TABLE OF CONTENTS
• Program for Current Month: “SETTING THE SCENE” – Joe Haldeman
• Program for Next Month: NO MEETING IN FEBRUARY – SEE YOU IN MARCH!
• Critique Group Information: go to FACEBOOK/ANCIENT CITY WRITERS
• Of Interest for Writers: Conference and Contest Information
• Local FWA Member News
• Area Writing Groups Directory
JANUARY 21, 2012
Setting the Scene – Building Your Character’s World with Joe Haldeman
For creating authentic settings in which your characters, fiction or non-fiction, live and interact, there is no one more knowledgeable than Joe Haldeman. One of the world’s renowned science fiction writers, Haldeman has spent his writing career creating believable settings for his stories and in addition to degrees in physics and astronomy he’s also earned an MFA in writing. This part-time MIT professor is also the former president of the Science Fiction Writers of America.
His latest novel is EARTHBOUND. Haldeman’s books have won awards such as the Hugo, Nebula, John W. Campbell, Locus, and Damon Knight Memorial.
Book sale and signing to benefit the Friends of the Library will follow this program.
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.
OF INTEREST FOR WRITERS
$1000 AWARD w/possible publication: THE FLORIDA REVIEW – Deadline is MARCH 17, 2012. Sponsored by the Florida Review, Department of English/UCF. Fiction, essay and poetry invited. Can’t win it if you aren’t in it! Visit www.floridareview.cah.ucf.edu. No entry fee.
WIN PUBLICATION and PUBLICITY – www.tales2inspire.com. “Write up an Inspiring Tale to enter a contest to inspire others with the power of your words. If you are a Winner, your story will be published in an e-book along with your short bio, your photo (optional) and link to your website or blog. All for an entrance fee of $4.95 per story per category. Even those who don’t win get some special perks. Get all the details about this Tales2Inspire contest. This is a great way to help build your author’s platform and add another credential to your vita.”
ALSO:
Tales2Inspire will have an ongoing program on Sylvia Massara’s Internet TV show: The Lit Chick Show: www.litchickshow.com.
Every author of a tale accepted into this contest (Nominated, Finalists and Winners alike) will have the opportunity to showcase their inspirational tale on one session of Sylvia Massara’s Internet TV show under the Tales2Inspire banner – Free to all authors, but what makes it special for us is that “strength in numbers concept” – an ongoing feature for Tales2Inspire authors with Finalists and Winners returning at a later date as featured authors. interested, I suggest that those interested visit Sylvia’s website and watch a couple of author presentations, (skipping past Jew in Jail as it was taped at a conference with much background noise). Click here for further details about www.Tales2Inspire.comand also see the YOU VIDEO page for further Video Details: www.tales2inspire.com/YOUR_VIDEO.html
Remember – a writer, writes!
Nancy Quatrano
www.nlquatrano.com
HTTP://nquatrano.wordpress.com – information relevant to a successful writing career!
