Whidbey Island
Writers Conference April 1-3, 2011 • Coupeville, WA
GARTH STEIN Plus
Deb Lund, Bob Mayer, Jennie Shortridge, Jeff Kleinman and more than 30 other authors, editors and agents For more information, call (360) 331-0307 or visit www.writeonwhidbey.org
Early Bird Registration November 15, 2010 - March 1, 2011 Friday Workshops/Classes Page 4
Fireside Chat House Page 7
Marketing/Publishing/E-Publishing Page 9
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Conference at a Glance Friday, April 1 Sunday, April 3 Puget Sound Energy Workshops Friday Manuscript Critiques, Agent Editor Consults Even though Friday, April 1 is officially April Fool’s Day, there will be no foolin’ around when it comes to these opportunities to hone your writing skills. Designed to be intensive, instructional and intimate, these workshops will jumpstart your conference weekend. Envision Your Future as a Successful Writer, with marketing consultant Carolyn Tamler Perfect Pitch: Prepare for Success, with literary agent Andrea Hurst Warrior Writer, by NY Times bestselling author Bob Mayer Internal Rhythm and Word Percussion, with Poet/Lyricist Matt Gano Speaking Pictures, with poet Susan Rich, winner of PEN USA Award for her first book Buy This Book!, with agent Jeff Kleinman one of the founders of Folio Literary Management
“Hot Hot Hot”, with author and teacher Q. Lindsey Barrett How to Think Like a Publisher, with author, co-author and ghostwriter and former Random House senior editor Jennifer Basye Sander Writing and Publishing Personal Essay, with master teacher, poet and author Sheila Bender Pulling Better Stories from Passion, Jennie Shortridge, author and a founding member of Seattle7Writers.org, says forget the old adage, “Write what you know.” Super Power Openings, with awardwinning author of romantic-suspense, former freelance article writer, and writing craft teacher Mary Buckham The Virtuoso Sentence: What is it? How do you learn to write it? Can it make you a great writer? With poet, essayist, writer of fiction, creative nonfiction and history Priscilla Long
Amazon and Others E-Publishing Sunday Panel Discussion: Marketing and Publishing for the 21st century Panel members include representatives
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Let Me Tell You a Story Garth Stein Saturday, 9:00 a.m. The relationship between a writer and a reader is a special one: intimate, delicate, fragile. It is based on a silent pact to which we have agreed: give me your time and your attention, and I will give you a story that will resonate in your life and will affect you long after you have closed the book and put it on your shelf for safe-keeping. It is a relationship based on trust. A writer must always be aware of the nature of this relationship, must respect it, and must strive to nurture it. What we do in the pages of a book can have a profound affect on a reader’s life; we should not take our work lightly.
FRIDAY NIGHT FUN Mingle with your peers: Poetry Event – Word Games – Bedtime Stories
Saturday, April 2 Fireside Chat Houses Saturday Saturday, April 2, will be a very busy day. Registration begins at 8:00 a.m. at the Coupeville High School. At 9:15 a.m. in the High School auditorium, the Keynote address will be delivered by Garth Stein, author of The Art of Racing in the Rain. Following Stein’s remarks, participants will move to the Fireside Chat House of their choice. Fireside Chat Houses are the distinguishing event of the Whidbey Island Writers Conference. Located in some of Coupeville’s most beautiful private homes or quaint B and B’s, Fireside Chat Houses provide an intimate setting for attendees to participate in dialogues and in-depth discussions. There will be two hours for lunch with an opportunity to enjoy scenic downtown Coupeville; then a second Fireside Chat House. From 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., authors will be available to sign books at an informal reception, with an optional dinner scheduled from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
from Amazon, the blog world, and marketing. This panel of experts will discuss all aspects of traditional publishing, selfpublishing, and today’s world of electronic publishing. Following a selection of workshops on publishing, the Conference ends.
Chat Houses • Adult’s Market • Children’s Market • Children’s/Young Adult • Fiction I • Fiction II • Magazine/Newspaper/ Freelance • Memoir/Personal Essay • Mystery/Suspense • NonFiction/Creative NonFiction • Poetry More Critiques and Consults Booksigning Reception Dinner with the Authors, Agents and Editors
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Welcome from the Conference Director Welcome!
Conference Contact Information Registration ................................
writers@whidbey.com (360) 331-0307
Conference Director ..................
writers@whidbey.com
Media/Ad Sales ..................... donnahood@whidbey.com
(360) 341-1861 Participant Coordinator .... micky.coleman@hotmail.com Student Scholarships .............. shamrockll@yahoo.com
Manuscript Critique Information Only Conference Registrants may submit. 20 pages plus one page synopsis in Word. Submitted electronically to writers@whidbey.com Deadline is March 1, 2011. WIWA members $75; non-members $85
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CONTENTS
Once upon a time ... about 13 years ago a small group of people with a love of the written word lead by the inspired Celeste Mergens got together and said what if we create an intimate, nurturing environment for writers here on our beautiful island surrounded by mountains, forests and water? Would people come? Would experienced professional writers, agents and editors come share their knowledge, technique, practical experience and joy of writing with other writers whether beginner, intermediate or advanced? Ultimately, would the presenters and participants come to Whidbey Island, be immersed in word and craft and leave feeling full, enriched and equipped to conquer the world with their word? The answer then and the answer now is a resounding yes. And for that we thank you all for your willingness to come, to share and to touch the lives and creative hearts of one another. It is our sincere hope and desire that all will bring with them a thirst for learning and inspiration and that that thirst be quenched on Whidbey Island in the beautiful, historic town of Coupeville April 1-3, 2011. Plan now to join us on Whidbey Island for the uniqueness and supportive nature that is the Whidbey Island Writers Conference. You will have the opportunity to partake of rich offerings in workshops on a variety of subjects important to today’s writers as well as Agent/Editor consultations; Manuscript critiques and the most beloved feature of the conference, our Fireside Chat Houses. You’ll also be able to partake of rich offerings on our Marketing & Publishing Day, Sunday, April 3, 2011. As we look toward April 2011, we welcome all of our talented, knowledgeable and sharing presenters as well as all of you who bring your love and joy of writing as you seek to nurture, refine and share your gift with one another and the world at large. Come and experience the joy of writing and learning here on our beautiful island in the Puget Sound. Many heartfelt thanks to the dedicated and vibrant team who work diligently for months to bring this beloved conference to you; to all of our talented, caring and sharing presenters; and to you, the participants! We look forward to seeing you in April. Susan Wilmoth, Conference Director
