Hello, Wendy!
Thank you for responding to my request about a writers' critique group in Aroostook County. I would enjoy sitting in on one of your Saturday meetings, if you would send me information about location/time, etc..
Please contact me at martha@pwless.net
Thanks, again. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Martha, The Struggling Writer
We are proud of one of our cooperative authors from our catalog for winning a Maine Literary Award in the self-publishing division- Betsy Connor Bowen for "Spring Bear". Her book is featured in our catalog. Entry is free to self-publishing authors. Nice going Betsy and thanks MWPA.
I just want to personally thank MWPA writer Bill Bushnell for giving my novel The Ghost Trap, a thoroughly insightful and dead-on review in this weekend's The Morning Sentinel. "Debut Novel Is Convincing To The End" http://www.onlinesentinel.com/reallife/debut-novel-is-convincing-to-the-end_2010-04-03.html
In this age of scrambling to constantly be your own PR and marketing team, reviewers like Bill are literally a gift. You took the time to throughly examine all angles of the novel and I thank you!!
More on Bill--
-William Bushnell has been a professional book reviewer and freelance writer for thirteen years. He has more than 1,350 published pieces in thirty magazines and newspapers including Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Civil War Times, Military Officer Magazine and many others. He is professionally affiliated with the National Book Critics Circle and the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, and he teaches a class on book reviewing at the University of Southern Maine.
TOO COLD FOR THE PORCH
local poets read their work
Sunday, April 11, 4pm
Fare Share Commons
443 Main Street
Norway, ME
FMI: Lisa 743-9808
or m3d@megalink.net
We have a serious writers' group in Presque Isle meeting every other Saturday. Next meeting: April 10th. Visitors welcome!
Maine Festival of the Book: April 9-11
Opening Night
Friday, April 9
7:30 pm Opening Night: Tess Gerritsen and Anita Shreve
Abromson Center, University of Southern Maine
Hosted by Governor John E. Baldacci and First Lady Karen M. Baldacci
Tess Gerritsen will talk about her “Rizzoli and Isles” suspense novels being made into a TV series by TNT. Anita Shreve will read from her work and discuss the writer’s life. Seating is limited. Tickets $10 advance at www.mainereads.org /$15 on April 9. Doors open at 7 pm.
Additional programming April 10 and 11! Programs designed for a range of interests and ages. Get inspired! Most events are free!
www.mainereads.org 871-9100
I have completed a creative non-fiction work on an Iraqi girl born in 1880 in Mosual, who decides she wants to become a French sister, prompting a journey that takes her across the Syrian Desert in a camel caravan, then over the mountain of Lebanon to Beirut where she boards a steamship for Marseille. After training as a herbalist, a crisis in France forces her and three other Femme de la Sagesse sisters to leave for the wilds of southern Africa and a mission in Malawi where they find plenty of surprises.
I am looking for a mentor, versed in fiction narrative, to review "Mother of Fire," with a critical eye. I will be in Maine, beginning May 18th - Oct. and can be reached at 207-326-4272 in Brooksville. My number here is: 512-389-0595.
I have completed a creative non-fiction work on an Iraqi girl born in 1880 in Mosual, who decides she wants to become a French sister, prompting a journey that takes her across the Syrian Desert in a camel caravan, then over the mountain of Lebanon to Beirut where she boards a steamship for Marseille. After training as a herbalist, a crisis in France forces her and three other Femme de la Sagesse sisters to leave for the wilds of southern Africa and a mission in Malawi where they find plenty of surprises.
I am looking for a mentor, versed in fiction narrative, to review "Mother of Fire," with a critical eye. I will be in Maine, beginning May 18th - Oct. and can be reached at 207-326-4272 in Brooksville. My number here is: 512-389-0595.
Many ups and downs in completing my first book but Mystery of the Dancing FireWalker will be available from AuthorHouse.com within two weeks. This is the first of at least four fictional/mystery novels I have called the Emily Jacobs Mysteries. Book 1 is about two children kidnapped and taken to a cabin in western Maine. Involving an ancient stone circle, a shaman, and several really neat bad guys, the children must partake in several healing ceremonies. In the meantime the two mothers must visit several sacred sites throughout Maine to collect the four elements. Must reality of my own experiences withing natural history, mythology, archeology, and healing circles is included throughout this wonderful read... and the Coyote Stories will keep you guessing.
