Kudos to Patty

Patty Cole's chapbook "A Way I Sing" will soon be published by Main Street Rag. Congratulations to Patty.

The scheduled release date is September, and it will sell for $8.00, but it is available on an advance order from the MSR online bookstore for $4.00. Here are the links:
http://mainstreetrag.com/bookstore/product/a-way-i-sing/  or
http://mainstreetrag.com/bookstore/

We are having a small get-together to celebrate her hard work and good fortune.
Wednesday, July 8, 12:30 at Carolina Brewery. If you can join us, please contact Carol Phillips at (calsea@gmail.com) who is making the reservations.

Ideas for future pprograms

At our June meeting, attendees were asked to suggest areas they would like to discuss.  Here are the suggestions:

Electronic publishing and distribution

Are agents necessary?

Why do writers need a "platform" i.e. blog, webpage, etc.?

How do you build an audience before you publish a book?

Cutting edge marketing ideas?

Crazy ideas you might read but won't (or can't) write

How to write a query letter--from an EXPERT?

Character description that doesn't take over the rest of the story.

How much description is good, and guidelines for writing effective description.

Strategies for polishing a "finished"  manuscript.  How do professional editors line-edit and proofread.

Who do you write for--yourself or someone else?

Should you write in an existing genre or invent a new one?

How to maintain pace and velocity in a story, but not get bogged down in back story?

How best to insert a back story?

How best  to include maps , illustrations in a novel--or not?

Electronic publishing

Writing discipline. 

What do you think?

Writers' Morning Out

Pittsboro WMO meets Saturday, June 13, 1:00 at Carolina Brewery in the Barley Lounge.

All writers, any genre, are invited.