Conference at at Glance .......................................... 2 Welcome Message from the Conference Director, Conference Team Contact Information, Manuscript Critique Submission Information, Agent/Editor Consult Appointment Information ........................................ 3 Puget Sound Energy Workshops Friday ..................... 4 Friday Night Fun Events ........................................... 5 Poetry is Alive and Well on Whidbey Island............... 6 Fireside Chat Houses Saturday ................................ 7 Meet the Agents and Editors.................................... 8 Amazon & Others Tell All About Publishing ............. 9 All About Coupeville .............................................. 11 Meet the Presenters............................................... 12 Meet More Presenters ........................................... 13 Northwest Institute of Literary Arts ....................... 14 Meet More Presenters continued ........................... 15 Clueless Crossword - Raffle Tickets Teaser ............ 16 Thank You to Donors ............................................. 17
Agent/Editor Consult Information Six-minute pitch with agent or editor. WIWA members $15; non-members $20
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Thank You to Donors continued ............................. 18 Conference Schedule ............................................. 19 Conference Registration Blank & Gift Certificate ... 20
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Puget Sound Energy Workshops Thanks to Puget Sound Energy, a dedicated supporter of the arts on Whidbey Island, conference participants may choose from a full menu of educationally engaging writers’ workshops. Warrior Writer: New York Times bestselling author Bob Mayer will lead a workshop designed to teach writers how to become successful in the new age of publishing. He will help you clearly define your writing goals and why you want to achieve them. Discover what you fear and how that fear is sabotaging you from turning your dreams into realities. Finally, he’ll help you map out a plan for success. Internal Rhythm and Word Percussion: Poet/Lyricist Matt Gano guides participants through the use of sound in poetry to illicit internal rhythms and create “flow.” This workshop will primarily focus on the musicality of language and techniques that help to enhance a writer’s conscious and unconscious use of rhyme and rhythm in poetry. Speaking Pictures: Poems and Flash Fiction Written from the
Visual Image: Susan Rich author of three collections of poems and winner of PEN USA Award for her first book, will lead a workshop on ephrasis: poems and prose written about visual art. She’ll help you examine some famous models of the form by W. H. Auden, Rilke, and Lisel Mueller; read recent examples by contemporary poets such as Natasha Tretheway, Mark Doty, and Peter Pereira, and sharpen your powers of observation and description through fun and creative writing exercises. All levels of writers welcome. Buy This Book!!: Agent Jeff Kleinman one of the founders of Folio Literary Management and top agent will lead this dynamic role-playing workshop where participants are assigned roles in a publishing house. They “sell” their manuscripts to the Editorial Board. Fast-paced, fun, and educational, this workshop will not only explain how
publishing works, but more importantly will force attendees to view their work dispassionately, from the eyes of an editor (or agent). Participants must complete a single-page “tip sheet” on site for review and discussion. Hot Hot Hot: Author and teacher Q. Lindsey Barrett will lead this workshop in the white-hot Young Adult category. And no, it’s not all vampires and warlock schoolboys! Learn what distinguishes Young Adult from children and adult titles; how to craft a compelling read for today’s teens and what you need to know about pacing and plotting to succeed in this thriving category. How to Think Like a Publisher: Author, co-author or ghostwriter of more than 30 books and former Random House senior editor Jennifer Basye Sander will help you learn to sell your projects by thinking like a publisher. She will show you exactly what goes on behind closed editorial doors, from how meetings are conducted to how projects and proposals are evaluated by publishing decision makers. You will brainstorm and evaluate ideas like editors do, and come away with increased insight into the entire process from start to finish. Writing Personal Essays: Author, poet and teacher Sheila Bender will help you learn how to pair essay styles with the “write” questions to begin, shape, and revise strong, evocative essays that move toward insight and discovery, both for the writer and the reader. In this hands-on writing workshop, participants will start three personal essays and develop them using an effective, author-empowering response method. Whether you’ve wanted to reflect on the here and now or on the past, write about those who have mattered in your life or tell the stories of how you’ve overcome obstacles and learned important life lessons, you’ll learn techniques for approaching your material and shaping your life experiences for the page. Pulling Better Stories from Passion, author and a founding member of Seattle7Writers.org,
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Jennie Shortridge, says forget the old adage, “Write what you know.” Write what you are passionate about to enliven your prose, your characters, and your story. Even if you are in the midst of a project, the text will improve and resonate more with your readers when you pull on the most compelling threads. While this may seem obvious, there are secrets lying in your psyche that will be teased out through questioning, brainstorming, and hands-on exercises that get you closer to writing that passionate, breakthrough piece, whether it’s a short story, essay, novel, or narrative nonfiction. Super Power Openings: Mary Buckham, award-winning author of romantic-suspense, former freelance article writer, and writing craft teacher, will guide you through the age old question of whether you can sell your book based on your opening alone. Agents, editors and thousands of readers are going to decide to choose your book based on your opening. Is yours ready? The Virtuoso Sentence: What is it? How do you learn to write it? Can it make you a great writer? Poet, essayist, writer of fiction, creative nonfiction and history, Priscilla Long will lead you through a workshop designed to set you on a path toward developing virtuoso skills in sentencing, whether you are just beginning or quite experienced and published. During the workshop doors will be opened that will advance your writing by light years if you choose to go through. We will scrutinize brilliant sentences, look at their structure, and write some of our own using identical structures and analogous moves. We’ll shape and reshape sentences to intensify their content, perhaps using a shattered sentence (a fragment) to hold a shattering experience, and a slow, lazy, flowing sentence to hold a slow, lazy, flowing experience. Diction (word choice) is part of it: We’ll explore techniques for gathering language that is more original, more true to our own vision, and more sonorous.