You are cordially invited to the annual Poets' Tea held each year at Blaine House, the governor's mansion in Augusta, Maine. The date is Thursday, April 15, 2:30-4 p.m.
Maine's poet laureate Betsy Sholl is organizing the event, and First Lady Karen Baldacci will be hosting it. I'll be one of three poets reading that afternoon.
Everyone is welcome to attend, but please R.S.V.P. to Blaine House at the address below.
Hope to see you there!
Blaine House
192 State Street
Augusta, ME 04330-6406
(207) 287-2121
info@BlaineHouse.org
im am 16 and hope to publish my book. But I know when I send my submition to a literary agent they will notice mistakes. How would I find an agent who would consider my work?
I've noticed the mwpa blog is not very well maintained. I would be happy to volunteeer my services. check out my blog if interested and email me: marcy@tidewater.net
I, along with two other writers, would like to invite all to join our new site Inkwell. It's a community of writers sharing, chatting, and growing together on our journey to publication and beyond. Published and unpublished writers are welcome. Those who are published, your experience and wisdom would be well appreciated. For those who aren't yet, our forum is safe and inviting to help you hone your craft. You can find us at: http://inkwell.ning.com/
Hope to see you there.
Sheri
Love your website.I am visiting Maine next month to give a lecture and book signing on Scotch- Irish history and was browsing in preparation when I came on your site.I wish we had something as useful as this in Northern Ireland.
Maine Festival of the Book
April 9-11, Portland
Please note that the location for the Poetry Party on Saturday, April 10 at 7 pm has changed to:
Constellation gallery, 511 Congress St. Portland (across from MECA). Free event/cash bar. Presented by Port Veritas.
Hi, out there! I'm looking to start or join a writers' critque group in the Aroostook County area, preferably not too far a drive from Houlton. As an, as yet, unpublished writer of short stories, I would value the support and sharing of expertise. Please contact me by post or martha@pwless.net Thanks!
Our Young Writers Conference will be Monday, April 26th. Twenty-four middle school students will spend the afternoon writing and sharing with professional writers and Colby writing mentors before traveling to Augusta to hear Maya Angelou.
A Creative Writing Group for writers around Franklin County continues to meet, but is looking to expand our membership. The group is open to writers from all genres and is
free to join. The next meeting will be held on Monday, April 5. The group will meet from 7 - 9 PM at the UMF library. For more information, please contact Caroline King at 491-9810 or by email at caroline@maineword.com.
New L/A Creative Writers Group Initiative 2010 will begin on Thursday, April 1st from 6-8pm in the Auburn Public Library Conference Room.
Please RSVP to Shannon.Blake@yahoo.com.
WRITERS!!!! I'm looking to start or join an existing writers' critique group in the Aroostook County area (Houlton and beyond). If you are as serious about your "dream" as I am, and crave the input of other struggling, like-minded scribes, PLEASE contact me.
THE INDEPENDENT; SRENGTH IN NUMBERS
Looking for independent / self-published authors interested in joining forces for a marketing campaign.
Let’s get together and share marketing ideas / funds / time/energy / skills /talents.
I am looking for authors who can help put together a campaign we can all market in our different areas.
Lets brain storm a way to make this work. A few ideas include: catalog creation and distribution to various independent book stores and businesses in our areas, time allotment and reporting, cost distribution, website or blog creation and so on.
If interested contact Ben at benedictus1972_2000@yahoo.com.
We will need 10-25 members to get this going.
Let’s get together and form THE INDEPENDENT.
Mark you calendars!
Maine Festival of the Book 2010
April 9-11, Portland
Lots of free parties, programs and performances. Readings, dicussions, singings galore. All genres. Lots of writers -- Anita Shreve, Tess Gerritsen, Wes McNair, on and on.
Full schedule at www.mainereads.org
Desparate for someone to teach me how to work in tracking mode for manuscript exchanges..foolishly accepted as ghost writing job w/out a ghost of an idea what I am doing..need immediate tutor in the New Harbor-Damariscotta area..or Brunswick, perhaps..help help..a small but pleasant job for the right person of humor and patience..Falcon1@tidewater.net
Writers’ Workshop in Italy, July 18 – 25, 2010, held in conjunction with the Amalfi Coast Music & Arts Festival in Vietri sul Mare. Exciting opportunity to study creative writing with Robert Bausch; poetry writing with Jane Shore; or memoir and the personal narrative with Joyce Maynard. Opportunities for other cultural experiences during the week. More information at: www.amalfi-festival.org; by phone at 301.587.6189.
