tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28475063148979839622024-03-14T05:01:54.195-07:00Flagstaff Writers ConnectionFlagstaff Writers ConnectionC. Alex Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15736706018911079572noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847506314897983962.post-85085248825051675202024-01-20T08:00:00.004-07:002024-01-20T08:00:00.132-07:002024 AZ Authors Literary Contest<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-nX5okg5lhDF14ATaV9fytFgUWYi5349_ztBGz3T_ezaJZKGhxAyj3T0Rd4af9WwNUv4BruZLCM34OgbIOW9ihwEvFLVSl8N_IMCqsPe_WedX-rdTFE1oXKRCwn34wVH-pc5UeMS8h0Hu/s1600/AZ+Authors.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-nX5okg5lhDF14ATaV9fytFgUWYi5349_ztBGz3T_ezaJZKGhxAyj3T0Rd4af9WwNUv4BruZLCM34OgbIOW9ihwEvFLVSl8N_IMCqsPe_WedX-rdTFE1oXKRCwn34wVH-pc5UeMS8h0Hu/s320/AZ+Authors.png" width="320" /></a><span style="text-align: left;"> </span> </div><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.arizonaauthors.org/contest-1" target="_blank">AZ Authors Association Literary Contest and Awards</a></span></h1><h3><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">Unpublished </span> </span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">Published </span><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span> </span></h3><div>Poems <span> </span>Fiction</div><div>Short Stories <span> </span>Nonfiction</div><div>Essays/Review Children (Under 12)</div><div>Novel, Novella<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Teen/Young Adult</div><div><span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Oldie but Goldie Fiction</span></span><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Oldie but Goldie Nonfiction</span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Oldie but Goldie Youth</span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><p class="font_8" style="border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_14)); font-size: 17px; font: var(--font_8); line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: corbel; font-size: 18.666666px; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></p><p class="font_8" style="border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_14)); font-size: 17px; font: var(--font_8); line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: corbel; font-size: 18.666666px; font-weight: 700;">One Grand Prize of</span><span style="font-family: corbel; font-size: 18.666666px; font-weight: 700;"> $500</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="section"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "corbel"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: blue;">Three First Prizes of</span> $200</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: corbel; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700;">Three Second Prizes of</span><span style="font-family: corbel; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700;"> $100</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "corbel"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: blue;">Three Third Prizes of</span> $75</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "corbel"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: blue;">Three Fourth Prizes of</span> $50</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: corbel; font-size: 18.666666px; font-weight: 700;">Eleven Best-of-Category Prizes</span><span style="font-family: corbel; font-size: 18.666666px; font-weight: 700;"> $25</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "corbel"; font-size: 14pt;">Unpublished Poetry and Short Story Best of Category will be </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "corbel"; font-size: 14pt;">Nominated for the <b>Pushcart Prize</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "corbel"; font-size: 14pt;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p class="font_8 wixui-rich-text__text" style="background: none; border: 0px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background: none; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">New!</span></span></p><p class="font_8 wixui-rich-text__text" style="background: none; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background: none; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Two-page evaluations available for</span></p><p class="font_8 wixui-rich-text__text" style="background: none; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background: none; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">unpublished works and</span></p><p class="font_8 wixui-rich-text__text" style="background: none; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background: none; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">self-published novels and memoirs!</span></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "corbel"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(50, 50, 50); color: #323232; font-size: 17px; text-align: left;">All winners will be featured in the <i>2024 Arizona Authors Literary Magazine</i>. </span>Since it began in 1978, the Arizona Literary Magazine has launched the careers of many authors.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/P/B0BKML5W4V.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SX500_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="386" height="500" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/P/B0BKML5W4V.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SX500_.jpg" width="386" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="page" title="Page 2"><div class="section"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "corbel";"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.arizonaauthors.org/_files/ugd/f5b2b3_d764459510024ba6b628a85e6948ebea.pdf" target="_blank">Contest Rules & Submission Guidelines</a></span></span></h3></div></div><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><br /></div></div><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"></div></div><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">>>>DEADLINE: June 1, 2024<<< </span></span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div>C. Alex Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705741958828260829noreply@blogger.com0Flagstaff, AZ, USA35.1982836 -111.6513026.888049763821158 -146.807552 63.508517436178849 -76.495052tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847506314897983962.post-6567767403741093612024-01-01T08:00:00.038-07:002024-01-01T08:00:00.126-07:00Deep Editing #3 Opens Jan 15th<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizv9GJlFXkVP-S-gQhQoaDjBpqCSuMRAuJKwszaCTKWXlmkqjEdFhWn8xl89ZAqf7xRNyD4029oIzbT10e9YiINJ6-Fq0TIoARphvBb4FokS-2YJLGn6_BaZeRZGyYAQNs0F7hQ5x4y4aiuQFdQt9-1j-1bauLVZ0qYgO9P4hSV9zNQe3uJB62gpHQY34/s1440/Deep%20Editing%20Paint.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="1440" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizv9GJlFXkVP-S-gQhQoaDjBpqCSuMRAuJKwszaCTKWXlmkqjEdFhWn8xl89ZAqf7xRNyD4029oIzbT10e9YiINJ6-Fq0TIoARphvBb4FokS-2YJLGn6_BaZeRZGyYAQNs0F7hQ5x4y4aiuQFdQt9-1j-1bauLVZ0qYgO9P4hSV9zNQe3uJB62gpHQY34/w640-h160/Deep%20Editing%20Paint.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; text-align: center;">Happy New Year! </b></p>
<p style="font-family: Georgia; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">To celebrate the coming of 2024 I have a gift for you. I’m so excited about this third Deep Editing webinar. I’ve put a lot of work and research into this one.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjNitNG9zVZmK4jxKvAvznGYGxVlbgOfaoRJ13RyKJ_jkBfgSuaTbX-IVupLSQlGzOKf969dTXEpn2zzr_1sh_Jam4jGhMyHzJBDaO_Q8YWcVmwTpxue9rDS0RISuYKKPWS2r4mVdtnHUPH74wdrkumXsqCGwCiwRVcIZRWGLe5XT368E5LCp5Cp_oysk/s575/SHELL.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="463" data-original-width="575" height="108" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjNitNG9zVZmK4jxKvAvznGYGxVlbgOfaoRJ13RyKJ_jkBfgSuaTbX-IVupLSQlGzOKf969dTXEpn2zzr_1sh_Jam4jGhMyHzJBDaO_Q8YWcVmwTpxue9rDS0RISuYKKPWS2r4mVdtnHUPH74wdrkumXsqCGwCiwRVcIZRWGLe5XT368E5LCp5Cp_oysk/w134-h108/SHELL.png" width="134" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It contains three videos: One on using motifs or “series” to enhance your story elements like setting or characters. Another video on how many iterations and the timing of your iterations. And one on less often seen plot structures that can still be useful for some stories. These videos include four exercises to help you solidify the information in your memory.<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="clear: right; float: right; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="576" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIrnzk5JTZbTo4fFVoT833qvtbau9eWV93862HzU1EoOL5QIospQ6vjRpjB1805wopcyM4_nF4byI0pkSU6DlPkSXn2BmJzqab_AIh1GjDO6wj0jA1emd9Kq_aQlrBFOUhOyeVOgKsxeZW6RO6lsiASnROT5A-FuIi_GET5fBOa49499wOQP_sfH61dj4/w200-h93/Rowling.png" width="200" /></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Then I take you on an optional four-video deep dive into Rowling’s use of eleven story structures, layered one on top of the other, that created the amazing world of Hogwarts and the depth of texture in her Harry Potter series. One of the videos is about her now famous Ring Writing structure. Another will introduce you to her incredible take on Literary Alchemy.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc0-xZjXgk4kAe-Fc5kvLhquqyIDEtIEglGtOMVMR6WadkH6x4cZ661vuA2oaqaguH9cp697r5r3JEkB4VzvT5QEzw2_iOOBwEHGWPRFxkbGsgpSqapmVgTGs-wEzWoygqrhNssaxi_UPAM0VSp3xjEoWSaYRfM1IPF-atXSwcZ-SrXJkNKWYgUFtMVFk/s124/Exercise.png" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: georgia; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="124" data-original-width="121" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc0-xZjXgk4kAe-Fc5kvLhquqyIDEtIEglGtOMVMR6WadkH6x4cZ661vuA2oaqaguH9cp697r5r3JEkB4VzvT5QEzw2_iOOBwEHGWPRFxkbGsgpSqapmVgTGs-wEzWoygqrhNssaxi_UPAM0VSp3xjEoWSaYRfM1IPF-atXSwcZ-SrXJkNKWYgUFtMVFk/s16000/Exercise.png" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">As usual, I have included handouts with the slides and script so you can read along or take notes. Includes exercises to help you get acquainted with other local writers and improve your writing skills. I have scheduled three Ask Me Anything Sessions. And you can contact me any time for more help with these concepts.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The best part? The course is <b>free!</b></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The course<b> starts 1/15/24 </b>but you can register now. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfS-ETfBd8Z7NNNrTzYknAgmC2WNL07NpYBc3hHOxkz4_Mziw/viewform?usp=sf_link" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="146" data-original-width="574" height="81" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBhJrtCtXEJOBlzgBCOPGQ3HF6_GWpBalbw4100ulfEbVjx1uEatrmR9CmXQM3Sq3-cYTNqEFEZzk3aFtWjlRjS4xiZRitcrpDg223SlQVG0s-PLGMd-8P8mMU2iE-z_-K3fCfnU2XPhY6UN-OYQBKrHl2hsZCPmrWsFGpkZBGX6BKnnFKHAsg5uIVHYQ/s320/Registration.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Questions: </span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">C@CAlexSmith.com</span></b></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">(928)601-5494</span></b></p></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjJ8Hd3jZ5qMeTDYkS5kCeILsvd_x6y0B7_yfJQiOu2Wt_GXwtjz762LEfKH1ub64qCt2Ko46scq3V6uJYc-k0h3Ul4Dw-D3ahQ5jQ6xbmX7Vjvu4FQnp2CIRmAofYamA6BF80yAVy2qoViGtx4o12dbjGBrr64v3kcIZGIdXIBjSzLmtUGYAuM67ml9o/s574/Headshot%202023%20White.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="537" data-original-width="574" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjJ8Hd3jZ5qMeTDYkS5kCeILsvd_x6y0B7_yfJQiOu2Wt_GXwtjz762LEfKH1ub64qCt2Ko46scq3V6uJYc-k0h3Ul4Dw-D3ahQ5jQ6xbmX7Vjvu4FQnp2CIRmAofYamA6BF80yAVy2qoViGtx4o12dbjGBrr64v3kcIZGIdXIBjSzLmtUGYAuM67ml9o/w200-h187/Headshot%202023%20White.jpg" width="200" /></a></b></div><b>C. Alex Smith</b> started her writing career as a political blogger in 2008. She was invited to be one of three editors of a well-researched <a href="https://www.dailykos.com/groups/Anti%20Capitalist%20Meetup%20Group" style="color: #7c161d; text-decoration: none;">weekly blog</a> concerning economics, politics, environmental concerns, medicine, and science. She was instrumental in getting the blog reposted on several political news sites and maintained the blog's social media presence. <p></p><div><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">She moved on in 2014 and became the host of <i>Spec Fix Pix</i>, a podcast for fans of Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror. </p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">After moving back to Arizona in 2018, she became a co-founder of <span>Flagstaff Writers Connection</span>. She continues to work for FWC to maintain its internet presence, host the local<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> <span style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;"><a href="https://flagstaffwritersconnection.blogspot.com/p/critique-club.html" style="color: #7c161d; text-decoration: none;">Critique Circle</a>,</span></span> and provide occasional workshops and courses on writing and the publishing industry.</p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Since 2008 she has been writing science fiction and alternate history. She has seven complete manuscripts. Two of her manuscripts took second place at the <a href="https://www.arizonaauthors.org/contest-1" style="color: #7c161d; text-decoration: none;">Arizona Authors Association Literary Contest</a>. One of the manuscripts is currently a finalist in the <a href="http://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org">Tucson Festival of Books Literary Contest</a>.</p></div><div><br /></div>C. Alex Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705741958828260829noreply@blogger.com0Flagstaff, AZ, USA35.1982836 -111.6513026.888049763821158 -146.807552 63.508517436178849 -76.495052tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847506314897983962.post-73268957449905477872023-12-16T09:23:00.007-07:002024-01-02T13:14:51.745-07:00Slam! Slam! Slam!<h1 style="text-align: center;"><strong style="caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGGTnTxcpnYBWP8V2lRtXjAMQfQLT8CmcyxD0Gz0yp4WhbaNYpaCwXPXSQgcIhnNWxkzziG38C0VDyrJNRrwN15dUM9i7kuT9aIxwcSiZabLxD-KtDvyotfMrXY77aBLKocKskCrgWV9Sfc0A_jl7qdvtIAn4gKztg04iBpuT3ZHfgZk2r96V9hqil8GU/s544/Open%20Mic.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="490" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGGTnTxcpnYBWP8V2lRtXjAMQfQLT8CmcyxD0Gz0yp4WhbaNYpaCwXPXSQgcIhnNWxkzziG38C0VDyrJNRrwN15dUM9i7kuT9aIxwcSiZabLxD-KtDvyotfMrXY77aBLKocKskCrgWV9Sfc0A_jl7qdvtIAn4gKztg04iBpuT3ZHfgZk2r96V9hqil8GU/s320/Open%20Mic.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><span style="color: #990000;">Flagstaff Poetry Slam (FlagSlam)</span></span></strong></h1><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Poets compete using their unique performance/storytelling style to recite their poems on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month.</span></span></p><ul style="caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 16px;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Each poem must be of the poet's own creation</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">A Slam bout will usually last 3 rounds so poets need 3 poems each</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Each poet gets three minutes (plus a ten-second grace period) to read one poem, if the poet goes over, points will be deducted from the total score</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The poet may not use props, costumes, or musical instruments</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">Five people picked randomly from the audience judge the poems on a scale of 0-10. The high and low scores are dropped and the rest are added together.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-size: large;"><b>Yogaert</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/3+E+Aspen+Ave,+Flagstaff,+AZ+86001/@35.1982762,-111.6511733,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x872d8f43fc623d4f:0x4e62ee2df0f1f82d!8m2!3d35.1982762!4d-111.6485984!16s%2Fg%2F11c2dwn1j3?entry=ttu" target="_blank">3 E. Aspen</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">2nd and 4th Wednesdays </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">Starting the End of Jan.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">Signup 7:30 pm</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-size: x-large;">Competition </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-size: x-large;">Starts at 8:00 pm</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span face="brother-1816, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(72, 54, 39);"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Not Quite Ready to Compete?</span></span></h1><div><span face="brother-1816, sans-serif" style="color: #483627;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtF3AIBB57zBRwRJwpGUqqwx8JKn-wyXa0nt03THNBylc9WGus1PHSyMGMBBN9bqlhvJHJnki3UMLY3gADgdzR7TrhT6sQyiauJGfonqSxXq_Ug2bn6DbpWU_HBTWnZSLrL6eECjJnbHSZhTqCmj1K1YC2HpzJkfTOi2Wyxt8TCITFqI56fwzPgq7srxg/s200/364172411_296070459608645_5566911718215782548_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtF3AIBB57zBRwRJwpGUqqwx8JKn-wyXa0nt03THNBylc9WGus1PHSyMGMBBN9bqlhvJHJnki3UMLY3gADgdzR7TrhT6sQyiauJGfonqSxXq_Ug2bn6DbpWU_HBTWnZSLrL6eECjJnbHSZhTqCmj1K1YC2HpzJkfTOi2Wyxt8TCITFqI56fwzPgq7srxg/w400-h400/364172411_296070459608645_5566911718215782548_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(72, 54, 39); clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Every Monday at 7:30, Lily Davan hosts an open mic for poets at the <a href="https://www.awabar.com/events" target="_blank">Awa Kava bar</a>, </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps?q=218+S+San+Francisco+St+Flagstaff,+AZ+86001&rlz=1C1GCEA_enPH930PH930&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjNpd771pf1AhW2q3IEHbI8BcEQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw" target="_blank">218 S San Francisco St Flagstaff</a>. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">This is a really relaxed space, with folks sitting on couches sipping kava or coffee and passing a microphone around. Open to all!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Mondays</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.awabar.com/events" style="text-align: start;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Awa Kava bar</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps?q=218+S+San+Francisco+St+Flagstaff,+AZ+86001&rlz=1C1GCEA_enPH930PH930&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjNpd771pf1AhW2q3IEHbI8BcEQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw" style="text-align: start;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">218 S San Francisco St Flagstaff</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Sign Up at 7 pm</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Readings Start at 7:30 pm</span></div><div><span face="brother-1816, sans-serif" style="color: #483627;"><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(72, 54, 39); clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(72, 54, 39); clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(72, 54, 39); clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqLwxw2mczuEUhxh1FSBxjeHY6V1X1vdL8PnSNEQv1EUa5ka6Y8pWPCsOGk6tfLGaTnuu05Tdh8QsrsC_KuGeE2EGYXs59xZxYbLKyogQYqU9Ff7gGwwlZ276IgASy9ttbZCeE0ie-XDX9Ad5R10xqVqKplW7u7mH9ZLRoslX7KGZgL9kMDU2O09duljA/s576/Flag%20Brew.