PACIFIC NORTHWEST WRITERS ASSOCIATION
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JUNE 2013 E-NOTES:
E-Notes is your monthly electronic newsletter full of the latest news about the literary world. Our newsletter is a PNWA Member Benefit.
Please send us an email if you would like to place an announcement in next month's E-Notes: enotes@pnwa.org
(However, please note that this email address is not regularly monitored. For any questions or comments, please email pnwa@pnwa.org)
(Announcements must be received by the 19th of
the previous month to be included).
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PNWA NEWS:
JUNE 13th MEMBER MEETING @ 7:00pm
Presented by Mary Buckham
(960 Newport Way, Issaquah, WA 98027)
Powering Up YOUR Pitch!
Getting YOUR foot in the door and not in YOUR mouth
Be prepared to tell an agent or editor exactly what your book is about by learning:
- What exactly is a pitch and why it matters
- Differences between Literary and Commercial Fiction
- What an editor/agent needs to know and what they don't
- How to hook an editor/agent
- What to avoid in a pitch
- How a pitch can be used to sell your book outside a pitch session
For event details or to learn more about Mary Buckham
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***Call for Authors: Book Signings on June 15***
PNWA will be hosting a multi-author book signing on Saturday, June 15, from 1:00 to 3:00pm at the Writers' Cottage in Issaquah during Gilman Village's annual Sidewalk Sale.
If you are a current PNWA member and are interested in participating, let us know! The first 6 members to email us (pnwa@pnwa.org) will be signed up (and those who have not yet participated in a PNWA book signing will be given priority). Participants will be handling sales of their books themselves. Space is very limited, so contact us soon!
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Literary Contest Finalists
Congratulations to our 2013 Literary Contest Finalists! A full list of the finalists in each category is now available (CLICK HERE).
All entrants will be mailed their critiques by the end of the week. Thank you to all who entered!
1st and 2nd place winners in each category will be announced during the Saturday night Awards Ceremony at our summer conference.
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2013 Summer Conference
July 25 - 28, 2013
Seattle Airport Hilton
The full schedule for our 2013 conference is online!
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Congratulations to the winners of our May query critique contest: Erika Giles, Ann Reckner, and Kim Dawson! See below for details on our new June contest.
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JUNE DRAWING: FIRST 20 PAGES
Caroline Tolley, Freelance Editor, and former Executive Editor of Pocket Books (a division of Simon & Schuster), has offered to edit the first 20 pages of one lucky PNWA member's novel!
To enter the drawing:
1. All entrants must be current PNWA members.
CLICK HERE TO JOIN OR RENEW
2. Email ONLY the first 20 pages of your novel as an attached Word .doc file to pnwa@pnwa.org. Subject line: "FIRST 20 PAGES"
3. At the end of the month (June), we will randomly select ONE entrant and send his or her first 20 pages along to Caroline, who will then provide a content/developmental evaluation that we will send back to the winner.
Caroline Tolley is a twenty-year veteran of book publishing (New York publishing house and currently freelance), specializing in content editing for all genres of popular fiction for women. In these rapidly-changing times for publishing, Caroline has useful insights about how the editing world has changed, and what aspiring authors should keep in mind as they work to make their manuscripts the best they can be.
Caroline uses a broad canvas developmental and content approach. Is there a beginning, a middle and an end to the plot, or story arc? Do the cast have character profiles? Is it clear which characters should have a point of view? Is the timeline clear? Are the sub-plots or threads pulled through to the end?
Contact Caroline
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MEMBER NEWS:
Check out PNWA member Stella Cameron's page-turning new novel, Darkness Bred. Stella is a longtime friend of PNWA and a former board member, as well as a featured speaker at our 2013 summer conference.
Ever since shapeshifter Elin escaped to Whidbey Island, danger has stalked her every move. Her human traits, combined with her unique supernatural gifts, make her a prized being to be possessed . . . or destroyed. It is only the passionate attraction she shares with werehound Sean Black that gives her hope for her future.
For details and more information on Stella, visit her at www.stellacameron.com
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Maureen Francisco, PNWA member and conference presenter, received good news! It Takes Moxie: Off the Boat, Or Out of School, To Making It Your Way In America is the winner in the Multicultural Nonfiction category of the 2013 National Indie Excellence Awards. The award recognizes books that have been published through independent publishers (or small presses) or self-publishing. Maureen's book was published thorough Motivational Press, a small press/mid-tier publishing company.
Visit Maureen at www.maureenfrancisco.com
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PNWA member Jeanne Matthews announces the release of Her Boyfriend's Bones, fourth in the Dinah Pelerin mystery series. Forty years after a Greek actress murdered her boyfriend and a powerful colonel in the military junta, Dinah and her boyfriend arrive on the island of Samos for a romantic holiday. They are soon swept up in a wave of corruption and fresh murder with eerie echoes of the past. Jeanne invites you to her first book signing at Seattle Mystery Bookshop at noon on June 15th.
For additional appearances and information, visit Jeanne's website, http://www.jeannematthews.com
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PNWA member David Edward Walker's debut novel, Tessa's Dance, has won a Bronze Medal in the 2013 Independent Publisher Book Awards. A national event for independent authors and publishers, this year's IPPY Awards received over 5200 entries. Tessa's Dance, a multicultural/young adult thriller based upon the author's own experience, explores the fragile bond between a teenage Yakama girl and a mixed-blood psychologist trying to keep her away from the darker sides of reservation life. Dave is currently working hard to finish up Signal Peak, the sequel to Tessa's Dance.
You can learn more about his work at www.tessasdance.com, or write to him directly at davidwalker@anisahoni.com
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PNWA member G.G. Silverman is pleased to announce that her short story, "The Last Dance," was a winner of the 2013 Litreactor "Teleport Us" Sci-Fi Writing Challenge. And her flash fiction story, "The Circle of Life," was published on the Books of the Dead Press website.
PNWA member Barry Brennessel's linked story collection, Reunion, and his novel, Tinseltown, have both been named finalists in the 2013 National Indie Excellence Book Awards. Reunion and Barry's novel The Celestial have both been named finalists in the 2013 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. The Celestial was also a finalist in the 2012 PNWA Literary Contest, and Tinseltown won 3rd Place in the 2010 PNWA Literary Contest. All three books are available from MLR Press, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Powell's Books, and OmniLit, in paperback and e-download.
For more information, visit www.barrybrennessel.com
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EVENTS:
Jack Absolute: Books & Brews Tour Stops in Seattle
Join author C.C. Humphreys as he combines his love of books and beer in a unique literary event!
ViOS Cafe at Third Place Books (6504 20th Ave. NE) will host author C.C. Humphreys on Wednesday, June 19 at 7 p.m. as part of the author's "Books & Brews" tour. The event celebrates the first novel in the American Revolution spy series Jack Absolute and will include a chat about the book, a dramatic reading, and a Q&A. Third Place Books will have copies of Jack Absolute available for purchase, and attendees 21 and over can enjoy the brews on tap.
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