To Rick Morris re: Jan. 10th post....and other eager L/A Writers: We have established a perfect location for our sprouting membership and all we need is a qualified facilitator who can donate their availability on Thursdays from 6-8pm. FMI contact 712-2232
EDITOR FOR HIRE
Need an EDITOR for your book manuscript? I'm a 23-year veteran editor specializing in academic books, but also with plenty of experience in non-fiction professional and general audience books and dissertation editing. See www.ulrikeguthrie.com for more information.
Also, seeking good literary fiction and poetry mss for Eugene, OR publisher--new line with Wipf and Stock called Emerald City Books. --Ulrike
I am looking for poets SERIOUS about writing and REVISING their work. So many groups I've joined just want an "atta boy" clap on the back and don't want to dig in and LEARN what to do after the poem is written. I crave others who want to critique. I am sick of groups with a lack of guts to revise.
I am in the Midcoast. Find me online at www.heartsoundspressliterary.com
submissions now being accepted for the Larry Kramer Memorial Chapbook and the William Dunbar Full-Length Book awards. Visit www.heartsoundpressliterary.com for details at "Announcements"
Didn't see this posted the first time so I'm posting it again. I finally started a writer's blog! Yay! My name is Sheri and I'm from central Maine. I'd love to have you join me on my daily ramblings--joys & struggles--of writing and juggling motherhood. Here's the blog: http://writersally.blogspot.com/ I'm looking for feedback (comments), and to network with like-minded writers serious about getting published. You can also email me at salarsen71@gmail.com. I, along with a fellow Maine writer, have started a writing group via a private online link. It's on my blog. Excited to hear from you. ";-)
Those of you who have already posted your needs--any success? Like Pamela, am looking for writers' group in Portland area but will travel the distance, if necessary! Look forward to your response--my genre: commercial fiction. email: penmewse@yahoo.com
I finally started a writer's blog. Yay! I'm encouraging you to check it out and even become my follower. I have weekly writing exercises, and tools and links galore. A private writers' critique group is in the works with my fellow Maine writer, Marcy. I'm still in the process of building the site, so please be patient. The writers group should be ready within the next couple of weeks. Looking forward to hearing from you. http://writersally.blogspot.com/
I'm looking for a publisher to turn my artwork of brightly colored, stylized trees into a book of colors for children.
A new Creative Writing Group for writers around Franklin County is being formed. The group is open to writers from all genres and is
free to join. The next meeting will be held on Monday, March 1. The group will meet from 7 - 9 PM at the UMF library. For more information, please contact Caroline King at 491-9810 or by email at caroline@maineword.com.
Hi,
Looking for a publisher in Maine. Writing the last book of a trilogy, catagory; fantasy-fiction.
Than you
I will be reading/signing Black Boat Black Water Black Sand at the Owl & Turtle in Camden on Feb. 26 at 6:30 pm - come join us!
The webpage for my newly published book, "There's a Moose Loose in the Hoose!" is now available! Please check it out at: http://www.mainemediawomen.org/meserve.html
CALL FOR STORIES: Åarhus Gallery seeks literary short stories for as if, an evening of stories by Maine writers read by Maine actors. Submit one or two stories of up to 5,000 words (double spaced/12 font/numbered pages) via snail mail or email (Word attachment) to the addresses below. Include your name, street address, phone number and email address on the first page of the manuscript. Complete, polished stories only, please; no drafts, exercises or excerpts! If your story is suitable for our program and actors, we will contact you for permission to perform it. Note: Manuscripts will not be returned -- they will be recycled or deleted – so please retain your original.
Snail mail:
Åarhus Gallery
attn: as if
50 Main Street
Belfast, ME 04915
Or, Email: asifstoriesgmail.com
Subject line: submission
What percentage of the U.S. population actually reads books anymore? What would you guess? I've always hovered around the 15% mark (grimly). But according to the latest Verso Ad Network's extensive 2009 Consumer Book Survey--28% of the US population are "avid readers,", spending 5+ hours a week with a book, and the 65+ age group is twice as avid as those who are 25-34.
The Maine Sunday Telegram calls THE GHOST TRAP a "good mid-winter read."