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="334" data-original-width="576" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqLwxw2mczuEUhxh1FSBxjeHY6V1X1vdL8PnSNEQv1EUa5ka6Y8pWPCsOGk6tfLGaTnuu05Tdh8QsrsC_KuGeE2EGYXs59xZxYbLKyogQYqU9Ff7gGwwlZ276IgASy9ttbZCeE0ie-XDX9Ad5R10xqVqKplW7u7mH9ZLRoslX7KGZgL9kMDU2O09duljA/w320-h186/Flag%20Brew.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span></div><div class="a-txt-fea" id="_ed_sum_short" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; min-width: 1px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><ul class="datelist" style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: left;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 6px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Flagstaff Brewing Co. has an open mic for poets and prose writers every Tuesday without the pressure of being a feature or in a competition. </span><span face="brother-1816, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(72, 54, 39); font-size: 17px;">Improve your skill at reading in public.</span></span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="dldate" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica;"><span class="dldate" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: large;">Tuesdays</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://downtownflagstaff.org/go/flagstaff-brewing-company"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Flagstaff Brewing Company</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">16 E. Route 66</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Sign-ups open at 7 pm</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica;">Show starts at 7:20 pm</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Xd-_Tkle3puK2tEoX0SlpkTV42KX0U-7ICmli5t9VZb74wQhIPcxFaDIqtP4eF3MOkcG2qCozDzd1Cg2a7eenimY6vRY59pkBChGrhJUgzzSLBixrMF-IkRQgUkgbXWYiMzQFcDs7JTcb7ZFoXa_2bi292cRZ3xh-7jP67aCCE2-xE0S60FmS5JK0is/s1175/3399668662_d4481d7805_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="1175" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Xd-_Tkle3puK2tEoX0SlpkTV42KX0U-7ICmli5t9VZb74wQhIPcxFaDIqtP4eF3MOkcG2qCozDzd1Cg2a7eenimY6vRY59pkBChGrhJUgzzSLBixrMF-IkRQgUkgbXWYiMzQFcDs7JTcb7ZFoXa_2bi292cRZ3xh-7jP67aCCE2-xE0S60FmS5JK0is/w400-h260/3399668662_d4481d7805_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></div></span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Flagstaff's current Youth Poet Laureate Micaela Merryman hosts a curated reading series of local writers, mostly poetry. </span></div><div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Second Friday of the Month</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://lateforthetrain.com" target="_blank">Late for the Train</a>, Downtown</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/19+E+Aspen+Ave,+Flagstaff,+AZ+86001/@35.1981349,-111.6506795,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x872d8f4157edbd5f:0x40d19eba1a0338ba!8m2!3d35.1981305!4d-111.6481046!16s%2Fg%2F11bw4052dy?entry=ttu"><span style="font-size: large;">19A E. Aspen Ave</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Starts at 6 pm</span></div></div><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span face="brother-1816, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(72, 54, 39);"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span face="brother-1816, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(72, 54, 39);"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Want Even More Poetry?</span></span></h1><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzuG_K1NjymBj4fyxAyP_ENmWNdt0kP2dhtn3zQ-jpB11pPz6iDpWmmBqdPFEKe7vvbs1X7zkJGgUrw_B0BMkouNGMy2nvYHb1qk81V9bI74mhuqOkCgGT70kIwOBiAl31_9mci_XN8gBjtifitiRZCuhZZe_MTkzhc2DdBZltar4LgrKpRyczmuDAvAg/s606/arizona-state-flag.png%20copy.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="542" data-original-width="606" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzuG_K1NjymBj4fyxAyP_ENmWNdt0kP2dhtn3zQ-jpB11pPz6iDpWmmBqdPFEKe7vvbs1X7zkJGgUrw_B0BMkouNGMy2nvYHb1qk81V9bI74mhuqOkCgGT70kIwOBiAl31_9mci_XN8gBjtifitiRZCuhZZe_MTkzhc2DdBZltar4LgrKpRyczmuDAvAg/w400-h358/arizona-state-flag.png%20copy.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://www.azpoet.com" target="_blank">AZ Poetry Events Calendar</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizdB_a10frpGb0KqySrgwB1mUGQ1zXI4KIOj8uJwvIGIl3fVONQRWXvWeos6ZCnRdKH9s6oIVmVFG8j_BJ7OCnlcdRibbppk3EjWVF-uJ_zR4__KeOPL2LQKea_WH-C6SA3ltkiVT-6SKB7hMlAMRmyt-KgtBaPv3tmSNXaH3KcG2fwBk8dHsXc0Y_O0c/s576/usid8398.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="393" data-original-width="576" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizdB_a10frpGb0KqySrgwB1mUGQ1zXI4KIOj8uJwvIGIl3fVONQRWXvWeos6ZCnRdKH9s6oIVmVFG8j_BJ7OCnlcdRibbppk3EjWVF-uJ_zR4__KeOPL2LQKea_WH-C6SA3ltkiVT-6SKB7hMlAMRmyt-KgtBaPv3tmSNXaH3KcG2fwBk8dHsXc0Y_O0c/w400-h272/usid8398.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">The <a href="https://nau.edu/stories/cinder-skies-reading-series/">Cinder Skies Reading Series</a> <span style="font-family: "times new roman";">(formerly The Narrow Chimney Reading Series) offers a hybrid online/in-person reading series from MFA students in Creative Writing at NAU and "established" authors. All genres. Free to access. </span><br /><br />For authors, Cinder Skies is a chance to try new ideas and see how they land with an audience. For listeners, it’s a chance to become inspired by others and engage authors directly, a chance that evades the solitary reader. The people brought together under Cinder Skies are primarily authors, but they come from various places. While the readings have traditionally been in-person, COVID demanded the format expand to include virtual events as well. Recent online forums showcased readers from California to Carolina. 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Alex Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705741958828260829noreply@blogger.com0Flagstaff, AZ, USA35.1982836 -111.6513026.888049763821158 -146.807552 63.508517436178849 -76.495052tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847506314897983962.post-1541352173790798992023-11-01T10:00:00.001-07:002023-11-01T10:00:20.233-07:00Write Your Novel in November<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Want to be inspired to write that novel you've been planning, but
feel like you don't have the time? Trying to overcome a huge case of writer's block? Want to meet other writers? <b><a href="https://nanowrimo.org/" target="_blank">NaNoWriMo</a> or <u>Na</u>tional <u>No</u>vel <u>Wri</u>ting <u>Mo</u>nth</b> is your chance.
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Each year on Nov. 1 about half a million writers from all over
the world converge on the internet and at local Write-In locations to
work toward the goal of creating a 50,000 word novel by 11:59 PM on
Nov. 30. That's a novel about the size of <i>Catcher in the Rye</i>.</span><h3 style="text-align: left;">Even as the Pandemic raged in 2020, NaNoWriMo had: </h3>
<p><span style="clear: right; float: right; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="386" data-original-width="584" height="211" src="https://ldaviscarpenter.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/fountain-pen-447576_640.jpg?w=584&h=386" width="320" /></span><span style="clear: right; float: right; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"> </span></p><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="margin-bottom: 0.1in;"><ul><li><b>383,064 </b><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">participants, including </span></span></span></span><b>97,439 </b><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">students and educators in </span></span><a href="http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/" style="color: #222222;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0084b4;"><span style="text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">the
Young Writers Program</span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: #222222;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">,</span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> started
the month as auto mechanics, out-of-work actors, and middle school
English teachers. They walked away novelists.</span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span></span></span></li><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">
<li style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>906</b> volunteer Municipal Liaisons</span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> guided </span></span><a href="https://nanowrimo.org/regions/find"><span style="color: #0084b4;"><span style="text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><b>671</b> regions on six continents</span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: #222222;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>448</b> libraries, bookstores, and community centers</span></span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> opened
their doors to novelists through the </span></span><span><span style="text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Come
Write In program</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">. (Down from 1200 due to Covid)</span></span></li>
<li style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>71,832</b> Campers</span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> tackled
a writing project—novel or not—at </span></span><a href="https://nanowrimo.org/what-is-camp-nanowrimo" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0084b4;"><span style="text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Camp
NaNoWriMo</span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: #222222;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">.</span></span></li>
<li style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In
past surveys, 86% of respondents said that NaNoWriMo helped them
learn what they can accomplish when determined. 89% of respondents
said that NaNoWriMo made them more excited about writing and 87% of
student participants in </span></span><a href="http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0084b4;"><span style="text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">our
Young Writers Program</span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: #222222;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> said
that it made them more confident writers.</span></span></li>
<li style="color: #222222;"><span><span style="color: #222222;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Hundreds
of NaNoWriMo novels have been traditionally published.</span></span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> They
include Sara Gruen’s </span></span><em><span style="color: #222222;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i>Water
for Elephants</i></span></span></em><span style="color: #222222;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">,
Erin Morgenstern’s </span></span><em><span style="color: #222222;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i>The
Night Circus</i></span></span></em><span style="color: #222222;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">,
Hugh Howey’s </span></span><em><span style="color: #222222;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i>Wool</i></span></span></em><span style="color: #222222;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">,
Rainbow Rowell’s </span></span><em><span style="color: #222222;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i>Fangirl</i></span></span></em><span style="color: #222222;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">,
Jason Hough’s </span></span><em><span style="color: #222222;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i>The
Darwin Elevator</i></span></span></em><span style="color: #222222;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">, Marissa Meyer’s </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i style="font-style: italic;">Cinder, </i>Carrie Ryan's <i style="font-style: italic;">The Forest of Hands and Teeth,</i><span> Elizabeth Acevedo's</span><i style="font-style: italic;"> With the Fire on High, </i><span>and Julie Murphy's </span><i style="font-style: italic;">Side Effects May Vary.</i></span></span></li><li style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Each
year, authors offer mentorship to our participants through </span></span><a href="https://nanowrimo.org/pep-talks"><span style="color: #0084b4;"><span style="text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">pep
talks</span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: #222222;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">. </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Past
author mentors have included Gene Luen Yang, Roxane Gay, John Green,
N. K. Jemisin, Andy Weir, Veronica Roth, Ann Lamott, and Brandon Sanderson.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Become a Participant</span></h2>
<span style="font-size: medium;">To
get started in NaNoWriMo, use this <a href="https://www.wikihow.com/Participate-in-NaNoWriMo">Step by Step Guide</a>:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Fill
out a Profile so
other writers with similar interests can find you.</span></div><div style="border-image: none; border: medium; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Brainstorm
a story for your Novel with <a href="https://flagstaffwritersconnection.blogspot.com/p/a-journey-of-thousand-miles-requires.html" target="_blank">Flagstaff Writers Connection</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Announce
your Novel to the world. This will help you stay the course when
things get tough.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Select
<a href="https://nanowrimo.org/regions/usa-arizona-flagstaff">Flagstaff AZ</a> as you home region. </span></div><div style="border-image: none; border: medium; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Each region
has Liaisons who schedule meet and greets and writing sessions
which usually take place at coffee houses or bookstores. Our incredible Liason is <a href="https://forums.nanowrimo.org/t/new-ml-welcome-to-nano-2023/523186" target="_blank">Lydia Gates</a>. You can talk to other Flagstaff authors participating in NaNoWriMo at <a href="https://forums.nanowrimo.org/c/regions/arizona-flagstaff/342" target="_blank">Flagstaff Forum</a>. These Write-In sessions encourage writers to collaborate and share ideas. If you’re not into the
idea of writing in public, the NaNoWriMo website also has numerous message
boards so you can talk to writers from all over the world.</span></div>
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November, WRITE! And earn Badges for reaching milestones.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Get
<a href="https://forums.nanowrimo.org/">help</a> when you get stuck. The encouragement that you receive is
unparalleled. The website even e-mails inspirational quotes and
messages to your WriMo inbox daily.</span></div>
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your word count until you get to 50,000 words or more.</span></div>
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your Win
by pasting the full text of the novel into the NaNo word counter. Winners can also <a href="https://nanowrimo.org/offers" target="_blank">claim prizes</a>. You can even get 20% off on <a href="https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview" target="_blank">Scrivener</a> for winning!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://nanowrimo.org/now-what" target="_blank">NaNoWriMo</a> also hooks you up with people who can help
you find out what to do with your novel once it’s been
completed. FWC is also planning to start a series of revision workshops this Jan.</span></div></li></ol><div style="text-align: center;">
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font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px; text-align: center;">$500 cash prize and trophy</p><p style="color: #1f287a; font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b>Winner of each of the 80+ categories</b></p><p style="color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Times; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 11px; text-align: center;">$100 cash prize and gold medal</p><p style="color: #1f287a; font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b>Up to five finalists in each of the 80+ categories</b></p><p style="color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Times; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">Finalist medal</p></div><div><h3 class="libre" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 32px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://indiebookawards.com/assets/images/HomepageMedals.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="635" height="480" src="https://indiebookawards.com/assets/images/HomepageMedals.jpg" width="635" /></a></h3></div></div></div>C. Alex Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705741958828260829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847506314897983962.post-42673743198154713592023-08-07T16:30:00.000-07:002023-08-07T16:30:01.840-07:00Announcing a New Critique Group:<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkXEKErQMrgzLXdbKr5TsYyw5K1j16M57od8NGbhK9rGyD5R6IBCjbQi6Ml8FQ6S5Mkm1NesdPPg3nrNvUJb_8-eYMDwLX6ixBrWP_QBV6OawF6MsAwL1gaemm-eUo4GO07z6s1Tty_ALfDxbgx_zzmueW8xiqBXkZ5BPOk0eLISiOzpnSeXO25N-SLng/s1060/Dark%20Skies%20Blog.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="725" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkXEKErQMrgzLXdbKr5TsYyw5K1j16M57od8NGbhK9rGyD5R6IBCjbQi6Ml8FQ6S5Mkm1NesdPPg3nrNvUJb_8-eYMDwLX6ixBrWP_QBV6OawF6MsAwL1gaemm-eUo4GO07z6s1Tty_ALfDxbgx_zzmueW8xiqBXkZ5BPOk0eLISiOzpnSeXO25N-SLng/s16000/Dark%20Skies%20Blog.png" /></a></div><br /><p></p>C. Alex Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705741958828260829noreply@blogger.com022 Historic Rte 66, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA35.1973826 -111.6482108-6.4386823255713779 178.03928919999998 76.833447525571373 -41.3357108tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847506314897983962.post-29520899862303611512023-06-23T15:14:00.000-07:002023-06-23T15:14:26.454-07:00Awakening the Creative Spirit<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://d9j5qtehtodpj.cloudfront.net/thumbnail/?image=988d443eef8311ed882f1249bb2c95b1&maxWidth=800&fittedCrop=0&version=200830" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://d9j5qtehtodpj.cloudfront.net/thumbnail/?image=988d443eef8311ed882f1249bb2c95b1&maxWidth=800&fittedCrop=0&version=200830" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Myriad, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Learn and practice strategies to jumpstart your creative process, whether you are just starting out with artistic expression, experiencing art block, or want to rejuvenate your journey of self-development.</span></span><p></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Myriad, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In CCC’s art studio, we will create mandalas, journey circles, and ensos as methods of calming, reflection, creative meditation, and self-definition. You will also learn techniques for centering and focusing to find and harness the flow in your creative process.