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SEVEN SUREFIRE WAYS TO RUN OFF YOUR READER
The Society of Southwestern Authors hosts Harvey Stanbrough at its May 20, 2012 Forum. Presentation: SEVEN SUREFIRE WAYS TO RUN OFF YOUR READER
Your primary purpose as a writer is to avoid interrrupting your reader. But if you’re in it for the tragedy, if you really want to live the whole “struggling, starving writer” experience, unable to find a market for your work even after you’ve received rave reviews from your mom and your uncles and all your siblings except that mean one, just commit one or more of these seven writerly sins.
This isn’t deja vu, Harvey had to miss our February forum because of unforeseen circumstances and Chris O’Byrne was able to fill in at the last minute, giving us great insight into digital publishing. We have invited Harvey back and felt that this was something that every writer needed to know.
Harvey has written and published nine nonfiction ebooks on writing as well as PUNCTUATION FOR WRITERS AND WRITING REALISTRIC DIALOGUE & FLASH FICTION in print. His comprehensive poetry collection, BEYOND THE MASKS, was nominated for the National Book Award and has received rave reviews, and he’s published three other poetry collections and two long poems. Finally, he’s published four short story collections (VIGNETTES from a C-130, SIX YEARS IN MAY, THE WELL, AND STORIES FROM THE CANTINA), eight magic realism short stories (with at least ten more on the way), and nineteen other short stories in various other genres. Harvey’s works have been nominated for the Frankfurt Award, the Pushcart Prize and the National Book Award.
Remember, the forums will now be at the Inn Suites at I-10 and St. Mary’s Tucson. We will start at 11 am and it will be $25 with registration ($30 at the door). Call in your reservation to 520-546-9382 or e-mail ssabruches@gmail.com by the Wednesday prior (in this case, May 16).
Taken from THE WRITE WORD, the newsletter of The Society of Southwestern Authors Vol. 41 No. 2. Apr-May 2012
Filed under Workshops & Conferences
Society of Southwestern Authors- May 20, 2012 Writing Forum at New Location and Hosts Harvey Stanbrough “Seven Surefire Ways to Run off Your Reader”
We missed those of you who couldn’t come to our first gathering in our new location following a necessary notification from the Four Points Sheraton who had given us such wonderful service for seven years. Our thanks go out to all our members who made this move possible. Under pressure for Mike’s Write Word deadline, Jan Frost, Forum chair, with the help of encouraging voices from our membership, found a home for our forums IN TWO DAYS that was easily accessible, affordable and charming. Tons of parking space; sunshine; WONDERFUL acoustics; DELICIOUS food; FRIENDLINESS; and COMFORT.
THE TUCSON CITY CENTER INN SUITES (At I-10 & St. Mary’s)
WAS AWESOME
Totally remodeled, warm, beautiful, and atmosphere exploding with unparalleled writer’s energy…
… PLUS…
the charm and talent of SSA member, actress/author, Dorothy Daniels Anderson, who held us breathless, and literally glued to our seats until her standing ovation.
This was a forum to be remembered. Twenty-four authors laughed together, shared news about writing, and the ups and downs of traditional publishing, self-publishing, epublishing, AND the invitation to come next month on May the 20th, 2012 to hear
… Harvey Stanbrough …
“Seven Surefire Ways to Run off Your Reader”
You can’t miss this one.
Bring books to sell,
EVERYONE,
Words to guide,
and
Thoughts to share
Make reservations now, Phone 546-9382 or email SSABrunches@gmail.com
Cost: $25.00 with RSVP or $30.00 at door.
Filed under Guest Blogger, Workshops & Conferences
RANDOM THOUGHTS FROM A WANDERING MIND
by Hugh Starkey
Hugh Starkey, after taking Harvey Stanbrough’s workshop on e-publishing, has published through Smashwords a multi-format ebook, RANDOM THOUGHTS FROM A WANDERING MIND. The book is a poetry collection raning from the humorous to the thought-provoking.
