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Launch a Successful Online Writing Career
On Saturday, January 17, from 9:00 am until noon, experienced bloggers Lela Davidson and Mary Ann Powers will present a workshop in the Community Room of Parkway Bank in Pinnacle Hills (just off 540).
Participants will learn
-Where to find online writing jobs
-How to identify a good opportunity vs. a scam
-Accepted methods of applying for work online
-How to create a blog and what to write about
-Types of revenue streams available to bloggers
-How to brand yourself and promote your work
-Components of successful online posts and articles
-The five most common types of online articles
-Where to find images
-Business issues specific to online writers
In addition, workshop participants will receive electronic templates for various useful files such as a time tracker and a sample cover letter that can be cut and pasted into job application emails.
Writers will have the opportunity to submit a writing sample for critique.
Class size is limited to the first 20 to register.
Class fee if received before December 10: $45
Class fee if received after December 10: $55
To register, email Lela Davidson at <ldavidson98@gmail.com>.
Google and Authors Reach Agreement
Google’s controversial plan to make copyrighted books searchable has been the target of legal challenges ever since the web giant announced it.
Now, as reported by Publishers’ Weekly on November 11,
“Both Google and authors and publishers stressed that the settlement will create a way for rights holders to receive payment for their works that appear in Google Book Search, but how much that will be and when rights holders will begin receiving money is uncertain. Authors whose books have already been scanned eventually will receive at least $60 per work.”
Here are some places you can find the details:
http://books.google.com/googlebooks/agreement/ –An explanation of what the settlement means to Google Book Search
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6610487.html?nid=3329 –PW article regarding the settlement
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/technology/internet/29google.html?_r=2&ref=business&oref=slogin&oref=slogin -NY Times article about the settlement
Thanks to Marilyn Collins and the IBPA(Independent Book Publishers Association).
Youree to speak at Borders in Rogers, November 8
Barbara Youree, one of the authors of Courageous Journey, Walking the Lost Boys’ Path from the Sudan to America will speak at 12 noon on November 8 at Borders Books in Rogers, Arkansas. She will remain at the store to sign books until 2:00 pm.
Courageous Journey has been named a finalist in The National Best Books 2008 Awards in the category of Current Events: Political/Social.
Former U. S. President Jimmy Carter and Nobel Peace Prize winner endorsed the book saying:
“Ayuel Leek Deng and Beny Ngor Chol face incredible obstacles in this story of courage and unrelenting determination. Courageous Journey makes a powerful statement about the effects of today’s most threatening issues—terrorism, religious conflict and ethnic hatred—on the most vulnerable among us.”
According to Armchair Interviews,
“These stories will walk across your many emotions.”
The Library Journal notes:
“[It is] filled with action, suspense, and even romance. . . . This would make a good reading-group selection. Recommended for academic and public libraries.”
United Press International president, Nicholas Chiaia says
“Deng, Chol, and Youree inspire and motivate action. . . . I cannot stay still because I must help give voice to news and information that really matter. I hope to meet all three authors someday soon.”
Morning News reporter, Bettina Lehovec wrote:
“I’m deeply moved by Courageous Journey. It was indeed that. The book is very well written and very engaging. Youree did her research — that’s clear by the detail of memory she was able to elicit from the young men she interviewed. She presents it all in a readable, story-like format. Great book, great topic. Very thought provoking”.
Writing Seminar Nov. 20 at Ozarks Tech
Author and publisher Allan Young will present a three-hour seminar called “Six Other Ways to Get Your Book Published” at Ozarks Technical Community college in Springfield, Missouri on Thursday, November 20, from 6 to 9 p.m.
According to Young, the best way to get published is to own a publishing company. The seminar will also provide information on the following:
Legal Considerations for Writers
The Main Reasons a Manuscript is Rejected
“Righting” Writing (revision of manuscripts)
Recycling Writings (selling the same material to several markets)
Young is the author of over eighty published books in all genres, as well as thousands of magazine articles, and is the owner of a publishing company.
To register for the seminar, call the Continuing Education Department at 417-447-8888, or go online at www.otc.edu/continuinged. Cost: $34.
Young will conduct another seminar at OTCC, “Write Your Memoirs,” on Monday, November 17, from 6:00 to 9:00 PM.
