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After a year's hiatus, WORDHARVEST has restructured the Tony Hillerman Writers Conference and moved it to Santa Fe, N.M. In this newsletter, we preview parts of the conference and offer you a successful writing tip from Tony Hillerman. The program, Nov. 12-13, includes a day focused on developing characters and creating dialog under the guidance of Margaret Coel, a comprehensive session on the business of writing with Bill O'Hanlon, and an evening with author (and former CIA agent) Valerie Plame Wilson. In response to your requests, we've added a manuscript critique. Complete information and registration is available here. In addition, we plan to announce the 2011 Tony Hillerman Prize (Deadline for entries: June 1!) Our host is the Inn and Spa at Loretto, with roooms offered at considerable discount from their standard rate. We hope you will join us...and help spread the word to your friends.
Tony Hillerman Writers' Weekend Nov. 12-13, 2010
Show Me the Energy!
Author Bill O'Hanlon
Find the Fuel to Start, Complete, and Sell Your Writing Projects
Leave your excuses at home and have some fun! Author and featured Oprah guest Bill O'Hanlon will show participants how to:
Find the fuel to begin, persist, and complete writing projects
Free more time in our busy lives to ensure that the writing gets done
Unstick your creative impulses when you stall
Energize yourself to do the platform building, marketing, and sales parts of your writing lives
Sell your book before you write it
Use social media (Facebook, Twitter, Linked-in and more)and the web to find and build an audience for your books
Get a literary agent in one day (Bill will teach you his secret)
Bill O'Hanlon is the author of 30 books, including Write Is A Verb. He wrote his first 10 books when he had four kids at home, a private practice in psychotherapy, and a speaking career on the side! A much sought-after teacher, Bill is known for his entertaining, life-changing content.
Create Compelling Characters and Dynamic Dialog
Margaret Coel's latest mystery
Who are those people in your head? And what are they saying? Author Margaret Coel will help you get to know the characters in your imagination and transport them into your story. You will learn how to give characters distinct personalities, viewpoints, and motivations that will make them come alive on the page. Coel will show how dialog is a crucial devise to transform characters into multi-dimensional people--and keep the story moving. Using non-intimidating, hands-on practice, she will help students learn to write dialog that feels like conversation and develop techniques that allow characters to act, react, suffer, change, prevail and, finally, live on in the minds of the reader.
The New York Times best-selling author of the acclaimed Wind River mystery series, Margaret Coel sets her stories among the Arapahos on Wyoming's Wind River Reservation. Her novels have won many awards and been on numerous bestseller lists including the Los Angeles Times, the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News. Among her honors are five Colorado Book Awards and the Rocky Award for Best Mystery Novel set in the American West, presented at the Left Coast Crime Conference.
As Requested: Manuscript Reviews
Editor Judith Van Gieson
Author. publisher and editor Judith Van Gieson has agreed to help aspiring authors refine their first chapters and improve their synopses. Judith will read a synopsis and up to 25 pages of the first chapter of the manuscripts and meet with writers privately during the conference to discuss their work, focusing on strenghts and on areas that could use some improvement. The offer is open to writers of both fiction and non-fiction and includes a written critique, a half-hour private session with Judith and a two-hour class on writing first chapters. Critques are available at a discount to those who register for at least one day of the conference.
June 1 Deadline for $10,000 Hillerman Prize
The Tony Hillerman Prize for best first mystery, created and co-sponsored by WORDHARVESTand St. Martin's Press, honors the memory of New Mexico author Tony Hillerman.The contest is open to previously unpublished book length manuscript (no less than 220 typewritten pages or approximately 60,000 words).The story must be set in the Southwestern United States and the author must be unpublished in the mystery genre. (Most self-published novels are allowed.) Entries must be postmarked no later than June 1, 2010. The complete guidelines and entry form are here. Good luck!
Successful Writing Tip:
Author Tony Hillerman often quipped that writer's block "was spelled L-A-Z-Y."
However, if a novel he had in the works stalled, he would drive out to the landscape where the story took place, usually the Navajo reservation. This emersion in the scene, and time away from the computer, usually reinvigorated his writing process. Try it yourself.
We'll be in touch with announcements about the conference and hope to have our next newsletter to you in mid-May. If something interesting has happened in your writing life, please send us your news with NEWS in the subject line. Photos are welcome, too. We'll try to include your news in our next issue or on our blog. Until then, happy writing!
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 novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Always in Print ‘Cuz They’re Print on Demand!
And now out! Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and through your local book store. Winner 2010 Mom’s Choice Award Finalist 2009 New Mexico Book Awards
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
jennifer Kitchell New Author for Write On Blong Signing at Andrea Kristina's
Andrea Kristina's Bookstore -- 218 W. Main St., Farmington
Sept 18, Saturday -- 3 PM
doing an author talk and book signing
Here are some reviews:
“A stunning mystery debut by a gifted story-teller! Girl with Skirt of Stars is a head-long plunge into a mystery intertwined with the mysteries of Navajo culture and rendered in language as gorgeous as the southwestern landscape.” -- Margaret Coel, award-winning author of The Silent Spirit
“Page after page, this is breathtaking writing! Readers who loved Tony Hillerman should rejoice—Jennifer Kitchell follows in his popular tradition of suspense steeped in cultural issues with her Navajo character, Lilli Chischilly, a historic preservationist with a pile of history of her own to deal with. Kitchell’s gritty, richly-layered style is laced with humor and a hint of yearning within Lilli for better things for her heart.” -- Christine DeSmet, Author of Spirit Lake
"This meticulously-crafted debut novel weaves Navajo ethnography, sexual tension, political power, and the beauty of Grand Canyon country into a fast-paced story. Fans of Tony Hillerman will appreciate the book's reflections on Navajo culture and the physical beauty of the Southwestern US through a confident voice, adept at telling a gripping story. Yet Kitchell, a woman with deep knowledge of geology and anthropology, brings a different perspective to her well-drawn characters, especially Lilli. The novel's ending foreshadows more stories to come. I'm eager to read them."
- S. R. Carpenter, former president of the Ecological Society of America
"a must-read for fans of Native American-themed fiction. Engrossing, visually rich and irresistibly readable." --- Kirkus Discoveries
Here's a quick bio:
Jennifer Kitchell was born far from home near the Canadian border yet belonged to a Southwestern family on her mother’s side, a mother who faithfully took her children ‘home’ every year. Her interest in the Southwest and especially the Navajo culture runs to her earliest memories. She has a Ph.D. in geology, and has participated in the First Group Procession on the Ahshislepah Road in Chaco Canyon since A.D. 1128. She has won the Schuchert Prize in Paleontology and the Russel Award from the University of Michigan. She has published numerous articles in the sciences. This is her first novel because, she says, she wanted to try to give a reader an experience to live through.
Here are some book details:
• Title: Girl with Skirt of Stars
• Author: Jennifer Kitchell
• Publisher: Pronghorn Press
• Release Date: August, 2009
• Format: Trade Paper
• Pages: 345
• Distribution: Ingram; Baker & Taylor to booksellers; available online to individuals through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders, Target.
• ISBN-10: 1932636560
• ISBN-13: 978-1932636567
And this is the book's website: www.girlwithskirtofstars.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Always in Print ‘Cuz They’re Print on Demand!
And now out! Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and through your local book store.
Sept 18, Saturday -- 3 PM
doing an author talk and book signing
Here are some reviews:
“A stunning mystery debut by a gifted story-teller! Girl with Skirt of Stars is a head-long plunge into a mystery intertwined with the mysteries of Navajo culture and rendered in language as gorgeous as the southwestern landscape.” -- Margaret Coel, award-winning author of The Silent Spirit
“Page after page, this is breathtaking writing! Readers who loved Tony Hillerman should rejoice—Jennifer Kitchell follows in his popular tradition of suspense steeped in cultural issues with her Navajo character, Lilli Chischilly, a historic preservationist with a pile of history of her own to deal with. Kitchell’s gritty, richly-layered style is laced with humor and a hint of yearning within Lilli for better things for her heart.” -- Christine DeSmet, Author of Spirit Lake
"This meticulously-crafted debut novel weaves Navajo ethnography, sexual tension, political power, and the beauty of Grand Canyon country into a fast-paced story. Fans of Tony Hillerman will appreciate the book's reflections on Navajo culture and the physical beauty of the Southwestern US through a confident voice, adept at telling a gripping story. Yet Kitchell, a woman with deep knowledge of geology and anthropology, brings a different perspective to her well-drawn characters, especially Lilli. The novel's ending foreshadows more stories to come. I'm eager to read them."