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Myriad, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span class="session-title"><span class="session-dates"><span class="month" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://coconino-community-college.coursestorm.com/ccc-flagstaff/course/soul-circles-maintaining-calmness-and-flow-in-your-creativity-process?page=2" target="_blank">Register for $55</a></span></span></span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Myriad, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span class="session-title"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><span class="session-dates"><span class="month" style="font-weight: bold;">Every Wed from Jul</span> <span class="day" style="font-weight: bold;">12</span> - <span class="day" style="font-weight: bold;">26th</span>, <span class="year">2023</span></span> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;">3:45 - 5:45 pm</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;">@ Lone Tree Campus</span></div></span><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Myriad, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.drmichellegray.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20220819_1143061-scaled.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="200" src="https://www.drmichellegray.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20220819_1143061-scaled.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://www.drmichellegray.com" target="_blank">Dr. Michelle Gray</a> has over 40 years of experience in Expressive Arts and Coaching. She has used Depth Psychology and Mindful Living practices, both professionally and personally in her adult life. She has recently retired from her Psychology and Marriage and Family practices and is now focusing on bringing health and well-being coaching practices to those making transitions (retirement, kids launching, divorce, new career, new environs). Michelle is a member of the International Coaching Federation, which is the Gold Standard for Coaches.<p></p>C. Alex Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705741958828260829noreply@blogger.com02800 S Lone Tree Rd, Flagstaff, AZ 86004, USA35.1711439 -111.64548466.8609100638211515 -146.8017346 63.481377736178842 -76.4892346tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847506314897983962.post-18481865209216231322023-06-01T11:24:00.011-07:002023-06-01T17:51:10.386-07:00Announcing: <h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia;">Write Night! </span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia;">@ </span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia;">Bookman's Cafe</span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimOzH_RaOT7HLJ3LpcG73yl0FG9-YIt9HL5TnbljXgRaXuGZTkSljx1K4cGC9Gi2p3bf2R9CEAhedt8VhSrHt86B_OQRjlisNHtB2AWl1JogeqPczGdyJKDMrt5tenHLsYblfEKSsLHpAupoU98L8GWuppC-RTGOPJtAUByW63DmsVzVWosuGXp8S5/s1636/Write%20Night!.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1636" data-original-width="863" height="1186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimOzH_RaOT7HLJ3LpcG73yl0FG9-YIt9HL5TnbljXgRaXuGZTkSljx1K4cGC9Gi2p3bf2R9CEAhedt8VhSrHt86B_OQRjlisNHtB2AWl1JogeqPczGdyJKDMrt5tenHLsYblfEKSsLHpAupoU98L8GWuppC-RTGOPJtAUByW63DmsVzVWosuGXp8S5/w627-h1186/Write%20Night!.png" width="627" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>C. Alex Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705741958828260829noreply@blogger.com01520 S Riordan Ranch St, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA35.1860859 -111.65941966.8758520638211564 -146.8156696 63.496319736178847 -76.5031696tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847506314897983962.post-59449621187650455592023-04-24T18:46:00.001-07:002023-04-24T18:50:10.488-07:00AZ Authors Literary Contest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-nX5okg5lhDF14ATaV9fytFgUWYi5349_ztBGz3T_ezaJZKGhxAyj3T0Rd4af9WwNUv4BruZLCM34OgbIOW9ihwEvFLVSl8N_IMCqsPe_WedX-rdTFE1oXKRCwn34wVH-pc5UeMS8h0Hu/s1600/AZ+Authors.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-nX5okg5lhDF14ATaV9fytFgUWYi5349_ztBGz3T_ezaJZKGhxAyj3T0Rd4af9WwNUv4BruZLCM34OgbIOW9ihwEvFLVSl8N_IMCqsPe_WedX-rdTFE1oXKRCwn34wVH-pc5UeMS8h0Hu/s320/AZ+Authors.png" width="320" /></a><span style="text-align: left;"> </span> </div><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.arizonaauthors.org/contest-1" target="_blank">AZ Authors Association Literary Contest and Awards</a></span></h1><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large; font-weight: 400;">***<a href="https://www.arizonaauthors.org/contest-1" target="_blank">Entry Form</a>***</span></h2><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">Unpublished </span> </span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">Published </span><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span> </span></h3><div>Poems <span> </span>Fiction</div><div>Short Stories/Essays/Narrative <span> </span>Nonfiction</div><div>Novel, Novella<span> </span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Juvenile/Young Adult</div><div><span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> </span></span></span></span></span></span>Childrens Picture Book</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /></div><div><span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Oldie but Goldie</span></span><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><p class="font_8" style="border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_14)); font-size: 17px; font: var(--font_8); line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: corbel; font-size: 18.66666603088379px; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></p><p class="font_8" style="border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_14)); font-size: 17px; font: var(--font_8); line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: corbel; font-size: 18.66666603088379px; font-weight: 700;">One Grand Prize of</span><span style="font-family: corbel; font-size: 18.66666603088379px; font-weight: 700;"> $300</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="section"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "corbel"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: blue;">Three First Prizes of</span> $150</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: corbel; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700;">Three Second Prizes of</span><span style="font-family: corbel; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700;"> $75</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "corbel"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: blue;">Three Third Prizes of</span> $50</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "corbel"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: blue;">Three Fourth Prizes of</span> $25</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: corbel; font-size: 18.66666603088379px; font-weight: 700;">Eight Best-of-Category Prizes</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "corbel"; font-size: 14pt;">Unpublished Poetry and Short Story Best of Category will be </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "corbel"; font-size: 14pt;">Nominated for the <b>Pushcart Prize</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "corbel"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(50, 50, 50); color: #323232; font-size: 17px; text-align: left;">All winners will be featured in the <i>2024 Arizona Authors Literary Magazine</i>. </span>Since it began in 1978, the Arizona Literary Magazine has launched the careers of many authors.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/P/B0BKML5W4V.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SX500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="386" height="500" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/P/B0BKML5W4V.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SX500_.jpg" width="386" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="page" title="Page 2"><div class="section"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "corbel";"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.arizonaauthors.org/_files/ugd/f5b2b3_41f29952053943a0aac76ce6d0191b92.pdf" target="_blank">Contest Rules & Submission Guidelines</a></span></span></h3></div></div><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><br /></div></div><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"></div></div><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">>>>DEADLINE: June 1, 2023<<< </span></span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.arizonaauthors.org/contest-1" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Entry Form</span></a></div></div></div></div></div>C. Alex Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705741958828260829noreply@blogger.com0Flagstaff, AZ, USA35.1982836 -111.6513026.888049763821158 -146.807552 63.508517436178849 -76.495052tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847506314897983962.post-5560523586822884172023-03-10T13:25:00.001-07:002023-03-10T13:26:21.226-07:00Northern AZ Book Festival<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"><b>March 31-April 2 of 2023</b></span></div><div><br /></div><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1050" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Gov4MpXKtxwp0fIa9rswI4TrEIoXQKa8jAhiW3W-rOq4jY1anbL2-aMA7ZC--tPEILptAtP7X47y7OWNaa4p9GHVUp9nVtap2Jy1yZx2j6MxUmpHBP6EmM8r4S0cH7EISkgMZNbcm79jEOedOTx_WTFLFWm2tiw0rEuaCKzKDzIPRtQY8-AqJi5C/w640-h366/Book%20Fest%20Banner.jpeg" width="640" /><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Creating Effective Critique Groups Workshop</span></span></p><p></p><div style="font-family: Georgia; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700;">Sunday, April 2, 2023</span></span></div><p></p><div class="page" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline;" title="Page 1"><div style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><b><div class="page" style="display: inline; font-weight: 400;" title="Page 1"><div class="section" style="display: inline;"><div class="layoutArea" style="display: inline;"><div class="column" style="display: inline;"><div class="page" style="display: inline;" title="Page 1"><div class="section" style="display: inline;"><div class="layoutArea" style="display: inline;"><div class="column" style="display: inline;"><div class="page" style="display: inline;" title="Page 1"><div class="section" style="display: inline;"><div class="layoutArea" style="display: inline;"><div class="column" style="display: inline;"><div class="page" style="display: inline;" title="Page 1"><div class="section" style="display: inline;"><div class="layoutArea" style="display: inline;"><div class="column" style="display: inline;"><div class="page" style="display: inline;" title="Page 1"><div class="section" style="display: inline;"><div class="layoutArea" style="display: inline;"><div class="column" style="display: inline;"><p style="display: inline;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">11 to Noon</span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></b></div><div style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700;">Flagstaff Coconino County Public Library </span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700;">300 West Aspen Avenue</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">A Panel Presentation/Q&A </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700;">with </span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700;">Barbara Shovers and C. Alex Smith </span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700;">(FWC Co-Founders)</span></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial;"><b>How to Form a Group</b></span></li><li><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial;"><b>Group Models & Guidelines</b></span></li></ul></div></div><p style="color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 36px;"><span style="color: #941100; font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 20pt;">(928)779-6368 </span><span style="color: #941100; font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 20pt;">for more information</span></p></div></div><p></p><h1 style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 13px 0px 0px;"><b>Book Fest Highlights:</b></h1><p class="p5" style="color: #378d85; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px; min-height: 21px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p6" style="color: #378d85; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><b>Friday, March 31</b></p><p class="p7" style="color: #851538; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span class="s2" style="color: black; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><b>3pm: Author Meet and Greet</b></p><p class="p8" style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Downtown <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Flagstaff Public Library</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><p class="p6" style="color: #378d85; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><b>Saturday, April 1</b></p><p class="p7" style="color: #851538; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span class="s3" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><b>10am-5pm: Booths & Readings All Day!</b></p><p class="p9" style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span class="s4" style="color: #851538;"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></b></span>Heritage Square</p><p class="p10" style="font-family: Georgia; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></p><p class="p7" style="color: #851538; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2pm: Spoken Word & Slam Poetry: Roundtable & Preformance</b></p><p class="p11" style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Downtown Flagstaff Public Library</p><p class="p12" style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p class="p13" style="color: #851538; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3pm: Literary Editing & Publishing Panel featuring Local Presses</b></p><p class="p11" style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Liminal @ Flagstaff</p><p class="p12" style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p class="p13" style="color: #851538; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3pm: Hands-on Bookmaking by Wasted Ink Zine Distro</b></p><p class="p11" style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Heritage Square</p><p class="p12" style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p class="p13" style="color: #851538; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>5pm: Literary Editing & Publishing Panel featuring Local Presses</b></p><p class="p11" style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Liminal @ Flagstaff</p><p class="p12" style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p class="p13" style="color: #851538; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>7pm: Sedona Poetry Slam featuring Mary D. Fisher</b></p><p class="p11" style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Theater, Sedona</p><p class="p12" style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p class="p13" style="color: #851538; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>7pm: Explore Translation</b></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="p15" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">What is your relationship to the land you live on? Share a brief response to be added to a multilingual, community poem hosted by Thousand Languages Project. Responses collected by March 15th will be presented during the Explore Translation with Thousand Languages Panel.</span><span class="s5" style="font-kerning: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></p></blockquote></blockquote><p class="p16" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 233); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s6" style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <a href="https://thousandlanguages.asu.edu/landscapes-language-community-poem" target="_blank">Submit here</a>.</span></p><p class="p17" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 233); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Luminal, Flagstaff</span></p><p class="p18" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 233); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p19" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 233); color: #851538; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>8:30pm: That Needs Work: Humor Writing </b></span></p><p class="p17" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 233); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Hosted by NAU MFA students</span></p><p class="p17" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 233); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>TBD</span></p><p class="p17" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 233); font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b style="color: #378d85; font-size: 18px;">Sunday, April 2</b></p><p class="p13" style="color: #851538; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b style="font-size: 16px;"><span> <span> </span></span>11am: Create Effective Critique Groups</b></p><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZRNiCl0KtUHjyRRyTc_qA6S129ctb_YFvdnXDKV46p1i8xEzFCuo2kUAtHk_lHezIe9nDWOdTTm4mY6Sv67RICNvSmz1hRwiSRn3PfGZjRAW5Bu7IagCO6ZJomHJO68cm8sel5GejfWjguayqFE-ArN4kTZpp6rzPKgNkBc0Ggo8euMicpHU5Ggl2/s99/FWC%20Favicon.png" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="99" data-original-width="96" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZRNiCl0KtUHjyRRyTc_qA6S129ctb_YFvdnXDKV46p1i8xEzFCuo2kUAtHk_lHezIe9nDWOdTTm4mY6Sv67RICNvSmz1hRwiSRn3PfGZjRAW5Bu7IagCO6ZJomHJO68cm8sel5GejfWjguayqFE-ArN4kTZpp6rzPKgNkBc0Ggo8euMicpHU5Ggl2/s16000/FWC%20Favicon.png" /></a>Hosted by Flagstaff Writers Connection</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Downtown Flagstaff Public Library</p><p class="p12" style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p class="p13" style="color: #851538; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p class="p13" style="color: #851538; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p class="p13" style="color: #851538; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p class="p13" style="color: #851538; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p class="p13" style="color: #851538; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p class="p13" style="color: #851538; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p class="p13" style="color: #851538; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>1pm: Youth Poetry Council</b></p><p class="p11" style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>For Younger Writers (14-24 years)</p><p class="p11" style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Late for the Train, Flagstaff</p><p class="p12" style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p class="p12" style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p><p class="p20" style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.noazbookfest.org/copy-of-schedule-of-events-22"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.noazbookfest.org/copy-of-schedule-of-events-22"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></a></div><a href="https://www.noazbookfest.org/copy-of-schedule-of-events-22"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.noazbookfest.org/copy-of-schedule-of-events-22"></a><a href="https://www.noazbookfest.org/copy-of-schedule-of-events-22"><span style="font-size: large;">More Events</span></a></div></span><p></p><p class="p21" style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p20" style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeEAIM_2_6gSdAAB79CbQipYvTBWjU3sT9HnLng3SgAI_JCBg/viewform%20"><span style="font-size: large;">Volunteer Opportunities</span></a></p>C. Alex Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705741958828260829noreply@blogger.com0Flagstaff, AZ, USA35.1982836 -111.6513026.888049763821158 -146.807552 63.508517436178849 -76.495052tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847506314897983962.post-46838953345102505332022-12-12T18:24:00.007-07:002023-07-10T11:36:57.750-07:00Announcing the Deep Editing Series<h1 style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #a30003; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Deep Editing Series is Back</span></b></h1>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB8OXv_qog6sK0wrg3So_j8NCRxnKVT1hLv7Pw57IJn1Lvlil6j8MbB_x-UtSpfAMKQfx-UbDyG-vH79hOTyYZw2ndvBNCZf4lXX4c7DTGSn5kFhV5IUrbwWP_ExLBbeASOmrReNN1tcMstm-CbU2I-w5o2OMW_Xsh6PyhINpW5IqPfhQzyd5zY42goQ/s400/Pencil%20on%20a%20Blank%20Bkgd.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="309" data-original-width="400" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB8OXv_qog6sK0wrg3So_j8NCRxnKVT1hLv7Pw57IJn1Lvlil6j8MbB_x-UtSpfAMKQfx-UbDyG-vH79hOTyYZw2ndvBNCZf4lXX4c7DTGSn5kFhV5IUrbwWP_ExLBbeASOmrReNN1tcMstm-CbU2I-w5o2OMW_Xsh6PyhINpW5IqPfhQzyd5zY42goQ/s320/Pencil%20on%20a%20Blank%20Bkgd.png" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB8OXv_qog6sK0wrg3So_j8NCRxnKVT1hLv7Pw57IJn1Lvlil6j8MbB_x-UtSpfAMKQfx-UbDyG-vH79hOTyYZw2ndvBNCZf4lXX4c7DTGSn5kFhV5IUrbwWP_ExLBbeASOmrReNN1tcMstm-CbU2I-w5o2OMW_Xsh6PyhINpW5IqPfhQzyd5zY42goQ/s400/Pencil%20on%20a%20Blank%20Bkgd.png"><br /></a></span></div><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Do you have a completed or nearly completed first draft manuscript?</span></h2>
