TABLE OF CONTENTS
• Program for Current Month: “Writing on Contract: Ghostwriting Up Close” with Jeff Swesky and Nancy Quatrano
• Program for Next Month: “Communicate with Purpose: How to Optimize Your Impact,” Maureen Jung, PhD.
• Critique Group Information
• Of Interest for Writers: Conference and Contest Information
• Local FWA Member News
• Area Writing Groups Directory
NOVEMBER 19, 2011
Writing on Contract: Ghostwriting Up Close
JEFF SWESKY and NANCY QUATRANO
There are many ways to make writing lucrative. Journalists write for hire, so do copywriters for ad and publicity firms. And then there is ghostwriting. People from 18 to 100 have fascinating stories to tell. Ghostwriting contracts can vary from no author credit and a paycheck, to payment with full credit for the work. And, as Jeff and Nancy will demonstrate, the incredible journey and experience involved with writing those books for other people is one of the major bonuses a ghostwriter will have long after the check has been deposited in the bank. Join this duo for fun, a freelance checklist, and a chance to win a WRITERS BASKET filled with powerful reference materials on book and CD! Once of Nancy’s clients will be attending to autograph his story.
Book sale and signing to benefit the Friends of the Library will follow this program.
DECEMBER 17, 2011
Communicate with Purpose: How to Optimize Your Impact with Maureen Jung, PhD.
Writing a book is one thing. What about all the other communication associated with getting published, attracting a following, and achieving your goals? This interactive mini-workshop focuses on how technology has changed today’s communication environment, how this affects our messages, and what we can do about it.
Holiday refreshments will be shared – bring lots of business cards for networking!
CRITIQUE GROUPS
Critique is one of the most powerful ways to improve your writing and editing skills. We have a brand new tool available to writers in the St. Augustine area! We now have a FACEBOOK® page, named ANCIENT CITY WRITERS. This is a place where you can let people know about local events, all about your new release, or if you need a critique partner, you can leave that request on the wall. Chances are there’s another local writer who will be happy to meet with you. If it’s about or for the St. Augustine area, this is a great place to post it!
Several of our members are children’s authors. They have formed their own critique group that meets twice a month. If you are a children’s writer and wish to connect with this group for more information, you can contact maryjanehayes@bellsouth.net, or speak with her at the monthly meeting.
FWA membership provides the FWA NETWORK and the opportunity to form and participate in on-line and local critique groups. Visit www.floridawriters.net for more information. FWA Membership is required.
If you are interested in some guidelines for powerful, professional, and compassionate critique meetings, please visit my website at www.NLQuatrano.com. I have posted several that you are welcome to download for free. NLQ
OF INTEREST FOR WRITERS
WRITE LIKE AL – a PROSE and POETRY CONTEST – Deadline NOVEMBER 15, 2011
Contact the Melrose Public Library for all the details – but hurry!!!! 352-475-1237. No entry fee. Thanks to Jack Owens for this information.
HOLIDAY SHORT STORY CONTEST – Deadline is NOVEMBER 22, 2011. Visit www.staugustine.com and put CONTEST in the search. First prize is $50 and top three in adult and children’s categories will be published in the Christmas Day edition of THE RECORD. No entry fee.
THE FLORIDA REVIEW – Deadline is MARCH 17, 2012. Sponsored by the Florida Review, Department of English/UCF. Fiction, essay and poetry invited. $1000 award and publication are possible. Can’t win it if you aren’t in it! Visit www.floridareview.cah.ucf.edu. No entry fee.
PEN AMERICAN CENTER: THE BELLWETHER PRIZE – Deadline is DECEMBER 31, 2011. Socially-engaged fiction, minimum 80K word-length. Founded and funded by Barbara Kingsolver, with 1st prize publication by Algonquin Press (of “Water for Elephant” fame). $25 entry fee. For more information visit www.bellwetherprize.org. Thank you Teza Lord for this information.
NEW: The FWA-ANCIENT CITY CHAPTER scrapbook is now available. Covering mid-2007 to today (with lots of room for pictures and more articles) the book will be available for you to browse through before or after the meetings. I’ll leave it on the Information table we set up for each meeting. PLEASE look at the programs and local author accomplishments for smiles and inspiration! If you have photos you’d like to donate to be included, please let me know. (nquatrano@yahoo.com.)
Remember – a writer, writes!
Nancy Quatrano
www.nlquatrano.com
http://nquatrano.wordpress.com– information relevant to a successful writing career!