- S. R. Carpenter, former president of the Ecological Society of America
"a must-read for fans of Native American-themed fiction. Engrossing, visually rich and irresistibly readable." --- Kirkus Discoveries
Here's a quick bio:
Jennifer Kitchell was born far from home near the Canadian border yet belonged to a Southwestern family on her mother’s side, a mother who faithfully took her children ‘home’ every year. Her interest in the Southwest and especially the Navajo culture runs to her earliest memories. She has a Ph.D. in geology, and has participated in the First Group Procession on the Ahshislepah Road in Chaco Canyon since A.D. 1128. She has won the Schuchert Prize in Paleontology and the Russel Award from the University of Michigan. She has published numerous articles in the sciences. This is her first novel because, she says, she wanted to try to give a reader an experience to live through.
Here are some book details:
• Title: Girl with Skirt of Stars
• Author: Jennifer Kitchell
• Publisher: Pronghorn Press
• Release Date: August, 2009
• Format: Trade Paper
• Pages: 345
• Distribution: Ingram; Baker & Taylor to booksellers; available online to individuals through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders, Target.
• ISBN-10: 1932636560
• ISBN-13: 978-1932636567
And this is the book's website: www.girlwithskirtofstars.com
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Always in Print ‘Cuz They’re Print on Demand!
And now out! Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net and amazon.com, and through your local book store.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Sandi Ault's Wild Sorrow
WILD SORROW
by Sandi Ault
RELEASES MARCH 2009
Berkley Prime Crime Hardcover
ISBN 13: 978-0-425-22583-7
WILD SORROW continues the adventures of the series' rough and ready heroine, a BLM resource protection agent named Jamaica Wild. The story opens with a dramatic scene as Jamaica, on horseback, and her wolf, Mountain, track a wounded mountain lion in a blinding snowstorm. Forced to take shelter from the storm, she and Mountain, the abandoned wolf she is raising (who is as much a central character in the WILD novels as Jamaica), stumble on the desecrated body of a former school matron at an abandoned Indian school. The woman was remembered for beating and humiliating the Indian children, and the FBI quickly assumes they have a revenge killing on their hands. Jamaica isn't so sure, and chilling stories from her Tanoah Pueblo friends about their boarding school experiences pique her curiosity. As Jamaica works to find and save the wounded mountain lion and her cubs, the killer thinks she knows all. Stalked, threatened, and attacked, Wild and her wolf narrowly escape repeated attempts on their lives as Jamaica races to solve the mystery.
Sandi Ault is the author of the WILD Mystery Series, and the heir apparent to Tony Hillerman. No one but Ms. Ault writes about the Southwest with such rich, filmic description, or brings to life its wild beauty and native cultures with such depth and clarity.
Ault's debut, WILD INDIGO, won the Mary Higgins Clark Award in 2008, the first debut novel nominated for that award. WILD INDIGO garnered critical acclaim in the national media, including the New York Times: "[A] striking debut...Scenes of the high, dry, glittering landscape are as clean as sun-bleached bone, and there are thrills galore."
Ms. Ault's sophomore outing, WILD INFERNO, was named one of the Best Books of 2008 by Publishers Weekly and Library Journal and was the only mystery to make both lists. Both novels won starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Library Journal, who said of Ault's work: "Reviewers and readers will draw parallels between Ault's enlightening, well-researched debut and the mysteries of Tony Hillerman, Nevada Barr, and Aimee and David Thurlo; this is fine because she is that good."
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Always in Print ‘Cuz They’re Print on Demand!
Coming in 2009, Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net
by Sandi Ault
RELEASES MARCH 2009
Berkley Prime Crime Hardcover
ISBN 13: 978-0-425-22583-7
WILD SORROW continues the adventures of the series' rough and ready heroine, a BLM resource protection agent named Jamaica Wild. The story opens with a dramatic scene as Jamaica, on horseback, and her wolf, Mountain, track a wounded mountain lion in a blinding snowstorm. Forced to take shelter from the storm, she and Mountain, the abandoned wolf she is raising (who is as much a central character in the WILD novels as Jamaica), stumble on the desecrated body of a former school matron at an abandoned Indian school. The woman was remembered for beating and humiliating the Indian children, and the FBI quickly assumes they have a revenge killing on their hands. Jamaica isn't so sure, and chilling stories from her Tanoah Pueblo friends about their boarding school experiences pique her curiosity. As Jamaica works to find and save the wounded mountain lion and her cubs, the killer thinks she knows all. Stalked, threatened, and attacked, Wild and her wolf narrowly escape repeated attempts on their lives as Jamaica races to solve the mystery.
Sandi Ault is the author of the WILD Mystery Series, and the heir apparent to Tony Hillerman. No one but Ms. Ault writes about the Southwest with such rich, filmic description, or brings to life its wild beauty and native cultures with such depth and clarity.
Ault's debut, WILD INDIGO, won the Mary Higgins Clark Award in 2008, the first debut novel nominated for that award. WILD INDIGO garnered critical acclaim in the national media, including the New York Times: "[A] striking debut...Scenes of the high, dry, glittering landscape are as clean as sun-bleached bone, and there are thrills galore."
Ms. Ault's sophomore outing, WILD INFERNO, was named one of the Best Books of 2008 by Publishers Weekly and Library Journal and was the only mystery to make both lists. Both novels won starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Library Journal, who said of Ault's work: "Reviewers and readers will draw parallels between Ault's enlightening, well-researched debut and the mysteries of Tony Hillerman, Nevada Barr, and Aimee and David Thurlo; this is fine because she is that good."
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Always in Print ‘Cuz They’re Print on Demand!
Coming in 2009, Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net
Friday, October 31, 2008
New Mexico Book Association November News
Holiday Fiesta set for Friday, December 5:
Book Networking Lunch Friday, Nov. 14
>> The November New Mexico Book Association Second Friday Networking Luncheon takes place November 14, upstairs in the Writers Room at 826 Camino del Monte Rey, Santa Fe. Come at 11:30am and bring a friend! We’ll have drinks and cookies and share a close look at the state of writing and publishing today. Reservations are not necessary. NMBA’s November board meeting follows at 1:30pm. Books unsold at 2008 NMBA events will be available for pickup, as well as three (3) new copies of Penny Sansevieri’s Red Hot Internet Marketing (just $15) from her October all-day seminar. You may also pick up a copy of the 2008-09 New Mexico Publishers & Authors Showcase catalog. Call Jim (505) 988-7214 or Paula (505) 473-3479 for directions.
>> Holiday Fiesta Set for Friday, December 5! Every New Mexico’s literary and book person and business is invited to our annual holiday gathering. (You’ll reconnect with compadres and comadres you haven’t seen for months!) The NMBA Holiday Fiesta takes place at the very convenient Lodge at Santa Fe, just north of downtown. Book-in-Hand and other honors will be announced. Sangria and good things to eat, 5:30 to 7:30 pm, $12 at the door. Recursos, IWWG, New Mexico Coalition for Literacy, the Book Co-op, WordHarvest, PEN-NM, SouthWest Writers, and Narrative Arts Center members and friends are invited to be co-hosts for this very inclusive gathering! (It turns out the N.M.Book Co-op has an event earlier that day – see below – so make it a full day of reconnecting with your literary friends! Holiday Fiesta details: (505) 231-1755 and (505) 988-7214.
>> Tony Hillerman created vivid fictional characters and an authentic vision of Navajoland that will endure, enchant and entertain readers for generations to come. With Tony’s passing in October comes a sense of great loss, as well as deep appreciation for his lasting gifts to superb fiction and literary endeavors throughout New Mexico. NMBA expresses our collective sincere condolences to Tony’s wife and family. Tony Hillerman was, and is, one of our own.
+ NOVEMBER Book Events
Nov.1: The Write Answers: Solutions for Authors and Authoring, a Ron Chapman Workshop, SouthWest Writers, New Life Presbyterian Church 5540 Eubank N.E., Albuquerque: 1-4 pm, $20 (SWW members), $30 (non-members). Pay at the door. (505) 265-9485 or visit www. southwestwriters.org
Nov. 1: SOMOS Book Sale, 229 Paseo del Pueblo Sur, Taos, noon-3pm. All books priced from $1 to $2. Contact Dori, (505) 758-0081, somos@laplaza.org.