M. H. Collins Available for Local History Talks
M.H. Collins, author of a newly-published book on how to write local history, is available for talks and workshops in NW Arkansas and neighboring states.
Collins is an award-winning author of three history books and over 100 magazine and newspaper feature articles. She was editor of both a national magazine and two regional publications. Write History Right is her latest book published by CHS Publishing.
Her latest book, Write History Right, is a user-friendly guide for writers who want to preserve the history of their town, region, family, church, school, or a person of special interest to them. According to author and reviewer Barbara Youree, ”
This is the toolbox to have in hand as you piece together shared memories. M.H. Collins has created the best there is on the market to help anyone write in this genre of history.”
Collins is a frequent workshop speaker to those interested in history or genealogy from her “Saving Cherished Stories” series. She also speaks to writers groups from her “Workshop for Writers” series. Specific workshop focus is designed to meet the particular interests of a group. She also offers consulting services to assist individuals/committees who are writing a town, church, organization, or family history.
Click on EVENTS in the toolbar to see her current speaking schedule.
Related story: Write History Right
Youree to Speak at Bentonville Library October 6
Barbara Youree, author of Courageous Journey, will speak at Bentonville Public Library 405 S. Main, Bentonville, at 6 p.m.
Youree will tell how she came to write the book about two refugees from Sudan whom she mentored during their first year in the United States.
In addition to her talk she will conduct a writing workshop on building suspense and showing rather than telling.
Online Writing Workshop Set for October 18, 2009
Lela Davidson and Mary Ann Powers are offering a 3-hour online writing course October 18 from 9 a.m. to noon in the Community Room of Parkway Bank in Pinnacle Hills just off Highway 540.
Davidson and Powers began their online writing careers in 2006, developing their own websites and building a list of paying clients for whom they provide web content. In the 3-hour course they will tell how they did it and provide plans and templates that will enable beginners to enter the internet market.
Class size will be limited to twenty participants. To register contact Lela Davidson. The registration fee is $55. If received before October 10, the fee is $45.
Lela Davidson’s site Mary Ann Powers’s site
Ozark Writers Live Lively Success
The second annual Ozark Writers Live sponsored by the Fayetteville Public Library brought local writers together for workshops, book talks, and writerly conversation. Here are some of the participants and presenters.
TOP LEFT TO RIGHT: Marilyn Collins spoke on her new book about writing local history. Pat Carr gave a workshop on fiction writing. Barbara Youree spoke on her new book about the saga of children driven from their homes in Sudan. BOTTOM LEFT TO RIGHT: Tom Lavoie was there to present some recent publication from the University of Arkansas Press. Lela Davidson and Mary Ann Powers talked about the flexibility and rewards of writing for online publications. 
TOP: Prolific Arkansas writers Velda Brotherton and Radine Trees Nehring display their many books. BOTTOM: Missouri writers Barri L. Bumgarner and Sylvia Cornette brought their mysteries.
NWA Writers’ Guild at Ozark Writers Live
The Northwest Arkansas Writers’ Guild will be well represented at the second annual Ozark Writers Live event at the Fayetteville Public Library on Saturday, September 13.
Barbara Youree and Marilyn Collins will be talking about their just-published books and Lela Davidson and Mary Ann Powers will share the skinny on their web writing successes.
Barbara Youree will speak at 10 a.m. in the Walker Community Room. Her new non-fiction book is called Courageous Journey: Walking the Lost Boys’ Path from Sudan to America. She’ll tell what it’s about and talk about the publishing experience.
Courageous Journey on the Book Shelves
Arkansas writer Barbara Youree’s long-anticipated narrative of the journey of two Lost Boys from Sudan to Kansas City is on the book store shelves.Courageous Journey is the moving story about the human cost of governmental greed, ethnic hostilities, and religious intolerance. Former President Jimmy Carter has this to say about this important book:
Ayuel Leek Deng and Beny Ngor Chol face incredible obstacles in this story of courage and unrelenting determination. Courageous Journey makes a powerful statement about the effects of today’s most threatening issues–terrorism, religious conflict and ethnic hatred–on the most vulnerable among us.
You can order your copy from this page, or from wherever books are sold.