Saturday, December 24, 2011

Joyful Holidays

I hope everyone has a joyful holiday season full of wonderful surprises and miracles.

Critique Circle

CritiqueCircle.com is awesome. Someone asked me to repost this at our last meeting. You earn points by reviewing others' writing and then use the points to get yours reviewed.

Annual 100 best websites for writers

http://www.writersdigest.com/101-best-websites-for-writers

Saturday, December 03, 2011

Guest Speaker Dave Rank

At our Dec. 3 meeting, Dave Rank of the Wisconsin Writers Association was the guest speaker. Dave congratulated us on becoming the organization's 14 Charter Club and explained the benefits of membership, including reduced fees on attending the WWA's fall conference and contest entry fees.

Dave also announced the organization has started their own book imprint. Upon acceptance, WWA will publish your book at no cost to the author, instead recouping their costs through a percentage of sales which reduce in proportion to increased sales. In addition, they publish a literary magazine, Creative Wisconsin.

Friday, December 02, 2011

Guest Author - Jim Zitzelsberger

Jim Zitzelsberger, local author, has graciously agreed to read from his latest book, Clancy's Christmas Stampede and Other Christmas Story-Poems, from 6:30 pm - 7:00 pm in the Library Dome on December 7th. At 7:00 pm the Oshkosh Youth Choir will be performing.

Mr. Zitselsberger is a retired teacher/librarian and is currently writing and farming in Wisconsin. He has a quiet sense of humor and a gift for finding beauty in every Christmas.