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Friday Fun Events After an inspiring day of writers helping writers, we hope you will join your peers for some unmitigated pleasure in one or all of the following ways: an interactive poetry experience, word games that may culminate in the joy of winning or the agony of defeat, or an open mic event we call Bedtime Stories. It’s a Great Conference If We Do Say So Ourselves The Whidbey Island Writers’ Conference is a unique and priceless event. The idyllic setting, intimate Fireside Chats, in-depth workshops and one-on-one sessions with authors, editors and agents have been unparalleled anywhere in the country - and possibly the world. Where else can you learn from a famous, talented author and then walk on a rugged beach with a view of Canada across the water? I’ve been a participant and a presenter, and each time, I’ve come away from the conference a better person, with valuable information, new insight about my writing, new friends and colleagues, and most importantly, replenished and excited about tackling my next writing project. When I first attended the conference, I was unpublished in book length fiction, and I believe my experience at WIWC was especially instrumental in helping me get my first book published by Random House. WIWC has attracted many amazing authors and publishing professionals from New York to California, and participants have gone on to lead successful writing careers and to give back to society in many wonderful and unusual ways. -Anjali Banerjee
Poetry Event
Friday, April 1, 7 PM to 9 PM • Coupeville Library Meeting Room 788 Alexander Street, Coupeville Brave New Words and WIWA will present All Kinds of Families an evening of poetry and discussion featuring four of the Northwest’s finest poets: Lana Hechman Ayers, Matt Gano, Tara Hardy, and Peter Ludwin. The poets will read and perform their poetry and be open to questions and discussion. It is sure to be a thought provoking and lively event!
Word Games
Scrabble, Boggle, Syzygy and others. Challenge your contemporaries with these games or bring your own.
Bedtime Stories Open microphone for presenters and participants to read three to five minutes of their work to an appreciative audience.
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Poetry is Alive and Well on Whidbey Island by Victory Lee Shouten
I was in high school when poetry came to my rescue. Like most teens I was filled with confusion and conflicting emotions. I didn’t know what to do with myself and was moving in the wrong direction. I was lucky to have a teacher who encouraged me to express myself through art and poetry. She set me on the path I gratefully walk to this day. During my senior year I participated in a statewide “Career Day” at Colorado State University. Astonishingly, one of the presenters was the acclaimed poet Gary Snyder. Synder sat cross-legged on the instructor’s desk talking and reading his poems to us. From him I caught a glimpse of the art of crafting and editing a poem so it can speak to its readers not just me. I was well and truly hooked! The more poetry I read, the more I was drawn to it. I read Lucille Clifton, Stanley Kunitz, Gary Snyder, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Sylvia Plath, Allen Ginsberg, Richard Brautigan, Neruda, Lorca, Levertov, and Ginzberg. My world expanded. Later, I read Naomi Shihab Nye, Robert Bly, Rumi, Carolyn Forche, Sherman Alexie, Joy Harjo, Mark Doty, Jane Kenyon, Czeslaw Milosz, Heather McHugh, Sharon Olds, Mary Oliver, Billy Collins, Tess Gallagher....well, you get the picture. Exciting new poets are emerging all the time, such as Whidbey’s own Lorraine Healy. Healy has won a number of literary awards. Most recently, she won the Patricia Bibby First Book Award for, “The Habit of Buenos Aries”, published in 2010. One the great poets of our time, Stanley Kunitz, said about his own work “The poem comes in the form of a blessing— ‘like rapture breaking on the mind,’ as I tried to phrase it in my youth. Through the years I have found this gift of poetry to be life-sustaining, life-enhancing, and absolutely unpredictable.” He continues, “Does one live, therefore, for the sake of poetry? No, the reverse is true: poetry is for the
Lana Hechman Ayers
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sake of the life. Poetry is a means of feeling that, as solitary as you are, in the act of writing the poem you are in touch with the whole chain of being. You are always trying not only to get in touch with your most primal self, but with the whole history of the race.” I love to read poetry, but what I love even more is to hear it spoken and performed. Maya Angelou has said, “Poetry is music written for the human voice. Hearing is the thing, and poetry readings are concerts of sheer joyous sound.” To resonate with its listeners and readers, poetry must contain surprises. As poet Octavio Paz said, “When you say life is marvelous, you are saying a banality. But to make life a marvel, that is the role of poetry.” And because poetry is written by a wide range of people, our language becomes infused with fresh energy, phrasing and insights. Since poetry so enlivens my life, I am eager to serve poetry in return. My path has led me into producing and directing poetry festivals and readings. My current vehicle for these events is “Brave New Words”. Founded in 2009 BNW is committed to
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producing inspiring spoken word and performance poetry events on Whidbey Island. I co-direct BNW with my producing partner, Faith Wilder. BNW operates under the auspices of Greenbank Farm, a qualified 501 C-3. I believe spoken word productions can provide a platform for the culture, concerns and values of a community to be communicated and shared. This belief is highly compatible with the literary and community goals of The Northwest Institute of Literary Arts and Whidbey Island Writers Conference. So when they invited BNW to produce an evening of poetry in conjunction with the conference, we jumped at the chance. So, on, Friday, April 1, Brave New Words will present “All Kinds of Families” an evening of poetry and discussion featuring four of the Northwest’s finest poets, Lana Hechman Ayers, Matt Gano, Tara Hardy, and Peter Ludwin. The poets will read and perform their original poetry and be open to questions and discussion. It is sure to be a thought provoking and lively event. I believe that poetry connects us deeply to our lives and to others. With that in mind,
Late Fragment And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so? I did. And what did you want? To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the earth.
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I’d like to close with a poem by Raymond Carver from “A New Path to the Waterfall”.
