BookExpo,May Book Events
• May 1: Early Deadline for the 2010 New Mexico Book Awards. NMBA is again a proud sponsor of the New Mexico Book Awards. Entry information and guidelines are now available: www.nmbookcoop.com.
• May 1: Nancy Bartlit, Silent Voices of World War II, 2010 Historical Society of New Mexico Annual Conference, Lea County Event Center, 5101 N. Lovington Hwy., Hobbs, NM, 10:30am, (505) 466-1256, michaelhice@earthlink.net, www.hsnm.org.
• May 1: IWWG-and-Friends Luncheon, RSVP needed; location to be determined, 11:30am, (505) 473-3479, lozarpaula@cs.com.
• May 15: Extended deadline for the Southwest Writers 28th Annual Writing Contest; you can still get your entry in (with a $5 late fee); rules and entry form: www.southwestwriters.org/contestAnnual.php.
• May 22: Tenth Anniversary for Eva and Edward Borins as owners of Garcia Street Books. Visit www.garciastreetbooks.com for celebration details.
• May 25: Deadline for the 2010 New York Book Festival, to be held June 10-12; entry fee $50; www.newyorkbookfestival.com.
• May 25-27: BookExpo America, Jacob Javits Center, NY, www.bookexpoamerica.com/, (800) 840-5614 or (203) 840-5614; or call Jim Mafchir (505) 988-7214, westernedge@santa-fe.net.
• May 29-June 4: Five-Day Wyoming Literature & Landscape of the Horse Retreat, Page Lambert and Sheri Griffith. Connecting People with Nature, and Writers with Words, $1450, Vee Bar Guest Ranch, Laramie, Wyoming, 5 days, (303) 842-7360, page@pagelambert.com, www.pagelambert.com.
Author Signings & Readings
• May 1: Michele Keith, Here and There: Inside the City and Country Homes of America's Top Designers, Garcia Street Books, 376 Garcia Street, Santa Fe, 4pm, (505) 986-0151, garciastreetbooks@yahoo.com, www.garciastreetbooks.com.
• May 4: Jim Lehrer, Super, a novel. Lehrer is author of 20 novels, apart from his work as Anchor for PBS News Hour. Bookworks, 7pm, Contact: Laura (505) 344-8139.
• May 8: Martha Egan, La Ranfla and Other New Mexico Stories, Albuquerque Public Library, 501 Copper NW, 11am, (505) 466-1256, michaelhice@earthlink.net, www.cabq.gov/library.
• May 8: Jared Tinlin, New Mexico's youngest NMBA member, book launch. Eight-year-old Jared Tinlin will read from Hey...Hey...Think Out Loud, 11am, Page One Bookstore, Albuquerque, 11018 Montgomery. Andrea at Page One, (505) 294-2026, or go to: www.kidadventurepack.com, or email: authorcare@aol.com
• May 8: Stuart Woods, Lucid Intervals, Garcia Street Books, 376 Garcia Street, Santa Fe, 2pm, (505) 986-0151, garciastreetbooks@yahoo.com, www.garciastreetbooks.com.
• May 8: George A. Cowan, Manhattan Project to Santa Fe Institute: The Memoirs of George A. Cowan, Garcia Street Books, 376 Garcia Street, Santa Fe, 3pm, (505)986-0151, garciastreetbooks@yahoo.com, www.garciastreetbooks.com.
• May 8: Debra Reble, PhD, Soul-Hearted Partnership: Creating the Ultimate Experience of Love, Passion, and Intimacy, The Ark, 133 Romero St., Santa Fe, 3pm-5pm, (505) 989-4561, Bharrelson@blessingway.com, www.soulheartedpartnership.com.
• May 11: Laura Bell and Mark Spragg, Claiming Ground and Bone Fire, Garcia Street Books, 376 Garcia Street, Santa Fe, 5pm, (505) 986-0151, garciastreetbooks@yahoo.com, www.garciastreetbooks.com.
