Creating a Graphic Novel with Caroline Preston Thurs, February 9, 7:00 pm
Author Caroline Preston will discuss how she created a graphic novel The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt and marketed it through social media and bloggers. Our host and moderator will be Janis Jaquith. This novel was on the list of best historical novels of 2011 by Kirkus reviews and the Boston Globe said "... its vintage graphics and sweet, sincere storytelling make it a pure pleasure."
Preston is the author of three previous novels: Jackie by Josie, Gatsby’s Girl , and Lucy Crocker 2.0
Books available for purchase and signing. Free and open to the public.
Seminar: Honest Writing--Finding Your Voice
Instructor: Samar Fitzgerald Cost: $55 Members | $60 Non-Members Saturday, February 11, 2012 | 9:00am-1:00pm
How do we define honest writing in fictional narratives? How do we get to that place where we write honestly and truly? How useful are the labels we apply to different prose styles, and must we ultimately choose between Hemingway's minimalism and Faulkner's stream of consciousness? Short readings and in-class writing exercises will help us think more critically about these kinds of questions. We'll also discuss when and how we should imitate other voices we love.
Samar Fitzgerald's fiction has appeared in the New England Review, StoryQuarterly Online, The Southern Review, and other publications. She has an MFA from the University of Wisconsin, where she received the Friends of Creative Writing Award and the August Derleth Prize. She lives in Staunton, VA, and is working on a novel.
2nd Annual Reading by the Science Fiction/Fantasy/Speculative Fiction/Horror Group
Thursday, February 16, 7:00pm Sci Fi/Fantasy/Speculative Fiction Reading
Come and hear members of the WriterHouse Science Fiction/Fantasy Writing Group read their short stories and excerpts from larger works. Allow their tales to take you away to lands both strange and familiar, just over the horizon and right around the corner.
Light refreshments will be provided. Seating is limited, so make sure that you arrive on time to assure a seat.
Instructor: Bella Stander Cost: $90 Members | $100 Non-Members Friday, March 23, 2012 | 9:00am-noon
Topics covered in this seminar: setting realistic goals; making a marketing plan; pitching your book; dealing with publicists, booksellers and media; bookstore events and readings. Attendees must have a forthcoming or recently published book from a commercial trade publisher, a publishing contract with a commercial trade publisher, or a literary agent. This seminar is not suitable for self-published authors or those whose books are produced by subsidy publishers. Guest speakers to be announced.
Publicity expert Bella Stander is the proprietor of Book Promotion 101, offering publicity consulting to commercially published authors. She has conducted workshops across the country and spoken at numerous writers' conferences. Stander is also the publisher of Bella Terra Maps and a consultant to the Virginia Festival of the Book.
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"I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire structure of government, where words can prove mightier than ten military divisions." —Vaclav Havel
Creating a Graphic Novel
Seminar: Honest Writing--Finding Your Voice
Thursday, February 16, 7:00pm
Seminar: Book Promotion 101
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