The Ghost Trap tells the story of a 27-year-old lobster fisherman faced with huge challenges. Jamie Eugley is the caretaker of his brain-injured girlfriend, Anja. He feels guilty because the accident that rendered her helpless happened on his boat. His life is further complicated when fellow lobstermen start cutting one another's traps in a territory dispute.
To read more of this review online at the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=310751&ac=Audience
I am looking for someone to proof-read and edit my memoir for publication. A complete manuscript should be ready in about three months. I plan to submit queries and proposals in about a month. If you are interested please let me know.
Sincerely,
Richard
207-899-5117
Looking for a writers group in South Portland/Cape/Portland, pjcragin@yahoo.com
looking for a writers group in South Portland/Cape/Portland area
We are a new non-profit 'independent think tank' in Maine that is producing major reports on the issues facing the state. Our first is in production now. We are looking for a partner/publisher to help us with production and distribution issues. If anyone is interested in exploring possibilities, please contact me.
Thank you,
Alan Caron at Envision Maine
looking for peer-run writing group (poetry) in midcoast. Thanks!
I have a couple of people interested in beginning a writers group in the Brunswick area, there are currently three of us one or two more would be great. We all write YA and middle-grade fantasy - magical realism. However, we have a wide range of what we like to read. Please contact me at maryea@maryea.com if you are interested in joining.
Please spread the word that we're a local business out of Bath, ME. We do typing from handwritten manuscripts and transcription from recordings. We do interview transcription as well as focus groups, panel discussions, and conferences. We also can type handwritten journals, memoirs, and collections of letters to preserve family history. We do most of our work over the internet, but it would be great to work with some local Maine writers!
Check out our web site at www.wordsworthcoop.com
Looking for publisher in Maine for teen book
We're looking for the wonderful woman who used to knit hats to support your scholarship program. Can somebody let us know if she is still interested in knitting more? We'd like to supply yarn. THANKS!
looking for writers group in the L/A area. Thanks Rick
My new children's book is finally out! It is called, "There's a Moose Loose in the Hoose!" My first booksigning on December 19 at the Maine Coast Bookshop in Damariscotta, Maine was a huge success. I'll have a website available soon!
Hi all! Am looking for a Maine author to come and speak in our Winter Lecture Series in Augusta at Old Fort Western. Usually, our talks, presentations and demonstrations are historical in nature. Any ideas welcomed! Call 626-2385 if you are interested or know of someone who may be! Thanks!
I am looking for a writers group in the Lewiston/Auburn area. Thanks
Hi All, My book, Lies, In a Season of Tribulation is available on Smashword.com with free pages to see if you like it and available for download onto different readers like Kindle or Sony for $7.99. Also available at Amazon, B&N, etc. in hardcover.
I am interested in either joining or starting a writing group for fiction writers in the Brunswick area. Please let me know if you know of group or are interested in starting one.
I'm looking for a writers' group in the Portland/Scarborough/Saco area, and willing to help start one if necessary. I need some external motivation to get me back in the habit of writing regularly, and haven't had any luck finding a group. Anyone interested? Thanks!
looking for a peer-run workshop for poetry writers with significant publications (i.e. national, not just local). Any info out there?
I'm looking forward to becoming a member, but have to wait until Christmas morning when I can tear my stocking apart. However, I'd love to share with members my manuscript which I am blogging chapter-by-chapter. Please visit, read, hopefully enjoy, and comment! I'm actively seaking an agent and I'm sure many of you know how that goes. So, impatience won and IRON BOOTS is now at: http://donaldsonrboord.blogspot.com
Interested in a writing group in the White Mountain area--Fryeburg/Brownsville... please email me if you're interested in writing up here.
Poetry Extravaganza at the Camden Public Library on 12/17 6:20 pm to celebrate the release of Black boat Black Water Black Sand, published by Moon Pie Press. Poet Hal Owen will begin the evening, followed by Dave Morrison reading, followed by Sonic Poetry by DM and percussionist Jeff Densmore. Books for sale - admission is free.
I wanted to let your subscribers know about my Book Design class. It is offered through the University of Maine at the Hutchinson Center in Belfast. The class explores the tools available in Adobe's Creative Suite. Slide shows on the history of artists books, demonstrations and hands on assignments will be given. This course will help demystify the process of putting a book together. The class is free for senior citizens over the age of 65 who are also residents of Maine. For more information call the Hutchinson Center 207-338-8000 or visit their website www.hutchinsoncenter.edu
Just blogged about breaking up with my literary agent and wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience.
http://laurakilmartin.wordpress.com/
Blogged about breaking up with my literary agent. Wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience...
http://laurakilmartin.wordpress.com/
I would love to join or start a writer's group in the Bangor area--any takers?