• May 12: Rae Marie Taylor and other authors in the anthology, The Return of the River, Community Gallery at Santa Fe Convention Center, 5pm-7pm, (505)670-2064, twoshores.rae@gmail.com.
• May 15: Linda Whittenberg, Tender Harvest and Dying Can Wait, Garcia Street Books, 376 Garcia St., Santa Fe, 2pm, (505) 471-2123, whittwil@dishmail.net, www.lindawhittenberg.com, (505) 986-0151, garciastreetbooks@yahoo.com, www.garciastreetbooks.com.
• May 15: Jared Tinlin, Hey...Hey...Think Out Loud, 8-yr.New Mexico author reads and signs books at and Signing 11:00a.m. Alamosa Books, 8810 Holly Ave NE Ste. D, Albuquerque (505) 797-7101, www.kidadventurepack.com, authorcare@aol.com.
• May 23: Marsha Scarbrough, Medicine Dance, Blue Eagle Book Shoppe, 2422 Juan Tabo NE, Albuquerque, 1pm-4 pm, (505) 298-3682, blueeaglenews@aol.com, www.medicinedancebook.com.
• May 24: Nathaniel Philbrick, The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of The Little Bighorn, sponsored by Garcia Street Books, School for Advanced Research, 660 Garcia Street, Board Room, 6pm, (505) 986-0151, garciastreetbooks@yahoo.com, www.garciastreetbooks.com.
• May 27: Hampton Sides, Hellhound On His Trail, The Stalking of MLK Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin, sponsored by Garcia Street Books, Santa Fe Prep, 1101 Camino Cruz Blanca, 7pm, (505) 986-0151, garciastreetbooks@yahoo.com, www.garciastreetbooks.com.
Go to www.nmbook.org and check out our news and events online.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available 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
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
New mexico Book CoOp
May Meeting of the New Mexico Book Co-op
The May meeting of the New Mexico Book Co-op will be held on Friday, May 28, 2010, starting at 12 noon at the Golden Corral in Albuquerque, located at 3401 NM HWY 528; just west of Coors Blvd. and Alameda. The May meeting will feature two local authors — Don Bullis and Nasario Garcia — and their Tips for Success.
To reserve space email info@nmsantos.com or call 505/344-9382.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available 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
The May meeting of the New Mexico Book Co-op will be held on Friday, May 28, 2010, starting at 12 noon at the Golden Corral in Albuquerque, located at 3401 NM HWY 528; just west of Coors Blvd. and Alameda. The May meeting will feature two local authors — Don Bullis and Nasario Garcia — and their Tips for Success.
To reserve space email info@nmsantos.com or call 505/344-9382.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available 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
Bilingual Childtren's Book
New Bilingual Children's Book Features Cantaloupes
A Bilingual Children’s Story/Southwest Folklore
Noel Chilton and Sabra Brown Steinsiek will have a book signing on Monday, May 24 at Bookworks, located at 4022 Rio Grande Blvd NW, Albuquerque, at 7pm. This is the first event on the book which will include Chilton, an artist/illustrator who lives in Mexico.
For more information or for covers or publicity images please call 505/344-9382.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available 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
A Bilingual Children’s Story/Southwest Folklore
Noel Chilton and Sabra Brown Steinsiek will have a book signing on Monday, May 24 at Bookworks, located at 4022 Rio Grande Blvd NW, Albuquerque, at 7pm. This is the first event on the book which will include Chilton, an artist/illustrator who lives in Mexico.
For more information or for covers or publicity images please call 505/344-9382.
Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available 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
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
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Special Mother’s Day Edition of Sharing with Writers A newsletter that is also a community. Share your ideas. Learn from theirs! Associated with the multi award - winning series of HowToDoItFrugally series of books for writers, www.howtodoitfrugally.com Note from Carolyn
Dear Subscribers:
This very, very short newsletter is dedicated to mothers everywhere.
