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Aspiring novelists, check out Meredith Sue Willis' new book!!
TEN STRATEGIES TO WRITE YOUR NOVEL
Meredith Sue Willis
Available at http://www.montemayorpress.com/adultnonfiction.htm and on Amazon.
Celebrated novelist and story-writer Meredith Sue Willis has also published three widely praised books about the writing process: Personal Fiction Writing, Deep Revision, and Blazing Pencils. In Ten Strategies to Write Your Novel, Willis now turns her attention to the specific delights and challenges of the the big fictional "canvas." This clear, eminently practical guide offers both general approaches and targeted suggestions for working through the complex tasks of writing a novel. Willis describes multiple entry ways into this formidable genre, offers vivid illustrations from classic and contemporary novels, and provides dozens of creative exercises to jump-start the writing process. Ten Strategies to Start Your Novel is destined to become a classic guide for newcomers and veterans alike.
TEN STRATEGIES TO WRITE YOUR NOVEL
Meredith Sue Willis
Available at http://www.montemayorpress.com/adultnonfiction.htm and on Amazon.
Celebrated novelist and story-writer Meredith Sue Willis has also published three widely praised books about the writing process: Personal Fiction Writing, Deep Revision, and Blazing Pencils. In Ten Strategies to Write Your Novel, Willis now turns her attention to the specific delights and challenges of the the big fictional "canvas." This clear, eminently practical guide offers both general approaches and targeted suggestions for working through the complex tasks of writing a novel. Willis describes multiple entry ways into this formidable genre, offers vivid illustrations from classic and contemporary novels, and provides dozens of creative exercises to jump-start the writing process. Ten Strategies to Start Your Novel is destined to become a classic guide for newcomers and veterans alike.
Chris Green has a new poetry collection, RUSHLIGHT, from Bottom Dog Press.
"Chris Green's RUSHLIGHT is a powerful new book of poems. Rushlights were made from rushes growing in marshy ground by old-time working people as substitutes for candles, to push against the darkness of the night. For me, Chris' poems light the world in a similar way. I see better in my own dark through these brilliant poems, for which I thank this very necessary writer."
~ Gurney Norman, Kentucky Poet Laureate and author of Kinfolks
http://smithdocs.net/WorkingLiveshomepage2.html#Rushlight:_Poems_
"Chris Green's RUSHLIGHT is a powerful new book of poems. Rushlights were made from rushes growing in marshy ground by old-time working people as substitutes for candles, to push against the darkness of the night. For me, Chris' poems light the world in a similar way. I see better in my own dark through these brilliant poems, for which I thank this very necessary writer."
~ Gurney Norman, Kentucky Poet Laureate and author of Kinfolks
http://smithdocs.net/WorkingLiveshomepage2.html#Rushlight:_Poems_
Don't miss the West Virginia Writers 2010 Conference, June 11-13.
http://www.wvwriters.org/conference.html
http://www.wvwriters.org/conference.html
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Robert West
01:30 AM on June 05, 2010
MISSISSIPPI QUARTERLY: THE JOURNAL OF SOUTHERN CULTURES has just brought out vol. 62, nos. 3-4, a double issue with essays on William Faulkner, Ellen Douglas, Harper Lee, William Styron, William Wells Brown, Beth Henley, Marita Garin's new anthology SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN POETRY, and more. For more information, see http://www.missq.msstate.edu.
The latest issue of ABZ--A New Magazine of Poetry, dedicated to the memory of James Whitehead, is now available. It contains poems by Donald Askins, Jan Ball, Laura Treacy Bentley, Charles Cantrell, Beverly Delidow, Laura Eklund, John Estes, Andrea Fekete, Marita Garin, Carrie Green, Leonore Hildrebrant, Ron Houchin, Dory Hudspeth, Kenneth Frost, Paul Lojeski, John Marvin, Mark McKain, Melva Sue Priddy, Eddy Pendarvis, Andy Roberts, Steve Scafidi, Carrie Shipers, A. E. Stringer, Fiona Sze-Lorrain, L. W. van Keuren, Randi Ward, Arne Weingart and Nancy Willard.
Visit http://abzpress.com/default.aspx for more details.
Visit http://abzpress.com/default.aspx for more details.
GINSENG 2010 is hot off the press!
Enjoy the literary work of many Garrett County writers, guest artist, Robert Yonke, and the graphic design of Richard Hill.