Taken from THE WRITE WORD, the newsletter of the Society of Southwestern Authors Vol. 41 No. 1 Feb/Mar. 2012
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The Society of Southwestern Authors’ Feb. 19, 2012 Forum Hosts Harvey Stanbrough: THE ADVENT & FUTURE OF ePublishing!
Those of you who have heard Harvey speak before know we’re in for a great presentation. Do you ever wonder about all the fuss regarding epublishing or digital publishing? What is it? How can you do it? Can you epublish and print publish simultaneously or must you choose? Is digital publishing a passing fad or is it here to stay?
In the SSA Forum on February 19, Harvey Stanbrough will answer these questions and many more, and he is uniquely qualified to do so. Harvey’s poetry collection, LESSONS FOR A BARREN POPULATION, was the first full-length original poetry collection published as an ebook, and that was back in 1999. Digital publishing has been around ever since, and today approximately 20% of American households own at least one dedicated e-reader, not including laptops and cell phones.
Harvey’s talk will include a handout with links to valuable information and resources, along with a free e-book. Don’t miss this one!
Remember, our forums are now at 11am and will be $25 with registration ($30 at the door). Call in your reservation to 546-9382 or e-mail ssabrunches@gmail.com by Wednesday Prior (in this case, February 15).
Forums are held at Four Points Sheraton (Speedway and Campbell Tucson, Arizona) 11am-2pm.
Taken from THE WRITE WORD, the newsletter of The Society of Southwestern Authors Vol. 41 No. 3 Feb-March 2012
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SIX YEARS IN MAY: THIRTEEN STORIES FROM A VERY ODD MIND
by Harvey Stanbrough
Havey Stanbrough has released SIX YEARS OF MAY: THIRTEEN STORIES FROM A VERY ODD MIND. These tales range from the almost normal to the fantastic, from the tragic to the comedic, from dark tale to fairytale. You’ll encounter a mind cleaner who enters the mind of an angel, a rodeo cowboy who’s beleagured repeatly by a black Angus bull in the arena and a raven-haired woman in his dreams. You’ll witness what happens when the only woman Giacomo Casanova has truly loved down through the ages finds a way to bring him back to life, and you’ll trudge through Death Valley with a hiker who encounters, and questions God face to face.
You’ll accompany a writer as he makes his way by pickup truck over rough terrain through a nuclear holocaust, narrowly avoids plummeting into a canyon and fears he’s about to be eaten by wolves, and you’ll watch a storm chaser in Oklahoma remember who he really is and become an integral part of a unique electrical storm being steered by aliens.
You’ll share the frustrations of a rural boy who, after being forced into manhood by the death of his father, watches helplessly as his future is washed away in a flash flood, and you’ll learn the ground rules about frightening little things we all know deep inside but don’t generally admit to noticing at all. You’ll consider the morality of euthanasia and how you might one day pay the oldest debt. You’ll watch a boy who loves to crush bugs get his comeuppance (or does he?), and you’ll accompany a Cajun man on a single-minded mission into the backwoods of Louisiana on a deep, humid night. Whe’s he carrying that tolled-up carpet over his shoulder?) Finally you’ll witness hell on earth in the title story, “Six Years in May,” and then relive the story of Little Red Riding Hood with a new, improved Red Riding Hood who believes in magic and herself.
“I sincerely hope you will enjoy these stories. If you do, please consider coming back to where you purchased this book to write a brief review. As an added bonus, interspersed among these tales in the style of Papa Hemingway, is an extra story marked in Parts and not indicated in the table of contents. It is at once a story, a recollection, a history and a confession. It is truth and fiction, reality and fantasy. I’ll let you choose which is which.”
You can get the collection at Smashwords.com and Amazon.com and Barns & Noble.
Taken from THE WRITE WORD, the newsletter of the Society of Southwestern Authors Vol. 40. No. 3. June/July 2011
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