Nov. 1: Page One Self-Published and Local Author Fair, at the store’s cafe, Albuquerque, 3-5pm. www.page1books.com
Nov. 1-2: "PaperBack Dreams." Albuquerque Independent Business Alliance (AIBA) hosts showing of film documentary about the struggles of two famous Bay Area independent bookstores (Cody’s Books and Kepler’s), Guild Theater, Albuquerque, at 2pm both days, free. Both showings followed by discussion led by director/producer Alex Beckstead (sponsored by Bookworks and the Guild). See www.keepitquerque .org, or reach Clifton Chadwick (505) 991-3331.
Nov. 5-9: Tony Hillerman Writers Conference: "Focus on Mystery" in Albuquerque. Featuring: Michael McGarrity, Louis Bayard, Sandi Ault, Pari Noskin Taichert, Steve Havill, agents and the 2008 Tony Hillerman Prize for best first mystery. www.hillermanconference.com, (505) 471-1565.
Nov. 14: NMBA Networking Luncheon, The Writer’s Room, upstairs at 826 Camino del Monte Rey, Santa Fe, 11:30am to 1:15pm, free. Just bring a friend and brown bag lunch. Reservations are not necessary. (505) 231-1755, (505) 988-7214.
Nov. 14: NMBA Board Meetingat the Writers’ Room, 826 Camino del Monte Rey, Santa Fe, 1:30pm.
Nov. 21-23: Book Sale Emporium at State Fairgrounds, Albuquerque. See www.nmbookcoop.com/page14/page104/page104html
Nov. 21: New Mexico Book Awards Banquet, Albuquerque. Tickets $46. Paul Rhetts, (505) 344-9382.
+ On the Horizon:
Dec. 1: DEADLINE: Permian Basin Poetry Society Contest. Cash prizes. (432) 697-4205.
Dec. 5: NMBA Holiday Fiesta! The year’s great gathering of New Mexico literary people and organizations, at The Lodge at Santa Fe (just off North St. Francis Drive). Book-in-Hand Honor and other recognitions. Drinks and food included, 5:30 to 7:30pm, $12 at the door. Details: Jim (505) 988-7214 or Richard (505) 231-1755.
Dec. 5: N.M. Book Co-op Meeting & Party, Lin’s Buffet, 10100 Coors Rd, Albuquerque, $10.98 including tip. You must RSVP! (505) 344-9382, info@nmbookcoop.com
Dec. 15: DEADLINE: NMBA Libro for January 2009 monthly online Events Calendar and Jan/Feb print edition. Include basic details in your email or letter (no attachments, please). Send entries to NMBA, PO Box 1285, Santa Fe 87504, or (505) 231-1755, or email richard@oceantree.com
Jan. 22: NMBA Round Table Happy Hour for all book people at Santa Fe Bar & Grill, DeVargas Mall, Santa Fe, Thursday 5:30-7pm. Call Jim Mafchir for directions: (505) 988-7214.
+ Signings & Readings Sampler
Nov. 1: Eliezer Sobel, The 99th Monkey, Garcia Street Books, Santa Fe. Plus signings and readings by David P. Sklar (Nov. 2), David Tanis (Nov. 8), John Kessell (Nov. 14), Tom Stromberg and Robert Redford (Nov. 15). Garcia Street Books , 376 Garcia St, Santa Fe, (505) 986-0151, For more information: www.garciastreetbooks.com.
Nov. 7: Laurie Brooks, Selkie Girl, Page One Books, Albuquerque. Plus Dave Durgin (Nov. 12), Ken Cohen (Nov. 14), Jane Lindskold (Nov. 15), Anne Schmauss (Nov. 18), Samuel Roll (Nov. 20). Call (505) 294-2026 for details.
Nov. 7: Nancy Bartlit, Silent Voices of World War II, speaks at Veterans Medical Center, Albuquerque, 11:30am. Other dates for Nancy and Silent Voices are Nov. 11 in Santa Fe and Nov. 20 in Albuquerque. Call Michael Hice, (505) 690-8056, 466-1256, michaelhice@earthlink.net.
Nov. 8: Treehouse Open Mic featuring Christian Drake, upstairs at Sumner & Dene Gallery, 517 Central Ave N.W., in Albuquerque, 6:30pm. An hour and a half of open mic poetry with expert Christian Drake, Information: (505) 842-1400, adam @destructibleheart.com.
Nov. 15: Laura E. Gomez, Manifest Destinies: The Making of the Mexican American Race, Barnes & Noble, Coronado Center, 6600 Menual NE, Albuquerque, Signing at 1:00pm. (505) 883-8200. Also signing on Dec. 6: at Borders, 10420 Coors By-Pass NW, Alb. 2-4pm, (505) 792-3180
Nov. 22: Cathy Scott and Ali McGraw, Pawprints of Katrina: Pets Saved and Lessons Learned. Garcia Street Books, Santa Fe, 4-5pm. Contact: Keira, (201) 748-6707
Nov. 29: Gregory McNamee, Otero Mesa: Preserving America’s Wildest Grassland, Garcia Street Books, 4:30 to 5:30pm. Contact: Katherine MacGilvray, (505) 272-7177, katm@upress.unm.edu
Nov 29: Hal Simmons, Magic Lance: Mystery and Adventure in the New West, Borders, 10420 Coors By-Pass NW, Alb. Signing 2-4pm, (505) 792-3180
Dec. 6: Annie Lux, Historic New Mexico Churches, Los Lunas Museum of Heritage and Arts, 251 Main St, S.E., Los Lunas, 5-7pm. Contact Patty Guggino, (505) 352-7720
+ On the Air
Write On Four Corners. Connie Gotsch hosts "Write on Four Corners" every Wednesday at 10:30am and Friday at 2:30pm on KSJE FM 90.9 in Farmington and on the Internet in real time at www.ksje.com. Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Always in Print ‘Cuz They’re Print on Demand!
Coming in 2009, Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net
Book Networking Lunch Friday, Nov. 14
>> The November New Mexico Book Association Second Friday Networking Luncheon takes place November 14, upstairs in the Writers Room at 826 Camino del Monte Rey, Santa Fe. Come at 11:30am and bring a friend! We’ll have drinks and cookies and share a close look at the state of writing and publishing today. Reservations are not necessary. NMBA’s November board meeting follows at 1:30pm. Books unsold at 2008 NMBA events will be available for pickup, as well as three (3) new copies of Penny Sansevieri’s Red Hot Internet Marketing (just $15) from her October all-day seminar. You may also pick up a copy of the 2008-09 New Mexico Publishers & Authors Showcase catalog. Call Jim (505) 988-7214 or Paula (505) 473-3479 for directions.
>> Holiday Fiesta Set for Friday, December 5! Every New Mexico’s literary and book person and business is invited to our annual holiday gathering. (You’ll reconnect with compadres and comadres you haven’t seen for months!) The NMBA Holiday Fiesta takes place at the very convenient Lodge at Santa Fe, just north of downtown. Book-in-Hand and other honors will be announced. Sangria and good things to eat, 5:30 to 7:30 pm, $12 at the door. Recursos, IWWG, New Mexico Coalition for Literacy, the Book Co-op, WordHarvest, PEN-NM, SouthWest Writers, and Narrative Arts Center members and friends are invited to be co-hosts for this very inclusive gathering! (It turns out the N.M.Book Co-op has an event earlier that day – see below – so make it a full day of reconnecting with your literary friends! Holiday Fiesta details: (505) 231-1755 and (505) 988-7214.
>> Tony Hillerman created vivid fictional characters and an authentic vision of Navajoland that will endure, enchant and entertain readers for generations to come. With Tony’s passing in October comes a sense of great loss, as well as deep appreciation for his lasting gifts to superb fiction and literary endeavors throughout New Mexico. NMBA expresses our collective sincere condolences to Tony’s wife and family. Tony Hillerman was, and is, one of our own.
+ NOVEMBER Book Events
Nov.1: The Write Answers: Solutions for Authors and Authoring, a Ron Chapman Workshop, SouthWest Writers, New Life Presbyterian Church 5540 Eubank N.E., Albuquerque: 1-4 pm, $20 (SWW members), $30 (non-members). Pay at the door. (505) 265-9485 or visit www. southwestwriters.org
Nov. 1: SOMOS Book Sale, 229 Paseo del Pueblo Sur, Taos, noon-3pm. All books priced from $1 to $2. Contact Dori, (505) 758-0081, somos@laplaza.org.