GINSENG 2010 is available at THE GALLERY SHOP in downtown Oakland, Maryland, http://www.garrettarts.com/gallery.html, the RUTH ENLOW LIBRARY, and at various events around the county.
Enjoy the literary work of many Garrett County writers, guest artist, Robert Yonke, and the graphic design of Richard Hill.
GINSENG 2010 is available at THE GALLERY SHOP in downtown Oakland, Maryland, http://www.garrettarts.com/gallery.html, the RUTH ENLOW LIBRARY, and at various events around the county.
The Summer issue of WV LIVING magazine has hit the newstands!
Check out my interview with mystery writer, Carlene Thompson.
www.wvlivingmagazine.com
You may subcribe or buy a copy at any of these fine vendors across West Virginia or in 14 other states!
www.wvlivingmagazine.com/store_locator.htm
Check out my interview with mystery writer, Carlene Thompson.
www.wvlivingmagazine.com
You may subcribe or buy a copy at any of these fine vendors across West Virginia or in 14 other states!
www.wvlivingmagazine.com/store_locator.htm
New book releases from Bottom Dog Press:
http://smithdocs.net/recent_titles
http://smithdocs.net/recent_titles
PENCIL MEMORY, a chapbook of poems by LLEWELLYN MCKERNAN, will be published December 3, 2010, by FINISHING LINE PRESS. This is a limited edition collection, and the number of pre-publication sales will determine the size of the press run, so please reserve your copy now.
Here is what nationally known poet, FRED CHAPPELL, is saying about PENCIL MEMORY:
"In this marvelous sheaf, every poem makes its point, wise or wistful, always wittily.Llewellyn McKernan has had such serious fun making her lines that we wholly engage with them, following her lead as it loops across the page with pert good humor. Delightful. Indelible."
~ FRED CHAPPELL, author of SHADOW BOX.
* Read a sample poem below:
Cat Pencil
You swallow a syllable,
hiss and howl, claws of meaning
pile up on the page,
phrase after phrase
unravels its yarn,
a catwalk of sorts: on it
thought stalks, twitching
its long-haired tail,
emotion creeps
knee-deep in catnip and cream,
and nouns with big paws
sit and dream of nine lives, glad
each dark end abides
in words, kneading
the paper.
*** Order: PENCIL MEMORY by Llewellyn McKernan for $12 per copy plus $1.00 each for shipping, a discount available only during thepre-publication sale period: August l, 2010 to October 15, 2010.
Send shipping address along with check or money order made payable to Finishing Line Press Post Office Box 1626 Georgetown, KY 40324 or order online at: www.finishinglinepress.com. Click New Releases and Forthcoming Titles at http://www.finishinglinepress.com/NewReleasesandForthcomingTitles
.htm. Finishing Line Press accepts all credit cards for online sales. For regular mail orders, they only accept Visa and MasterCard.
Here is what nationally known poet, FRED CHAPPELL, is saying about PENCIL MEMORY:
"In this marvelous sheaf, every poem makes its point, wise or wistful, always wittily.Llewellyn McKernan has had such serious fun making her lines that we wholly engage with them, following her lead as it loops across the page with pert good humor. Delightful. Indelible."
~ FRED CHAPPELL, author of SHADOW BOX.
* Read a sample poem below:
Cat Pencil
You swallow a syllable,
hiss and howl, claws of meaning
pile up on the page,
phrase after phrase
unravels its yarn,
a catwalk of sorts: on it
thought stalks, twitching
its long-haired tail,
emotion creeps
knee-deep in catnip and cream,
and nouns with big paws
sit and dream of nine lives, glad
each dark end abides
in words, kneading
the paper.
*** Order: PENCIL MEMORY by Llewellyn McKernan for $12 per copy plus $1.00 each for shipping, a discount available only during thepre-publication sale period: August l, 2010 to October 15, 2010.
Send shipping address along with check or money order made payable to Finishing Line Press Post Office Box 1626 Georgetown, KY 40324 or order online at: www.finishinglinepress.com. Click New Releases and Forthcoming Titles at http://www.finishinglinepress.com/NewReleasesandForthcomingTitles
.htm. Finishing Line Press accepts all credit cards for online sales. For regular mail orders, they only accept Visa and MasterCard.
My collection of short stories, Still Life with Plums, is officially out. It is available at http://www.wvupressonline.com/manilla_still_life_with_plums_97819
33202600 as well as other online vendors or inquire at your favorite bookstore. I already have a few events scheduled and I would love to see you there.