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Fireside Chat House Saturday Fireside Chat Houses, the signature event of the Whidbey Island Writers Conference, offer conference participants the opportunity to get up close and personal with some very knowledgeable presenters. Stay at the same Chat House all day or choose one genre for the morning and another for the afternoon. Just be sure to list your choices on the registration blank. Adult’s Market Chat House Gordon Warnock Trends in Fiction: What They Are Now and How to Spot Them (AM session) Perfume: When and How to Apply Details to Avoid Choking Your Narrative (PM session) April Eberhardt The Author-Agent Relationship: What Each Party Brings to the Table (AM session) Synopses: Who, What, Where, and Why Should I Care (PM session) Andrea Walker Acquiring Minds: How an Editor Buys a Book (AM session) Selling Your Short Story Collection (PM session)
Children’s Market Chat House Andrea Brown
Melissa Manlove
The Power of Audience Participation: Getting Your Readers Involved and Excited The Science: Wherein we talk about Agents, Publishers, Publicists, Marketing, Branding (AM session) Acquisitions from Slush Pile to Published and all the hardcore stuff that makes good writing sell. (PM session) Book: Behind the Scenes at Chronicle Books (PM session)
Fiction II Chat House
Children’s/Young Adult Chat House
Mary Buckham
Deb Lund Fiction Fireworks: Ideas and Plot (AM session)
Middle Grade 101: The Do’s and Don’ts of Writing Fiction for Tweens (AM session)
Middle Grade 102: Theme, Voice and Story Questions (PM session) Mandy Hubbard Write the Perfect Book in 9 Drafts or Less (AM session) Surviving the Road to Publication (PM session)
Fiction I Chat House
The 7 Fundamentals of Writing Fiction: For All Adult and Juvenile Writers and What Writers Must Do to Attract Agents (PM session)
Revision/Insight from My Editors (AM session)
Anjali Banerjee
The Old, The Young and the In-Between? Writing Middle Grade Novels Vs. Writing for Adults (PM Session)
Peas in a Pod: Inside the Agent/Client Relationship (AM session)
Jennie Shortridge
The Buck Never Stops: The Role of Authors Before and During Representation (PM session)
Resonance in Stories (PM session)
Hearing Voices (AM session) Garth Stein The Art: Wherein we talk about all the goofy
Mystery/Suspense Chat House Jo Dereske I Should Have Killed Her (AM session) Damn! It’s Raining Again (PM session) Laurie McLean Why Mysteries, Suspense and Thrillers Make a Killing in the Market.(AM session)
Seven Steps to Empower Your Creativity (AM What do Agents Look for In Mystery/ session) Suspense/Thriller Manuscripts? (PM Down and Dirty Ways to Create Stronger session) Characters (PM session) Bob Mayer
Fiction Fireworks: Tension and Emotion (PM Q. Lindsey Barrett session) Warp & Weft (AM session) Michele Torrey Three Act Story Structure (PM session)
De-Mystifying the Children’s Book Market (AM session)
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psychological stuff that makes for good writing. (AM session)
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Magazine/ Newspaper/ Freelance Chat House
The People of Your Story (AM session) Outlining and Plot: The Events of Your Story (PM session)
Nonfiction/Creative Nonfiction Chat House Jennifer Basye Sander
Calm Down Everyone (AM session) Candace Dempsey David Paul Williams From Blog to Book Deal-How to Achieve Generating Ideas (AM session) Your Dream (AM session) Writer Know Thy Market (PM session) True Crime Secrets: Create Page-Turning, Bharti Kirchner Real-Life Mysteries (PM session) Why Does My (Magazine) Query Letter Priscilla Long Come Back? (AM session) History and Creative Fiction and NonficA Game Plan for Organizing and Structuring tions: Deepening Your Mind and Work a Magazine Article (PM session) (AM session) Antoinette Grove Science and Creative Fictions and Nonfictions: Broadening Your Mind and Work Hey! I’m Typing as Fast as I Can (AM (PM session) session) Ideas May Be a Dime a Dozen but I’m All Out of Change (PM session)
Memoir/Personal Essay Chat House Sarahlee Lawrence Harvest the Fruits of Your Life (AM session) From Memories to Memoir (PM session) Janna Cawrse Esarey Finding Your Thread in Memoir (AM session) Online Marketing without the Spam & Cheese (PM session) Sheila Bender Writing the Personal Essay-Why It’s a Great Memoir Form (AM session) Adapting Personal Essay to Inform and Persuade Your Family and Your Community (PM session)
Jeff Kleinman (*PM Chat Session Only) Secrets to Nonfiction Proposals or Narrative and Creative Nonfiction (PM session)
Poetry Chat House Carolyne Wright Literary Personae (AM session) The Map-Maker’s Colors-Topography, History and Inner Transformation in the Poetry of Travel (PM session) Susan Rich Working with the Mentor You Will Never Meet (AM session) The Poet in the Community, the Community in the Poet (PM session) Terry Persun Breaking Down the Boundaries (AM session) Writing Poetry as Inspiration and for Personal Pleasure (PM session)
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Your Future Awaits – Meet the Agents & Editors AGENTS
Nonfiction: Memoir, Health/Wellness, Self Help, Cookbooks, Pets
Bree Ogden
Sharlene Martin Agency, WA
Andrea Brown Literary Agency, CA
Andrea Hurst Literary Management, Coupeville, WA
April Eberhardt
Jeff Kleinman
Adult Commercial & Literary Fiction; Contemporary Urban Fiction; Ironic Family Dramas and Realistic Midlife Tales; will consider: Selected Non-Fiction and Young Adult Crossover Works
Adult Upmarket, Fiction, Narrative and Some Prescriptive Nonfiction
Andrea Brown Toddler Board Books to Young Adult
Kimberley Cameron Agency, CA
Mandy Hubbard Young Adult and Middle Grade including Contemporary or Historical, Fantasy/Paranormal or Realistic. D4EO Agency, WA
Folio, NY
Laurie McLean
Graphic Novels; Children’s; no vampires or werewolves
Gordon Warnock Nonfiction: Memoir, Cookbooks, Pets, SelfHelp, Current Events, Humor, How-To, Health and Dieting, Fiction: Commercial Narrative w/Literary Edge Young Adult (no vampires); Pets, Humor
Adult Genre Fiction: Romance, Fantasy; Sci-Fi, Mystery; Western, Horror; Middle Grade, Young Adult
Andrea Hurst Literary Management, CA
Larsen Pomada Agency, CA
Fiction; Historical Fiction;
EDITORS Andrea Walker
Andrea Hurst Adult Nonfiction, Well Crafted Fiction, Contemporary or Historical Fiction, Contemporary Women’s Fiction, Paranormal Romance, Urban Fiction,
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New Writers Little Brown, NY
Melissa Manlove Children’s books in all age groups and most genres. Chronicle Books, CA
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Amazon & Others to Tell All About Publishing Panel members for this board look at current publishing opportunities and pitfalls include representatives from Amazon, the blog world, and publication marketing. Discussion topics will cover aspects of traditional publishing, self-publishing, and today’s world of electronic publishing. The day will begin with Amazon Publishing’s Jon Fine and Jason Kuykendall leading a panel discussion from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. They will share their knowledge about the state of publishing today, from traditional forms to using The Cloud. Hear the latest, and then pick your platform based on the best information out there. Other panel members include agent Jeff Kleinman, online marketing expert and author Tom Masters, and author Terry Persun. Following this lively and informative panel, there will be several workshops to choose from dealing with marketing and publishing. Workshop themes include the following: The workshops which run from 10:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and include such topics as described below: Check www.writeonwhidbey.com for full list and description of workshops. Publishing Overview. A look at the many types of book publishing arrangements in the U.S., and what type may work for you. Blog Touring 101. Learn how to set up and manage a successful blog tour for your book. The Ins and Outs of Working with Small Independent Publishers. Small presses can be your best place to get published as a first-time author. Learn the benefits and drawbacks of working with small publishers. The Publishing Business for the Writer. Fee-charging agents; sell-through and sales numbers; E-books; print-on-demand; shrinking mid-lists; corporate mergers; and self-publishing: What does all this mean to the writer who often feels on the outside?
