Structuring the Historical Novel presented by Megan Chance. Conflict: What Drives Your Story presented by Bob Mayer (note: location and time change) Oct. 19 - workshop seriesMastering Voice in Fiction presented by Terry Persun Oct. 26 - workshop seriesFrom Journal to Novel presented by Trudi Treit
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Dear PNWA member,
E-Notes is your monthly electronic newsletter full of the latest news about the literary world. Our newsletter is a member benefit.
If you have an announcement about your work or the world of writing, please send us an email at pnwa@pnwa.org so we can include it in next month's E-Notes (80-100 words maximum, please).
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Holiday Catalog
Our Holiday Catalog is back by popular demand! The catalog will be distributed online to our nearly 10,000-person mailing list.
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October Member Meeting
Thursday, October 17 @ 7:45pm
Issaquah Library
(the Library itself, not the Library Service Center)
10 West Sunset Way, Issaquah, WA 98027
Conflict: What Drives Your Story?
Presented by Bob Mayer
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PNWA Nancy Pearl Book Award
Our NEW contest is designed to recognize recently published works by PNWA members.
Books published in 2013 can be submitted for consideration. Winners will be announced at the 2014 PNWA Conference, will receive $1000 in cash prizes and one month of promotion advertising on PNWA and Author magazine.
Click here to download the entry form. (This is in addition to our regular annual Literary Contest for unpublished pieces.)
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 In 2004, NANCY PEARL won the Women's National Book Association Award for her contribution to the world of books. The former Executive Director of the Washington Center for the Book, Nancy celebrates the written word by speaking at bookstores and libraries across the country and on her monthly television program, "Book Lust," on the Seattle Channel. She is a regular on National Public Radio's "Morning Edition" and NPR affiliate stations KUOW in Seattle and KWGS in Tulsa. She has a Librarian Action Figure modeled in her likeness, and bestselling books that include Book Lust and Book Crush: For Kids and Teens.The New York Times calls Nancy Pearl "the talk of librarian circles." |
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member news
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Nikki McCormack's debut The Girl and The Clockwork Cat, a steampunk novel about a street kid who discovers a mysterious feline with mechanical parts and has to unravel the secrets of the cat's owner, has been sold to Stephen Morgan at Entangled Teen, for publication in Spring 2014, by agent Emily Keyes at L. Perkins Agency. Visit Nikki at neyska.com
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Karen Morison-Knox, writing as Ariella Moon, announces the upcoming release of Spell Fire, Book 3: The Teen Wytche Saga (Astraea Press, November 2013). The YA novel delves into the power of secrets and the limits of magic to undo Fate's damage. For details, visit www.ariellamoon.com---
Sandra Walker has published her narrative nonfiction work, Little Merchants: The Golden Era of Youth Delivering Newspapers. It is based on extensive research and interviews from across the nation with hundreds of silver-haired paperboys and girls. Neither pampered nor perfect, legions of kids with fortitude hefted a canvas bag and hustled along a route. These young entrepreneurs delivered every day, yet that daily routine often detoured into adventures and misadventures. Little Merchants shares their evocative stories, which arc from hilarious to horrific and poignant to repugnant. Were the past decades simpler and slower or complex and challenging? You decide by exploring the rich and colorful history and vintage photos of this memorable American icon. Available in e-book or print at bookstores or on Amazon. For further information, visit carrierchronicle.com or email papercarrierusa@msn.com.