Nov. 1: Page One Self-Published and Local Author Fair, at the store’s cafe, Albuquerque, 3-5pm. www.page1books.com
Nov. 1-2: "PaperBack Dreams." Albuquerque Independent Business Alliance (AIBA) hosts showing of film documentary about the struggles of two famous Bay Area independent bookstores (Cody’s Books and Kepler’s), Guild Theater, Albuquerque, at 2pm both days, free. Both showings followed by discussion led by director/producer Alex Beckstead (sponsored by Bookworks and the Guild). See www.keepitquerque .org, or reach Clifton Chadwick (505) 991-3331.
Nov. 5-9: Tony Hillerman Writers Conference: "Focus on Mystery" in Albuquerque. Featuring: Michael McGarrity, Louis Bayard, Sandi Ault, Pari Noskin Taichert, Steve Havill, agents and the 2008 Tony Hillerman Prize for best first mystery. www.hillermanconference.com, (505) 471-1565.
Nov. 14: NMBA Networking Luncheon, The Writer’s Room, upstairs at 826 Camino del Monte Rey, Santa Fe, 11:30am to 1:15pm, free. Just bring a friend and brown bag lunch. Reservations are not necessary. (505) 231-1755, (505) 988-7214.
Nov. 14: NMBA Board Meetingat the Writers’ Room, 826 Camino del Monte Rey, Santa Fe, 1:30pm.
Nov. 21-23: Book Sale Emporium at State Fairgrounds, Albuquerque. See www.nmbookcoop.com/page14/page104/page104html
Nov. 21: New Mexico Book Awards Banquet, Albuquerque. Tickets $46. Paul Rhetts, (505) 344-9382.
+ On the Horizon:
Dec. 1: DEADLINE: Permian Basin Poetry Society Contest. Cash prizes. (432) 697-4205.
Dec. 5: NMBA Holiday Fiesta! The year’s great gathering of New Mexico literary people and organizations, at The Lodge at Santa Fe (just off North St. Francis Drive). Book-in-Hand Honor and other recognitions. Drinks and food included, 5:30 to 7:30pm, $12 at the door. Details: Jim (505) 988-7214 or Richard (505) 231-1755.
Dec. 5: N.M. Book Co-op Meeting & Party, Lin’s Buffet, 10100 Coors Rd, Albuquerque, $10.98 including tip. You must RSVP! (505) 344-9382, info@nmbookcoop.com
Dec. 15: DEADLINE: NMBA Libro for January 2009 monthly online Events Calendar and Jan/Feb print edition. Include basic details in your email or letter (no attachments, please). Send entries to NMBA, PO Box 1285, Santa Fe 87504, or (505) 231-1755, or email richard@oceantree.com
Jan. 22: NMBA Round Table Happy Hour for all book people at Santa Fe Bar & Grill, DeVargas Mall, Santa Fe, Thursday 5:30-7pm. Call Jim Mafchir for directions: (505) 988-7214.
+ Signings & Readings Sampler
Nov. 1: Eliezer Sobel, The 99th Monkey, Garcia Street Books, Santa Fe. Plus signings and readings by David P. Sklar (Nov. 2), David Tanis (Nov. 8), John Kessell (Nov. 14), Tom Stromberg and Robert Redford (Nov. 15). Garcia Street Books , 376 Garcia St, Santa Fe, (505) 986-0151, For more information: www.garciastreetbooks.com.
Nov. 7: Laurie Brooks, Selkie Girl, Page One Books, Albuquerque. Plus Dave Durgin (Nov. 12), Ken Cohen (Nov. 14), Jane Lindskold (Nov. 15), Anne Schmauss (Nov. 18), Samuel Roll (Nov. 20). Call (505) 294-2026 for details.
Nov. 7: Nancy Bartlit, Silent Voices of World War II, speaks at Veterans Medical Center, Albuquerque, 11:30am. Other dates for Nancy and Silent Voices are Nov. 11 in Santa Fe and Nov. 20 in Albuquerque. Call Michael Hice, (505) 690-8056, 466-1256, michaelhice@earthlink.net.
Nov. 8: Treehouse Open Mic featuring Christian Drake, upstairs at Sumner & Dene Gallery, 517 Central Ave N.W., in Albuquerque, 6:30pm. An hour and a half of open mic poetry with expert Christian Drake, Information: (505) 842-1400, adam @destructibleheart.com.
Nov. 15: Laura E. Gomez, Manifest Destinies: The Making of the Mexican American Race, Barnes & Noble, Coronado Center, 6600 Menual NE, Albuquerque, Signing at 1:00pm. (505) 883-8200. Also signing on Dec. 6: at Borders, 10420 Coors By-Pass NW, Alb. 2-4pm, (505) 792-3180
Nov. 22: Cathy Scott and Ali McGraw, Pawprints of Katrina: Pets Saved and Lessons Learned. Garcia Street Books, Santa Fe, 4-5pm. Contact: Keira, (201) 748-6707
Nov. 29: Gregory McNamee, Otero Mesa: Preserving America’s Wildest Grassland, Garcia Street Books, 4:30 to 5:30pm. Contact: Katherine MacGilvray, (505) 272-7177, katm@upress.unm.edu
Nov 29: Hal Simmons, Magic Lance: Mystery and Adventure in the New West, Borders, 10420 Coors By-Pass NW, Alb. Signing 2-4pm, (505) 792-3180
Dec. 6: Annie Lux, Historic New Mexico Churches, Los Lunas Museum of Heritage and Arts, 251 Main St, S.E., Los Lunas, 5-7pm. Contact Patty Guggino, (505) 352-7720
+ On the Air
Write On Four Corners. Connie Gotsch hosts "Write on Four Corners" every Wednesday at 10:30am and Friday at 2:30pm on KSJE FM 90.9 in Farmington and on the Internet in real time at www.ksje.com. Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Always in Print ‘Cuz They’re Print on Demand!
Coming in 2009, Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net
Thursday, September 4, 2008
New Mexico Book CoOp News
Dan Poynter, America’s Self-Publishing
"Guerrilla Guru," in Albuquerque September 9!
>> Dan Poytner, acclaimed author of The Self-Publishing Manual, will present an intensive evening seminar, "Guerrilla Marketing for Small Presses and Self-Published Authors," Tuesday, September 9. Sponsored by NMBA and SouthWest Writers, this "must go" event takes place from 7 to 9pm at New Life Presbyterian Church in Albuquerque.
The cost is just $25 for NMBA and SWW members ($35 for your non-member friends). Contact Rob Spiegel at SWW in Albuquerque, 275-2556, robspiegel@comcast.net, or Paula Lozar at NMBA in Santa Fe, 473-3479, lozarpaula@cs.com, or Karen Villanueva, (505) 764-8323 right away to let them know you’re coming.
We’re delighted that Dan included New Mexico on his very full speaking schedule! New Life Presbyterian Church is located conveniently at 5540 Eubank N.E.
>> NMBA Membership Renewal Time! September is annual dues month for every NMBA member (except those who have joined since May of this year). You’ll keep in good standing by reaffirming your membership in New Mexico’s only non-profit organization for book professionals with a check for $62 to: NMBA, PO Box 1285, Santa Fe, NM 87504.
>> Networking Luncheon Hiatus in September -- because we want everyone to hear Dan Poynter in Albuquerque on the 9th! Our lively NMBA Round Table Happy Hour brings us together again on Thursday, September 25 at Santa Fe Bar and Grill, 5:30pm. NMBA Networking Luncheons at the Writers Room in Santa Fe resume on October 10.
+ September 2008 Book Events
Sept. 8: New Mexico Coalition for Literacy presents Literacy Day in New Mexico! State Capitol Rotunda, Santa Fe. Barbara Richardson reads proclamation & John Corcoran (The Teacher Who Couldn't Read) will be the keynote speaker.Light refreshments. 10 -11:30 am.1-(800) 233-7587 Website: www.nmcl.org or virginia@nmcl.org
Sept. 9: Dan Poynter Professional Development Workshop: "Guerrilla Marketing for Small Presses and Self-Published Authors," sponsored by NMBA & SouthWest Writers, New Life Presbyterian Church, 5540 Eubank N.E., Albuquerque, only $25 for NMBA and SWW members! Contact Rob Spiegel in Albuquerque (505) 275-2556, robspiegel@comcast.net or Paula Lozar in Santa Fe (505) 473-3479, lozarpaula@cs.com.