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Oa Har or CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WHIDBEY ISLAND, WASHINGTON
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All About Coupeville By Richard Castelleno, Island County Historical Museum Executive Director
Coupeville was founded in 1853 by Captain Thomas Coupe and is the second oldest town in the State of Washington. The town continues to preserve original pioneer homes with a variety of historic architectures including Queen Anne, Saltbox, and pioneer Block Houses. Coupe’s original home - a classic New England Saltbox - built in 1853, is one of the State’s oldest. Many of the historic homes were built by ships carpenters and sea captains, and many reflect the New England and East Coast heritage of their builders. Coupeville’s town limits overlay Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve, established by Congress in 1978 as the first and one of the largest such reserves in the nation. Its 22 square miles encompass farmlands, Fort Ebey State Park, scenic beaches, parks, trails and over 90 nationally registered historic structures, including a variety of barns and farm structures. Coupeville was officially
incorporated on April 20, 1910. All of Whidbey Island was once covered by the Vashon Glacier, during the last Ice Age, which ended about 10,000 years ago. Glacial till has blessed the Island with extremely fertile soil, and also with “the Big Rock” - a giant house-sized glacial erratic, moved here from Mt. Erie, some 30 miles to the North.
Whidbey Island was also home to the Woolly Mammoth, extinct for about 10,000 years. A large collection of locally-found mammoth remains, in addition to thousands of local artifacts and books on local and regional history are to be found at the Island County Historical Museum, in Coupeville’s waterfront historic district (open daily, 11-4).
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Meet the Presenters Anjali Banerjee was born in India, raised in Canada and California and received degrees from the University of California, Berkeley. She has written five novels for youngsters and three for grownups, and she’s at work on her next novel for adults to be published by Berkley/Penguin. Her books have received accolades in many review journals and newspapers. The Philadelphia Inquirer called her young adult novel, MaYoung Adult Running (Wendy Lamb Books/Random House) “beautiful and complex” and “pleasingly accessible.” The Seattle Times praised Anjali’s novel for adults, Imaginary Men (Downtown Press/ Pocket Books) as “a romantic comedy equal to Bend it Like Beckham.” Q Lindsey Barrett teaches fiction and creative non-fiction writing workshops. She served as three-time fiction contest judge, then chair of the Novel category of PNWC’s writing contest, is a reader for the Howard Frank Mosher Short Fiction Prize and the Katherine Patterson Prize for Young Adult & Children’s Writing, and a submission reader for the literary journal Hunger Mountain. A graduate of the twoyear Fiction Writing Program at the University of Washington, she received her MFA in fiction from Vermont College. A short story writer, poet, and novelist, her work has appeared in a variety of regional and national journals and magazines, most recently Drunken Boat and Los Angeles Review. Website: www.qlindseybarrett.com Sheila Bender is a poet, essayist, memoirist and publisher of WritingItReal.com, an online subscriber supported instructional magazine for those who write from personal experience. She has written for The Seattle Times, The World, and Poet Lore Magazine, among other publications. Her work also appears as a chapter in Marry Your Muse by Jan Phillips, and she has served as a columnist and feature writer on writing personal essays, journaling, and writing poetry for Writer’s Digest magazine and the Writer. Her most recent books are a memoir, A New Theology: Turning to Poetry in a Time of Grief, a second edition of Writing and Publishing Personal Essay and Creative Writing Demystified, forthcoming in January 2011. Her many books on writing include Keeping a Journal You Love, A Year in the Life: Journaling for Self-Discovery, Writing Personal Poetry: Creating Poems from Life Experience and Writing in a New Convertible with the Top Down. She is on the faculties of Writing It Real in Port Townsend Writer’s Conference, Pima College’s Creative Writing Department, and The Learning Curve in Tucson, AZ. Sheila holds a Masters of Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Washington and a Masters of Arts in Teaching from Keane College in New Jersey. She has helped hundreds of students begin to write, continue and publish. In her online
courses, she combines over two decades of teaching and writing experience with guaranteed-to-work exercises from her books, articles and the content she provided for LifeJournal for Writers (www.lifejournal.com/writers). For more information visit her Web site, www.writingitreal.com (http://www.writingitreal.com). Mary Buckham is an award-winning romantic-suspense author who, before becoming published in book-length fiction was a freelance article writer, selling hundreds of articles to local, regional, and national publications as well as being an editor of a regional magazine. Mary is also co-founder of WriterUniv, an online educational resource for writers and a soughtafter speaker and writing craft teacher for both online and in live presentations throughout the United States and Canada. Candace Dempsey is an award-winning, Italian-American journalist and author of Murder In Italy (Penguin/Berkley Books), the true story of UW student Amanda Knox, convicted of killing her British roommate. This real-life murder mystery grew out of Candace’s seattlepi.com blog (http://blog. seattlepi.com/dempsey), featured on Newsweek.com and CNN Anderson Cooper 360 and read around the world. Candace has discussed the Knox case on CNN and many other media outlets. She has a master’s degree in journalism and has written for many magazines and newspapers, including The Chicago Tribune. She’s also the former producer of MSN Underwire, praised by Newsweek and The New York Times. Website: http://candacedempsey. com Jo Dereske is the author of seventeen published books: the best-selling Miss Zukas mystery series featuring Helma Zukas, a librarian in the fictional town of Bellehaven, Washington; the Ruby Crane series featuring a forensics handwriting analyst in Michigan; and three books for young people. Her short stories have been published in literary journals, magazines, and been anthologized. Her books have been on numerous bestseller lists, including BookSense, Amazon and several individual bookstores. Bookmarked to Die spent two months as the number one paperback on the nationwide Independent Mystery Booksellers Association’ bestseller list. Catalogue of Death also received the number one honor. Dereske has taught in the University of Washington Creative Writing program, and spoken at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC as part of the Judith Austin Memorial Lecture series. Website: www.jodereske.com Janna Cawrse Esarey is a conference alum, former teacher, and the author of the Indie-bestselling memoir, The Motion of the Ocean: 1 Small Boat, 2 Average Lovers, & a Woman’s Search for the Meaning of Wife (Simon & Schuster). Dog-eared by book clubs and recom-
