreat, and we have many great ideas to roll out in the months ahead. Topic areas include:
• a chance to meet and speak with an Amazon representative
• copyrights & permissions panel
• Scott Flora (SPANNET) will present a workshop on developing a marketing plan
• expanded book catalog
• advertising opportunities for members
• and much, much more
NMBA Networking Luncheon
So many of you turned out in July that we decided not to take a break—we'll hold our next Networking Luncheon on Friday, August 12, at our office: 805 Early Street, C205. Check out the Google map on our website.
The livin' is easy
It's summertime, and the calendar is as light as the breezes. But we know many of you have events in the works, and we'd like you to submit them to the calendar. Simply go to our website and fill out the form. Don't forget to include the location of your event in the main description and remember: the deadline for submission of news and events to Libro is August 15.
August Calendar of Events
Saturday, August 6
SWW Program: Fiction Craft Q&A with Joe Badal (10:00 a.m. to noon)
Joe Badal, a multi-published fiction author, will discuss fiction craft, but he wants to cover the craft questions that are most important to SWW members. So, Joe will take your questions and frame his presentation around those questions that are most frequently asked. Members can email their questions to Joe at josephbadalbooks@aol.com or Gail Rubin at gail_rubin@comcast.net. SWW programs are held at the New Life Presbyterian Church, 5540 Eubank NE in Albuquerque. You can park on the dirt hill directly east of New Life Church for additional parking spots.
Sunday, August 7
Author Nina Brown's Gathering Of Golden Dolphins (1:00 pm - 4:00 pm)
A new era of alchemy has begun, the Age of the Golden Dolphins. Nina Brown, author of Return of Love to Planet Earth: Memoir of a Reluctant Visionary, invites you to a gathering and discussion of golden dolphin awareness as an incubator for human divinity awareness. The return of the golden dolphin frequency to humanity activates the highest vibration of your higher self. The time has come to embrace your wholeness and to declare your divinity, for it is now safe to do so.
A monthly Gathering of Golden Dolphins will be held on the first Sunday of the month, from 1:00 to 4:00 pm, in the Skylight Room at Bishop’s Lodge Ranch Resort (5 min. from the Plaza); www.bishopslodge.com. $10 per gathering; RSVP required: Nina Brown nina@crystalsinger.com.
Friday, August 12
NMBA Networking Luncheon (11:30 am - 1:00 pm)
Come to our office, 805 Early Street, Bldg. C, Room 205, to join in discussions of interest to all book people. Contact Mary Neighbour, office@nmbook.org.
NMBA Board Meeting (1:30 pm - 3:30 pm)
Follows the Networking Luncheon at NMBA. Board meetings are open to the public.
Sunday, August 14
The Unobservable Universe - Talk And Book Signing Event (2:00 pm - 3:30 pm)
At Blue Eagle Metaphysical Emporium
Award-winning scientist and local author Scott M. Tyson will present his interactive talk, “Illuminating the Mind-Body-Universe Experience.” He will speak about the nature of perception and the role of the individual observer as discussed in his new book, The Unobservable Universe: A Paradox-Free Framework for Understanding the Universe. The thoughts he shares are sure to alter the relationship between your inner self and the world around you. In his book, Tyson overcomes paradoxes new and old to reveal the fundamental nature of the universe and complete humanity’s quest for The Theory of Everything.
The Unobservable Universe takes readers on an exciting 2,500-year journey through which they can comprehend all the phenomena in the universe. This enlightening and entertaining book unravels the mysteries with which humanity has been grappling for millennia; offers insight into the past, present, and future of the universe; and outlines a solid basis for future cosmological research in a passionate page-turner that never loses its readers or its credibility.
Tyson’s provocatively bold and compelling theories − supported by scientific evidence, real-life anecdotes, down-to-earth humor and a contagious passion for his subject − translate quantum physics into a comprehensible framework for all cosmology readers to examine, explore and contemplate, propelling them toward a new paradigm of greater awareness and understanding of the universe, and revealing the underlying Theory of Everything.
Presented in Tyson’s usual lively, upbeat style, this event promises to provide a riveting and entertaining evening. Book signings will be held following the talk. Refreshments will be served. Special offer: Attendees who purchase the book from Blue Eagle Metaphysical Emporium before or during the event will receive a complimentary copy of either the eBook or audio book edition of The Unobservable Universe (valued at $9.99 or $24.99 respectively).
Blue Eagle Metaphysical Emporium 2422 Juan Tabo Boulevard NE Albuquerque; (505) 298-3682; blueeaglenews@aol.com; http://blueeaglemetaphysical.com/index.html.
Tuesday, August 16
SWW Program: Research for Writers with Ed Eisenberg (7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.)
SWW programs are held at the New Life Presbyterian Church, 5540 Eubank NE in Albuquerque. You can park on the dirt hill directly east of New Life Church for additional parking spots. Contact: gail_rubin@comcast.net.