Sept. 12: NMBA Board Meeting. Writers’ Room, 826 Camino del Monte Rey, Santa Fe, 1:30pm.
Sept. 13: "Delving into the Body for Story," SOMOS workshop with Ellie Coolidge-Behrstock, Plaza Loft Art Center, Taos, 10am-1pm, &60/$65. (575) 758-0081, www.somos.org
Sept. 15: DEADLINE: Tony Hillerman $1,500 Mystery Short Story Contest, sponsored by WordHarvest and Cowboys and Indians magazine. Stories 2,500 words or less, include a Native American character and set in the West. Rules at: www.wordharvest.com/index.php/contests
Sept: 16: How to Get Your Books into Print with book designer and self- publishing specialist Heidi Connolly. Kit Carson Electric Building, Taos, 7-8:30pm, free. Information: (575) 758-0081, somos@laplaza.org. Registration: (575) 758-4713.
Sept. 19-20: Mountains & Plains Booksellers Association Trade Show, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Colorado Springs. NMBA organized the New Mexico Publishers and Authors Showcase, with cooperation from New Mexico Book Co-op and MPIBA. www.mountainsplains.org.
Sept. 20: Banned Books Day, with John Nichols, Taos Public Library, free. (Read from your favorite banned books!) (575) 758-0081, somos@laplaza.org
Sept. 20: N.M. Book Co-op Meeting with Anne Hillerman, HomeTown Buffet, 9261 Coors, Albuquerque, $8.29 plus tax. info@nmbookcoop.com
Sept. 24-28: "Writing from the River’s Edge" five-day canoe trip with Page Lambert and The Women’s Wilderness Institute, Green River, Utah, $850. Visit www.pagelambert.com, (303) 938-9191.
Sept. 25: NMBA Round Table Happy Hour, Santa Fe Bar and Grill, DeVargas Mall, Santa Fe, Thursday at 5:30pm. The first one in August was a truly happy and well-attended gathering of book people—so we’re doing it again!
Sept. 26-27: "Writing from the Creative Heart" workshop with John Randall, Mesilla, NM. bbf@zianet.com
Sept. 27: First New Mexico Women Authors Book Festival, Milner Plaza (Museum Hill), Santa Fe. Contact John Stafford at Museum of New Mexico Foundation, john@museumfoundation.org. Many NMBA author members are featured!
+ Signings and Readings
Sept. 6: Paul White’s "Fur Stethoscope" poetry gathering in Chupadero, NM. Food at 4:30pm, performances at 6pm. Contact white@grappawireless.com.
Sept. 6: Wendy Johnson, Gardening at the Dragon's Gate, Collected Works, Santa Fe, 9-noon. (505) 988-4226. Visit www.collectedworksbookstore.com for more events.
Sept. 6: Christopher Valen, White Tombs. Acclaimed Minnesota murder mystery author at Barnes & Noble, Coronado Center, (505) 883-8200, Albuquerque. 2-3:30pm. www.christophervalen.com or Karen Villanueva (505) 764-8323.
Sept. 7: Christopher Valen, White Tombs. Borders Sanbusco Center, Santa Fe, meet & greet the author. 2-3:30pm, (505) 954-5707 or (505) 764-8323.
Sept. 7: Nathaniel Tarn, Ins and Outs of the Forest Rivers (poetry), Acequia Booksellers, 4019 4th, N.W., Albuquerque, 3pm. Details: Gary Wilkie (505) 890-5365.
Sept. 7: Malka Drucker, Portraits of Three Jewish American Heroes (juvenile), Garcia Street Books, Santa Fe, 4-5pm. Allison Verost (212) 444-3442.
Sept. 10: Lori Martinez, Red or Green: The Colors of a Family Tradition, Page One Books, Albuquerque, 6pm.
Sept. 12: Nancy King, A Woman Walking, reading, discussion and signing at El Museo Cultural, 5-7pm. Nancy King, (505) 986-1040.
Sept. 14: Duende Poetry Series: "The Sound a Raven Makes" poetry of Sawnie Morris and others, Anasazi Fields Winery, Placitas, NM, $3. Jim Fish (505) 867-3062, anasazifieldswinery@att.net.
Sept. 14: Gene Baur, Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts about Animals and Food, Garcia Street Books, 2-3pm. Viki Elkey (505) 205-3750. See www.garciastreetbooks.com for more events.
Sept. 18: Hal Simmons, Magic Lance: Mystery & Adventure in the New West, booklaunch and reading at Bookworks, 7pm, (505) 344-8139, www.bkwrks.com. Hal Simmons, Magic Lance Santa Fe book launch will also be held at Collected Works, Santa Fe, 4-6pm.Sept. 25: Hal Simmonsappears at Barnes & Noble, Coronado Center, Albuquerque, 7pm. Details: Karen Villanueva at (505) 764-8323.
Sept. 19: Christopher Paolini’s Brisinger, a book release costume party, Page One, 9pm-midnight. (505) 294-2026. See www.page1books.com for more September and October events!
Sept. 20: Doug Fine, Farewell, My Subaru, Collected Works, 9-noon.
Sept. 22: Barton Gellman, Angler: The Cheney Vice-Presidency, Armory for the Arts, Santa Fe, $15 ($35 with signed book), 7pm. (505) 984-1370.
+ On the Horizon!
Oct. 3-5: "The Mind of Your Story," weekend writing intensive with author Lisa Lenard-Cook, Narrative Art Center, Carson, NM. Apply at www.narrativeartscenter.com. Call Cinny Green for details: (505) 988-5185
Oct. 10: NMBA Networking Luncheon, The Writer’s Room, 826 Camino del Monte Rey, Santa Fe, 11:30am, free. (505) 231-1755.
Oct. 15: DEADLINE: NMBA Libro for November monthly online Events Calendar and Nov/Dec print edition. Include basic details in your email or letter (no attachments, please). Send entries to NMBA, PO Box 1285, Santa Fe 87504, or (505) 231-1755, or email richard@oceantree.com
Oct. 18: Penny Sansevieri: "Red Hot Internet Marketing for Authors & Publishers," sponsored by NMBA and SouthWest Writers, New Life Presbyterian Church, 5540 Eubank N.E., Albuquerque, 9am-4:30pm. NMBA and SWW members just $79, which includes Penny's book, Red Hot Internet Publicity, and lunch! (non-members $99). Reserve your place: Rob Spiegel (505) 275-2556, robspiegel@comcast.net or Karen Villanueva (505) 764-8323, authorcare@aol.com
Oct. 25: "The Value and Care of Out of Print Books," workshop with John Randall, Mesilla, NM. bbf@zianet.com
Oct. 25: DEADLINE: DIY Book Festival Awards. 17 categories, $1500 first prize and ticket to L.A. (323) 665-8080
Nov. 5-9: Tony Hillerman Writers Conference: "Focus on Mystery" in Albuquerque. www.hillermanconference.com, (505) 471-1565.
Nov. 21: N.M. Book Awards Banquet, Albuquerque. Tickets $36 (before Oct. 15), $46 afterwards. Paul Rhetts, (505) 344-9382.
Nov. 21-23: Book Sale Emporium at State Fairgrounds. Sign up by Sept. 15 to get reduced rates to show and sell your titles. See www.nmbookcoop.com/page14/page104/page104html
+ On the Air!
Write On Four Corners. Connie Gotsch hosts "Write on Four Corners" every Wednesday at 10:30am and Friday at 2:30pm on KSJE FM 90.9 in Farmington and on the internet in real time at www.ksje.com. In September Connie features works by Rudolfo Anaya, Martha Egan, Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz, and Dave de Witt. You can find the program you want online by searching MP3 Archives, Write on Four Corners.
Libro Calendar of Events items must be sent in the following simple style in order to appear here. Email in this format to richard@oceantree.com or mail@nmbook.org.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Always in Print ‘Cuz They’re Print on Demand!
Coming in 2009, Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net
"Guerrilla Guru," in Albuquerque September 9!
>> Dan Poytner, acclaimed author of The Self-Publishing Manual, will present an intensive evening seminar, "Guerrilla Marketing for Small Presses and Self-Published Authors," Tuesday, September 9. Sponsored by NMBA and SouthWest Writers, this "must go" event takes place from 7 to 9pm at New Life Presbyterian Church in Albuquerque.
The cost is just $25 for NMBA and SWW members ($35 for your non-member friends). Contact Rob Spiegel at SWW in Albuquerque, 275-2556, robspiegel@comcast.net, or Paula Lozar at NMBA in Santa Fe, 473-3479, lozarpaula@cs.com, or Karen Villanueva, (505) 764-8323 right away to let them know you’re coming.
