Thursday, April 25, 2013

April 22nd Meeting Report

We had a wonderful conference this last weekend. I'd like to extend a sincere thanks and round of applause to all in the group who worked to make our conference happen.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

You can sign up for next year's conference at a discounted rate if you do so by May 1st. On May 1st the price goes up $50.

Gregory Kompes is leaving for Spain next week but Writer's Pen and Grill will continue to meet while he is gone.

BRAGS:

Congratulations to Darlien Breeze, Tina WIllis-Lane, Toni Pacini, and Fred Rayworth, all of whom had pages requested by agents at the conference!

Congratulations to Kathleen Mosko on her upcoming performance with her choir this Sunday.

QUOTE OF THE NIGHT:


"Feeling a slight pull at the navel of her core."
-Alyssa Shrout


WRITING TIP from Jo Wilkins:

When you feel the need to use an adverb to strengthen your dialogue, don’t add them to the tag, put them into the actual dialogue. Bad example: “It will be all right,” she said hopefully. Good example: “Hopefully, it will be all right,” she said. 

UPCOMING MEETINGS:

Our next weekly meeting is at 6:30 on April 29th at the Coffee House on Water Street in Henderson. Come a few minutes early if you'd like to order food and mingle before the meeting starts.

DID YOU KNOW?

HWG member Darlien Breeze recently had six excerpts from her book A Life of Crime filmed for Youtube. They are now up and running and you can check them out at the following link:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Darliencbreeze&search_type=

Check them out, leave a comment, share the links, and get some inspiration for ways you can build your own platform for your book!

CALENDAR: Note that since April has 5 Mondays we will meet at the Coffee House twice in a row (April 29th and May 6th), rather than alternating between the Las Vegas and Henderson locations as we normally do:

 May 2013
Sun       Mon      Tues      Wed           Thur           Fri                 Sat
29
THE COFFEE HOUSE in Henderson 6:30-8:30
30
May 1
2
3
4
5

6
THE COFFEE HOUSE in Henderson 6:30-8:30
7
8

9
10
11
12

13
Lutheran Community Church
6:30-8:30
14

15
16
17
18
19
20
The Coffee House in Henderson
6:30-8:30 
21
     22
West side meeting Skinny Dugans
6:30 p.m.
23
24
25
26
27
 Lutheran Community Church
6:30-8:30 
28
29

30
31
June
2
3
The Coffee House in Henderson
6:30-8:30 
4
5
6
7
8

Have a great week.

Editor- Jenny Ballif

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At the Henderson Writers Group we support education and events around the Las Vegas Valley

Las Vegas Writers Conference


April 18-20, 2013
http://lasvegaswritersconference.com

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.
See Website for details & submission guidelines.
http://hendersonwritersgroup.com

Vegas Valley Book Festival

http://www.vegasvalleybookfestival.org/

Clark County Nevada Libraries

http://www.lvccld.org/about/locations.cfm