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Participate in National Novel Writing Month by writing a business book in 30 days. Book coach Vickie Gould will teach you how in this 6:30-8 p.m. workshop! Time is the scapegoat many use as the reason why they can’t write their book. The truth is that lack of clarity is what keeps most from finishing. Once you know exactly what topic is the best for your business, it becomes simple to map out how to write it. You will leave with a clear understanding of the best topic to pick for your business book — one that will grow your business for years to come. You will create your own personalized calendar to write your book in 30 days and learn a simple structure for the contents of your book. Tickets are $35.
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Our group meets Thursday, October 17th from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm in the Auburn Hills Library located at 3400 Seyburn in Auburn Hills.
Agenda:
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Hello Writers! Our group meets Thursday, October 17th from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm in the Auburn Hills Library located at 3400 Seyburn in Auburn Hills. Agenda:Writing NewsNanoWriMo 2019Writing ExerciseCritiqueCritique Session:bring writing tool of choice manuscript for critique (2 pages, double spaced, 12 font), bring 7 sets book that has been helpful to your writing critique Guidelines:Be kindle specificBe encouraging careful (critique on style and technique, not your opinion)See you Thursday!Mychelle Martin, Facilitator"Nurturing the Auburn Hills Writing Community since 2011"Please forward this email to any writer you feel may benefit from its contents. And as always, please let me know if you wish to be
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After successful 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2019 events in Michigan, Writing Day Workshops is excited to announce The 2020 Michigan Writing Workshop — a full-day “How to Get Published” writing event in Livonia, MI on April 25, 2020.
This writing event is a wonderful opportunity to get intense instruction over the course of one day, pitch a literary agent or editor (optional), get your questions answered, and more. Note that there are limited seats at the event (200 total). All questions about the event regarding schedule, details and registration are answered below. Thank you for your interest in the 2020 Michigan Writing Workshop!
This is a special one-day “How to Get Published” writing workshop on Saturday, April 25, 2020, at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Detroit Livonia Novi. In other words, it’s one day full of classes and advice designed to give you the best instruction concerning…
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Hello to all of you from NaNoWriMoTown! Welcome to the 2019 incarnation of NaNoWriMo, which marks 20 years of literary abandon!
First, a bit of an apology. We know that the new website has been quite glitchy and it’s been affecting us as well. Headquarters is working diligently and are fixing bugs as quickly as they can. Please be patient with them (and us) as we all get used to a completely new format.
Now, make sure to go out to the new site and log in. Take some time to explore and find your way around. The Detroit region’s page has links to the forums, Discord, and website if you need any of those. If you need to visit the old site for any reason, don’t worry, the old site is still there in archive form. This might be useful if you wanted to find your old buddies, as that is one aspect which didn’t translate over to the new site. 😦
So what’s going on here in our neck of the woods? Your leadership team has been hard at work securing locations for events and planning our team competition for the year. You may have seen this year’s Time Travel theme and we’ve got some great ideas related to that which we’ll share with you as we move forward – or backwards, depending on which way you’ve got your time machine set!
We do have some events set up already and we’re finalizing a few more. Please mark these on your calendar:
• Meet & Greet: Tuesday, October 15th, 6 – 8pm
• Pre-NaNo LARP: Saturday, October 19th, noon – 4pm
• Kick-Off Party: Saturday, October 26th, 1 – 4pm
• Night Owl / First Push – details TBD
• Motown Midway Madness: Saturday, November 16, 10:30am – 4:30pm
• Boot Camp: Sunday, November 24th, 1 – 9pm
• One Last Push Party: Saturday, November 30th, noon-midnight
• TGIO Party: Sunday, December 1st, 1:30 – 4:30 pm
Looking forward to seeing everyone over the next few weeks!
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The deadline for the 29th Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize competition has been extended to OCTOBER 15, just ONE WEEK from today! We remain open for submissions in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. First-place winners in each category receive $5000, feature publication in our spring issue, and are honored at a gala reading and reception in Columbia, Missouri. Contest finalists are often published in the magazine also, or, in the case of poetry, as part of our Poem of the Week online feature. All entrants are considered for publication.
This opportunity is open to writers at all levels. We pride ourselves on focusing on the quality of the writing first and foremost—our allegiance is to finding and supporting strong work. Past winners have ranged from established writers with long records of publication to beginning writers who have never published before. In fact, for our fiction prize winner in 2018, the prizewinning story was her first published piece. This is why we are particularly excited to get the word out to Motown Writers Network. I’ve attached a flyer promoting the contest. We would love it if you would pass the word along via e-mail and social media, as well as posting the flyer somewhere your community is sure to see it.
We accept submissions online or by mail. The new postmark deadline is October 15. Winners will be announced in January of 2020.
You can find out more about the contest through our website.
This year we are offering two contest entry options. At the standard level ($25 to enter), entrants receive a year-long digital subscription to the Missouri Review ($24 value) as well as the third offering from TMR Books, Jason Brown’s collection of linked stories, A Faithful but Melancholy Account of Several Barbarities Lately Committed ($14.95 value). At the all-access level ($30 to enter), entrants receive the same year-long digital subscription and Brown’s collection, plus full access to our entire ten-year archive of value-added digital issues, complete with print and audio versions of the magazine.
Thanks very much for sharing news of this opportunity with your community. We look forward to reading your writers’ submissions!
All best,
Bailey Boyd, contest editor
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University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
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NILES — The Southwest Michigan Writers’ Conference returns to Niles this fall with a full schedule of skills-based sessions for aspiring authors. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26 at the Niles District Library.
The free event, which is sponsored by libraries in Berrien, Cass, and Van Buren counties, includes advice and instruction on many aspects of writing, such as researching a historic fiction novel, character development, comic book writing and more. Presenters include Barbara Belford, Marie LaPres (Erica Emelander), Barry Chessick, Carla Suson, Kirsten Jensen, Angela Sisk and Kate Collins.
The Southwest Michigan Writers’ Conference returns to Niles this fall with a full schedule of skills-based sessions for aspiring authors. The event is Saturday, October 26, 9:00am to 5:00pm, at Niles District Library.
The free event sponsored by libraries in Berrien, Cass and Van Buren counties, includes advice and instruction on many aspects of writing, such as researching a historic fiction novel, character development, comic book writing, and more. Presenters include Barbara Belford, Marie LaPres (Erica Emelander), Barry Chessick, Carla Suson, Kirsten Jensen, Angela Sisk and Kate Collins.
Businesses, groups, and organizations that wish to reserve space at the event can contact Andrea Burns at Niles District Library, (269) 683-8545.
The conference is free and open to the public.
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