We’re delighted that Dan included New Mexico on his very full speaking schedule! New Life Presbyterian Church is located conveniently at 5540 Eubank N.E.
>> NMBA Membership Renewal Time! September is annual dues month for every NMBA member (except those who have joined since May of this year). You’ll keep in good standing by reaffirming your membership in New Mexico’s only non-profit organization for book professionals with a check for $62 to: NMBA, PO Box 1285, Santa Fe, NM 87504.
>> Networking Luncheon Hiatus in September -- because we want everyone to hear Dan Poynter in Albuquerque on the 9th! Our lively NMBA Round Table Happy Hour brings us together again on Thursday, September 25 at Santa Fe Bar and Grill, 5:30pm. NMBA Networking Luncheons at the Writers Room in Santa Fe resume on October 10.
+ September 2008 Book Events
Sept. 8: New Mexico Coalition for Literacy presents Literacy Day in New Mexico! State Capitol Rotunda, Santa Fe. Barbara Richardson reads proclamation & John Corcoran (The Teacher Who Couldn't Read) will be the keynote speaker.Light refreshments. 10 -11:30 am.1-(800) 233-7587 Website: www.nmcl.org or virginia@nmcl.org
Sept. 9: Dan Poynter Professional Development Workshop: "Guerrilla Marketing for Small Presses and Self-Published Authors," sponsored by NMBA & SouthWest Writers, New Life Presbyterian Church, 5540 Eubank N.E., Albuquerque, only $25 for NMBA and SWW members! Contact Rob Spiegel in Albuquerque (505) 275-2556, robspiegel@comcast.net or Paula Lozar in Santa Fe (505) 473-3479, lozarpaula@cs.com.
Sept. 12: NMBA Board Meeting. Writers’ Room, 826 Camino del Monte Rey, Santa Fe, 1:30pm.
Sept. 13: "Delving into the Body for Story," SOMOS workshop with Ellie Coolidge-Behrstock, Plaza Loft Art Center, Taos, 10am-1pm, &60/$65. (575) 758-0081, www.somos.org
Sept. 15: DEADLINE: Tony Hillerman $1,500 Mystery Short Story Contest, sponsored by WordHarvest and Cowboys and Indians magazine. Stories 2,500 words or less, include a Native American character and set in the West. Rules at: www.wordharvest.com/index.php/contests
Sept: 16: How to Get Your Books into Print with book designer and self- publishing specialist Heidi Connolly. Kit Carson Electric Building, Taos, 7-8:30pm, free. Information: (575) 758-0081, somos@laplaza.org. Registration: (575) 758-4713.
Sept. 19-20: Mountains & Plains Booksellers Association Trade Show, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Colorado Springs. NMBA organized the New Mexico Publishers and Authors Showcase, with cooperation from New Mexico Book Co-op and MPIBA. www.mountainsplains.org.
Sept. 20: Banned Books Day, with John Nichols, Taos Public Library, free. (Read from your favorite banned books!) (575) 758-0081, somos@laplaza.org
Sept. 20: N.M. Book Co-op Meeting with Anne Hillerman, HomeTown Buffet, 9261 Coors, Albuquerque, $8.29 plus tax. info@nmbookcoop.com
Sept. 24-28: "Writing from the River’s Edge" five-day canoe trip with Page Lambert and The Women’s Wilderness Institute, Green River, Utah, $850. Visit www.pagelambert.com, (303) 938-9191.
Sept. 25: NMBA Round Table Happy Hour, Santa Fe Bar and Grill, DeVargas Mall, Santa Fe, Thursday at 5:30pm. The first one in August was a truly happy and well-attended gathering of book people—so we’re doing it again!
Sept. 26-27: "Writing from the Creative Heart" workshop with John Randall, Mesilla, NM. bbf@zianet.com
Sept. 27: First New Mexico Women Authors Book Festival, Milner Plaza (Museum Hill), Santa Fe. Contact John Stafford at Museum of New Mexico Foundation, john@museumfoundation.org. Many NMBA author members are featured!
+ Signings and Readings
Sept. 6: Paul White’s "Fur Stethoscope" poetry gathering in Chupadero, NM. Food at 4:30pm, performances at 6pm. Contact white@grappawireless.com.
Sept. 6: Wendy Johnson, Gardening at the Dragon's Gate, Collected Works, Santa Fe, 9-noon. (505) 988-4226. Visit www.collectedworksbookstore.com for more events.
Sept. 6: Christopher Valen, White Tombs. Acclaimed Minnesota murder mystery author at Barnes & Noble, Coronado Center, (505) 883-8200, Albuquerque. 2-3:30pm. www.christophervalen.com or Karen Villanueva (505) 764-8323.
Sept. 7: Christopher Valen, White Tombs. Borders Sanbusco Center, Santa Fe, meet & greet the author. 2-3:30pm, (505) 954-5707 or (505) 764-8323.
Sept. 7: Nathaniel Tarn, Ins and Outs of the Forest Rivers (poetry), Acequia Booksellers, 4019 4th, N.W., Albuquerque, 3pm. Details: Gary Wilkie (505) 890-5365.
Sept. 7: Malka Drucker, Portraits of Three Jewish American Heroes (juvenile), Garcia Street Books, Santa Fe, 4-5pm. Allison Verost (212) 444-3442.
Sept. 10: Lori Martinez, Red or Green: The Colors of a Family Tradition, Page One Books, Albuquerque, 6pm.
Sept. 12: Nancy King, A Woman Walking, reading, discussion and signing at El Museo Cultural, 5-7pm. Nancy King, (505) 986-1040.
Sept. 14: Duende Poetry Series: "The Sound a Raven Makes" poetry of Sawnie Morris and others, Anasazi Fields Winery, Placitas, NM, $3. Jim Fish (505) 867-3062, anasazifieldswinery@att.net.
Sept. 14: Gene Baur, Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts about Animals and Food, Garcia Street Books, 2-3pm. Viki Elkey (505) 205-3750. See www.garciastreetbooks.com for more events.
Sept. 18: Hal Simmons, Magic Lance: Mystery & Adventure in the New West, booklaunch and reading at Bookworks, 7pm, (505) 344-8139, www.bkwrks.com. Hal Simmons, Magic Lance Santa Fe book launch will also be held at Collected Works, Santa Fe, 4-6pm.Sept. 25: Hal Simmonsappears at Barnes & Noble, Coronado Center, Albuquerque, 7pm. Details: Karen Villanueva at (505) 764-8323.
Sept. 19: Christopher Paolini’s Brisinger, a book release costume party, Page One, 9pm-midnight. (505) 294-2026. See www.page1books.com for more September and October events!
Sept. 20: Doug Fine, Farewell, My Subaru, Collected Works, 9-noon.
Sept. 22: Barton Gellman, Angler: The Cheney Vice-Presidency, Armory for the Arts, Santa Fe, $15 ($35 with signed book), 7pm. (505) 984-1370.
+ On the Horizon!
Oct. 3-5: "The Mind of Your Story," weekend writing intensive with author Lisa Lenard-Cook, Narrative Art Center, Carson, NM. Apply at www.narrativeartscenter.com. Call Cinny Green for details: (505) 988-5185
Oct. 10: NMBA Networking Luncheon, The Writer’s Room, 826 Camino del Monte Rey, Santa Fe, 11:30am, free. (505) 231-1755.
Oct. 15: DEADLINE: NMBA Libro for November monthly online Events Calendar and Nov/Dec print edition. Include basic details in your email or letter (no attachments, please). Send entries to NMBA, PO Box 1285, Santa Fe 87504, or (505) 231-1755, or email richard@oceantree.com
Oct. 18: Penny Sansevieri: "Red Hot Internet Marketing for Authors & Publishers," sponsored by NMBA and SouthWest Writers, New Life Presbyterian Church, 5540 Eubank N.E., Albuquerque, 9am-4:30pm. NMBA and SWW members just $79, which includes Penny's book, Red Hot Internet Publicity, and lunch! (non-members $99). Reserve your place: Rob Spiegel (505) 275-2556, robspiegel@comcast.net or Karen Villanueva (505) 764-8323, authorcare@aol.com
Oct. 25: "The Value and Care of Out of Print Books," workshop with John Randall, Mesilla, NM. bbf@zianet.com
Oct. 25: DEADLINE: DIY Book Festival Awards. 17 categories, $1500 first prize and ticket to L.A. (323) 665-8080
Nov. 5-9: Tony Hillerman Writers Conference: "Focus on Mystery" in Albuquerque. www.hillermanconference.com, (505) 471-1565.
