AnAuthor World’s Fall Class Schedule is now on the website!
We have an exciting variety of classes to offer writers and illustrators. Pam is teaching “Writing for Magazines, Part 1 and Part 2,” “Writing the Short Story,” “Writing Memoirs,” “Marketing Your Work,” and “Characterization, Plot, and Structure.” Tim is teaching “Writing and Illustrating Picture Books” and [...]
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Some Technical Problems
We have changed servers, and when we did, not all of our information got pulled over to the new server. I’m working with Bryan to get everything back up and running. I’ll be reposting our conference photos in the new few days.
I apologize if you’ve gone to our Fall class schedule and found it missing. [...]
Should You Take Your Manuscript to the Conference?
The answer is yes…and no.
Have you heard this one before? A participant in a writers’ conference shoves her manuscript under the bathroom stall door where an editor happens to be. Is it true? Yep! I know, because I was at that conference. At the first Romance Writers Conference in 1981, [...]
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What to Take to a Writers' Conference
I’ve found these items to be useful to take to a writers’ conference:
1.) laptop — I can type faster than I can write, so using my laptop makes it easier to take notes. The downside is, of course, that your battery time is limited and when that time runs out, you have to [...]
What to Wear to a Writers' Conference
I’ve been to all sorts of writers’ conferences over the years and thought I’d share my fashion experiences with you.
DO:
1) Wear something comfortable. You’ll be wearing it all day, and if it’s something that’s a little too tight or pinches, you’ll be miserable.
2) Wear something “professional.” You’ll be meeting professionals in [...]
Camp MyOwnBook update
We still have a few spaces available for next week. You can register on-line to hold your space. We’ve added paypal for your convenience, or you can bring a check with your child on Monday morning.
To register, put your cursor on the “EVENTS” button on the navigation bar at the top of this [...]
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Camp MyOwnBook
Camp MyOwnBook
Dates: June 21-25 and July 26-30
Times: 10 a.m. – 12 noon
Ages: 6-12
Location: Michael’s (corner of Haywood and Laurens Roads)
Cost: Only $60 for one week
Camp MyOwnBook will teach the process of how stories are written. Each child will illustrate his or her own stories and bind them [...]
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