God Bless you Robert. Dorothy was so right in the Wizard of Oz,"there is no place like home." I too have moved closer to my husband's and my parents. I have only my Mom and my husband has his father, both elderly. I wish you well in your decision. Your post was heartwarming. Not whining at all. Best to you, Launa
Hello Maine Lit Community!
I thought all of you would be interested in hearing that David Schmahmann, author of the award-winning novel Empire Settings, will be in Kennebunk at Kennebooks on December 12th, 11AM to discuss and sign his new novel, Nibble & Kuhn.
Nibble & Kuhn made its debut on November 1st and is receiving a lot of attention. The novel is a satire of the law, and follows two newcomers—and paramours—at a proper corporate law firm as it comically tries to rebrand itself for the Google era; exposing the deep disaffection people feel about the practice of law and the seemingly irrational way in which it is often applied.
Robert B. Parker called it a "wonderful story brilliantly told." Robert Dugoni, New York Times best selling author of Wrongful Death, called it "riveting drama I could not put down." (Actually, he said it was "like watching a man drive toward a cliff ... wondering how it could possibly end well, with a twist you couldn't possible predict.") Other reviewers have described it as "wickedly funny," a "skewering of law firm life," and "a pure page turner that evokes both anger and laughter."
A native of South Africa, David Schmahmann is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Cornell Law School. His first novel Empire Settings (“unexpected, even unforgettable” – The Washington Post) was optioned for a movie by Daniel Wilson Productions. David still practices law in Boston, and lives in Weston, Massachusetts with his wife and daughters. David will be discussing his new book and his interesting journey of transitioning from lawyer to writer.
Best regards,
Jacob Schroeder, Publicity Director
Academy Chicago Publishers
publicity@academychicago.com
(312)751-7300
www.academychicago.com
Book Title Contest
I am offering a $500 prize for naming my book. I had originally come up with a title: YOU CAN ACHIEVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER AND IMPROVE YOUR LOVE LIFE TOO. It has been suggested that this is not the best title. You can get the rules, a couple of chapter excerpts and a detailed synopsis of the book by requesting the contest package by going to marriagecoach1@yahoo.com. Just be sure to put contest in the sub line. Thanks John Wilder
Mia; when do you meet? I work in Portland and could meet after work. I can be reached at rpandlp@xpressamerica.net. Ron
How about a booksigning in front of the fireplace, a Maine artisan craftsman planing split cane to make a beautiful bamboo fly rod, good cheer and good will?
My husband David and I will be in immersed in the holiday at LL Bean's Flagship Store Saturday December 5th at 1 pm. Copies of "Changing Planes" will be available, and we'll both demonstrate the making of bamboo fly rods, planes in hand.
We'd love the company!
Kat
Calling all teachers: Details about the 2010 Frost Place Conference on Poetry & Teaching are now available at http://www.frostplace.org.
This unique program draws participants from all over the United States. Last year we ran out of space and had turn people away! So register early.
NEWS FROM THE WHINERY
Boy, it's hard to be thankful this year. The economy is in the crapper. The weather is changing for the worse. And, most of all, I'm 3000 miles from my Mom and Dad.
I don't know why this year is any different than the other forty or so Thanksgivings I've been away from my parents home. It just is, somehow.
I think one of the reasons is that I've decided to move back to Maine next year and I'm subconsciously counting the days. I had made this decision earlier this fall after a 'too close for comfort' car accident in San Antonio. This brought into perspective just how vulnerable we were. I have, in my cocky, self centered way, been living under the illusion that I could handle anything that came up. I had done all of the research, make the proper arrangements, and covered all of my bases before and during our sojourn to Mexico. All of my planning was for the care of my wife. Medical care, housing, domestic help, creature comforts, these things I planned for and provided with some success. What I so blindly avoided was the possibility that something could happen to me. I didn't plan for an unthinkable event that would leave me unable to continue being the full time care giver and protector of the person who relies on me for everything.