Being a mother is very different now than it was when I was a child. Now, because of the boomer generation, more and more mothers are also grandmothers, great grandmothers, even great, great grandmothers. We’re often part of the sandwich generation meaning we’re taking care of our own children and also our mothers and fathers, often ailing. Many of us are juggling two careers (or more!) if we’ve chosen to work outside the home as well as take care of that home ourselves. We partner more with husbands or partners who are sharing responsibilities that once were only under the purview of the mom - of - the - house.
But moms are still the same in many ways. We are still often the fixers, the worriers, the most caring of caretakers. This is a year when moms may need more tender care than they’ve been given in the past.
The trouble is, the traditional ways don’t seem quite right this year.
Flowers seem very frivolous for households on a budget. I’ve always felt sad when I must throw away wilted blooms. Candy sure is yummy, but it is not the perfect choice for many who are diabetic, hypoglycemic or working on slimming their hips. The beautiful cards at CVS often don’t say the rig ht thing or don’t reflect our mothers’ personalities. After all, we’re not all that sentimental, syrupy kind of mom the pastel cards seem; we may resort to humor which then doesn’t reflect our feelings.
The answer is a book of poetry. One that reflects many aspects of motherhood and all the relationships surrounding it. Mom won’t expect all the poems to fit your relationship with her; instead she’ll get to reflect on motherhood in general and choose the passages that have special meaning for her. Those may reflect ways she relates to her own mother, reflect the ways she relates to you, or maybe even open a subject you should have talked about with her long ago.
Magdalena Ball and I have written such a chapbook of poetry for mothers with photos by May L. Lattanzio. The title comes from one of my wistful poems, “She Wore Emerald Then . . .” We hope you’ll consider ordering it for your mother from Amazon. They’ll ship fast and you can give it alone or slip it into a the box filled with a pashmina scarf, a pair of silver - tone earrings, and appreciation from thou!
Find it at www.budurl.com/MotherChapbook .
Here is one of the poems from it:
Wishing to Be a Child Again
She goes too long
in the telling of a story.
Gutters between her brows
make her angry
even when she's not.
If I had know then
I would not have looked so hard,
have listened for the sweet
notes, ignored how on and on she went
I would have loved what I had.
And here is the cover of that book in colors Mom will love: [See the .pdf copy for a picture of the book cover or go directly to www.budurl.com/MotherChapbook.]
It is from our Celebration Series of chapbooks. A new concept in poetry chapbooks, as nearly as I can tell.
Happy Writing and Promoting,
Carolyn Howard - Johnson
PS: Next up and also on poetry! I will be interviewed by The Compulsive Reader's online radio program hosted by Magdalena Ball at 4:30 pm (Pacific
Time) May 9. The program features author interviews, book chats, literary discussions, readings and more. It's an audio haven for book lovers! On our show we’ll discuss about anything you call in with maybe including an interesting twist about a new approach to popularizing poetry and the art of the chapbook. Poets are welcome to call in with a few memorable lines from their own poetry about holidays. To set a reminder for the show or to listen in, visit:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/compulsivereader/2010/04/11/poetry - chatter - with - carolyn - howard - johnson To call in on the day, just visit the site and click on the "click to call" buttons (no charge as it uses voice over internet protocol technology - - that means it uses your PC for the voice communication), or you can dial in without a computer
on: (646) 716 - 7734. Don't miss it!
Carolyn's Appearances and Teaching
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Author, editor and writing coach Bev Walton ~Porter hosts Elemental Musings, a podcast specifically for writers, readers and creatives. Join her on Friday, May 14th, at 6 PM Pacific Time as she welcomes award - winning author of the HowToDoItFrugally Series of books for writers, Carolyn Howard - Johnson. Guests may post questions in the chat room or call in on the guest line at (646) 595 - 4704 and listen at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/elementalmusings.