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Meet More Presenters mended on “The Today Show,” it’s the humorous, true story of a woman who ventures across a very large ocean with a very new husband—only to find their relationship heading for the rocks. Janna was selected as a 2008 Jack Straw writer and blogs about work-life-love balance for the Seattle P-I at “Happily Even After.” Watch her book trailer at www.byjanna.com. Website: www.jodereske.com Matt Gano is a poet, lyricist, and performance artist residing in Seattle, Washington. Three-time member of the National Poetry Slam team for Seattle and 2008 “Seattle Poetry Slam Grand Slam Champion,” Matt Gano remains atop the list of spoken word artists in national and international poetry communities. Antoinette Grove’s short stories have appeared in Soundings Review, the anthology Sea of Voices, Isle of Story, as well as in Woman’s World and other publications. Her humorous essays have appeared in Eastside Week, Hysteria, and Northwest Prime Time. In 2009 she was nominated for a Push Cart Prize in fiction. She has been a gardening columnist and is currently the staff reporter for the Whidbey Examiner Newspaper. Mandy Hubbard is the author of Prada & Prejudice, You Wish, and four other tobe-published novels for teens. She is also a literary agent for D4EO Literary, where she represents authors of middle grade and teen fiction. Bharti Kirchner is the author of eight books -- four novels and four cookbooks. Her work has been translated into many languages. Her novels include Pastries: A Novel of Desserts and Discoveries, Darjeeling, Sharmila’s Book, and Shiva Dancing. Cookbooks include Indian Inspired and The Bold Vegetarian. Bharti has written numerous articles and essays on food, travel, fitness, and lifestyle in magazines that include Food & Wine, Eating Well, Vegetarian Times, The Writer, Writer’s Digest, Fitness Plus, and Northwest Travel, and book reviews for newspapers. Bharti has won two Seattle Arts Commission literature grants, and
an Artist Trust GAP grant. She has been honored as a Living Pioneer Asian American Author. Sarahlee Lawrence was born and raised on her family ranch in Terrebonne, Oregon. After a decade spent studying, traveling, river rafting, and earning an MS in Environmental Science and Writing from the University of Montana, she returned to the ranch, where she owns and operates an organic vegetable farm. Lawrence spent her days dreaming about leaving her small town for adventure. As a young woman, she set out on a worldly white water rafting trek, by way of a prestigious fellowship. By the time she was twenty-one, she had traversed some of the world’s most dangerous rivers as an accomplished river guide, naturalist and fearless oarswoman. Ironically, following her passion along the most coveted arteries of the world led her right back to the place that she least expected— to her dusty beginnings and her family’s ranch— to her River House. Her book, River House, is a young woman’s story about returning home and is an exquisite blend of memoir and nature writing, Priscilla Long’s new book is The Writer’s Portable Mentor: A Guide to Art, Craft, and the Writing Life. Her poems, stories, and essays appear widely in journals such as The American Scholar, The Southern Review, Raven Chronicles, and Passages North. Her awards include a national magazine award for “Genome Tome,” and awards from the Seattle and Los Angeles arts commissions. She is author of Where the Sun Never Shines: A History of America’s Bloody Coal Industry and serves as Senior Editor for www.historylink.org, the online encyclopedia of Washington state history. For more information please visit her website: www.PriscillaLong.com. Deb Lund was in the fifth grade when she published a poem she had written in a book of student writing called Wonder Writers, and she was hooked. Since then she has published several picture books for children. The PW starred review of her latest picture book, Monsters on Machines, says, “Lund’s rhyming story,
about a team of ghoulish monsters who ride bulldozers and cranes, has just about everything a child could hope for, from fantastical characters to vehicles, from muck and mud to screams and shouts to monsteroni and cheese...” Her celebrated dinoseries, including All Aboard the Dinotrain and Dinosailors, will be joined next by Dinosoaring (spring 2011) and Dinofire!, with many more books in the works, including a couple novels and a children’s CD. Wordplay, rollicking rhymes, quirky humor, and warmth are hallmarks of Deb’s
writing. She writes for children because she remembers all too well what it’s like to be a kid, or maybe because part of her never grew up. Deb taught for twenty years as a music and classroom teacher and elementary librarian, later creating and co-directing a small arts-based school. Her music, theater, and education background, along with her creativity, playfulness, and passion for kids and literacy, makes her a well-loved presenter at schools, libraries, and conferences. She actively supports writers, teachers, and students through her website and
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Northwest Institute of Literary Arts Articulate – Associate – Educate – Graduate
Join the Whidbey Island Writers Association Save on Conference Fees and a Whole Lot More... Through its unique, year-round educational and networking services, the Whidbey Island Writers Association creates opportunities for writers and brings world-class programs to this Northwest island community. An organization of writers helping writers since 1998, WIWA offers classes, workshops, critique groups, contests, book sales
opportunities, signing events, online E-News and info updates. New ideas are always welcome. Join WIWA and save $$— reduced Conference, local class and workshop fees, reduced Spirit of Writing Contest fees. Coming soon—membership will include a subscription to Soundings Review.
Earn a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing The Whidbey Writers Workshop MFA Program is the first in the country to be offered not by a college or university, but by an organization of writers. In this, it resembles many free-standing arts institutions offering degrees in music, art, dance and theater. In August of
2007, the Workshop celebrated its first graduation. Students may focus on any of four areas: fiction, poetry, nonfiction or children/young adult literature. WWW is nationally accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC), the only distance education accreditor recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Submit and Subscribe to Soundings Review Soundings Review, a magazine where readers and writers connect, is published twice yearly. The publication includes accessible and well-crafted stories, poems, and nonfiction that represent diversity of genre and culture. Readers interact
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with the writers by filling out a survey on what they like and don’t like, and selecting the Readers’ Choice Award for each issue. A competitive literary journal, Soundings Review calls for national and international submissions. Loyal to its Whidbey Island roots, the magazine provides space in each issue to recognize and celebrate the local talent.
