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Visit www.wordharvest.com and register for the
2015 Tony Hillerman Writers Conference.

 

     
     Informative talks on different aspects of publishing

           by experts in the wonderful world of books
         
          “What to Expect When You’re Expecting to be Published”,
                           
                                          with Liz Trupin-Pulli
                   
                    Saturday, November 7th, 1:45 pm – 2:30 pm

Liz Trupin-Pulli co-founded JET Literary Associates in 1975 after working in the contracts department of the New American Library and with Fawcett Books’ school division. JET Literary Associates represents the full range of young adult and adult fiction and non-fiction, including humor and cookbooks.  Clients run the gamut, ranging from Edgar Award-winning crime novelists to award-winning romance writers. JET Literary is proud to be eclectic. Liz lives in
Santa Fe, NM.  
Tony Hillerman Writers Conference 2015 - Liz Trupin Pulli
 â€œWhat to Expect When You’re Expecting to be Published”


                   â€œHow to Kill Fewer Trees and Still Get Read:

        Self-Publishing Print and E-Books for Independent Authors”,

                                         with David Rogers    

                    Saturday, November 7th, 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm

David Rogers learned publishing from the ground up at Llewellyn Publications, a large new age category publisher in St. Paul, MN. He managed three divisions of the company, which meant juggling fast and keeping many balls in the air without dropping any. In his three years at Llewellyn he implemented many successful programs, generating tremendous bottom line results. Careers in media production, serial entrepreneurship, and campaign politics followed. His work with Syngetic Press in Santa Fe garnered a Southwest Book Award for the cover design of “The Wastewater Gardener”, by Mark Nelson.
 
“How to Kill Fewer Trees and Still Get Read"

                        Visit www.wordharvest.com and register for the
2015 Tony Hillerman Writers Conference.
 
We hope to see you there.
  
Anne and Jean
 
                           Bravos
Congratulations to our friends who are finalists for the 2015 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards. The list is quite extensive and we have now mentioned everyone. We are pleased that these authors have been nominated.  Winners will be announced at the 2015 Book Awards Banquet on November 20 at the Tanoan Country Club.
 
History Book – Other
Farewell, Aleppo, by Claudette Sutton (Terra Nova Books)
 
Juvenile Book (Grade school to Junior high school)
The Talking Lizard, by Nasario Garcia (Rio Grande Books)
Teresa of the New World, by Sharman Russell (Yucca Publishing)
 
Multi-Cultural Subject (Hispanic, Native American, etc.)
Grandma Lale’s Tamales: A Christmas Story, by Nasario Garcia (Rio Grande Books)
 
Nature/Environment Book
Diary of a Citizen Scientist, by Sharman Russell (Oregon State Univ. Press)
 
Reference Book
Neighborhood, by Barbe Awalt ( Rio Grande Books)
 
Science (Including Mathematics)
Diary of a Citizen Scientist, by Sharman Russell (Oregon State Univ. Press)
 
Sports/Recreation
The Ultimate Hot Air Balloon Bucket List, by Barbe Awalt ( Rio Grande Books)
100 Things to Do in Albuquerque Before You Die, by Ashley Biggers (Reedy Press)
The Basic New Mexico Bucket List, by Barbe Awalt (Rio Grande Books)

 
2015 Hillerman Conference Presenter David Morrell.

David Morrell presents at the Tony Hillerman Writers Conference, Saturday, November 7th:
“Smart Book Promotion”, 10:30 am – 11:30 am
“Coffee, Croissants, and Critiques”, 7:30 am – 8:45 am – David is one of the mentors.

Writing Tips from
David Morrell
 
1.To keep a project fresh in your imagination, print each day’s text and read it in a different spot than where you wrote it. After many months on a project, change the font. These shifts in perspective can be revealing.
 
2. Be a first-rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of another author. If you try to imitate another author’s success, you’ll always be several steps behind, chasing the market instead of leading it.
 
3. When revising a long work, choose pages at random so that the sentences exist independent of the plot. Scan your eyes down the page. It’s amazing how awkward expressions and repeated words leap out at you. Even scanning the start of each paragraph can expose problems with repetition and awkwardness. As Neil Simon once said, “Even when the writing’s good, it isn’t good.” Take one more look at random pages.
 
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