Nov. 21: N.M. Book Awards Banquet, Albuquerque. Tickets $36 (before Oct. 15), $46 afterwards. Paul Rhetts, (505) 344-9382.
Nov. 21-23: Book Sale Emporium at State Fairgrounds. Sign up by Sept. 15 to get reduced rates to show and sell your titles. See www.nmbookcoop.com/page14/page104/page104html
+ On the Air!
Write On Four Corners. Connie Gotsch hosts "Write on Four Corners" every Wednesday at 10:30am and Friday at 2:30pm on KSJE FM 90.9 in Farmington and on the internet in real time at www.ksje.com. In September Connie features works by Rudolfo Anaya, Martha Egan, Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz, and Dave de Witt. You can find the program you want online by searching MP3 Archives, Write on Four Corners.
Libro Calendar of Events items must be sent in the following simple style in order to appear here. Email in this format to richard@oceantree.com or mail@nmbook.org.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Always in Print ‘Cuz They’re Print on Demand!
Coming in 2009, Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
New Mexico Writer Hal Simmons Has New Publication
Book Release Announcement
Please contact Karen Villanueva for review copies, interviews,
or further information: (505) 764-8323, authorcare@aol.com
Calendar of Events for Hal Simmons
MAGIC LANCE:
Mystery & Adventure in the New West, Hal Simmons
Clear Light Publishing, ISBN 13: 978-1-57416-094-9 and ISBN 10: 1-57416-094-X, 320 pages, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, $14.95, September 2008
“In this mystery-adventure, Magic Lance author Hal Simmons presents a collision of forces: the dream of a casino-enriched Indian tribe to form a Native American state, and the dream of a small landowner named Lance Burnett to live the traditions of the West. The tribe’s land ambitions send hot signals all the way to Washington, D.C. Powerful politicians, a billionaire landholder, environmentalists and anti-gambling groups join the fray.
“Along the way, Lance Burnett is entranced with two beautiful women, one his wife, who wants to leave him, the other a sensual young ranch manager who wants to join him.
“Magic Lance is more than an exciting read. It’s an inside look at the complex worlds of tribal gambling casinos and Indian country land rights. Besides, it is beautifully written.”
—Tony Hillerman
Thursday, September 18, 7pm
Book Launch! Reading& Signing
Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande Blvd., NW, Albuquerque NM 97107
(505) 344-8139, Events: Sien Cunningham, events@bkwrks.com
Saturday, September 20, 4 – 6pm
Santa Fe Book Launch! Reading & Signing
Collected Works, 208-B West San Francisco St., Santa Fe, NM 87501
(505) 988-4226, mary@collectedworksbookstore.com
Thursday, September 25, 7pm
Reading & Signing
Barnes & Noble Coronado Center, 6600 Menaul Blvd., NE, Albuquerque NM 87110
(505) 883-8200, CRM, Rob Cotton: CRM2049@bn.com
More events to come...
Magic Lance will be available from your favorite bookstore by September 2008, www.clearlight.books.com, Amazon.com, Ingram, and Baker & Taylor.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Please contact Karen Villanueva for review copies, interviews,
or further information: (505) 764-8323, authorcare@aol.com
Calendar of Events for Hal Simmons
MAGIC LANCE:
Mystery & Adventure in the New West, Hal Simmons
Clear Light Publishing, ISBN 13: 978-1-57416-094-9 and ISBN 10: 1-57416-094-X, 320 pages, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, $14.95, September 2008
“In this mystery-adventure, Magic Lance author Hal Simmons presents a collision of forces: the dream of a casino-enriched Indian tribe to form a Native American state, and the dream of a small landowner named Lance Burnett to live the traditions of the West. The tribe’s land ambitions send hot signals all the way to Washington, D.C. Powerful politicians, a billionaire landholder, environmentalists and anti-gambling groups join the fray.
“Along the way, Lance Burnett is entranced with two beautiful women, one his wife, who wants to leave him, the other a sensual young ranch manager who wants to join him.
“Magic Lance is more than an exciting read. It’s an inside look at the complex worlds of tribal gambling casinos and Indian country land rights. Besides, it is beautifully written.”
—Tony Hillerman
Thursday, September 18, 7pm
Book Launch! Reading& Signing
Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande Blvd., NW, Albuquerque NM 97107
(505) 344-8139, Events: Sien Cunningham, events@bkwrks.com
Saturday, September 20, 4 – 6pm
Santa Fe Book Launch! Reading & Signing
Collected Works, 208-B West San Francisco St., Santa Fe, NM 87501
(505) 988-4226, mary@collectedworksbookstore.com
Thursday, September 25, 7pm
Reading & Signing
Barnes & Noble Coronado Center, 6600 Menaul Blvd., NE, Albuquerque NM 87110
(505) 883-8200, CRM, Rob Cotton: CRM2049@bn.com
More events to come...
Magic Lance will be available from your favorite bookstore by September 2008, www.clearlight.books.com, Amazon.com, Ingram, and Baker & Taylor.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Monday, August 4, 2008
August for the New Mexico Book Association
First and foremost, let us know right way if you’d like to have the bookstore owners throughout our region see and learn about your books at the Mountains and Plains Booksellers Trade Show in Colorado Springs next month. Book copies and your catalog page PDF can come to us by August 22, but we need your list of books now! Contact Richard Polese at richard@oceantree.com or (505) 231-1755.
August 2008 Book Events
Aug. 8: NMBA Networking Luncheon: “Prepare for Holiday Sales,” The Writer’s Room, 826 Camino del Monte Rey, Santa Fe, 11:30am-1:15pm, bring your lunch and a friend, free. (505) 231-1755.
Aug. 8: NMBA Board Meeting, The Writers Room, 1:30-2:30pm. NMBA’s plans for Fall 2008!
Aug. 9: Sandi Ault: “Make it a Grand First Grand--the First 1,000 Words,” WordHarvest workshop, Santa Fe, 9-4 (505) 471-1565, www.wordhavest.com
Aug. 8-10: “Writing Along the Rim” retreat with Page Lambert and Grand Canyon Field Institute, $525. See www.pagelambert.com.
Aug. 14: First NMBA Round Table Happy Hour at Santa Fe Bar and Grill, DeVargas Mall, Santa Fe, 5:30pm. It’s a Thursday. Conversation and author/publisher camaraderie! Call Jim Mafchir at 988-7214 for details if you need them! Otherwise, just come!
Aug. 15: DEADLINE: NMBA Libro for September monthly email Book Events and Sept/Oct print edition. Include basic details in your email or letter (no attachments, please). Send entries to NMBA, PO Box 1285, Santa Fe 87504, or call (505) 231-1755, or email richard@oceantree.com
Aug. 17: Local Author Book Fair, Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande Blvd, N.W., Albuquerque, 11am to 2pm, no fee! Cain Cunningham, (505) 344-8139.
Aug. 22: DEADLINE! New Mexico Authors & Publishers Showcase at the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Trade Show. We need a PDF of your page for the catalog and two copies of each title by this date! Contact Jim Mafchir, westernedge@santa-fe.net, (505) 988-7214.
Aug. 30–Sept. 1: Book Fair and Store at Flying Star Casino, Bernalillo, NM. www.nmbookcoop.com
On the Horizon
Sept. 9: Dan Poynter Professional Development Workshop! “Guerrilla
Marketing for Small Presses and Self-Published Authors,” sponsored by NMBA & SouthWest Writers, New Life Presbyterian Church, 5540 Eubank N.E., Albuquerque, $25 for NMBA and SWW members, $35 non-members. Contact Rob Spiegel in Albuquerque (505) 275-2556, robspiegel@comcast.net or Jim Mafchir in Santa Fe (505) 988-7214, westernedge@santa-fe.net.
Sept. 15: DEADLINE: Tony Hillerman $1,500 Mystery Short Story Contest, sponsored by WordHarvest and Cowboys and Indians magazine. Stories 2,500 words or less, include a Native American character and set in the West. Rules at: www.wordharvest.com/index.php/contests
Sept. 19-20: Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association Trade Show, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Colorado Springs. www.mountainsplains.org. Contact NMBA now to make sure your books are shown to bookstore owners in the region! (505) 983-1412 or 231-1755.