Join Us To join the Whidbey Island Writers Association visit www. writeonwhidbey.org, complete the membership blank, pay your dues and begin enjoying the discounts and other benefits of membership.
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Meet More Presenters continued blogs, as well as in her popular continuing education courses for teachers and in her work as a creativity coach.
Bob Mayer is a New York Times bestselling author who has published more than 40 books. He has over three million books in print and is in demand as a team-building, life-change, and leadership speaker and consultant. Bob graduated from West Point and served in the military as a Special Forces A-Team leader and a teacher at the JFK Special Warfare Center & School. His latest books are Warrior Writer: From Writer to Published Author and Chasing The Ghost. He teaches novel writing and improving the author via his WarriorWriter program. He is the co-creator of Who Dares Wins Publishing. He lives on an island off Seattle. For more information see www.bobmayer.org or www.WhoDaresWinsPublishing.com. Susan Rich is the author of three collections of poems including The Alchemist’s Kitchen and Cures Include Travel. Her first book, The Cartographer’s Tongue/ Poems of the World, won the PEN USA Award. Recent work has been published in the Harvard Review, New England Review, and Poetry International. Susan is a former Fulbright Fellow and a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer. She is the recipient of awards from Artists Trust, 4
Culture, and the Mayor’s Office (Seattle) of Arts and Culture. Jennifer Basye Sander is an author and book packager of more than 50 titles on topics as varied as The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Getting Published (over 100,000 copies sold, now in a fourth revised edition) to The Martini Diet, and many more in between. A former editor for Random House, she runs a weekend writing retreat, Write By The Lake (www. writebythelake.com), and teaches at the UC Davis Extension Arts and Humanities Creative Writing Progam.
play, Brother Jones. He worked as a documentary filmmaker for several years, coproducing The Last Party, starring Robert Downey, Jr. In addition, he has directed and/or produced several other films including When Your Head’s Not a Head, It’s a Nut, which aired nationally on PBS and was awarded a gold medal by the International Epilepsy Foundation. Garth teaches fiction to writers from second grade to adult. He makes his home in Seattle with his wife, three sons, and his dog, Comet.
Jennie Shortridge is the author of four best-selling novels, including her latest, When She Flew. Her nonfiction work has been published in magazines as eclectic as Glamour, Natural Home, and Southwest Art. She is a founding member of Seattle7Writers.org and an architect of The Novel: Live. Jennie also spends time volunteering with kids at 826 Seattle. She lives with her husband and cat on a steep slope of Queen Anne hill, and is at work on her fifth novel.
Michele Torrey is a two-time Thurber House Residency in Children’s Literature nominee, plus a two-time winner of PNWA’s Zola Award. Among other honors, her books have received starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly and Kirkus,been chosen by the Junior Library Guild, and nominated for numerous state medals. Torrey’s books include the Doyle and Fossey: Science Detectives chapter book series (Sterling) and the Chronicles of Courage seafaring series for middle-grade (Knopf).
Garth Stein’s most recent work is The Art of Racing in the Rain. He has authored two other novels, How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets, winner of a 2006 PNBA Book Award, and Raven Stole the Moon. He has also written a full-length
David Paul Williams, the “In The Field” editor for Washington-Oregon Game & Fish, editor of Covering the Drift, and former Business Topics editor of ArrowTrade and member of Society of Professional Journalists, blogs on north-
west fly fishing and real estate for theseattlepi.com. With more than a hundred articles in consumer magazines and trade journals including Backpacker, Seattle Metropolitan, American Angler, Northwest Travel, Northwest Fly Fishing, and Fly Fusion, he teaches freelance writing and gives media presentations and seminars to clubs and organizations in Washington and Oregon. Carolyne Wright has published eight books and chapbooks of poetry. Her most recent, A Change of Maps (Lost Horse Press, 2006), finalist for the Idaho Prize and Alice Fay di Castagnola Award of the Poetry Society of America, and nominated for the LA Times Book Award, won the 2007 Independent Book Publishers’ Bronze Award. Her previous book, Seasons of Mangoes and Brainfire (Eastern Washington U Press/Lynx House Books, 2nd edition 2005), won the Blue Lynx Prize and the American Book Award. Most recently published is the anthology Majestic Nights: Love Poems of Bengali Women (White Pine Press, 2008). A graduate of Seattle U’s Humanities Honors Program with a doctorate in English and Creative Writing from Syracuse U, Wright has received awards from the Poetry Society of America, Seattle Arts Commission, and New York State Council on the Arts.