Another thing that makes me more melancholy this season than in others is the reality that, at 85 years old, my parents have only a few more seasons for me to be with them. It seems strange that I so easily postponed, canceled, ignored, or rationalized away so may holidays during the past few dozen years. And now, seemingly all of a sudden, I need desperately to be with them. I think I'm just lonely. It is discouraging, sometimes, to live in a community where I am the outsider, and knowing that no matter what I do or for how long I live here, I will always be the outsider. The gringo with the exorbitant (by Mexican standards) income without needing to labor. The hombre who doesn't speak Spanish but expects everyone to understand him. How pitiful I sound.
I just realized how selfish I seem, pathetic really. Me, me, me. Well I guess in an essay intended as an expression of feelings the focal point should be the author.
On an up note, we are hosting a Thanksgiving dinner for the people here in Mexico who have become our friends. Our neighbor and landlady and her live-in “friend” will be here. They spent all afternoon taking over the cleaning of our furniture and hanging new flower baskets outside. Also attending is our housekeeper and her two teenage daughters as well as the boyfriend of one of them. This is the group I use to celebrate my milestones. They joined us for my latest birthday and when we went out to a restaurant with our friend, Brian, who came from England for a visit. Yep, that's correct. Two times in two years. (sounding pitiful, again)
Largely because of television, the people here in Mexico know of and understand, at a rudimentary level, what Thanksgiving Day is and what it is meant to celebrate. They see President Obama pardoning a turkey and smile without really knowing the symbolism. The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is watched with the same anticipation of Santa's arrival as in the States. The children at the market who want to practice speaking the English they are required to learn tell me how George Washington saved the Indians from the British and that is the true meaning of Thanksgiving. I want to correct them but their story is more interesting than the one I learned when I was their age.
So, later today I will roast the Butterball I bought in Texas, candy the carrots with just a hint of chilies , mash up the sweet potatoes with some of the maple syrup we took off the table at the Cracker Barrel restaurant last summer in Fort Worth, and prepare the Pepperidge Farms stuffing mix according to package directions. I'll stuff the celery stalks with cream cheese and olives, plate the pickles and cranberry jelly, and warm the store bought pumpkin pie while we eat. Carolyn and I will know the symbolism of these dishes. And I'll beam as I offer the Thanksgiving blessing for the first time as a minister of God.
And, I'll smile to myself in the awareness that I have so much to be thankful for that I am ashamed for whining so in this essay.
May the blessing of Jesus the Nazarene be upon you and yours today, tomorrow and all of the tomorrows to come. Happy Thanksgiving.
Looking for a writers group in Portland ME area.
There is a new Fiction Writing group forming in the Farmington area. The group will be open to writers at all levels and will provide peer guidance and support. The group will meet monthly on the first Monday evening of each month.
The first meeting will be held on Monday, December 7 at 7 PM.
If you are interested in participating in this new group, please contact Caroline King at caroline@maineword.com or 207-491-9810 for additional information and location details.
If anyone is interested in a writer's group after 5 pm in the Biddeford-saco area please e-mail me at rpandlp@xpressamerica.net. Thanks Ron
My new book, American Cool is out from Tamarack Editions, a Philadelphi-area publisher. Several of the poems were written
in, and about, Maine. I hope to be doing some
readings in state in the not too distant future.
my website is georgedrew.com
Thanks!
Doe the typical book signing make you fall asleep? Us. too.
Book Signing & Friggin Awesome Presentation
Saturday November 14 Longfellow Books, Portland, Maine 3-5 pm
http://www.maineville.com/detail/129048.html
Calling all Portland writers and book lovers who could help us out and make a brief appearance. It really helps to have a few friends in the audience!
The Maine Humanities Council has just released its latest podcast, "Poets Writing Memoir: A Conversation with Elizabeth Garber and Dawn Potter." Download it at http://mainehumanities.org/podcast/archives/category/literature/memoir.
Come check out my play in Westbrook this Friday night. Thanks for your support!
See Michael Levine's e-blast reproduced below:
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Hi Leah, Thank you for your response! Please keep me updated about your novel. What is it about? I am always happy to help support our Maine writers!!
For anyone who cares to take a look at it, my FREE new DOWNLOADABLE on-line e-chapbook of poems titled Attic, Shed, and Barn is now available at
http://www.ahadadabooks.com/content/blogcategory/17/43/
It’s about the farm in Maine where my family and I have spent our summers, holidays and sabbatical leaves since 1955, and where my wife Jean and I have been retired since 1996.
I'm interesting in joining a small writers' critique group anywhere around the Brunswick area. My emmail addy is author@suscom-maine.net
Thank you so much Leah!! Good luck with your novel and let us know when it's out!!