Sat. Oct. 16th - Charleston, WV: Book signing from 1:30 - 2:30pm. West Virginia Book Festival, WVU Press booth in the Marketplace in the Charleston Civic Center.
Sat. Oct. 23 - Huntington, WV: Book signing from 5:00 - 7:00pm at Empire Books in Pullman Square.
Friday, Oct. 29 - Morgantown, WV: Reading at 7:00pm at Arts Monongahela next to Huntington Bank downtown. Reception begins at 6:30pm. Free and open to the public.
Saturday, Oct. 30 - Morgantown: Fiction Workshop at the Morgantown Public Library. Free and open to the public but limited to 12-14 participants. Contact George Lies at (304) 276-9973 to reserve a seat.
Thursday, Dec. 2 - Huntington: Reading at 8:00pm with poet Chris Green at Marshall University, Memorial Student Center, Shawkey Room. Free and open to the public.
33202600 as well as other online vendors or inquire at your favorite bookstore. I already have a few events scheduled and I would love to see you there.
Sat. Oct. 16th - Charleston, WV: Book signing from 1:30 - 2:30pm. West Virginia Book Festival, WVU Press booth in the Marketplace in the Charleston Civic Center.
Sat. Oct. 23 - Huntington, WV: Book signing from 5:00 - 7:00pm at Empire Books in Pullman Square.
Friday, Oct. 29 - Morgantown, WV: Reading at 7:00pm at Arts Monongahela next to Huntington Bank downtown. Reception begins at 6:30pm. Free and open to the public.
Saturday, Oct. 30 - Morgantown: Fiction Workshop at the Morgantown Public Library. Free and open to the public but limited to 12-14 participants. Contact George Lies at (304) 276-9973 to reserve a seat.
Thursday, Dec. 2 - Huntington: Reading at 8:00pm with poet Chris Green at Marshall University, Memorial Student Center, Shawkey Room. Free and open to the public.
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Sue Ann Simar
12:42 AM on March 07, 2011
10x3 plus, issue #5, features selections from Michael Gessner's BEAST BOOK plus twenty other poets. Sonja James and Mary Christine Deleas are two poets with West Virginia connections.
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John Kay's full length collection, PHANTOM OF THE APPLE, was also recently published. I hope to have a BEGINNER'S MIND web site up and running by April first.
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John Kay's full length collection, PHANTOM OF THE APPLE, was also recently published. I hope to have a BEGINNER'S MIND web site up and running by April first.
I am so excited my e-book Emily's Shadow has just been released by Blood Moon Publishing. It's a Merlin fantasy set in England. To read an excerpt, go to my website www.christinastclair.com
There is a link to the publisher where you can buy one. It's also available on Amazon in Kindle store. Please tell others about this book, especially if they like strange stories...
There is a link to the publisher where you can buy one. It's also available on Amazon in Kindle store. Please tell others about this book, especially if they like strange stories...
Dear Laura:
Thanks for creating this site. It is helpful to writers.
I'd like to announce the coming publication of my 10th book of poetry, "In the Tourist Cave," which will be out in November from Finishing Line Press.
It's a small book, but a strong one, I believe.
"In the Tourist Cave" can be ordered at http://finishinglintpress.com Click on "New Releases and Forthcoming Titles.
Hope you and all members of this site had a relaxing--and productive summer.
Thanks Much,
Mark DeFoe
Thanks for creating this site. It is helpful to writers.
I'd like to announce the coming publication of my 10th book of poetry, "In the Tourist Cave," which will be out in November from Finishing Line Press.
It's a small book, but a strong one, I believe.
"In the Tourist Cave" can be ordered at http://finishinglintpress.com Click on "New Releases and Forthcoming Titles.
Hope you and all members of this site had a relaxing--and productive summer.
Thanks Much,
Mark DeFoe
Would any members of this group be interested in reading selected WV books and discussing them on-line?
A few of us are reading the novel Lark and Termite by Jayne Anne Phillips, formerly of Buckhannon. It was a National Book Award finalist.
In the past we read Pancake and Gordon. Gordon's Lord of Misrule was a National Book Award winner.
All three titles take place (at least part of the time) in WV.
It's a fun way to pay attention to the work of authors of our own place.
A few of us are reading the novel Lark and Termite by Jayne Anne Phillips, formerly of Buckhannon. It was a National Book Award finalist.
In the past we read Pancake and Gordon. Gordon's Lord of Misrule was a National Book Award winner.
All three titles take place (at least part of the time) in WV.
It's a fun way to pay attention to the work of authors of our own place.
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