Monday meeting at Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf 6:00 PM – 8:30PM. (Note: ** New start time for Coffee Bean) Guest Speaker Meredith Allard will speak on Top Ten Tip for Submitting To Editors.
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| 2 | 3 Saxby’s | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 Coffee Bean Speaker | 11 | 12 Writer’s Pen & Grill | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 Saxby’s | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 | 24 Coffee Bean | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| 30 | 31 Saxby’s | | | | | |
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The Vegas Valley Book Festival is November 3-6, 2011. http://www.vegasvalleybookfestival.org/. There are only 4 available time slots left for book signing on Saturday November 5th from 9:00am – 11:00 am. If you are interested please contact : Bobbie Ann Howell , Nevada Humanities Southern Nevada Office 702.895.1878 office 702.812.7839 cell 4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 455080 Las Vegas, NV 89154-5080
bobbieann_howell@hotmail.com
HWG has not been confirmed for a table for this year’s event. We will advise if a table is assigned for the Henderson Writers Group.
Open to the Public event for the Vegas Valley Book Festival:
You are invited to a Vegas Valley Book Festival special event, "Book Clubs: What are you reading?" at the new Windmill Library on October 19 , 6:30 - 8:30 pm. It's going to be a great evening, with Maile Chapman reading from her book Your presence is requested at Suvanto and from Jane Smiley's A Thousand Acres. There will also be readings by Joshua Kryah, a poet, from his book We are starved, and from Max Brooks' World War Z.
There will be refreshments, sharing with other book groups, book sales, and prizes. Don't miss it! Smiley and Brooks are the keynote speakers at the VVBF, so this will give you a taste of their work.
Bring your friends - this event is open to the public, so please spread the word!
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Looking for a new marketing idea? Ammy Miller of Burses By Ammy makes purses out of hardcover book covers. A well known local author utilizes Ammy’s technique for gifts. Check out her website at http://aburse.com/.
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Several authors are now self-publishing straight to digital. Although Kindle has the highest sales, don’t forget Smashwords and Nook. All e-book uploads are FREE. You don’t need an E-book ISBN, to upload to Kindle and Nook. Smashwords will provide one for free.
For Kindle: https://kdp.amazon.com/mn/signin?ie=UTF8&ld=AZEbooksMakeM
For Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/about/how_to_publish_on_smashwords
For Nook: http://pubit.barnesandnoble.com/pubit_app/bn?t=pi_reg_home
Note: *** Publishing to Smashwords if you would like to be included in their Premium Catalog requires different steps and formatting. You HAVE TO READ THEIR STYLE GUIDE. http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/52
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Interested in writing Creative Non-Fiction, but not quite sure how? Read Morgan St. James Tricks of the Trade article. http://www.examiner.com/writing-in-las-vegas/writers-tricks-of-the-trade-what-is-creative-non-fiction
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Members don’t forget submissions open for Writers Bloc 4. Contact Jo Wilkins.
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The Las Vegas Writers Conference April 19-21, 2012. Check the website for registration and faculty line-up. http://lasvegaswritersconference.com
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Have a great week!
Teresa Watts, Editor
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