<p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Congratulations!</span></p>
<p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); color: #850002; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>You're Amazing</b></span></p>
<p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Two hundred million Americans (81%) say they want to write a novel or screenplay. But only 10% actually do.</b></span></p>
<p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">After I finished my first manuscript, I tried to edit it on my own. I moved or changes some of the words, but it didn't feel like the story was getting any better. So I started going to webinars and reading books until ten years later when I finally developed a method for revisions.</span></p>
<p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;">In 2019 I gave a year long series of workshops on revision. Since then, many people asked me to repeat the series. But we were in the middle of a pandemic that presented us with something we’d never seen before—Long Covid.</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;"></span><br /></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;">For 2023, I decided to commit the live presentations to video, so I can share them with you safely.</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;"></span><br /></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I am offering two ways to enjoy these presentations. </span></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; text-decoration: underline;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">On Your Own</span></b></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;"> each workshop comes with</span></span></p></blockquote><ul>
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<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;"><span style="font-size: medium;">on a private website</span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;"><span style="font-size: medium;">several videos you can view when it’s convenient for you </span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;"><span style="font-size: medium;">handouts </span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;"><span style="font-size: medium;">writing exercises. </span></span></li>
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</ul><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;"></span><br /></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; text-decoration: underline;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">With a Cohort</span></b></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;"> <b>of Other Writers</b> on my schedule. This option includes </span></span></p></blockquote><ul>
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<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;"><span style="font-size: medium;">the private website </span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;"><span style="font-size: medium;">videos</span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;"><span style="font-size: medium;">handouts</span></span></li>
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<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglQz3cL4SDytqPmhAxhghxSw9VRVGLZ2S9LbmG8oDrBH2xxnq_F1inwzVeq8YXY3XDRcb4IMSuKUz9SCY39Q0Zc5fntBIHU1VqELVe6BBENCvdsvYCSO3XFHkg7vJNgnZLF2ekRDBv1bgrF8emPhUwgQewHiAYFaL3Urwg0GwAHpYn2_Sto5lKzueTqg/s1028/Die%20Hard%20Fall.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;"><b>We’ll cover:</b></span></p></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"></blockquote><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black;"><tbody><tr><td style="background-color: #fb0007; border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(255, 255, 255) rgb(118, 113, 108); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 19px; padding: 4px; width: 136px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 1px; caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Title</b></span></span></p></td><td style="background-color: #fb0007; border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(255, 255, 255) rgb(118, 113, 108); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 19px; padding: 4px; width: 488px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 1px; caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Description</b></span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-color: rgb(118, 113, 108) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(118, 113, 108); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 126px; padding: 4px; width: 136px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 1px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Pre-editing</span></p></td><td style="border-color: rgb(118, 113, 108) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 126px; padding: 4px; width: 488px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 1px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Everything you need to do BEFORE you dig in to the real editing. Computer programs and apps you might want to consider</span></p><ul><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 1px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Class starts 1/9/23</span></li><li style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 1px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">AMA 1/16/23 11:00-12:30pm</span></li><li style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 1px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">AMA 1/21/23 1:00-2:30 pm</span></li><li style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 1px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">AMA 1/28/23 10:30 am-12:00 pm</span></li></ul></ul></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #f5f5f4; border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(118, 113, 108); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 126px; padding: 4px; width: 136px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 1px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Focusing the Story</span></p></td><td style="background-color: #f5f5f4; border: 1px solid rgb(128, 128, 128); height: 126px; padding: 4px; width: 488px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 1px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Making your MS more manageable and focused by cutting the excess. Writing your synopsis</span></p><ul><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 1px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Class Starts 2/6/23</span></li><li style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 1px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">AMA 2/9/23 5:30-7:00 pm</span></li><li style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 1px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">AMA 2/18/23 1:00-2:30 pm</span></li><li style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 1px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">AMA 2/25/23 10:30 am-12:00 pm</span></li></ul></ul></td></tr><tr><td style="border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(118, 113, 108); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 35px; padding: 4px; width: 136px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 1px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Series</span></p></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(128, 128, 128); height: 35px; padding: 4px; width: 488px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 1px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Working with “series” (motifs), themes, different story structures.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #f5f5f4; border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(118, 113, 108); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 54px; padding: 4px; width: 136px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 1px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Scenes</span></p></td><td style="background-color: #f5f5f4; border: 1px solid rgb(128, 128, 128); height: 54px; padding: 4px; width: 488px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 1px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Working with scenes/sequels, special scenes, making a ”character driven” scene, linking scenes.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(118, 113, 108); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 35px; padding: 4px; width: 136px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 1px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">POV</span></p></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(128, 128, 128); height: 35px; padding: 4px; width: 488px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 1px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Choosing a POV and a Narrative Distance, causality, and Motivational-Reaction Units.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #f5f5f4; border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(118, 113, 108); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 36px; padding: 4px; width: 136px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 1px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Tension</span></p></td><td style="background-color: #f5f5f4; border: 1px solid rgb(128, 128, 128); height: 36px; padding: 4px; width: 488px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 1px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Conflict, emotion, pacing, suspense.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(118, 113, 108); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 35px; padding: 4px; width: 136px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 1px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Dialogue</span></p></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(128, 128, 128); height: 35px; padding: 4px; width: 488px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 1px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Dialogue, attribution, compression.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #f5f5f4; border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(118, 113, 108); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 36px; padding: 4px; width: 136px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 1px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Setting</span></p></td><td style="background-color: #f5f5f4; border: 1px solid rgb(128, 128, 128); height: 36px; padding: 4px; width: 488px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 1px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">All six senses, visceral response, active vs. static, mood.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(118, 113, 108); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 36px; padding: 4px; width: 136px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 1px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Action</span></p></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(128, 128, 128); height: 36px; padding: 4px; width: 488px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 1px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Movement, goals, body language, subtext.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #f5f5f4; border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(118, 113, 108); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 35px; padding: 4px; width: 136px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 1px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Thought</span></p></td><td style="background-color: #f5f5f4; border: 1px solid rgb(128, 128, 128); height: 35px; padding: 4px; width: 488px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 1px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Internal monologue, back story, exposition.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(118, 113, 108); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 36px; padding: 4px; width: 136px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 1px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Color Analysis</span></p></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(128, 128, 128); height: 36px; padding: 4px; width: 488px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 1px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Margie Lawson’s Color analysis, originality, white space</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: #f5f5f4; border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(118, 113, 108); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 35px; padding: 4px; width: 136px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 1px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Voice</span></p></td><td style="background-color: #f5f5f4; border: 1px solid rgb(128, 128, 128); height: 35px; padding: 4px; width: 488px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 1px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Darlings, rhetorical devices</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(118, 113, 108); 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Alex Smith</b> started her writing career as a political blogger on the <a href="https://www.dailykos.com/" style="color: #7c161d; text-decoration: none;">Daily Kos</a> in 2008. She was invited to be one of three editors on a well-researched <a href="https://www.dailykos.com/groups/Anti%20Capitalist%20Meetup%20Group" style="color: #7c161d; text-decoration: none;">weekly blog</a> concerning economics, politics, environmental concerns, medicine, and science. There, she cultivated far left celebrities to guest post on the blog including Robin Upton (host of <span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> <a href="http://unwelcomeguests.net/" style="color: #7c161d; text-decoration: none;">Unwelcome Guests</a></span>), <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Gar-Alperovitz/e/B001HCY0W4/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1" style="color: #7c161d; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Gar Alperovitz</span></a> (author of Beyond Capitalism), Roger Rothenberger (author of <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21698339-beyond-plutocracy" style="color: #7c161d; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Beyond Plutocracy</span></a>), and Prof. <a href="https://www.rdwolff.com/about" style="color: #7c161d; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Richard D. Wolff</span></a> (Economic Update, The New School in NY). She was also instrumental in getting the blog reposted on several political news sites and maintained the blogs social media presence. </p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">She moved on in 2014 to being the host of <i>Spec Fix Pix</i>, a podcast for fans of Sci Fi, Fantasy and Horror. </p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">After moving back to Arizona in 2018, she became a co-founder of <span style="color: #0950b1; text-decoration: underline;">Flagstaff Writers Connection</span>. She continues to work for FWC to maintain their internet presence, host the local<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> <a href="https://flagstaffwritersconnection.blogspot.com/p/critique-club.html" style="color: #7c161d; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">Critique Circle</span></a></span> and <a href="https://flagstaffwritersconnection.blogspot.com/2021/04/Pub-Club.html" style="color: #7c161d; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Publishing Club</span></a>, and to provide occasional workshops and courses on writing and the publishing industry.</p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Since 2008 she has been writing science fiction and alternate history. She has five complete manuscripts and three partial manuscripts. Two of her manuscripts took second place at the <a href="https://www.arizonaauthors.org/contest-1" style="color: #7c161d; text-decoration: none;">Arizona Authors Association Literary Contest</a>.</p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;"></span></p>
</div></div>C. Alex Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705741958828260829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847506314897983962.post-87562560039684944262022-09-29T08:00:00.008-07:002022-10-30T10:42:21.839-07:00Open Submission to Mimbres Press!!<h1><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH9q--to4MdUAmMyHEhBNVLpjO9-e31ziwysTzYVNr3qqaBN7FwMe49tGPzqGwk5UcZVBFSQnXeCvfDKnSqx8mb-KNvTsZhOfs7MqAiKF_qhdn5F_qOSL3e10-yfsE11JiMJSJMgBI6EHt9BMuXEhiZIUxw5m-hQXVA_0BoKfOrKZZKV5vUMqaAJ9v/s917/Event-cancelled.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="917" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH9q--to4MdUAmMyHEhBNVLpjO9-e31ziwysTzYVNr3qqaBN7FwMe49tGPzqGwk5UcZVBFSQnXeCvfDKnSqx8mb-KNvTsZhOfs7MqAiKF_qhdn5F_qOSL3e10-yfsE11JiMJSJMgBI6EHt9BMuXEhiZIUxw5m-hQXVA_0BoKfOrKZZKV5vUMqaAJ9v/w640-h328/Event-cancelled.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">We are so sorry, but we have to </span></div></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: #cc0000;">CANCEL</span> OUR SMALL PRESS SUBMISSION OPPORTUNITY </span></h1><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">We apologize for any inconvenience</span>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"> <b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Bodoni 72 Oldstyle"; text-align: center;">Free Zoom Webinar & Open Submission</b></span></h1>
