Beth Bartlett will speak about humor writing this Thursday in Eureka Springs.Beth's work has appeared in numerous publications. Most recently, her humorous essay "Rejection Traditions for the Committed Writer" appeared in the July/Aug issue of Writer's Digest.
Eureka Springs
Thursday, August 27
5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Village Writing School
177 Huntsville Road
From the Director . . .
12 Ways to Help a Writer
Visiting instructor Sanderia Smith sent us the announcement that her book, Mourner's Bench, published by U of A press, is available at the bookstores on September 1.
This is a WONDERFUL book. Be sure to get your copy ASAP to help Sanderia's Amazon ranking. Pre-orders are filled and count in that first week's tally, so pre-ordering is a great way to support the writer. Order HERE.
Sanderia sent some other suggestions for supporting her novel, and I'm sharing them here because they apply to any writer you know or wish to support.
Spread the message:
Tell a friend about Mourner’s Bench.
Review the book on Amazon, Audible and other sites where books are sold.
Review the book and share with friends on GoodReads
Follow and interact with me on social media
Use the hashtag #TeamMournersBench when you discuss the book or share photos.
Visit Sanderiafaye.com, facebook.com/MournersBench, and Twitter @Sanderiafaye view a book tour schedule, download a discussion guide, read articles by the author and more #TeamMournersBench.
Recommend Mourner’s Bench to your book club.
Suggest the author as a speaker for conferences, churches, university lectures, 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act celebrations, MLK celebrations, Black History Month celebrations, and other events.
Give Mourner’s Bench as a gift on birthdays, graduations and holidays.
Ask your local library or bookstore to carry Mourner’s Bench
Ask your local media (newpaper, TV) to review Mourner’s Bench
Share news about the book's debut through your networks on social media and off-line
These are all great ideas that don't cost any money. Learn how the system works by supporting other authors. Then, your time will come.
Village Writers ~~ Stronger & Better Together
Jackie's PLATFORM Tip
Frustrated by Facebook
Are you frustrated by Facebook? Are your posts not being seen? Instead of complaining, or worse giving up, you need to start doing one thing: SHARE. That’s right. Sharing your posts from your page to your personal profile will boost the number of people who will see your post and grow the reach for your page. Read more about this simple tip on the blog.
Tracking this Fast Change Artist is
Enough to Drive You Dotty! Abracadabra!
At the end of last week’s column (In the Dark About Ellipsis?), we noted that the ellipsis isn’t the only use of the three-dot symbol. In a flash, this symbol can turn itself into suspension points.
Although ellipsis points and suspension points are typographical lookalikes, each has a different grammatical function.
Ellipsis points stand in place of words that are omitted from a quote.
Suspension points stand in place of words that never existed in the first place.
For example, suspension points are used to indicate halting or fragmented speech and unfinished sentences: “I just can’t see … no, wait, it’s getting clearer . . . . By God, I can see it now!” or “Wait, Anne … please wait … I’ll try to get it, but …” Bill’s voice trailed off as she ran away.
In the third line of the paragraph above, Bill’s incomplete sentence does not require ending punctuation other than the suspension points and quotation marks.
In preparing his manuscript with either an ellipsis or suspension points, the writer may use the three-dot symbol found on his computer keyboard. But Chicago-style editors will replace this triple dot character with three periods, evenly spaced.
Notice carefully the spacing in the examples above. And never separate the three points when they occur at the end of the line. The dots must always appear together on one line.
See CMS: Speech, Dialogue and Conversation, Faltering or Interrupted Speech, Paragraph 13.39. Em Dashes, Paragraph 6.84.
Fiction First Aid, Instant Remedies for Novels Stories and Scripts
by Raymond Obstfield
Everyone needs a little first aid from time to time. Here’s a first aid manual for writers. If you story is not working use this book to you fix your boo boos.
“Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.”
—E.L. Doctorow
Meet a Village Friend - Judith Ulch
Judy has been writing since second grade: poetry, short stories, articles, and is working on a novel about a paranormal love and a story about fairies. She has been published in national magazines, newspapers, greeting cards, newsletters, and she has self-published a dozen small books. She was the Sunday feature writer for the News Chief in Florida. Always a student, she tries to write something every day.
Judith has been a long-time Friend of the Village Writing School.
Thanks Judith
Eureka Springs
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The Village Writing School will be participating in this year's
FRISCO FESTIVAL
Saturday, Aug. 29
Frisco Park
Located in Downtown Rogers
near the Train Depot
The festival features live music, delicious food and ice-cold beverages, along with arts and crafts, carnival rides, children’s activities and a 5K walk/run.
Larry Campbell of Branson first met Jackie Wolven at our Blogging workshop in Eureka Springs.
This week, he interviewed Jackie for his radio program on KRZK.
Hear Jackie's interview on Branding & BloggingHERE. Scroll down and her interview is the one on top.
Thanks so much to Judith McCartan
for the awesome donation of
children's book for our Little Free Library.
A happy bunch of platform builders after Saturday's workshop.
Nearly 40 Village Writers were present at Bentonville and Eureka Springs to hear Casey Cowan discuss the unique aspects of Oghma's publishing and marketing approaches.
Oghma Creative Media
The covers and interior design are certainly beautiful!
Email Marketing - Build Your Business Right in Their InBox
with Jackie Wolvern
September 9th 9AM - 10AM
Jackie's FREE class at the Cornerstone Bank
152 E. Van Buren, Eureka Springs, AR 72632
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