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Clueless Crossword – A Raffle Tickets Teaser
Complete the Clueless Crossword correctly and turn in at Conference for 5 free raffle tickets
The Last Word on Words About Writing A unique crossword variation, this puzzle primarily tests your vocabulary and reasoning skills. There is one simple task: Complete the crossword with common uncapitalized seven-letter words, based entirely on the letters already filled in for you. Hints: Focusing on the last letter of a word, when given, often helps. For example, a last letter of G often suggests that IN are the previous two letters. When the solutions aren’t coming quickly, focus on the shared spaces that are blank – you can often figure out whether it has to be a vowel or a consonant. Other mind stretchers like this Clueless Crossword are available in the Reader’s Digest Mind Stretchers book series. To order one book or the whole series, email Reader’s Digest at mindstretchers@readersdigest.com
Clueless Crossword Concept by George Bredehorn – Puzzle by Grace DeLuca
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Big Thank You to Matching Grant Donors In July, 2010, the Elizabeth George Foundation offered a $15,000 matching grant challenge to the Whidbey Island Writing community and the following peop Island Writers Conference this year and for years to come. We lift our pens in salute to you – our generous donors. Golden Spine Donors
Half Page Donors
Ann Christensen, Clinton
Gordon LaBuhn, Langley
($15,000+)
($125+)
Deb Crager, Oak Harbor
Kirby Larson, Kenmore
Elizabeth George Foundation, Langley
Ace Hardware, Freeland
Claire Creighton, Langley
Stephanie Lile, Gig Harbor
Half Chapter Donors
Brave New Words Benefit
Judith Dailey, Seattle
Kaye Linden, Gainesville FL
($1,250+)
Marilyn Cowger, Clinton
Jan K. Dargel, Langley
Martha Martin, Langley
Silpada Jewelry Benefit
Lynn Geri & Richard Curry, Clinton
Steve Dimeo, Hillsboro OR
Linda McNeff, Coupeville
Saturday Chat House & Dinner with the Authors and Agents
Harbour Inn, Freeland
Barbara Dobson, Freeland
Jo Meador, Langley
Robert & Sylvia Hoffman, Lakewood CA
Karen Eaton, Greenbank
Clare Meeker, Mercer Island
($500+)
Microsoft Corporation Employee Matching Program
Constance Eddy, Bainbridge Island
Janet Elle Mules, Greenbank
Nancy Cluts, Sammamish
Mary Erickson, Coupeville
Joan Nelson, Clinton
Pass the Hat Event
Barbara Johnson, Oak Harbor
Doug Fortier, Ft. Bragg CA
Jeremiah O’Hagan, Camano Island
Annie Pearson, Richmond
Open Door Gallery & Coffee Benefit, Langley
Ann Gerike, Coupeville
Sandra Ortgies, Coupeville
Joseph Ponepinto, Troy MI
Susie Hale, Friday Harbor
Dorothy Read, Greenbank
Page Donors ($250+)
Raymond Pruett, Freeland
Thomas Hall, Langley
Roger Roffman, Seattle
Kathryn Renner, Kirkland
Dallas Huth, Langley
Helen Sears, Port Angeles
Robert C. Doyle, Oak Harbor
Paragraph Donors
Grier Jewell, Olympia
Larry Shafer, Langley
Jan Elyse Hughes, Seattle
($50+)
Carolyn (Jill) Johnson, Langley
Skagit Valley Writers League
Adrian Magnuson, Langley
Allan Ament, Freeland
Mary Kabrich, Seattle
Marion Spicher, Ferndale
David & Mary Powers, Clinton
Barbara Bland, Oak Harbor
Bill Kerby, Langley
Linda Thomson, Bothell
Nancy Ruff, Clinton
Nancy Boutin, Lake Oswego OR
Alexander Kramer, La Conner
Dorothy Van Soest, Seattle
Judith Yeakel, Langley
Carlene Brevik, Langley
Laura & John Kvasnosky, Seattle
Theodora Wells, Freeland
Double Page Spread Donors
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Big Thank You to Matching Grant Donors continued Joanne Wilshin, Newport Beach CA
Patricia Eger, Edmonds
Stefon Mears, Santa Clara CA
Rowena Williamson, Coupeville
FeLicia Elam, Portland OR
Sharon Mentyka, Seattle
Sandra Wilson, Deer Harbor
Phyllis Ennes, Anacortes
Frank Milligan, Williamsburg VA
Susan Wingate, Friday Harbor
Debbie Fank, Enumclaw
Jacquie Milligan, Freeland
Robert & Margaret Wolters, Langley
Leone Fogle-Heckler, Seattle
Henry Nelson, Freeland
Frances Wood, Langley
Claire Gebben, Mercer Island
Brad Newsham, Oakland CA
Line Donors
Norton Girault, Norfolk VA
Susan Nunn, Coupeville
($10+)
Leslie Glasser, Eugene OR
Nadine Pinede, Bloomington IN
Gail Balden, Nehalem OR
Antoinette Grove, Langley
Erica Rayner-Horn, Clinton
Anne Baum, Freeland
Richard Haines, Oak Harbor
Bruce Holland Rogers, Eugene OR
Bonny Becker, Seattle
Geoffrey Hill, Honolulu HA
Wallace Russell, Freeland
Sheila Belanger, Clinton
Penny Holland, Coupeville
Ann Beman, Kernville CA
Donna Hood, Clinton
Susan Berg, Coupeville
Mary Hurley, Freeland
Sharon Berlin, Langley
Andrea Hurst, Coupeville
Carmen Bernier-Grand, Portland OR
Laurie Junkins, Eastsound
Marian Blue, Clinton
Dale Kerslake, Clinton
Ann Boocheever, Juneau AK
Kathine Kirkpatrick, Seattle
David & Mary Bavender, Freeland
Gloria Koll, Freeland
Erika Brumett, Seattle
Yi Shun Lai, White Plains NJ
Patricia Brunjes, Clinton
Kim Lundstrom, Kent
Larry Cheek, Clinton
Mandy Manning, Post Falls ID
Patricia Cowgill, Anacortes
Elizabeth Mastin, Coeur d’Alene ID
Cynthia Dial, San Diego, CA
Susan McDonald, Oak Harbor
Valentine Dmitriev, Hackettstown NJ
Kim McWilliams, Oak Harbor
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Jan Santora, Everett Joanne Shelver, Langley Dianne Shiner, Freeland Ana Maria Spagna, Stehekin Micki Ryan Sulich, Clinton Cynthia Trowbridge, Greenbank Wayne Ude, Clinton Sandra Walker, Everett Diane Watts, Greenbank Faith Wilder, Langley Carolyne Wright, Seattle
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Whidbey Island Writers Conference 2011 FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2011 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Registration 9:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Manuscripts Critiques or Agent/Editor Consults 9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Envision Your Future as a Successful Writer, Carolyn Tamler 9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. NEEDS TITLE, Pat Brunjes 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. NEEDS TITLE, Helen Sears 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Perfect Pitch: Prepare for Success, Andrea Hurst 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch on own 1:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Workshops 1:45 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Manuscript Critiques or Agent/Editor Consults Registration Fee: $85/WIWA members; $95/Non-WIWA members
SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 2011 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Registration 8:40 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Opening Ceremonies 9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Garth Stein, Keynote Address 9:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Fireside Chats 12:30 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Lunch at Coupeville High School 1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Panel, Manuscript Critiques or Agent/Editor Consults 2:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Fireside Chats 5:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. Booksigning Reception /Social Hour at Coupeville High School – Open to ALL participants 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Dinner (guest speaker) at Coupeville Rec Hall Participants MUST pay to attend this – only open to the first 100. Dinner Fee: $50. Registration Fee: $150/WIWA members; $175/Non-WIWA members
SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2011 7:45 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Registration 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. General Session – Marketing and Publishing Day: Amazon, E-Publishing and On-Line Marketing Registration Fee: $50/WIWA members; $60/Non-WIWA members
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