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<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The publishing industry has never been more accessible. That is both good and bad news. With the floodgates open, the role of author, publisher, editor, agent, and publicist have become blurred. And we are inundated with conflicting information and challenges. Yet, more books are being produced and consumed through more platforms than ever before. </span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Join industry expert<b> Jared Kuritz</b>, as he offers key insights on the state of the publishing industry, the publishing process, and Mimbres Press, with a Q&A to follow. He will also be giving instruction on how to submit your work to Mimbres.</span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://wnmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/WNMUSilvercity-14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="800" height="250" src="https://wnmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/WNMUSilvercity-14.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As an academic press, we are a traditional publisher. However, in addition to academic works, Mimbres Press welcomes <span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">agented and unagented</span> submissions in the following genres: </span></p>
<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">literary fiction</span></b></li><li><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">creative non-fiction</span></b></li><li><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">essays</span></b></li><li><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">memoir</span></b></li><li><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">poetry</span></b></li><li><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">children’s books </span></b></li><li><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">historical fiction</span></b></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Arial;">academic books</b><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></b></span></li></ul></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We are particularly interested in academic and commercial work with a strong social message, including but not limited to works of history, reportage, biography, anthropology, culture, human rights, and the natural world. </span></p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Here are a few things that make Mimbres Press unique:</span></b></h2>
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<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We welcome agented and unagented submissions.</span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We welcome submissions from both new and previously published authors.</span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We pride ourselves on a personalized approach, so you will hear back from us promptly.</span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We offer above industry standard royalties.</span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We are NOT a vanity publisher and publishing with us costs you nothing!</span></li>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://mimbrespress.wnmu.edu/wp-content/themes/tanx-press/img/20210930_142938-opt.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="751" data-original-width="756" height="397" src="https://mimbrespress.wnmu.edu/wp-content/themes/tanx-press/img/20210930_142938-opt.png" width="400" /></a></div>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mimbres Press is named after the Mimbres people, whose culture thrived between 825 and 1450 CE. The Mimbres people lived in the Mimbres Valley in southern New Mexico, although their territories extended to parts of Arizona in the West and the Rio Grande in the Southeast. The culture is now known particularly for its pottery, which was the inspiration for our logo designed by artist Paul Hotvedt.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://mimbrespress.wnmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/115/2017/10/JK-Headshot.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://mimbrespress.wnmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/115/2017/10/JK-Headshot.jpg" width="200" /></a></b></div><b>Jared Kuritz</b> is the Managing Director of Mimbres Press of Western New Mexico University and also oversees book marketing efforts. For more than 20 years as a Managing Partner with STRATEGIES Public Relations, he has worked with domestic and international authors and publishers on literary and publishing development, business modeling, and public relations and marketing. Jared is also the Director of the La Jolla Writers Conference—an annual, three-day immersion that educates attendees about the art, craft, and business of writing and publishing. Jared is also the Founder and Director of the Kops-Fetherling Books Awards. A regular contributor to IBPA, BEA, Tucson Festival of Books, and more, Jared enjoys sharing his expertise with members of the writing and publishing community. <b>Jared Kuritz</b> is the Managing Director of Mimbres Press of Western New Mexico University and also oversees book marketing efforts. For more than 20 years as a Managing Partner with STRATEGIES Public Relations, he has worked with domestic and international authors and publishers on literary and publishing development, business modeling, and public relations and marketing. Jared is also the Director of the La Jolla Writers Conference—an annual, three-day immersion that educates attendees about the art, craft, and business of writing and publishing. Jared is also the Founder and Director of the Kops-Fetherling Books Awards. A regular contributor to IBPA, BEA, Tucson Festival of Books, and more, Jared enjoys sharing his expertise with members of the writing and publishing community.<p></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bestdegreeprograms.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/western-new-mexico-university.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="800" height="266" src="https://www.bestdegreeprograms.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/western-new-mexico-university.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>C. Alex Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705741958828260829noreply@blogger.com01000 W College Ave, Silver City, NM 88062, USA32.7754152 -108.2829341.1565940459328168 -143.439184 64.394236354067175 -73.126684tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847506314897983962.post-91877102460915918832022-09-14T21:00:00.118-07:002022-09-14T21:00:00.140-07:00Book Release Celebration for "To Travel Well, Travel Light"<p style="text-align: center;"> <b style="font-size: 36px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Published!</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ojAexWeTN0Ygs2uYJfGcWVpbLETIzhiAdBIouXlaokPpTecE9V0OYr9UBd49SUQGKEaUCLPnvuHb55cDSuKRgsKFGarWejeA8BWUVSZPCkll-Mj5azoievpZ44rfVaYw9RkA5xw8dcJjw5s_K5_Nuc4FnFUxOW19CNquL8k1dMytCBLLnAQaaPkv/s640/Travel%20Light.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ojAexWeTN0Ygs2uYJfGcWVpbLETIzhiAdBIouXlaokPpTecE9V0OYr9UBd49SUQGKEaUCLPnvuHb55cDSuKRgsKFGarWejeA8BWUVSZPCkll-Mj5azoievpZ44rfVaYw9RkA5xw8dcJjw5s_K5_Nuc4FnFUxOW19CNquL8k1dMytCBLLnAQaaPkv/s16000/Travel%20Light.jpg" /></a></div><h1 style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Book Release Celebration </span></b></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">for</span></b></div>
<p style="font-size: 24px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Long Time FWC Author</b><span><b> </b></span></span></p>
<p style="font-size: 24px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Rev. Mary Coday Edwards </span></b></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">on</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Sept. 28, 5:30 to 7 pm</span></b></div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"></div></h1><h1><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Join Her At</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/to-travel-well-travel-light-an-evening-with-mary-coday-edwards-tickets-409071573087?fbclid=IwAR2GxKAZxQvaOxjZ2cxyggXyhB0WITgAl6MKSzNNBy70U9Ukig4SuyE0r60" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bright Side Bookshop</span></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">18 N. San Francisco St.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Flagstaff, AZ</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Light refreshments will be served.</span></span></div></h1><b><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">"I served a god that didn’t exist …"</span></b></div></b><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 6px; min-height: 14px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i></i></b><br /></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i> To Travel Well, Travel Light</i> is a story of the joys and pitfalls of living and working abroad for many years with children in tow. Mary, her husband Mike, and their two young sons moved to Peshawar, Pakistan, to help their Afghan friends rebuild their country after the Soviet departure in 1992. A USAID program brought educated young Afghan men to the Midwest to instruct them in public administration. Mary and Mike befriended them through a community friendship program, and these <i>mujahideen</i> persuaded this adventurous family to move to Peshawar. </span></p><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 6pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Mary worked for an Afghan NGO as a consultant for construction projects inside Afghanistan, and Mike administered the Afghan Eye Hospital. Their older and outgoing son finished high school in Peshawar through a university distance-learning program and in the process learned to hang glide, met young people from all over the world, and grew fluent in the Pashtu language. Their younger son learned British English and had to be reminded by his parents that in the US, an eraser is not called a “rubber.” </span></p><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> The cover shows Mary in a chador. She wore that in public to protect her Afghan refugee friends from ultra-conservative Muslims who would punish Muslims who were suspected of consorting with loose Western women. She didn’t know it at the time of their move, but she was also wrapped in the chador of patriarchal, conservative Christianity, a religion that served a nonexistent male god that kept adult women as children. This family lived and worked abroad for 20 years, time enough for Mary to experience how her resistance to this religion found affirmation in wisdom ancient and modern and to rebuild her values with soul-driven goals. </span></p>
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<h1 style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></h1><h1 style="text-align: justify;"><b>ABOUT THE AUTHOR </b></h1><div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid-sL7pxt3sWC_XjCUDyTHJtrzV-oEx8Ahov_Kmc3HdjI3n1cjh6713b_T7hUGVxUBGx8IRMPML-wzi7k31PeJIlU6dO7FV7s5UtW65RQBoimdBCeBbso-c6pWmAfigyh7svj5LRt--Un65Ncae6Cvw2hjh5kFtqDbsJbP2LDIwkSkxdsiDVgnbmLg/s2001/Mary.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2001" data-original-width="1814" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid-sL7pxt3sWC_XjCUDyTHJtrzV-oEx8Ahov_Kmc3HdjI3n1cjh6713b_T7hUGVxUBGx8IRMPML-wzi7k31PeJIlU6dO7FV7s5UtW65RQBoimdBCeBbso-c6pWmAfigyh7svj5LRt--Un65Ncae6Cvw2hjh5kFtqDbsJbP2LDIwkSkxdsiDVgnbmLg/w290-h320/Mary.jpg" width="290" /></a></span></div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span> Before be</span><span>coming an internationally published author, Mary Coday Edwards was a project manager on multi-million dollar construction projects in the US and continued in this field when her family moved to Peshawar, Pakistan, where she was a consultant for post-conflict reconstruction projects in Afghanistan. A trailing spouse, she traveled the world with her family through her husband’s employment with CBM, a nonprofit headquartered in Germany. Her writing skills landed her jobs with international, English daily print newspapers, <i>The Jakarta Post</i> and <i>The News,</i> in Indonesia and Mexico, respectively. With her MA in Environmental Studies from Boston University, her articles and op-ed pieces on local and global environmental issues were published internationally.<br /></span><span> The many countries she has lived in—Pakistan, Indonesia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Mexico—provided her with the opportunities to pursue spirituality as expressed through the various worldviews she encountered. Mary took post-graduate studies in theological ethics from the University of South Africa, focusing on Ecological Justice: how to keep both the human species and the natural environment flourishing. Upon returning to the US after living abroad for almost twenty years, she became a nonsectarian spiritual growth facilitator and ordained minister through People House, a center for spiritual and personal growth based in Denver, Colorado. She’s been a regular blogger for People House for six years. <br /></span> Mary spends her free time pulling invasive weeds from their small plot of shortgrass prairie land in Flagstaff, Arizona, where she lives with her husband and is within easy driving distance to their two adult sons and their families.</p></span></span><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px;"></p><p></p></div>C. Alex Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705741958828260829noreply@blogger.com018 N San Francisco St, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA35.1978126 -111.64766766.8875787638211534 -146.8039176 63.508046436178844 -76.4914176tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847506314897983962.post-35552260389373448212022-08-21T15:00:00.037-07:002022-09-08T13:31:21.798-07:00Compelling Openings Course<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">
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<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"><b><span>A Uniquely Formatted Online Course to Create a Compelling Opening</span></b><b> </b></span></h1><h3 style="text-align: center;"><br /></h3><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">What to Expect:</span></b></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Starting <span style="color: #990000;">9/14</span>, participants have 12 days to watch instructional videos and do exercises via a private webpage. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Participants spruce up or create a dynamic opening for a book, memoir, or short story of up to 300 words. </span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">By<span style="color: #990000;"> 9/25</span>, opening pages are submitted to <a href="mailto:C@CAlexSmith.com">C@CAlexSmith.com</a> who will anonymously distribute them to participants via a link.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">By <span style="color: #990000;">10/4,</span> participants review other writers’ openings and answer three questions: </span></li><ul><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Does it make you want to turn the page and keep reading? </span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">What hooked you? </span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">What would have been an even stronger hook? </span></li></ul><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Instructor emails summary of participant feedback to each writer prior to 10/9. </span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">On <span style="color: #990000;">10/9</span>, group meets on Zoom from <span style="color: #990000;">1-3 p.m</span>. to review and discuss feedback received.</span></li><br /></ul>
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<p style="color: #a30003; font-family: Georgia; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Questions: </span></b></p><p style="color: #a30003; font-family: Georgia; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">C@CAlexSmith.com</span></b></p><p style="color: #a30003; font-family: Georgia; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">(928)779-6368</span></b></p><p style="color: #a30003; font-family: Georgia; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="color: #a30003; font-family: Georgia; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNNtf1Du-ZFGpICuUNxSEvT1cGXWBBY3XGaUTuY3be7jdpv_Ye0gc2I0hS94XwqLt0JB4bwglrVA9MwJGWZ0EpX_Vcj-qn6KPQWQ9UmqlxAmYJJhZOge5UJmBXHAF-Or77FrDgCFOTOZObmtCDJOwVir8yTKWxBtcJahjZU4xCyMjj9S2v9hW4sN5X/s406/Straw%20Hat%20Headshot.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="406" data-original-width="320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNNtf1Du-ZFGpICuUNxSEvT1cGXWBBY3XGaUTuY3be7jdpv_Ye0gc2I0hS94XwqLt0JB4bwglrVA9MwJGWZ0EpX_Vcj-qn6KPQWQ9UmqlxAmYJJhZOge5UJmBXHAF-Or77FrDgCFOTOZObmtCDJOwVir8yTKWxBtcJahjZU4xCyMjj9S2v9hW4sN5X/w253-h320/Straw%20Hat%20Headshot.jpg" width="253" /></a></b></div><p></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b>C. Alex Smith</b> started her writing career as a political blogger on the <a href="https://www.dailykos.com">Daily Kos</a> in 2008. She was invited to be one of three editors on a well-researched <a href="https://www.dailykos.com/groups/Anti%20Capitalist%20Meetup%20Group">weekly blog</a> concerning economics, politics, environmental concerns, medicine, and science. There, she cultivated far left celebrities to guest post on the blog including Robin Upton (host of <span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> <a href="http://unwelcomeguests.net/">Unwelcome Guests</a></span>), <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Gar-Alperovitz/e/B001HCY0W4/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Gar Alperovitz</span></a> (author of Beyond Capitalism), Roger Rothenberger (author of <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21698339-beyond-plutocracy"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Beyond Plutocracy</span></a>), and Prof. <a href="https://www.rdwolff.com/about"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Richard D. Wolff</span></a> (Economic Update, The New School in NY). She was also instrumental in getting the blog reposted on several political news sites and maintained the blogs social media presence. </p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">She moved on in 2014 to being the host of <i>Spec Fix Pix</i>, a podcast for fans of Sci Fi, Fantasy and Horror. </p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">After moving back to Arizona in 2018, she became a co-founder of <span style="color: #0950b1; text-decoration: underline;">Flagstaff Writers Connection</span>. She continues to work for FWC to maintain their internet presence, host the local<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> <a href="https://flagstaffwritersconnection.blogspot.com/p/critique-club.html"><span style="color: blue;">Critique Circle</span></a></span> and <a href="https://flagstaffwritersconnection.blogspot.com/2021/04/Pub-Club.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Publishing Club</span></a>, and to provide occasional workshops and courses on writing and the publishing industry.</p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Since 2008 she has been writing science fiction and alternate history. She has five complete manuscripts and three partial manuscripts. Two of her manuscripts took second place at the <a href="https://www.arizonaauthors.org/contest-1">Arizona Authors Association Literary Contest</a>.</p><p style="color: #a30003; font-family: Georgia; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;">
