Saturday, November 5, 2011

Issue #42

 

Time Change Tonight Fall Backward One Hour

Monday Meeting November 7, 2011. Saxby’s Coffee Lounge 72 Horizon Ridge Pkwy @ Horizon & the 95 fwy. 6:30-8:30 PM.

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Final two days of the Vegas Valley Book Festival. Find the weekend schedule of events and workshops online at http://vegasvalleybookfestival.org

Stop by the HWG booth and say hello to fellow authors book signings. Purchase books for the holiday season for family and friends signed by the authors!

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Are you participating in NaNoWriMo? Tell us how you’re doing. http://nanowrimo.org

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Recommended Weekly Reading: Funds For Writers Weekly Newsletter

http://fundsforwriters.com/FFW.htm

A Penguin nonfiction editor shares some of her favorite resources for writers.

http://bookcountry.com/Industry/Article.aspx?articleId=105104

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The Best Literary Figures in History. Is your favorite listed? What Author inspired your love for writing?

http://flavorwire.com/227316/the-best-literary-figures-in-history

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Did you know Book Lovers have their own convention? Check it out. A great place to network and meet readers and authors.

The RT Booklovers Convention 2012 will be held from April 11th-April 15th, 2012.

The convention will be hosted at 

The Hyatt Regency O'Hare Hotel

9300 Bryn Mawr Avenue
Rosemont, Illinois, 60018
(847) 696-1234

http://www.rtbookreviews.com/convention-home

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Writer’s Bloc 4 – Submission accepted until November 30, 2011
A note from Jo Wilkins:  ** Remember that HWG members only have until the end of November to submit stories for our 4th anthology.Stories can be no more than 4000 words and must be edited before submission. National University is again judging the stories. The top 19 or 20 rated stories will make it into the book. Poetry, Fiction, non-fiction, and book teasers are acceptable.

Send submissions to Jo Wilkins

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Do you write Screenplays? Don’t forget to check out the Script Lab site with a lot of tips and how-to advice.

http://thescriptlab.com/

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Making your list and checking it twice. The official Holiday Season begins!

Now that Halloween is over, submissions for holiday writing traditionally begins in July. Start making your notes and recipe ideas, article topics, or any holiday related material ready for submission in July 2012.

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Las Vegas Writers Conference

April 19-21, 2012

http://lasvegaswritersconference.com

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Have a great week!

Teresa Watts, Editor



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Annual Student Writing Contest

The Henderson Writers Group is serious about educating writers. We believe that our youth, specifically students, are the place to start. To further these efforts we have established this writing contest to award scholarships to the best of these budding authors.
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