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Carolyn Howard - Johnson and fellow UCLA Writers' Program Instructor, Eve LaSalle Caram (a UCLA Award - Winning Instructor at hat - - yes note the caps!) are planning an amazing intimate conference in Rome for October, 2010. Find details at www.budurl.com/RomanRetreat. Jo Linsdell, a writer living in Rome and founder of the online conference PROMO Day, will also be offering a seminar. Accommodations are extremely limited.
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The Muse Online Writers Conference cosponsored by Lea Schizas and Carolyn Howard - Johnson is now taking reservations for the f r ^ ^ event beginning October 11 of 2010. http://themuseonlinewritersconference.com/
To avoid a small late registration fee, please register before Aug. 15.
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New! I am working with Freya at BookBuzzr as a regular blogger for their blog on marketing. The first, “Ten Marketing Excuses That Can Kill Your Book and Career,” will be posted on May 5th at http://www.bookbuzzr.com/blog/book - marketing/10 - marketing - excuses - that - can - kill - your - book - and - career/. The thing is, there is so much to benefit authors at Bookbuzzr.com including their fantastic page - turning widgets for your book (all f r ^ ^!) that you’ll want to use this occasion to zip on over and explore.
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Carolyn Howard - Johnson will co - present with Patricia Norins, publisher of Gift Shop magazine, two 1 1/2 hour seminars during the National Stationery Show (www.nationalstationeryshow.com) at the Jacob Javits Center in New York. The show runs from May 16 - May 19. Times and dates of the presentations will be announced. They are: Tweaking your Tweets and Other social Media Tips and Creating Your Social Media
Campaign: Networking Your Newsletter, Building Your Blogs. She’ll sign her retail books at 2 pm Sunday, May 16.
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Carolyn Howard - Johnson will teach a one - day seminar in book promotion including a planning a thrifty online campaign. The place? UCLA Extension's Writers' Program on campus, of course. Mark August 7, 2010, on your calendar. Sign up online at www.uclaextension.edu
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Carolyn Howard Johnson, author of A Retailer’s Guide to Frugal In - Store Promotions: How To Increase Profits and Spit in the Eyes of Economic Downturns w th Thrifty Events and Sales Techniques, will make a guest appearance on Paul Bruno's Career Czar® radio program. At 10:00 am Pacific at www.alltalkradio.net/careerczar, we'll talk about making retailing work in a down economy and how authors can make their case to retailers to let them boost profits with a book signing on December 17, 2010. You can also listen at www.alltalkradio./careerczar/career121710.mp3
In the meantime, listen to his other shows at www.alltalkradio.net/careerczar or at the show's blog at www.careerczar.wordpress.com. Ask to be on Paul's notification list for free podcasts.
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Carolyn Howard - Johnson will be a featured speaker at the Wisconsin Regional Writers Association Conference in Madison, Wisconsin, with “How To Do It Frugally: Free Exposure for Your Book and Your Bod.” A breakout session will be “"Become Your Own PR Person, Frugally: How to Write a Killer Media Release and Produce a Great Media Kit." The dates are September 25 - 26, 2010. Find information on that at www.wrwa.net. This active group invites writers from everywhere to join. Find their blog at wrwaonline.blogspot.com.
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Frugal Book Promoter: How to Do What Your Publisher Won't http://budurl.com/FrugalBkPromo The e - book at http://starpublishllc.com/id43.html
The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success http://budurl.com/TheFrugalEditor
The Great First Impression Book Proposal: Everything You Need To Know About Selling Your Book in 20 Minutes or Less, http://www.amazon.com/Great - First - Impression - Book - Proposal/dp/B000YG6O5U/
A Retailer’s Guide to Frugal In - Store Promotions: How To Increase Profits and Spit in the Eyes of Economic Downturns with Thrifty Events and Sales Techniques http://budurl.com/RetailersGuide
To learn more about This Is the Place,
Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered, Tracings, and She Wore Emerald Then: www.carolynhoward - johnson.com.