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Alex Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705741958828260829noreply@blogger.com0Flagstaff, AZ, USA35.1982836 -111.6513027.043444128247355 -146.807552 63.353123071752648 -76.495052tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847506314897983962.post-91439746692916457902022-08-21T08:09:00.010-07:002022-10-07T14:09:03.203-07:00Introducing The House of Authors<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS3TG8-55mEFF2oq6JZLWhpxcixBnIt-Qf-Yw4YZuxiCLONDgCvN565XiJ57Q91wi2IOJSLZM3w59PwBKDnPjuSlMXBABwlBi2DdifEJJ2yxB9RN0dtU24WMD6vCZCBXsTN6q6gRI-1lIXUD2Vkzi1mmz9Y-e4Sgn60ltpFagu3yXX8Y1SJFWVvmp9/s1931/House%20of%20the%20Authors%20Banner.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1343" data-original-width="1931" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS3TG8-55mEFF2oq6JZLWhpxcixBnIt-Qf-Yw4YZuxiCLONDgCvN565XiJ57Q91wi2IOJSLZM3w59PwBKDnPjuSlMXBABwlBi2DdifEJJ2yxB9RN0dtU24WMD6vCZCBXsTN6q6gRI-1lIXUD2Vkzi1mmz9Y-e4Sgn60ltpFagu3yXX8Y1SJFWVvmp9/w640-h446/House%20of%20the%20Authors%20Banner.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;">HBO premieres the prequel to Game of Thrones </span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">8/21/22 at 9 pm EDT and 6 pm MST</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The original <i><a href="https://www.hbomax.com/series/urn:hbo:series:GVU2cggagzYNJjhsJATwo?utm_id=sa%7C71700000093123589%7C58700007775896981%7Cp71785138985&&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&msclkid=ac7ba1e672f410802de2c2e43252ce67&gclid=ac7ba1e672f410802de2c2e43252ce67&gclsrc=3p.ds" target="_blank">Game of Thrones</a></i> turned out to be one of the most popular shows HBO ever produced. So much so that they assigned their best writers to the show and hired excellent acting talent. <i><a href="https://www.hbo.com/house-of-the-dragon" target="_blank">The House of the Dragon</a></i> prequel will likely get the same red carpet treatment. That means writers have an opportunity to learn from these top-of-their-game professionals.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Watch an episode and enjoy it. Then watch it again and take notes. Here are some handy forms to help you keep track of your findings.</span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="background-color: #118eff; border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(255, 255, 255) rgb(118, 113, 108) rgb(128, 128, 128); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 23px; padding: 4px; width: 23px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>Episode</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: #118eff; border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(255, 255, 255) rgb(118, 113, 108); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 23px; padding: 4px; width: 109px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>Review Form</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: #118eff; border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(255, 255, 255) rgb(118, 113, 108); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 23px; padding: 4px; width: 192px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>Script</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: #118eff; border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(118, 113, 108) rgb(255, 255, 255); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 23px; padding: 4px; width: 107px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>Writer Recap</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-color: rgb(118, 113, 108) rgb(118, 113, 108) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 21px; padding: 4px; width: 23px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: medium; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">1</span></p></td><td style="border-color: rgb(118, 113, 108) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(118, 113, 108); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 21px; padding: 4px; width: 109px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #0000e9; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><u>Episode 1</u></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></p></td><td style="border-color: rgb(118, 113, 108) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 21px; padding: 4px; width: 192px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000e9; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><u><a href="https://tvshowtranscripts.ourboard.org/viewtopic.php?f=1451&t=55708" target="_blank">S1E1 Script</a></u></span></p></td><td style="border-color: rgb(118, 113, 108) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 21px; padding: 4px; width: 107px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://youtu.be/CBgU1rOF6nE"><u>YouTube</u><span style="font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;"><u></u></span></a></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(118, 113, 108) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 20px; padding: 4px; width: 23px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: medium; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">2</span></p></td><td style="background-color: #f5f5f4; border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(118, 113, 108); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 20px; padding: 4px; width: 109px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc5-mC8OzPX7VwzZ2-ihCGm9FbRqZV0Q-NzXgJkfJmtPxbDPQ/viewform"><u>Episode 2</u></a> </span></p></td><td style="background-color: #f5f5f4; border: 1px solid rgb(128, 128, 128); height: 20px; padding: 4px; width: 192px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000e9; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><u>S1E2 Script</u></span></p></td><td style="background-color: #f5f5f4; border: 1px solid rgb(128, 128, 128); height: 20px; padding: 4px; width: 107px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://youtu.be/xQq63lz_zC4"><u>YouTube</u><span style="font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;"><u></u></span></a></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(118, 113, 108) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 19px; padding: 4px; width: 23px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: medium; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">3</span></p></td><td style="border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(118, 113, 108); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 19px; padding: 4px; width: 109px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000e9; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><u>Episode 3</u></span></p></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(128, 128, 128); height: 19px; padding: 4px; width: 192px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000e9; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><u>S1E3 Script</u></span></p></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(128, 128, 128); height: 19px; padding: 4px; width: 107px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">YouTube</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(118, 113, 108) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 20px; padding: 4px; width: 23px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: medium; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">4</span></p></td><td style="background-color: #f5f5f4; border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(118, 113, 108); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 20px; padding: 4px; width: 109px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000e9; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><u>Episode 4</u></span></p></td><td style="background-color: #f5f5f4; border: 1px solid rgb(128, 128, 128); height: 20px; padding: 4px; width: 192px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000e9; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><u>S1E4 Script</u></span></p></td><td style="background-color: #f5f5f4; border: 1px solid rgb(128, 128, 128); height: 20px; padding: 4px; width: 107px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">YouTube</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(118, 113, 108) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 20px; padding: 4px; width: 23px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: medium; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">5</span></p></td><td style="border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(118, 113, 108); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 20px; padding: 4px; width: 109px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000e9; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><u>Episode 5</u></span></p></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(128, 128, 128); height: 20px; padding: 4px; width: 192px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000e9; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><u>S1E5 Script</u></span></p></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(128, 128, 128); height: 20px; padding: 4px; width: 107px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">YouTube</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(118, 113, 108) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 20px; padding: 4px; width: 23px;" valign="top"><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">6</span></p></td><td style="background-color: #f5f5f4; border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(118, 113, 108); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 20px; padding: 4px; width: 109px;" valign="top"><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p></td><td style="background-color: #f5f5f4; border: 1px solid rgb(128, 128, 128); height: 20px; padding: 4px; width: 192px;" valign="top"><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><u>S1E6 Script</u></span></p></td><td style="background-color: #f5f5f4; border: 1px solid rgb(128, 128, 128); height: 20px; padding: 4px; width: 107px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">YouTube</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(118, 113, 108) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 20px; padding: 4px; width: 23px;" valign="top"><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">7</span></p></td><td style="border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(118, 113, 108); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 20px; padding: 4px; width: 109px;" valign="top"><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(128, 128, 128); height: 20px; padding: 4px; width: 192px;" valign="top"><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><u>S1E7 Script</u></span></p></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(128, 128, 128); height: 20px; padding: 4px; width: 107px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">YouTube</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(118, 113, 108) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 20px; padding: 4px; width: 23px;" valign="top"><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">8</span></p></td><td style="background-color: #f5f5f4; border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(118, 113, 108); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 20px; padding: 4px; width: 109px;" valign="top"><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p></td><td style="background-color: #f5f5f4; border: 1px solid rgb(128, 128, 128); height: 20px; padding: 4px; width: 192px;" valign="top"><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><u>S1E8 Script</u></span></p></td><td style="background-color: #f5f5f4; border: 1px solid rgb(128, 128, 128); height: 20px; padding: 4px; width: 107px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">YouTube</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(118, 113, 108) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 20px; padding: 4px; width: 23px;" valign="top"><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">9</span></p></td><td style="border-color: rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(128, 128, 128) rgb(118, 113, 108); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 20px; padding: 4px; width: 109px;" valign="top"><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(128, 128, 128); height: 20px; padding: 4px; width: 192px;" valign="top"><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><u>S1E9 Script</u></span></p></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(128, 128, 128); height: 20px; padding: 4px; width: 107px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">YouTube</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif">If you notice something I missed, please leave me a comment below. I will keep track of all our findings and publish them on this </span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #b51200; text-decoration: none;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmg6NUn3q4Y&list=PL7K7XpjCcnX4kwWdNRM_eJVvjG50wbLbr" style="color: #b51200; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">Playlist</a> </span>and at this <a href="https://sites.google.com/calexsmith.com/speculative-fiction/home" target="_blank">Website</a>.</span></p>C. Alex Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705741958828260829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847506314897983962.post-74312898371919681472022-07-18T20:57:00.000-07:002022-07-18T20:57:21.053-07:00 Need Help Marketing Your Book?<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Flagstaff Writers Connection</b></span><b style="caret-color: rgb(128, 0, 2); color: #800002; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; text-align: left;"> </b></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(128, 0, 2); color: #800002; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; text-align: left;">hosts </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(128, 0, 2); color: #800002; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; text-align: left;">a </span><b style="caret-color: rgb(128, 0, 2); color: #800002; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; text-align: left;">free,</b><span style="caret-color: rgb(128, 0, 2); color: #800002; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; text-align: left;"> </span><b style="caret-color: rgb(128, 0, 2); color: #800002; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; text-align: left;">online</b><span style="caret-color: rgb(128, 0, 2); color: #800002; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; text-align: left;"> group to help you</span><b style="caret-color: rgb(128, 0, 2); color: #800002; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; text-align: left;"> </b></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><b>Build Platform, Get Published, and Market Books?</b></span></h2>
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<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(128, 0, 2); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Geneva; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=NXJmZTAxOGpmbjNlYjIxOXVzMWMzOW1udWwgY182aG1tZWZwN3E2YmtyNjAwYXQ1c3A1aWpna0Bn&tmsrc=c_6hmmefp7q6bkr600at5sp5ijgk%40group.calendar.google.com">July 23 at Noon</a></span><span style="color: #800002;">: Book Launch Timeline by C. Alex Smith</span></span></p></blockquote>
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<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(128, 0, 2); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #800002; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Learn more at the </b><span style="color: blue;"><b><a href="https://flagstaffwritersconnection.blogspot.com/p/pub-club.html" target="_blank">Pub Club Webpage</a></b></span><b>.</b></span></p>C. Alex Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705741958828260829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847506314897983962.post-7464045104674470492022-06-27T09:04:00.000-07:002022-06-27T09:04:03.566-07:00Let Them Talk!: Writing Compelling Character Dialogue<div class="separator"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-nX5okg5lhDF14ATaV9fytFgUWYi5349_ztBGz3T_ezaJZKGhxAyj3T0Rd4af9WwNUv4BruZLCM34OgbIOW9ihwEvFLVSl8N_IMCqsPe_WedX-rdTFE1oXKRCwn34wVH-pc5UeMS8h0Hu/s1600/AZ+Authors.png" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-nX5okg5lhDF14ATaV9fytFgUWYi5349_ztBGz3T_ezaJZKGhxAyj3T0Rd4af9WwNUv4BruZLCM34OgbIOW9ihwEvFLVSl8N_IMCqsPe_WedX-rdTFE1oXKRCwn34wVH-pc5UeMS8h0Hu/s320/AZ+Authors.png" width="320" /></a></div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Arizona Authors Association Presents:</b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Writing Compelling Character Dialogue</span></b></div></b></h1><h3 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">A Zoom Workshop Presented by </div><div style="text-align: center;">Award-Winning Author Penny Orloff</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></h3><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This <b><span style="color: #990000;">Free</span></b> Workshop Includes:</span></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><ul><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Exercises to help participants hear what their characters have to say, expressed in the characters' own voices</span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Examples</span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Discussion</span><span style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"> </span></li></ul><p></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><b>Saturday, July 9, 2022</b></span></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><b>10am-Noon MST online</b></span></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> </p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Email <a href="mailto:toby@tobyheathcotte.com"><span style="color: blue;">Toby Heathcotte</span></a><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>to participate.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgECtVf27xexMSqUjN-UED1NJOez22YhO4-EIrAuZIgD62wuKPf59Q_rlW_u0H1eOULqNoOZgrhE8pwPvyN5geVvi2POi4gOreWG8eMXHi6vdU03RRzJIhgVd1HsOVs1QCkIicKNr61puaia3EmtIOHUtjuFgWB2FfshPr6xqrvloE5r4pnVy_Lo0RhtQ/s830/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-27%20at%208.23.00%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="622" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgECtVf27xexMSqUjN-UED1NJOez22YhO4-EIrAuZIgD62wuKPf59Q_rlW_u0H1eOULqNoOZgrhE8pwPvyN5geVvi2POi4gOreWG8eMXHi6vdU03RRzJIhgVd1HsOVs1QCkIicKNr61puaia3EmtIOHUtjuFgWB2FfshPr6xqrvloE5r4pnVy_Lo0RhtQ/w150-h200/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-27%20at%208.23.00%20AM.png" width="150" /></a></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwUT--K8iEpuNXVmQM-hcWcaZT1RBzl94JYOgaBDdU8gsQFFZirOuvxIJ1Gy3iOJR-uZ0e7z025aa30MAhLIS12Kl2UqOtkqaLFp8faXTeqNrBm59G7UCN90spXk6KRCeuKEuzlqfRqtxrAvl4k0gn6k_8pxiciIxgTX5HN9nAWTCKszLZQDNDFqmGCA/s912/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-27%20at%208.22.27%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img alt="Penny’s award-winning book Jewish Thighs on Broadway: Misadventures of A Little Trooper" border="0" data-original-height="912" data-original-width="614" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwUT--K8iEpuNXVmQM-hcWcaZT1RBzl94JYOgaBDdU8gsQFFZirOuvxIJ1Gy3iOJR-uZ0e7z025aa30MAhLIS12Kl2UqOtkqaLFp8faXTeqNrBm59G7UCN90spXk6KRCeuKEuzlqfRqtxrAvl4k0gn6k_8pxiciIxgTX5HN9nAWTCKszLZQDNDFqmGCA/w134-h200/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-27%20at%208.22.27%20AM.png" width="134" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11px; text-align: justify;"><span> </span>Penny’s award-winning book</span></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Jewish-Thighs-Broadway-Misadventures-Trouper/dp/1403398224/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2SJVP44J6LM0N&keywords=Penny+Orloff+Jewish+thighs&qid=1647967170&sprefix=penny+orloff+jewish+thighs,aps,67&sr=8-1" style="font-size: 11px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: blue;"><i>Jewish Thighs on Broadway:</i></span></a></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Jewish-Thighs-Broadway-Misadventures-Trouper/dp/1403398224/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2SJVP44J6LM0N&keywords=Penny+Orloff+Jewish+thighs&qid=1647967170&sprefix=penny+orloff+jewish+thighs,aps,67&sr=8-1" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: blue;"><i> Misadventures of A Little Trooper</i></span></a></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Penny Orloff was a working actor and dancer in Los Angeles when a Juilliard scholarship took her to New York. She sang more than 20 Principal Soprano roles for New York City Opera, and played featured roles on Broadway under directors Harold Prince and Joseph Papp. Theater, concert, and opera engagements took her all over the US, Europe, and the former Soviet Union. Her solo show, “JEWISH THIGHS ON BROADWAY" –based on her novel of the same name—toured the US for a decade, including a successful run off-Broadway in 2005. Her current show, “SONGS AND STORIES FROM A NOT-QUITE-KOSHER LIFE,” is on hold until the theaters open again.