For more event listings, please visit www.nmbook.org.
NMBA is a New Mexico nonprofit organization serving all book professionals.
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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 youth novels ‘Belle’s Star,’ and ‘Belle’s trial,’ based on the life of a real dog and written from her point of view. Available from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and Anazon,com Belle’s Star was a New Mexico BookAward in 2009 and 2010; First Place for Juvenile Fiction New Mezxico Press Women and National Federation of Press Women Communication Contests 2010’ Silver Mom’s Choice Award 2010.
Belle’s Trial’ won First Place for Juvenile Fiction in the 2011 New Mexico Press Press Women’s Commuication Contest, and a Silver Mom’s Choice Award for 2011. The book received an Eric Hoffer Award nomination for 2011.
It's membership renewal time
NMBA's new membership year begins September 1. You will be able renew online, or look for a form and envelope in the next issue of Libro. Be sure to renew, because we have a lot in store for you in the 2011-2012 year. The NMBA board of directors met in July for a planning retreat, and we have many great ideas to roll out in the months ahead. Topic areas include:
• a chance to meet and speak with an Amazon representative
• copyrights & permissions panel
• Scott Flora (SPANNET) will present a workshop on developing a marketing plan
• expanded book catalog
• advertising opportunities for members
• and much, much more
NMBA Networking Luncheon
So many of you turned out in July that we decided not to take a break—we'll hold our next Networking Luncheon on Friday, August 12, at our office: 805 Early Street, C205. Check out the Google map on our website.
The livin' is easy
It's summertime, and the calendar is as light as the breezes. But we know many of you have events in the works, and we'd like you to submit them to the calendar. Simply go to our website and fill out the form. Don't forget to include the location of your event in the main description and remember: the deadline for submission of news and events to Libro is August 15.
August Calendar of Events
Saturday, August 6
SWW Program: Fiction Craft Q&A with Joe Badal (10:00 a.m. to noon)
Joe Badal, a multi-published fiction author, will discuss fiction craft, but he wants to cover the craft questions that are most important to SWW members. So, Joe will take your questions and frame his presentation around those questions that are most frequently asked. Members can email their questions to Joe at josephbadalbooks@aol.com or Gail Rubin at gail_rubin@comcast.net. SWW programs are held at the New Life Presbyterian Church, 5540 Eubank NE in Albuquerque. You can park on the dirt hill directly east of New Life Church for additional parking spots.
Sunday, August 7
Author Nina Brown's Gathering Of Golden Dolphins (1:00 pm - 4:00 pm)
A new era of alchemy has begun, the Age of the Golden Dolphins. Nina Brown, author of Return of Love to Planet Earth: Memoir of a Reluctant Visionary, invites you to a gathering and discussion of golden dolphin awareness as an incubator for human divinity awareness. The return of the golden dolphin frequency to humanity activates the highest vibration of your higher self. The time has come to embrace your wholeness and to declare your divinity, for it is now safe to do so.
A monthly Gathering of Golden Dolphins will be held on the first Sunday of the month, from 1:00 to 4:00 pm, in the Skylight Room at Bishop’s Lodge Ranch Resort (5 min. from the Plaza); www.bishopslodge.com. $10 per gathering; RSVP required: Nina Brown nina@crystalsinger.com.
Friday, August 12
NMBA Networking Luncheon (11:30 am - 1:00 pm)
Come to our office, 805 Early Street, Bldg. C, Room 205, to join in discussions of interest to all book people. Contact Mary Neighbour, office@nmbook.org.
NMBA Board Meeting (1:30 pm - 3:30 pm)
Follows the Networking Luncheon at NMBA. Board meetings are open to the public.
Sunday, August 14
The Unobservable Universe - Talk And Book Signing Event (2:00 pm - 3:30 pm)
At Blue Eagle Metaphysical Emporium
Award-winning scientist and local author Scott M. Tyson will present his interactive talk, “Illuminating the Mind-Body-Universe Experience.” He will speak about the nature of perception and the role of the individual observer as discussed in his new book, The Unobservable Universe: A Paradox-Free Framework for Understanding the Universe. The thoughts he shares are sure to alter the relationship between your inner self and the world around you. In his book, Tyson overcomes paradoxes new and old to reveal the fundamental nature of the universe and complete humanity’s quest for The Theory of Everything.
The Unobservable Universe takes readers on an exciting 2,500-year journey through which they can comprehend all the phenomena in the universe. This enlightening and entertaining book unravels the mysteries with which humanity has been grappling for millennia; offers insight into the past, present, and future of the universe; and outlines a solid basis for future cosmological research in a passionate page-turner that never loses its readers or its credibility.
Tyson’s provocatively bold and compelling theories − supported by scientific evidence, real-life anecdotes, down-to-earth humor and a contagious passion for his subject − translate quantum physics into a comprehensible framework for all cosmology readers to examine, explore and contemplate, propelling them toward a new paradigm of greater awareness and understanding of the universe, and revealing the underlying Theory of Everything.