Looking for innovative writers to contribute posts to
http://thetruthpost.wordpress.com
Our website has already been featured on the front page of several newspapers. No lie. We are considering more writers to join our staff. Email us at thetruthtimes@gmail.com if interested.
Lakes Region Writers Guild, established 2004,has several openings available. Meetings are twice a month on Saturdays at the Casco Public Library. FMI call Elaine at 693-4978 or email Leah at leah@aswm.org
Maine authors are invited to check out our site, http://allthingsthatmatterpress.com. Being a Maine publisher we would like kindly upon good Maine authors.
Bridgton News did a nice review of my poetic memoir, Pondicherry Square. Not available online but a nice review.
wondering if anyone knows of a writing group in the midcoast area that is accepting new members?
Longfellow Books in Portland. turned out about 20 people for my book signing event of 9/24 and I moved about 15 or so copies of Unnatural Deaths. Not sure how many MWPA members were in the audience since none identified themselves as such and I neglected to ask for a show of hands. I advertised the novel in most of the free shoppers' weekly newspapers from York to Mt. Desert Island during the summer- the cost per thousand is surprisingl low. Also put an ad in the November edition of Down East which touts Maine products as Christmas gifts. This edition reaches 100M people. Should get my first sales report and check by October 1 - hope to make enough to pay for a couple of tanks of oil this winter.
Hello Jennifer: How is your group going? Are you open to new members. Is anyone interested in a writing group in the Biddeford-Saco area after 5 p.m.
Please check out my website, launamcneilly.com. I'm hoping to hear from some veteran Maine writers with any advice they have on book promotion.
Something has happened to Lewis Turco's website, and I just cannot find it any more. I hope all is well.
Congrats to you Launa McNeilly! I'm looking forward to reading your book. I'm a published poet, and am currently in the middle of my own novel. Best wishes to you in the future!
Leah Candace Zegouros
Hi, this is just a little addendum to Bob Fuller's Sept. 8 posting: I believe you meant to write that Longfellow Books is on Monument Way.
Folks, I forgot to tell you the date of the book signing, so my previous post, alas, wasn't extremely helpful. That date is September 24. If you want a peek at a synopsis of my novel and read a couple of reviews, check out my web site, www.unnaturaldeaths.com.
Longfellow Books on Marginal Way in Portland will be hosting a book signing event for Unnatural Deaths, my Maine-based mystery/police procedure novel. Starts @ 5 PM or thereabouts. If you decide to show, please ID yourself to me as a fellow member of MWPA!
I'd like to carpool to the fall retreat on Sept. 11th. I'm happy to drive. I live in Bath, just off Route 1.
I have a regular column at Examiner.com. My column can be found at:
http://www.examiner.com/x-19868-New-England-Landmarks-Travel-Examiner
The column features articles about Maine and New England lighthouses, covered bridges, events such as festivals and fairs, and different attractions in the New England area. My primary focus is on Maine. My photography is also featured. I hope members will consider reading the articles - I'd love your support. The articles have been featured locally in the "Top Five," which is one of our goals, as well as in the "Most Popular" category. Thank you in advance for reading my column!
Ronna
My first book was just published and released by Eloquent Books. The name of it is, Lies in a Season of Tribulation. It is a fiction that I hope you will read and enjoy. Please let me know if you liked it or not. Best Regards, Launa
Are you looking for a copy editor?
I moved to Portland a few months ago. Before I came, I worked at a newspaper and small magazine in Kansas City, Missouri, and I am still the copy editor of the magazine (Celebration) on a contract basis via the Internet. However, I’m interested in branching out to do more freelance editing/proofreading work, either fiction or nonfiction.
Should you find yourself in need of a copy editor/proofreader and wish to contact me, I can be reached at erinryan45@gmail.com or through my Web site, www.interiorpassage.com. From the Web site you can link to some of my writing samples and to my resume (CV).
If you decide to get in touch, we can talk about your project, payment rates and file transfer protocol.
Thanks,
Erin Ryan
Jennifer
I may join your Portland group. I live about an hour North so I am unsure how often i could make your meetings but I am interested. If we get enough people together maybe we can form a roving group and meet in different locations throughout the year.
Tom
Peter Johannes author of Tedric the House Mouse, will have a book signing during the Salmon Festival, in Eastport Maine Sept 12, 13. Come join us for a lovely weekend at the edge of America!