She Wore Emerald Then: Reflections on Motherhood, a chapbook of poetry coauthored with Magdalena Ball. http://budurl.com/MotherChapbook
Tracings, a chapbook of poetry (Finishing Line Press) www.budurl.com/CarolynsTracings
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May 2, 2010
Special Mother’s Day Edition of Sharing with Writers A newsletter that is also a community. Share your ideas. Learn from theirs! Associated with the multi award - winning series of HowToDoItFrugally series of books for writers, www.howtodoitfrugally.com Note from Carolyn
Dear Subscribers:
This very, very short newsletter is dedicated to mothers everywhere.
Being a mother is very different now than it was when I was a child. Now, because of the boomer generation, more and more mothers are also grandmothers, great grandmothers, even great, great grandmothers. We’re often part of the sandwich generation meaning we’re taking care of our own children and also our mothers and fathers, often ailing. Many of us are juggling two careers (or more!) if we’ve chosen to work outside the home as well as take care of that home ourselves. We partner more with husbands or partners who are sharing responsibilities that once were only under the purview of the mom - of - the - house.
But moms are still the same in many ways. We are still often the fixers, the worriers, the most caring of caretakers. This is a year when moms may need more tender care than they’ve been given in the past.
The trouble is, the traditional ways don’t seem quite right this year.
Flowers seem very frivolous for households on a budget. I’ve always felt sad when I must throw away wilted blooms. Candy sure is yummy, but it is not the perfect choice for many who are diabetic, hypoglycemic or working on slimming their hips. The beautiful cards at CVS often don’t say the rig ht thing or don’t reflect our mothers’ personalities. After all, we’re not all that sentimental, syrupy kind of mom the pastel cards seem; we may resort to humor which then doesn’t reflect our feelings.
The answer is a book of poetry. One that reflects many aspects of motherhood and all the relationships surrounding it. Mom won’t expect all the poems to fit your relationship with her; instead she’ll get to reflect on motherhood in general and choose the passages that have special meaning for her. Those may reflect ways she relates to her own mother, reflect the ways she relates to you, or maybe even open a subject you should have talked about with her long ago.
Magdalena Ball and I have written such a chapbook of poetry for mothers with photos by May L. Lattanzio. The title comes from one of my wistful poems, “She Wore Emerald Then . . .” We hope you’ll consider ordering it for your mother from Amazon. They’ll ship fast and you can give it alone or slip it into a the box filled with a pashmina scarf, a pair of silver - tone earrings, and appreciation from thou!
Find it at www.budurl.com/MotherChapbook .
Here is one of the poems from it:
Wishing to Be a Child Again
She goes too long
in the telling of a story.
Gutters between her brows
make her angry
even when she's not.
If I had know then
I would not have looked so hard,
have listened for the sweet
notes, ignored how on and on she went
I would have loved what I had.
And here is the cover of that book in colors Mom will love: [See the .pdf copy for a picture of the book cover or go directly to www.budurl.com/MotherChapbook.]
It is from our Celebration Series of chapbooks. A new concept in poetry chapbooks, as nearly as I can tell.
Happy Writing and Promoting,
Carolyn Howard - Johnson
PS: Next up and also on poetry! I will be interviewed by The Compulsive Reader's online radio program hosted by Magdalena Ball at 4:30 pm (Pacific
Time) May 9. The program features author interviews, book chats, literary discussions, readings and more. It's an audio haven for book lovers! On our show we’ll discuss about anything you call in with maybe including an interesting twist about a new approach to popularizing poetry and the art of the chapbook. Poets are welcome to call in with a few memorable lines from their own poetry about holidays. To set a reminder for the show or to listen in, visit:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/compulsivereader/2010/04/11/poetry - chatter - with - carolyn - howard - johnson To call in on the day, just visit the site and click on the "click to call" buttons (no charge as it uses voice over internet protocol technology - - that means it uses your PC for the voice communication), or you can dial in without a computer
on: (646) 716 - 7734. Don't miss it!
