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Conference Bits N Pieces (PART I)

Hola all,Just a note to alert everyone to have their eyes peeled for the mailman this week, for our Spring Newsletter is in the mail and on its way, packed with Conference Information including the details on the Scott Hoffman sessions. As soon as I spy one myself,...

The Fire Escape Presents 2007 Writing Contests

(This information courtesy Granny Sue Holstein on the WV Writers Youth Forum)Do you love to weave words together? Were you and/or one or both of your birth parents born in another country? Do you live in the United States or Canada now? Are you 13-19 years old?If you...

Nancy Merical’s Top Ten Tips for Book Signings

(Courtesy Nancy Merical via Fay Thompson) 1. Take plenty of books—of your favorite authors to read during lulls.2. Take plenty of business cards—to scribble down ideas for other books during lulls.3. Don't forget your favorite book signing pen—for both the above.4....

Robert Tinnell interview

ComicbookResources.com is running an interview with comic book writer and screenwriter Robert Tinnell. Why is this significant to West Virginia? Because Mr. Tinnell lives in Morgantown and he will be one of the featured workshop presenters at this year's WV Writers...

Alabama Writers’ Conclave 2007 Contest Deadline Approaching

(From 2007 WV Writers Summer Conference Workshop Presenter Dr. Jimmy Carl Harris)Hey, y’all.Get those stories and poems and essays polished up and in the mail!The deadline for entries in the Alabama Writers’ Conclave 2007 contests is 30 April (postmark).Details for...

Water Gap Retreat: Creative Writing with Anita Skeen (REVISED)

(From the Water Gap Retreat Website)That Place Called Memory: Revisiting and Writing about ChildhoodJeanette Walls, in her memoir The Glass Castle, opens a window on her childhoodand gives us all a peek at what is was like to grow up in her particular family, in...