Sept. 24-28: “Writing from the River’s Edge” five-day canoe trip with Page Lambert and The Women’s Wilderness Institute, Green River, Utah, $850. Visit www.pagelambert.com, (303) 938-9191.
Sept. 26: N.M. Book Co-op, Home Town Buffet, Albuquerque. info@nmbookcoop.com
Sept. 27: New Mexico Women Authors Book Festival, Milner Plaza (Museum Hill), Santa Fe. Contact John Stafford, Museum of New Mexico Foundation, john@museumfoundation.org.
Oct. 18: Penny Sansevieri Professional Workshop! “Red Hot Internet Marketing for Authors & Publishers,” sponsored by NMBA and SouthWest Writers, New Life Presbyterian Church, 5540 Eubank N.E., Albuquerque, 9am–4:30pm. NMBA and SWW members $79 (includes Penny's book, Red Hot Internet Publicity, and lunch!), $99 non-members. Reserve your place now! SWW's Rob Spiegel (505) 275-2556, robspiegel@comcast.net
Nov. 5-9: Tony Hillerman Writers Conference: “Focus on Mystery” in Albuquerque. www.hillermanconference.com, (505) 471-1565.
+ Booksigning Sampler
Aug. 9: Lisa Dale Norton: Shimmering Images: A Handy Little Guide to Writing Memoir (St. Martin's Press), mini-memoir workshop and booksigning, Garcia Street Books, 376 Garcia Street, Santa Fe, 3-4 p.m., free. Information: (505) 986-0151, www:garciastreetbooks.com or sara_easterly@yahoo.com.
Aug. 9: Frank Murphy: The Spirit of Tea, booksigning at Tattered Cover, Denver, 2pm. (505) 982-0874 for details.
August 9: John Vollertsen, Cooking with Johnny Vee. Collected Works 9-Noon. See our calendar of events at www.collectedworksbookstore.com
Aug. 10: Sue Qinn: Furious Improvisation: How the WPA and a Cast of Thousands Made High Art out of Desperate Times, Garcia Street Books, 2-3pm.
Aug. 15: Joe Nick Patoski: Willie Nelson: An Epic Life, Garcia Street Books, Santa Fe, 4-5pm.
Aug. 16:- Cheryl Jamison, Around the Word in 80 Dinners, 9 - Noon, Collected Works. See our Calendar at www.collectedworksbookstore.com
Aug. 28: Kathryn Walker: A Stopover in Venice, Garcia Street Books, 5pm
Sept. 12: Nancy King: A Woman Walking (Atelier Books), reading and signing at El Museo Cultural, Santa Fe, 5-7pm. Contact Nancy at 986-1040.
Visit www.nmbook.org for continuing news and events!
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Always in Print ‘Cuz They’re Print on Demand!
Coming in 2009, Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net
August 2008 Book Events
Aug. 8: NMBA Networking Luncheon: “Prepare for Holiday Sales,” The Writer’s Room, 826 Camino del Monte Rey, Santa Fe, 11:30am-1:15pm, bring your lunch and a friend, free. (505) 231-1755.
Aug. 8: NMBA Board Meeting, The Writers Room, 1:30-2:30pm. NMBA’s plans for Fall 2008!
Aug. 9: Sandi Ault: “Make it a Grand First Grand--the First 1,000 Words,” WordHarvest workshop, Santa Fe, 9-4 (505) 471-1565, www.wordhavest.com
Aug. 8-10: “Writing Along the Rim” retreat with Page Lambert and Grand Canyon Field Institute, $525. See www.pagelambert.com.
Aug. 14: First NMBA Round Table Happy Hour at Santa Fe Bar and Grill, DeVargas Mall, Santa Fe, 5:30pm. It’s a Thursday. Conversation and author/publisher camaraderie! Call Jim Mafchir at 988-7214 for details if you need them! Otherwise, just come!
Aug. 15: DEADLINE: NMBA Libro for September monthly email Book Events and Sept/Oct print edition. Include basic details in your email or letter (no attachments, please). Send entries to NMBA, PO Box 1285, Santa Fe 87504, or call (505) 231-1755, or email richard@oceantree.com
Aug. 17: Local Author Book Fair, Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande Blvd, N.W., Albuquerque, 11am to 2pm, no fee! Cain Cunningham, (505) 344-8139.
Aug. 22: DEADLINE! New Mexico Authors & Publishers Showcase at the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Trade Show. We need a PDF of your page for the catalog and two copies of each title by this date! Contact Jim Mafchir, westernedge@santa-fe.net, (505) 988-7214.
Aug. 30–Sept. 1: Book Fair and Store at Flying Star Casino, Bernalillo, NM. www.nmbookcoop.com
On the Horizon
Sept. 9: Dan Poynter Professional Development Workshop! “Guerrilla
Marketing for Small Presses and Self-Published Authors,” sponsored by NMBA & SouthWest Writers, New Life Presbyterian Church, 5540 Eubank N.E., Albuquerque, $25 for NMBA and SWW members, $35 non-members. Contact Rob Spiegel in Albuquerque (505) 275-2556, robspiegel@comcast.net or Jim Mafchir in Santa Fe (505) 988-7214, westernedge@santa-fe.net.
Sept. 15: DEADLINE: Tony Hillerman $1,500 Mystery Short Story Contest, sponsored by WordHarvest and Cowboys and Indians magazine. Stories 2,500 words or less, include a Native American character and set in the West. Rules at: www.wordharvest.com/index.php/contests
Sept. 19-20: Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association Trade Show, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Colorado Springs. www.mountainsplains.org. Contact NMBA now to make sure your books are shown to bookstore owners in the region! (505) 983-1412 or 231-1755.
Sept. 24-28: “Writing from the River’s Edge” five-day canoe trip with Page Lambert and The Women’s Wilderness Institute, Green River, Utah, $850. Visit www.pagelambert.com, (303) 938-9191.
Sept. 26: N.M. Book Co-op, Home Town Buffet, Albuquerque. info@nmbookcoop.com
Sept. 27: New Mexico Women Authors Book Festival, Milner Plaza (Museum Hill), Santa Fe. Contact John Stafford, Museum of New Mexico Foundation, john@museumfoundation.org.
Oct. 18: Penny Sansevieri Professional Workshop! “Red Hot Internet Marketing for Authors & Publishers,” sponsored by NMBA and SouthWest Writers, New Life Presbyterian Church, 5540 Eubank N.E., Albuquerque, 9am–4:30pm. NMBA and SWW members $79 (includes Penny's book, Red Hot Internet Publicity, and lunch!), $99 non-members. Reserve your place now! SWW's Rob Spiegel (505) 275-2556, robspiegel@comcast.net
Nov. 5-9: Tony Hillerman Writers Conference: “Focus on Mystery” in Albuquerque. www.hillermanconference.com, (505) 471-1565.
+ Booksigning Sampler
Aug. 9: Lisa Dale Norton: Shimmering Images: A Handy Little Guide to Writing Memoir (St. Martin's Press), mini-memoir workshop and booksigning, Garcia Street Books, 376 Garcia Street, Santa Fe, 3-4 p.m., free. Information: (505) 986-0151, www:garciastreetbooks.com or sara_easterly@yahoo.com.
Aug. 9: Frank Murphy: The Spirit of Tea, booksigning at Tattered Cover, Denver, 2pm. (505) 982-0874 for details.
August 9: John Vollertsen, Cooking with Johnny Vee. Collected Works 9-Noon. See our calendar of events at www.collectedworksbookstore.com
Aug. 10: Sue Qinn: Furious Improvisation: How the WPA and a Cast of Thousands Made High Art out of Desperate Times, Garcia Street Books, 2-3pm.
Aug. 15: Joe Nick Patoski: Willie Nelson: An Epic Life, Garcia Street Books, Santa Fe, 4-5pm.
Aug. 16:- Cheryl Jamison, Around the Word in 80 Dinners, 9 - Noon, Collected Works. See our Calendar at www.collectedworksbookstore.com
Aug. 28: Kathryn Walker: A Stopover in Venice, Garcia Street Books, 5pm
Sept. 12: Nancy King: A Woman Walking (Atelier Books), reading and signing at El Museo Cultural, Santa Fe, 5-7pm. Contact Nancy at 986-1040.
Visit www.nmbook.org for continuing news and events!
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com
Always in Print ‘Cuz They’re Print on Demand!
Coming in 2009, Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net
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