Carolyn's Appearances and Teaching
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Author, editor and writing coach Bev Walton ~Porter hosts Elemental Musings, a podcast specifically for writers, readers and creatives. Join her on Friday, May 14th, at 6 PM Pacific Time as she welcomes award - winning author of the HowToDoItFrugally Series of books for writers, Carolyn Howard - Johnson. Guests may post questions in the chat room or call in on the guest line at (646) 595 - 4704 and listen at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/elementalmusings.
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Carolyn Howard - Johnson and fellow UCLA Writers' Program Instructor, Eve LaSalle Caram (a UCLA Award - Winning Instructor at hat - - yes note the caps!) are planning an amazing intimate conference in Rome for October, 2010. Find details at www.budurl.com/RomanRetreat. Jo Linsdell, a writer living in Rome and founder of the online conference PROMO Day, will also be offering a seminar. Accommodations are extremely limited.
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The Muse Online Writers Conference cosponsored by Lea Schizas and Carolyn Howard - Johnson is now taking reservations for the f r ^ ^ event beginning October 11 of 2010. http://themuseonlinewritersconference.com/
To avoid a small late registration fee, please register before Aug. 15.
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New! I am working with Freya at BookBuzzr as a regular blogger for their blog on marketing. The first, “Ten Marketing Excuses That Can Kill Your Book and Career,” will be posted on May 5th at http://www.bookbuzzr.com/blog/book - marketing/10 - marketing - excuses - that - can - kill - your - book - and - career/. The thing is, there is so much to benefit authors at Bookbuzzr.com including their fantastic page - turning widgets for your book (all f r ^ ^!) that you’ll want to use this occasion to zip on over and explore.
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Carolyn Howard - Johnson will co - present with Patricia Norins, publisher of Gift Shop magazine, two 1 1/2 hour seminars during the National Stationery Show (www.nationalstationeryshow.com) at the Jacob Javits Center in New York. The show runs from May 16 - May 19. Times and dates of the presentations will be announced. They are: Tweaking your Tweets and Other social Media Tips and Creating Your Social Media
Campaign: Networking Your Newsletter, Building Your Blogs. She’ll sign her retail books at 2 pm Sunday, May 16.
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Carolyn Howard - Johnson will teach a one - day seminar in book promotion including a planning a thrifty online campaign. The place? UCLA Extension's Writers' Program on campus, of course. Mark August 7, 2010, on your calendar. Sign up online at www.uclaextension.edu
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Carolyn Howard Johnson, author of A Retailer’s Guide to Frugal In - Store Promotions: How To Increase Profits and Spit in the Eyes of Economic Downturns w th Thrifty Events and Sales Techniques, will make a guest appearance on Paul Bruno's Career Czar® radio program. At 10:00 am Pacific at www.alltalkradio.net/careerczar, we'll talk about making retailing work in a down economy and how authors can make their case to retailers to let them boost profits with a book signing on December 17, 2010. You can also listen at www.alltalkradio./careerczar/career121710.mp3
In the meantime, listen to his other shows at www.alltalkradio.net/careerczar or at the show's blog at www.careerczar.wordpress.com. Ask to be on Paul's notification list for free podcasts.
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Carolyn Howard - Johnson will be a featured speaker at the Wisconsin Regional Writers Association Conference in Madison, Wisconsin, with “How To Do It Frugally: Free Exposure for Your Book and Your Bod.” A breakout session will be “"Become Your Own PR Person, Frugally: How to Write a Killer Media Release and Produce a Great Media Kit." The dates are September 25 - 26, 2010. Find information on that at www.wrwa.net. This active group invites writers from everywhere to join. Find their blog at wrwaonline.blogspot.com.
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The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success http://budurl.com/TheFrugalEditor
The Great First Impression Book Proposal: Everything You Need To Know About Selling Your Book in 20 Minutes or Less, http://www.amazon.com/Great - First - Impression - Book - Proposal/dp/B000YG6O5U/
A Retailer’s Guide to Frugal In - Store Promotions: How To Increase Profits and Spit in the Eyes of Economic Downturns with Thrifty Events and Sales Techniques http://budurl.com/RetailersGuide
To learn more about This Is the Place,
Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered, Tracings, and She Wore Emerald Then: www.carolynhoward - johnson.com.