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">She is the author of "Art as Lifework, Life as Artwork," a creativity seminar and workbook offered nationwide since 1991; and is still procrastinating on her new book, "Who Would You Be If You Had Nothing to Bitch About?" A Tarot reader for over 50 years, Penny has used the cards in her counseling practice for decades. She is a regular contributor of stories to the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, and has worked for a dozen years as an arts journalist for various online and print media<span style="font-size: 11px;">.<br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwUT--K8iEpuNXVmQM-hcWcaZT1RBzl94JYOgaBDdU8gsQFFZirOuvxIJ1Gy3iOJR-uZ0e7z025aa30MAhLIS12Kl2UqOtkqaLFp8faXTeqNrBm59G7UCN90spXk6KRCeuKEuzlqfRqtxrAvl4k0gn6k_8pxiciIxgTX5HN9nAWTCKszLZQDNDFqmGCA/s912/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-27%20at%208.22.27%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: right;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://culturespotla.com/author/penny-orloff/" target="_blank">Find out more about Penny and her work</a> </span><span style="font-size: 11px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11px;"> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> </span></span></span><span> <span> </span> <span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: right;"></p><p style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><br />C. Alex Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15736706018911079572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847506314897983962.post-40353210714446424432022-05-11T13:57:00.000-07:002022-05-11T13:57:44.129-07:00In Celebration of James Oscar Phillips<div class="separator" style="text-align: center;"><a href="#" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3JmYS_hauUQOrWq8g6URqquPAoNOnBuGli4ddCMtVSpPdmEX6XcUSqGSfMQK6g6N_ezxVcjii7EoaOevrJr8r8AVXSCLOuiW2ObxqAhJrKuXmc47eK1V4rLUTuNlikYrX-ndJb8Nmzi5brcy6rw6vYmOA4va8XmUMDoVP1iczMvUuqJbO8ZUXg1JK/w400-h400/unknown.jpg" /></a></div><br />James O. Phillips worked for Minnesota Power in Duluth until 2015. He was one of the four permanent speculative fiction members of the local Lake Superior Writers for over 17 years. He maintained a strong connection with this writing group, meeting with them via Skype, even after moving to Flagstaff. <br /><br />Jim developed a passion for butterflies while living in Minnesota. He did not collect them, however. He counted them. In fact, he hosted a butterfly count near his home in Saginaw, Minnesota (near Duluth) almost every year while he lived there. After moving to Flagstaff, Jim continued his long-time membership in the Northern Crescents Butterfly Club in Duluth. He kept in touch with the club, welcoming many of its members into his home in Flagstaff. He shared with them his "Arizona butterfly discoveries."<br /><br />Flagstaff’s bright forests, dark skies, and Lowell Observatory were perfect for Jim’s retirement. In addition to butterflies, he loved hiking and astronomy. He hiked the cinder cones around Flagstaff on a weekly basis. Lenox Crater was one of his favorites<br /><br />Arizona's unique, fire-branded geology fascinated Jim. Friends who visited from Minnesota were treated to a guided tour by Jim, who had a reputation as one of the best guides in the state. <br /><br />Shortly after his arrival in Flagstaff, he attended a science fiction workshop at Lowell Observatory. Nancy Brehm and Barbara Shovers were discussing co-founding Flagstaff Writer’s Connection at that time, and Jim met with them about developing a critique group for speculative fiction writers. <br /><br />He ran the Flagstaff Speculative Fiction Critique group until the pandemic forced the group to stop meeting in person. Jim kept in touch with the group's members and was making arrangements for the group to start meeting again when he passed away of natural causes in his home during the second week of April. <div><br /></div><div>The writing communities of Duluth and Flagstaff will fondly remember Jim for his scientific curiosity, love of all things science fiction and horror, his wicked sense of humor, his keen editorial eye, and his promotion of the Oxford comma. <br /><br />He is survived by his sister, Leona Claire Fitzmaurice, his brother, Carl August Phillips, as well as Carl's daughters, Candice Pemberton and Rebecca Peterson, and their children and grandchildren. His two beloved cats, Domino and Leopold, are currently recovering at <a href="https://highcountryhumane.org/adopt-cats-2/" target="_blank">High Country Humane</a>. <span style="color: #cc0000;">They will likely be up for adoption next week. Check the website for their pictures if you are interested in adopting these older, well-behaved cats.</span><br /><br /><div><blockquote>"No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away." -- Sir Terry Pratchett</blockquote><p></p></div></div>C. Alex Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705741958828260829noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847506314897983962.post-3837972381858506702022-04-17T07:19:00.001-07:002022-04-17T07:19:55.773-07:00Polish Your Poems with Brian Evans-Jones<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEif2HXOq9ZpaUboc4Et-eDTjRLYmJzBCZ8JuJMoZXHUAOzg7U0GJeLAPEdR6V7yQQONJEngb9YYcdPBCP-YfUxyxkdab_9amjG_cGPzMbUbsG1jV92iKd-uZvu5oR_7aVv8CyvEGzrchFgSUOXkFUFMC7PvTTViv5h1tl5e1ZQw_MKy9-yKRxFoTJBkCw=s640" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="429" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEif2HXOq9ZpaUboc4Et-eDTjRLYmJzBCZ8JuJMoZXHUAOzg7U0GJeLAPEdR6V7yQQONJEngb9YYcdPBCP-YfUxyxkdab_9amjG_cGPzMbUbsG1jV92iKd-uZvu5oR_7aVv8CyvEGzrchFgSUOXkFUFMC7PvTTViv5h1tl5e1ZQw_MKy9-yKRxFoTJBkCw=w640-h429" width="640" /></a></div><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Flagstaff Writers Connection</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">is pleased to present a </span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Poetry Workshop</b></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">with </span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><b>Brian Evan-Jones</b></span><span style="font-size: medium;">.</span></h1><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><b>April 30th</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><b>12-3 pm</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">on </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">Zoom</span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The hardest part of poetry <u>isn’t</u> writing the first version: it’s knowing how you can redraft to make your idea fulfill its potential. Even experienced poets can find themselves scared to push a poem as far as it will go, while beginners may not know what to do beyond changing a word here or there. In this workshop, poet and teacher Brian Evans-Jones will show you how you can radically rework your poems in three vital areas: structure and overall ideas, form and approach, and power of language. Through practical writing exercises, you’ll learn key things you can do to take a poem from OK to good, or good to great! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: medium;">$50</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: medium;">Suitable for all levels. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: medium;">Please bring 2-3 unfinished poem drafts of your own to work on.</span><span style="font-size: 12px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.writebetterpoems.com/products-page/p/flagstaff-writers-polish-your-poems" target="_blank">Register Here</a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;"></p><h2 style="font-family: Helvetica;">Comments from Other Participants in Brian’s Workshops <o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span lang="EN-GB">“Great workshop, really enjoyable and well executed!”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span lang="EN-GB">“Brilliant, will definitely help in the future.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span lang="EN-GB"> “Very inspirational.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span lang="EN-GB">“Really great workshop. I feel much less scared about attempting poetry. I am pleased with my progress today and the constructive feedback.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span lang="EN-GB">“Brian’s enthusiasm was infectious.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span lang="EN-GB">“A valuable experience that I'm sure will help me to improve my writing.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica;">“It was wonderful to get exposure to a fine teacher. A different view, many wonderful points and observations and you were so generous in your instruction.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica;">“I loved all the tips/methods you recommended we try to use in our poems.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica;">“I liked your participation with our work, including suggestions.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica;">“Enjoyed selection of poems; liked having aspects of craft pointed out.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica;">“Thank you so much for a great workshop; it was wonderful to work with you again.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica;">“I thoroughly enjoyed this workshop.”</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmb3JjouNfAtmQv_f6BrWaocK7E1PFs_iEEINURpPN5lLUEJ3V0BB07mmjcSluLER1ngfycXG0pMeceeEGCbrm4moRSnFxYk7g7bsQSIttbTBlWk65zBj817TClrpeB8iBWn6i9xYBWa9xO0UYRoLHw4ZskOqCJEDFtB4FeQFlYQhMOWCwjtmRuLMniQ=s1080" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmb3JjouNfAtmQv_f6BrWaocK7E1PFs_iEEINURpPN5lLUEJ3V0BB07mmjcSluLER1ngfycXG0pMeceeEGCbrm4moRSnFxYk7g7bsQSIttbTBlWk65zBj817TClrpeB8iBWn6i9xYBWa9xO0UYRoLHw4ZskOqCJEDFtB4FeQFlYQhMOWCwjtmRuLMniQ=w200-h200" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Brian Evans-Jones</b> </span>is a former Poet Laureate of Hampshire, England. He won the 2017 Maureen Egen Award from Poets & Writers and his poems have appeared in competitions, magazines, and art events in America and the UK. He has also taught hundreds of poets in workshops, courses, and online in both countries. Through his monthly poetry club Poetry Parlor, he specializes in helping poets of all levels learn how to improve their individual poems and their knowledge of the craft. He publishes free resources on poetry and creativity at his website <a href="https://www.writebetterpoems.com/">The Poetry Place</a>.</div><p></p><h2 style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></h2><p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></p>C. Alex Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15736706018911079572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847506314897983962.post-85249788215793380072022-04-03T09:19:00.010-07:002022-04-08T06:57:41.826-07:00Build Your Own Website with Google<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPRwcHcwG0fujPc9uYd6KSv7TENizZ-CAvSRTVFc8n9qZEbaSxQ3UIRFVtQ4blARQQEnkfBXt35oHtnx0oYsyPPsH0XRAhqIqb7e4weGH0N0MlguhHRAEj0rerRkjyK5Kd2IxyzlphTMGludt7uqwIE-MVcuHCDSKsMjwpgfJJE0tEzx9ZanquOW_SfA/s250/PubClub.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="151" data-original-width="250" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPRwcHcwG0fujPc9uYd6KSv7TENizZ-CAvSRTVFc8n9qZEbaSxQ3UIRFVtQ4blARQQEnkfBXt35oHtnx0oYsyPPsH0XRAhqIqb7e4weGH0N0MlguhHRAEj0rerRkjyK5Kd2IxyzlphTMGludt7uqwIE-MVcuHCDSKsMjwpgfJJE0tEzx9ZanquOW_SfA/w334-h202/PubClub.png" width="334" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Presents</span></b></div><p></p><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Build Your Own Author Website </span></h1><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>using</b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/new?tgif=c" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0rxX91wi9EHxJY6QFwMOMwJnqJ3ta0MoJ4kuMkA5uiNQrfOEVApt4MIuifj2ZCnf6k_7jAoMP2JaCxfwJRLblZQ1y7c1PRROcP0FtOaUfqcmH8SopYU4SWPumH9nEQiBzXGYs7iq4mTRjG7fQ96O1bttJSeHqXHSPWLfQUgp4_nXbX1Npu9i0ZkUdlQ/s320/Google%20Sites%202.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><p><span class="ynRLnc" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(60, 64, 67); clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); color: #3c4043; font-size: 14px; height: 1px; letter-spacing: 0.20000000298023224px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; white-space: nowrap; width: 1px;">Description:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Join us at</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;"><b>Noon (MST) </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;">on </p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;"><b>4/16/22</b></span></div><div><p></p><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">on <a href="http://meet.google.com/udr-wtbk-xqq" target="_blank">Google Meet</a></span></h4><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.emuhsd.org/Page/4379&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1649429801707224&usg=AOvVaw0MAkkvlWAtR_vkybhyJjyz" target="_blank">(Instructions </a>to join the meeting.)</p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><strike>or </strike></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strike><span style="font-size: x-large;">LIVE</span> </strike></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><strike>at</strike></b></span></div><p></p><h4 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwi8oP-Olvj2AhVTMn0KHUt3DuwQFnoECA0QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Ffirecreekcoffee.com%2Flocations%2Fflagstaff%2F&usg=AOvVaw0qYb2fAhGrkf_KqauZ53yi" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><strike>Firecreek Coffee in Flagstaff</strike></span></a></h4><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strike>22 W Historic Rte 66, Flagstaff, AZ</strike></span></div><div><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-size: large; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Mobile COVID-19 testing kicks off at Xavier University | Uptown Messenger" class="n3VNCb" data-noaft="1" jsaction="load:XAeZkd;" jsname="HiaYvf" src="https://d23xispzx43ico.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Screen-Shot-2020-02-27-at-11.40.01-AM-1.png" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; height: 207.46268656716418px; margin: 0px; width: 400px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; font-family: georgia; font-weight: normal;"></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; font-family: georgia; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Due to a 10% rise in Covid Cases in AZ the live portion of this workshop has been canceled.</span></div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">Before the Workshop</span></b></h1><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(60, 64, 67); color: #3c4043; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.20000000298023224px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Watch <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://growonair.withgoogle.com/events/design_an_engaging_website_for_your_business&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1649726231631067&usg=AOvVaw0nX9tPrMBgCPXyHoYGs6XK" style="color: #1a73e8;" target="_blank">Grow with Google Webinar: Design an Engaging Website for Your Business</a>.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This webinar will show you how to work with Sites. Press "Register to Watch on Demand" button.</span></div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">Itinerary:</span></b></h1><h3 style="text-align: left;">1. <b>Introductions</b>.</h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">2. <b>Create </b><b>Your Own Custom Website </b>on Google in about 90 min or so. What you will need:</h3><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>A Computer</li><li>A high speed internet connection.</li><li>$12 to register a domain name for a year with Google. I recommend a version of your real name or your pen name, like StephenKing.com. If you have a common last name, try using "author" before your first initial or first name and then your last name. "AuthorSKing.com"</li><li>Pictures that you own or that are in the public domain, so you are allowed to use them on your website. Think about a banner picture and a picture of your lovely face at least.</li><li>Some words. A description of what your site is about. Your bio. Your first blog post. Some content.</li></ul><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBviXPIc6TsspyaUVL_JASxCQle3II_Qt4i-6p2eoaKYa1wqwOXUgL0dlJYphjUJ6d356bb1EnBks9ADrOPiZ63DN7S_iT-qymzgfA02hOgFUVMwcys4h1e53Ccly36ikadVaR2TMsVnESGoQ6skLvaRUvIMj8o8QGyI9ZY4PBBiXqXQlUP2ZQu35b-Q/s452/Google%20Sites%204.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="452" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBviXPIc6TsspyaUVL_JASxCQle3II_Qt4i-6p2eoaKYa1wqwOXUgL0dlJYphjUJ6d356bb1EnBks9ADrOPiZ63DN7S_iT-qymzgfA02hOgFUVMwcys4h1e53Ccly36ikadVaR2TMsVnESGoQ6skLvaRUvIMj8o8QGyI9ZY4PBBiXqXQlUP2ZQu35b-Q/w200-h149/Google%20Sites%204.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>• Brainstorm what you want your website to do. Get you speaking gigs? Be a place to showcase a screenplay? Sell your novels? Accumulate a fandom? Just for your family and friends? Store important files? A hub for your critique group? Make a list of what you want your website to do.</li><li>• How do you want visitors to your website to react? Buy something? Sign up for your newsletter? Make a comment? Make another list.</li></ul><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><b><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IEYBGzRjYjfOAYj_npD0YgP2bl0AoiC_?usp%3Dsharing&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1649429801707224&usg=AOvVaw07dRzgjAhOscJlan45iPkN" style="color: #1a73e8;" target="_blank">Drive Folder of Worksheets for this Event</a><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #990000;">(Under construction)</span></b><br /><h4></h4><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">3. <b>Accountability Moment:</b> </h3><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>We will state a plan for the next month.