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July
Meeting
BIRDS OF A FEATHER
Members
and guests will break into discussion groups
according to genre preferences (poetry,
fiction, nonfiction, etc.) when the Professional
Writers of Prescott meet from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Wednesday, July 23 in the Founders Suite of the
Prescott Public Library.
Guests are welcome at PWP meetings!
For info
e-mail Membership VP
Marian Powell
or call 443-8578.
 July Networking
In July you could say
"networking is us": Birds of a Feather
group discussions substitute for our regular
networking and speaker presentation slots.
For more information about 2008
PWP Networking meetings,
e-mail
Networking
Chair
Karen DeSpain.
Upcoming Meetings
July 23,
2008 - Birds of a Feather - Interest group discussion
August
27, 2008 - Writing Novels That Teens Love - Author
Janette Rallison
September 24, 2008 - Writing for Social Change
- Writer/Editor Catherine Rourke
October 15, 2008 (3rd Wednesday) - Two Steps to
Publishing Success - Patricia Fry
November 19, 2008 - Author Panel - TBA
For more information about
PWP programs,
e-mail VP Programs
Arlene Eisenbise.
June Meeting
ARE YOU A PLOTTER OR PANTSER?
 Whether
you plot your book, or write it by the
seat-of-your-pants, outline your
story or just sit down and start typing, Author
C. C. Harrison
had answers about the advantages and
pitfalls of either technique and gave
some hints on how to make each method
work.
Harrison also answered questions
about the people and
 places that were
the inspiration for her novels - The
Charmstone, set on the Navajo Indian
Reservation in remote Monument Valley,
and Running from Strangers, based
on her experiences in the child
protective services system, to be
released in September 2008.
June
Networking
We
discussed
"back story," some techniques
for successful backgrounds that don't bog down
fiction, and heard from some dynamite
storytellers during the June networking meeting.
December 2007 Six-Word
Short Story Contest Winners
In December, Prescott
Writers dropped their pens and gathered for an evening
of members-only holiday relaxation: finger foods and
cookies, a performance by Prescott's Mad Women Poets,
a wrapped book exchange, and a six-word short story
contest:
1st Place: Edith
Pitts -
"Felt good. Read newspaper.
Felt bad."
2nd Place: Bruce
Lanning - "Found Holy Grail. Now
what? Stop."
3rd Place: Joe
Dibuduo - "Broken-hearted woman
seeks experienced repairman."
Joe, Bruce, & Edith
2007 Speakers
January
- "Ask a Published Author" -
Panel with PWP Authors
Agnes Franz,
Dot Moore,
Elaine Jordan,
Marlene Baird,
Richard Kimball,
and
Susan Lanning
February -
R.L. "Becky"
Coffield
-"Freelancing in the Magazine Market"
March -
K.L. Cook
- "Forms of Fiction"
April -
Kris Neri
-"Make 'Em Laugh"
May -
Victoria Mogilner
- "My Writing Adventure: How I Found a Publisher, Worked
with an Editor and Publicist and Continue to Promote
My Book"
June -
Art Merrill
- "Thinking Globally, Writing Locally"
July - No meeting,
concurrent with Hassayampa
Institute readings
August - PWP Literary Open Mic
September - "The Poetlady & Company" - Poet
and columnist
Lady Mathers,
Blue Rose Theatre director
Jody Drake
reading Sharlot Hall, and poet
Dan Seaman
October -
Linda Radke
-"When to Hire a Publicist"
November - "Birds of a Feather"- Fiction &
nonfiction networking groups
December - Holiday Party
2004, 2005 &
2006 Speakers
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e-mail the
PWP Membership
Chair
or
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membership application.
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