7/28/13
Publishers/Agents/Getting Noticed
Lisa Saunders - author, speaker and TV co-host: Publishers/Agents/Getting Noticed: The first step to getting published is to learn how to write good query letters (a query letter introduces you and your article to a publish...
7/22/13
Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events and Workshops
Weds, Aug. 21, 6-8pm, “Writer’s Open
Mic,” Mystic & Noank Library
Admission: Free and open to the
public. Writers 13+ are invited to read, sing, or speak about their work
for up to three minutes. All genres are welcome including memoirs, music,
fiction, essays, poetry, screenplays, etc. (G-rated material,
please). Published authors are permitted to make their books available for
sale at the end of the event with a
percent to be donated to the library. RSVP not required, but is helpful,
to saundersbooks@aol.com.
Monday, 9/16; 6:00-8:30 – One Night – New London HS
How to Self-Publish on Amazon,
Resident $30/Non-Resident $35
There are several advantages to
self-publishing—full control of your work and higher royalties. Learn the free
steps to making your work available on Amazon. For more info: Peggy
Cherrick, New London Adult & Continuing Education New London Public
Schools, Three Shaws Cove, New London, Connecticut 06320. (860)
437-2385 ext# 106, cherrickm@newlondon.org
Monday, 9/23; 6:00-8:30 – One Night – New London HS
How to Get Your Book or Short Story
Published, Resident $30/Non-Resident $35
Attracting a publisher gets harder
all of the time. Learn how to get your query letters or manuscripts out of the
“slush pile” and in front an editor. Begin building your portfolio right now.
Saturday, September 28, Preston Fall Festival
Lisa with her children’s novel, Ride a Horse Not an Elevator at Beech
Brook Farm Equine Rescue booth. More info: Deborah Finco , Beech Brook Farm
Equine Rescue, deborah.finco@yahoo.com, www.beechbrookfarm.webs.com
Monday, September 30, 2013, 1pm, Mystic Seafarer's Trail and the "7 Wonders,"Madison
Senior Center, CT
Monday, October 21, 2013, 12:15-3:30
p.m., NCMPR's
District 1 Conference: Mystic, CT
For registered conference
participants: "Why Offer a
Community College Speakers Bureau"
Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, 7pm
Leyard Library: Lisa Saunders
presents Civil War book, Ever True: A Union Private and His Wife (or Mystic
Seafarer’s Trail). More Info: Gale Bradbury, bradbury@ledyard.lioninc.org
Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, 11 a.m.
Ever True: A Union Private and His
Wife
Waterford Library, lower level, Waterford
Woman's Club, More info: Gay Clarkson, Co-President, gaywil@cox.net
Thursday,
March 13, 2014, 7 p.m.
"Amelia Earhart’s Secret
Wedding in Noank, CT"
St. Mark's Church, Pearl St.,
Mystic, CT
Mystic Women’s Club, Lisa Saunders,
author of Mystic Seafarer's Trail, will discuss the events and conversations
leading up Earhart's wedding in a private home in Noank, CT.
Saturday, March 22, 2014, 8 am - 8 pm (one-day conference)
How to Self-Publish—for FREE!
Saint Clement's Castle, 1931
Portland-Cobalt Road, Portland, CT 06840.
(Workshops cover topics from
craft to career in the world of writing and publishing). Hotel
accommodations at Marriott Cromwell on the Friday night prior, March 21.
More info: Maureen at: m3g90@optonline.net
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