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Heather Lockman announces the release of The Indian Shirt Story, a literary/mainstream novel available in ebook format from Musa Publishing, Amazon, B&N, and most other ebook sellers. American mythologies collide in an irresistible Northwest novel that's part love story, part modern politics, and part historical saga. Sharply observed but big-hearted, it's also a whole lot of fun. Named an "Editor's Top Pick" by the staff at Musa Publishing. Read more about the book and its author at heatherlockman.com
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Mark Reutlinger's novel, Made in China, was translated and published in a Chinese language edition in August, by eBook Dynasty of Melbourne, Australia. Mark was also the Resident Writer for the month of August. eBook Dynasty markets Chinese translations of selected English-language books in digital format to readers of Chinese around the world. --- Jane Isenberg's ninth novel, The Bones and the Book, a historical mystery set in Seattle's Jewish community during the Gold Rush and in 1965 and published in 2012 by Oconee Spirit Press, recently won a WILLA Award in the category of original paperback fiction from Women Writing the West. Jane will go to Kansas City, MO, on October 11 to accept the award at WWW's 19th annual conference. --- Brett Lawrence's new book, Shadow Guardians, was recently released by Martin Sisters Publishing. Shadow Guardians explores the unnerving thought that we are not alone in the universe and is "a heroic page-turner of a story that chronicles how seemingly ordinary choices can result in adventure, terror, surprise, and even unexpected love" (Kathleen Papajohn, author of Maligned). Visit Brett at www.brettlawrence.net --- Christine Z. Mason is pleased to announce the release of her newest novel, Boundaries: A Love Story, a richly textured novel about the devastating effects of abandonment and the primacy of love. During a vacation on a small island off of Cape Cod in 1980, a young woman is drawn into the maelstrom of family secrets and dysfunction and eventually into a profound but imprudent love. Visit christinezmason.com for more information. --- John Trudel's novel Privacy Wars was recently a finalist for three different national awards. His new novel Soft Target will be out later this month. Visit www.johntrudel.com for details. --- Join Waverly Fitzgerald for the launch of her new book, The Big Chihuahua, in Seattle next week: Friday, October 18 at 7 PM, Book Launch for The Big Chihuahua by Waverly Curtis (the writing team of Waverly Fitzgerald and Curt Colbert) at Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 10th Avenue on Capitol Hill. We're celebrating the publication by Kensington of the third book in our humorous mystery series about an amateur PI and her talking Chihuahua, with a dramatic reading, cookies, prizes, signing books and a guest appearance by the Chihuahua who inspired the book. www.waverlyfitzgerald.com --- Kristen Kittscher's new children's book, The Wig in the Window (a first-place winner in PNWA's 2009 Literary Contest), was published by HarperCollins Children's books this summer as the first in a funny new mystery series for kids. For more details, visit kristenkittscher.com
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PNWA Literary Contest - deadline 2/21/14
It's your chance to shine. Every writer knows there comes a time to send their work out into the world. Don't miss this opportunity to put your work to the test and compete with some of the best in the country. There are 12 categories, cash prizes, and every entry receives two valuable critiques. Winners are announced every year at the Summer Conference in front of writers, agents, and editors.
category definitions rules & guidelines entry form FAQs
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One Year / One Book Workshop Write your book in a year -- from concept to finished book in twelve months. Two-part series: November 7th and 14th 6:30 - 8:30pm Bainbridge Island Library $10 suggested donation to benefit the Trillium School Presented by A.C. Fuller For details, visit acfuller.com/writing-classes
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Career Planning for Writers Presented by Waverly Fitzgerald and Whitney Keyes Tuesday evenings, 6:30 - 8:30pm October 22 - November 26 $135 General Public / $99 UW Students University of Washington A workshop for six two-hour classes taught by Waverly Fitzgerald and Whitney Keyes to help writers achieve success as writers. We help writers identify goals and plot a unique path to success based on their strengths and weaknesses. Register online here.
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15th Annual Whidbey Island Writers Conference
Coupeville, WA
October 25-27 marks the 15th anniversary of the renowned Whidbey Island Writers Conference.
As in previous years, the conference's trademark chat houses and intimate conversations between writers and attendees will make up the bulk of the event, but this year's conference promises some new and noteworthy additions.
Songwriter Ian Moore will spearhead a track on songwriting and lyrics, and writers Storme Webber, Kelli Russell Agodon, and Mary Willis will speak about defining the female voice in writing. Nicole Persun will lead a special segment on writing for young adults. Keynote speakers Karen Finneyfrock, Randall Platt, and Sheila Roberts will set the tones each day.
This conference places a strong emphasis on the business of writing, too, with dynamic duos Kelsye Nelson and Abigail Carter from Writer.ly and Jen and Kerry from the Business of Books.
Novelists Doyce Testerman, Anjali Banerjee, Sheila Roberts, Kevin O'Brien, and Nicole Persun will share what they know about the craft of writing, and agents Andrea Hurst and Pooja Menon are among the faculty who will take pitches and help writers to refine their messages.
The conference is now open for registration. For more information, visit http://www.nila.edu/wiwc/, or contact Conference Program Chair Kim Cottrell at (360) 929 9431.
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