Presented in Tyson’s usual lively, upbeat style, this event promises to provide a riveting and entertaining evening. Book signings will be held following the talk. Refreshments will be served. Special offer: Attendees who purchase the book from Blue Eagle Metaphysical Emporium before or during the event will receive a complimentary copy of either the eBook or audio book edition of The Unobservable Universe (valued at $9.99 or $24.99 respectively).
Blue Eagle Metaphysical Emporium 2422 Juan Tabo Boulevard NE Albuquerque; (505) 298-3682; blueeaglenews@aol.com; http://blueeaglemetaphysical.com/index.html.
Tuesday, August 16
SWW Program: Research for Writers with Ed Eisenberg (7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.)
SWW programs are held at the New Life Presbyterian Church, 5540 Eubank NE in Albuquerque. You can park on the dirt hill directly east of New Life Church for additional parking spots. Contact: gail_rubin@comcast.net.
For more event listings, please visit www.nmbook.org.
NMBA is a New Mexico nonprofit organization serving all book professionals.
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Copyright (C) 2010 MediaNeighbours. All rights reserved.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning youth novels ‘Belle’s Star,’ and ‘Belle’s trial,’ based on the life of a real dog and written from her point of view. Available from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and Anazon,com Belle’s Star was a New Mexico BookAward in 2009 and 2010; First Place for Juvenile Fiction New Mezxico Press Women and National Federation of Press Women Communication Contests 2010’ Silver Mom’s Choice Award 2010.
Belle’s Trial’ won First Place for Juvenile Fiction in the 2011 New Mexico Press Press Women’s Commuication Contest, and a Silver Mom’s Choice Award for 2011. The book received an Eric Hoffer Award nomination for 2011.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Write On Four Corners August Schedule
8/3 Dimity McDowell and Sarah Bowen Shea Run Like a MotherAndrews McMeel Publishing Wed. 10:30
8/5 Stephen Fried Appetite for America How Visionary Businessman Fred Harvy Built a Railroad Hospi8tality Empire That Civilized the Wild West Bantam Books. Fri 2:30
8/10 Harlen Campbell Sea of Deception Abq Press Wed. 10:30
8/17 Kris Neri Revenge for Old Time’s Sake Cherokee McGee Wed 10:30
8/24 George Hensler Startin’ the Fire Everything You Need to Know About Starting a Competitive BBQ Team Wed. 10:30
You can listen to Write On Four Corners at www.ksje.com at the appointed time MDT. You will have to convert that to the proper time zone in your area. Go to www.ksje.com and click on now laying. Also you can later in the week go to ksje.com podcasts write on four corners and look up the date of the show you want to hear.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning youth novels ‘Belle’s Star,’ and ‘Belle’s trial,’ based on the life of a real dog and written from her point of view. Available from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and Anazon,com Belle’s Star was a New Mexico BookAward in 2009 and 2010; First Place for Juvenile Fiction New Mezxico Press Women and National Federation of Press Women Communication Contests 2010’ Silver Mom’s Choice Award 2010.
Belle’s Trial’ won First Place for Juvenile Fiction in the 2011 New Mexico Press Press Women’s Commuication Contest, and a Silver Mom’s Choice Award for 2011. The book received an Eric Hoffer Award nomination for 2011.
8/26 Christopher Valen The Black Minute North Star Press of St. Cloud Friday 2:30
8/5 Stephen Fried Appetite for America How Visionary Businessman Fred Harvy Built a Railroad Hospi8tality Empire That Civilized the Wild West Bantam Books. Fri 2:30
8/10 Harlen Campbell Sea of Deception Abq Press Wed. 10:30
8/17 Kris Neri Revenge for Old Time’s Sake Cherokee McGee Wed 10:30
8/24 George Hensler Startin’ the Fire Everything You Need to Know About Starting a Competitive BBQ Team Wed. 10:30
You can listen to Write On Four Corners at www.ksje.com at the appointed time MDT. You will have to convert that to the proper time zone in your area. Go to www.ksje.com and click on now laying. Also you can later in the week go to ksje.com podcasts write on four corners and look up the date of the show you want to hear.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning youth novels ‘Belle’s Star,’ and ‘Belle’s trial,’ based on the life of a real dog and written from her point of view. Available from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and Anazon,com Belle’s Star was a New Mexico BookAward in 2009 and 2010; First Place for Juvenile Fiction New Mezxico Press Women and National Federation of Press Women Communication Contests 2010’ Silver Mom’s Choice Award 2010.
Belle’s Trial’ won First Place for Juvenile Fiction in the 2011 New Mexico Press Press Women’s Commuication Contest, and a Silver Mom’s Choice Award for 2011. The book received an Eric Hoffer Award nomination for 2011.
8/26 Christopher Valen The Black Minute North Star Press of St. Cloud Friday 2:30
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