She Wore Emerald Then: Reflections on Motherhood, a chapbook of poetry coauthored with Magdalena Ball. http://budurl.com/MotherChapbook
Tracings, a chapbook of poetry (Finishing Line Press) www.budurl.com/CarolynsTracings
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Maida Tilchen's News
I'm very pleased to announce that "Land Beyond Maps has won the Arizona Book Publishing Association Award in the Gay/Lesbian category. It was also a Finalist in the Multicultural category. The website is http://azbookpub.com/onews/aba-2010-winners/
"Land Beyond Maps is a Finalist for two more awards:
- Lambda Literary Foundation "Lammy" in the Lesbian Debut category, which will be announced May 27.
- Golden Crown Literary Society in the "Dramatic General Fiction" category, which will be announced June 5.
Also, with the confidence of all these awards, I am going to try to fulfill a lifelong dream by applying for residencies at the MacDowell and Yaddo colonies. The applications require reference letters from people with high credibility in literature or writing or with generally high professional standing, and who also know me or would be willing to get to know me well enough to attest that I would be "temperamentally suitable" to stay at a writer's residency. If you feel you are appropriate and would be willing to write the reference, or if you can suggest someone, please let me know.
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
"Land Beyond Maps is a Finalist for two more awards:
- Lambda Literary Foundation "Lammy" in the Lesbian Debut category, which will be announced May 27.
- Golden Crown Literary Society in the "Dramatic General Fiction" category, which will be announced June 5.
Also, with the confidence of all these awards, I am going to try to fulfill a lifelong dream by applying for residencies at the MacDowell and Yaddo colonies. The applications require reference letters from people with high credibility in literature or writing or with generally high professional standing, and who also know me or would be willing to get to know me well enough to attest that I would be "temperamentally suitable" to stay at a writer's residency. If you feel you are appropriate and would be willing to write the reference, or if you can suggest someone, please let me know.
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
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Recoursos
Our 2010 Program
explores the rapidly changing nature of writing and publishing today. You will learn from experts who Write, Publish, and Thrive in the Digital Age.
This year's conference, held in historic, beautiful Santa Fe, aims to bring writers information and news of the latest developments in the technological world, as well as expert advice for writers looking for marketing tactics. Every talk will have a generous question and answer period so that you can adapt the information you learn to your specific needs.
An added highlight will be the Exchange Table for authors looking for editors, editors looking for book designers, publicists looking for publishers—everything a writer needs to publish and thrive.
Visit www.santafewritersconference.com for details about our innovative program and distinguished speakers.
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
explores the rapidly changing nature of writing and publishing today. You will learn from experts who Write, Publish, and Thrive in the Digital Age.
This year's conference, held in historic, beautiful Santa Fe, aims to bring writers information and news of the latest developments in the technological world, as well as expert advice for writers looking for marketing tactics. Every talk will have a generous question and answer period so that you can adapt the information you learn to your specific needs.
An added highlight will be the Exchange Table for authors looking for editors, editors looking for book designers, publicists looking for publishers—everything a writer needs to publish and thrive.
Visit www.santafewritersconference.com for details about our innovative program and distinguished speakers.
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
The Tony Hillerman Conference is Back!
Contact Us
304 Calle Oso
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
505-471-1565
Email
Quick Links
Tony Hillerman Conference
$10,0000 Hillerman Prize
Anne Hillerman
WORDHARVEST
Join Us for a Writers Weekend in Santa Fe
Author Margaret Coel
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
304 Calle Oso
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
505-471-1565
Quick Links
Tony Hillerman Conference
$10,0000 Hillerman Prize
Anne Hillerman
WORDHARVEST
Join Us for a Writers Weekend in Santa Fe
Author Margaret Coel
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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