</li></ul><p></p><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihY7kjFU1x9S7lqC5OjgptB8f8301SmYr03qGVfkyC8dL05tZK6nqedLYzgslMLymlupoKPlpQ7RI9OY4fNR7brOceoMFj89asrM06wb89DEQMhI_wZfJZLuMWOuMQhU5quSBKgP4rPAawciO_ADFDPCA_4dWmaQwEsuuMdjXDd6Z7RXr69WKJrjBWKA/s238/PubClub3.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="238" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihY7kjFU1x9S7lqC5OjgptB8f8301SmYr03qGVfkyC8dL05tZK6nqedLYzgslMLymlupoKPlpQ7RI9OY4fNR7brOceoMFj89asrM06wb89DEQMhI_wZfJZLuMWOuMQhU5quSBKgP4rPAawciO_ADFDPCA_4dWmaQwEsuuMdjXDd6Z7RXr69WKJrjBWKA/w211-h187/PubClub3.jpeg" width="211" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">See more about the Pub Club at <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/1/#">Our Website</a>. </div><h4 style="text-align: center;">Contact us at <a href="mailto:PubClub@FlagWriter.com">PubClub@FlagWriter.com</a></h4><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA31FzstSqXr0f8eP_gLWTHBWIFumEZ_5VGBepj5zziRQBQ4EyCVHL0Od5pVqONy5vdcjibwHe4fCMB8WKowM8F0oXZ8Nj49t08UaYfkBB8yMRhfm-wbYEkjUlTOAhGlDzvIyl2C5_P-PagAOK4TU94kjhBmMvlOWqiozOkAS2mWXVWpOYRbvkpEiuow/s1254/Screen%20Shot%202022-04-03%20at%208.21.43%20AM.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div></div>C. Alex Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15736706018911079572noreply@blogger.com022 W Historic Rte 66, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA35.1973826 -111.64821087.1187678500477176 -146.80446080000002 63.275997349952277 -76.491960799999987tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847506314897983962.post-11212206161776631092022-03-31T10:00:00.000-07:002022-03-31T10:00:00.191-07:00Arizona Authors Literary Contest<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-nX5okg5lhDF14ATaV9fytFgUWYi5349_ztBGz3T_ezaJZKGhxAyj3T0Rd4af9WwNUv4BruZLCM34OgbIOW9ihwEvFLVSl8N_IMCqsPe_WedX-rdTFE1oXKRCwn34wVH-pc5UeMS8h0Hu/s1600/AZ+Authors.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-nX5okg5lhDF14ATaV9fytFgUWYi5349_ztBGz3T_ezaJZKGhxAyj3T0Rd4af9WwNUv4BruZLCM34OgbIOW9ihwEvFLVSl8N_IMCqsPe_WedX-rdTFE1oXKRCwn34wVH-pc5UeMS8h0Hu/s320/AZ+Authors.png" width="320" /></a></p><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.arizonaauthors.org/contest-1" target="_blank">AZ Authors Association Literary Contest and Awards</a></span></h1><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large; font-weight: 400;">***<a href="https://www.arizonaauthors.org/_files/ugd/f5b2b3_9c0838a5d40d4c9a99a0a705257ca0c8.pdf" style="font-weight: 400;">Entry Form</a>***</span></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Unpublished Categories </span> <span style="color: #990000;">Published Book Categories</span></h2><div>Poems Fiction</div><div>Short Stories/Essays/Narrative Nonfiction</div><div>Essays, Articles, True Stories Juvenile/Young Adult</div><div>Novel, Novella<span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> Oldie but Goldie</span></span><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><p class="font_8" style="border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_14)); font-size: 17px; font: var(--font_8); line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="section"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "corbel"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: blue;">First Prize</span> All Categories</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "corbel"; font-size: 14pt;">$100 & Publication or feature in Arizona Literary Magazine</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "corbel"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: blue;">Second Prize</span> All Categories</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "corbel"; font-size: 14pt;">$50 & publication or feature in Arizona Literary Magazine</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "corbel"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: blue;">Third Prize</span> All Categories</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "corbel"; font-size: 14pt;">$25 & publication or feature in Arizona Literary Magazine</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "corbel"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "corbel"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700;">First & Second Prize Winners</span></div></div></div><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "corbel"; font-size: 14pt;">In Poetry, Essay, Short Story </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "corbel"; font-size: 14pt;">Nomination for the <b>Pushcart Prize</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "corbel"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(50, 50, 50); color: #323232; font-size: 17px; text-align: left;">All Winners, Including Honorable Mention, will be featured in the Arizona Authors Literary Magazine. </span>Since it began in 1978, the Arizona Literary Magazine has launched the careers of many authors.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="2021 magazine.jpg" height="200" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f5b2b3_c8e53b82619b467483cc08dfa742ed02~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_389,h_517,al_c,lg_1,q_80,enc_auto/2021%20magazine.jpg" style="height: 420px; object-fit: cover; object-position: 50% center; text-align: left; width: 316px;" width="150" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="page" title="Page 2"><div class="section"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "corbel";"><span style="font-size: large;">Contest Rules & Submission Guidelines</span></span></h3><ul><li><span style="font-family: "arialnarrow"; font-weight: 700;">Winners in unpublished categories </span><span style="font-family: "arialnarrow";">automatically consign first serial rights to Arizona Authors Association (right to print an excerpt in Arizona Literary Magazine first). If an entry is published after the deadline, the author must withdraw that entry.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "arialnarrow"; font-weight: 700;">Winning entries </span><span style="font-family: "arialnarrow";">will be published or featured in the 2022 Arizona Literary Magazine.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "arialnarrow"; font-weight: 700;">Entries will be accepted now until </span><span style="font-family: "arialnarrow";">postmark </span><span style="font-family: "arialnarrow"; font-weight: 700;">no later than July 1, 2019.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "arialnarrow"; font-weight: 700;">Unpublished categories: Three copies </span><span style="font-family: "arialnarrow";">of each entry must be provided. No author name anywhere other than on entry forms.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "arialnarrow"; font-weight: 700;">Published categories: Two copies </span><span style="font-family: "arialnarrow";">of each entry. </span><span style="font-family: "arialnarrow"; font-weight: 700;">Published E-books </span><span style="font-family: "arialnarrow";">must be submitted in print & bound </span><span style="font-family: arialnarrow;">form like a gallery or ARC.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "arialnarrow"; font-weight: 700;">All published books including E-books </span><span style="font-family: "arialnarrow";">must include ISBN, copyright dates, and publisher information.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "arialnarrow"; font-weight: 700;">Except for poems, </span><span style="font-family: "arialnarrow";">all unpublished manuscripts must be double-spaced, with 12-point font and 1-inch margins, stapled or paper clipped.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "arialnarrow"; font-weight: 700;">Page numbers & titles on header</span><span style="font-family: "arialnarrow";">—all pages.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "arialnarrow"; font-weight: 700;">For multiple entries </span><span style="font-family: "arialnarrow";">fill out a separate entry form for each entry. You may copy form from our website or photocopy from an original.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "arialnarrow"; font-weight: 700;">Unpublished novels & novellas </span><span style="font-family: "arialnarrow";">must be completed and available upon the judge’s request.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "arialnarrow"; font-weight: 700;">Manuscripts will not be returned </span><span style="font-family: "arialnarrow";">except with critiques. Published books will be donated.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "arialnarrow";">All finalists will be notified in advance of awards.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "arialnarrow";">The judges reserve the right to switch the category for an entry, to cancel a category if the number of entries is insufficient, or to decide not to have a winner if the level of the best entries is not up to publishing industry standards.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "arialnarrow";">Any entry not following guidelines will be disqualified without notifying the author. 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Even academic writing has a personal bias; it’s built around a thesis meant to persuade. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In this workshop, we’ll examine personal expressions in <b>Micro-memoir, Commentary (spoken for radio or written on the page), Blog, and Personal Essay.</b></span></p><p style="color: #2e3133; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">
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As personal as fiction can be, for this workshop, we’ll focus on creative nonfiction. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">We’ll explore the style, structure, and purpose of</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> n</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">onfiction that makes a point, and supports its premise with the writer’s personal experience.</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I look forward to helping you turn your personal writing into a powerful and satisfying practice.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>Friday, April 1st: 5:30-7:30 pm</b></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>Saturday, April 2nd: 9:00 am-4:00 pm</b></span></p><p style="color: #2e3133; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>(Brown Bag Lunch)</b></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"><b>$100</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(46, 49, 51); font-family: Helvetica; text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://flagstaffwritersconnection.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html" target="_blank">REGISTER HERE</a></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>Masks optional.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;">CONTINENTAL COUNTRY CLUB</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;">2380 N. 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The Literary Community comes together each year in the last full week of September to honor our freedom to read and share ideas<span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 12px; text-indent: 36px;">—</span>even unpopular ideas. <a href="https://bannedbooksweek.org/" target="_blank">Banned Books Week</a> spotlights historic and current attempts to censor literature in schools and libraries.</div>
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You might be surprised at some of the books that have been banned in the past. Here is a short list:<br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>The Call of the Wild</i> by Jack London</span></li>
<li><i>The Grapes of Wrath</i> by John Steinbeck</li>
<li><i>All Quiet on the Western Front</i> by Erich Maria Remarque</li>
<li><i>Animal Farm</i> and <i>1984 </i>by George Orwell</li>
<li><i>As I Lay Dying</i> by William Faulkner</li>
<li><i>The Giver</i> by Lois Lowry</li>
<li><i>Harry Potter</i> by J. K. Rowling</li>
<li><i>A Farewell to Arms</i> by Ernest Hemingway</li>
<li><i>To Kill a Mockingbird</i> by Harper Lee</li>
<li><i>The Color Purple</i> by Alice Walker</li>
<li><i>Beloved</i> by Toni Morrison</li>
<li><i>Lord of the Flies</i> by William Golding</li>
<li><i>Brave New World </i>by Aldous Huxley</li>
<li><i>Fahrenheit 451</i> by Ray Bradbury (Some people have an underdeveloped sense of irony.)</li>
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Think of how much poorer your life would have been if the censorship of these books had been successful.<br />
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This year <a href="https://flagstaffwritersconnection.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Flagstaff Writer's Connection</a> invites you to read a brief excerpt of your favorite previously or currently banned book and post it to our website in the comments below. Or you can post it to our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/FlagWriters/" target="_blank">Facebook Page</a>. You can also put it on You Tube and submit it to the <a href="https://bannedbooksweek.org/videos/" target="_blank">National Virtual Read Out</a>.<br />
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Here are some lists of Banned Books:</h2>
<a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/18750/10-classic-books-have-been-banned" target="_blank">10 Classics</a><br />
<a href="https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/50-books-that-were-banned/47882" target="_blank">50 Books that were Banned</a><br />
<a href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/classics" target="_blank">Banned and Challenged Classics</a><br />
<a href="https://bannedbooksweek.org/american-library-association-names-top-11-challenged-books-of-2018/" target="_blank">Top 11 Challenged Books of 2018</a><br />
<a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/powellsbooks/33-must-read-books-to-celebrate-banned-books-week-ohuo" target="_blank">33 Must Read Banned Books</a><br />
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Learn More about Banned Books Week:</h2>
<a href="https://bannedbooksweek.org/" target="_blank">Banned Books Week Org</a><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/bannedbooksweek/" target="_blank">Banned Books Week on Facebook</a><br />
<a href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/banned" target="_blank">American Library Association</a><br />
<a href="https://bannedbooksweek.org/5-things-you-can-do-to-support-the-right-to-read/" target="_blank">Support the Right to Read</a><br />
<a href="https://bookmans.com/join-the-banned-in-september/" target="_blank">Bookmans of Flagstaff</a><br />
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Alex Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15736706018911079572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847506314897983962.post-69867424662224119582021-05-29T06:51:00.002-07:002021-05-29T06:51:00.168-07:00PitMad Party<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikU2U4GGusjctC3u6TKRrlRFbLslUZNJ-OvbCYHCwKCjgJPYCnuIp4i712tz9ujtsDBXmQv3lVNEfC1HoPEGXQIUIuaK95qTWh9LQBw964YjB9ahobrqeVG1jkuQQzQSqz6Dj3NPMqfMjj/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="250" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikU2U4GGusjctC3u6TKRrlRFbLslUZNJ-OvbCYHCwKCjgJPYCnuIp4i712tz9ujtsDBXmQv3lVNEfC1HoPEGXQIUIuaK95qTWh9LQBw964YjB9ahobrqeVG1jkuQQzQSqz6Dj3NPMqfMjj/" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br />#PitMad is the original twitter pitch event, where writers tweet a 280-character pitch for their completed, polished, unpublished manuscripts. No previously published works. Agents and acquiring editors make requests by liking/favoriting the tweeted pitch.<br /><br /><br />Every unagented writer is welcome to pitch. All genres/categories are welcomed.<br /><br />#PitMad occurs quarterly. Upcoming dates are:</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 32px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 0px;">June 3, 2021 (8AM – 8PM EST)</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 0px;">September 2, 2021 (8AM – 8PM EST)</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 0px;">December 2, 2021 (8AM – 8PM EST)</li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Come and cheer on other local writers as they attempt to interest an Agent in their work using only a logline. Or imbibe some liquid courage and join the Pitch War yourself!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>June 3</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>Silver Pines Bar in Little America </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>3-5 pm</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Drink responsibly.</span></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxf3RhalBT22zbMllPy-RaVTQuVe6dQAdCr-do-1R40vUZaXTbGB-LfIHj5yywOi5hk2mSIX7evkKKwEF97vcvtQwntoLrKBiSra0iGQ7-voSVPQLVH-UN9jwFE-WxAXTFHyBBwb-LPpDs/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="600" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxf3RhalBT22zbMllPy-RaVTQuVe6dQAdCr-do-1R40vUZaXTbGB-LfIHj5yywOi5hk2mSIX7evkKKwEF97vcvtQwntoLrKBiSra0iGQ7-voSVPQLVH-UN9jwFE-WxAXTFHyBBwb-LPpDs/w343-h344/image.png" width="343" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />What you will need in order to Pitch:</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>A completely done and thoroughly scrubbed manuscript</li><li>Sample chapters</li><li>A Synopsis</li><li>3 Loglines</li><li>A query letter </li><li>A <a href="https://twitter.com/" target="_blank">Twitter </a>account</li></ul><div><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">If you are not fully vaccinated, please wear a mask to this event.</span></b></div></div><br /><br /></div><br /><p></p>C. Alex Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15736706018911079572noreply@blogger.com12515 E Butler Ave, Flagstaff, AZ 86004, USA35.190562 -111.6198336.8803281638211544 -146.776083 63.500795836178845 -76.463583tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847506314897983962.post-61412301654289073322021-05-22T12:22:00.004-07:002022-02-05T20:44:30.805-07:00Announcing the Pub Club<p style="text-align: left;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPN39SUHjd5RAJGsS-J9UAd3v65pLY65Yz58wzZ-WtNFHrkPBPCrUoosJGDER-ndfPijhLPtsLHQapCmSIcaEKiHV8sfyvKaAQPq0SArB8oS3Cjyvu9cxD8elvaiSKdSYgCgmoGs9-GTDG/" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="196" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPN39SUHjd5RAJGsS-J9UAd3v65pLY65Yz58wzZ-WtNFHrkPBPCrUoosJGDER-ndfPijhLPtsLHQapCmSIcaEKiHV8sfyvKaAQPq0SArB8oS3Cjyvu9cxD8elvaiSKdSYgCgmoGs9-GTDG/" width="161" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; height: 0px; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: medium;"></span></p><h1 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">Is this your year? </span></h1><h1 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></h1><h1 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiabZm-KISPdqTdEwmmSUuTwfjmzV4GEtbKigyhmpvyI-UlRqtnoTuBAaM8hwh-scQW3epmeb3tgi4ETmbnMi4MeD6eqLDCyOZcS1vEqCBhkdOPefc-NztQ17YyQelBpmmBSPVo0wIRwxow/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="631" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiabZm-KISPdqTdEwmmSUuTwfjmzV4GEtbKigyhmpvyI-UlRqtnoTuBAaM8hwh-scQW3epmeb3tgi4ETmbnMi4MeD6eqLDCyOZcS1vEqCBhkdOPefc-NztQ17YyQelBpmmBSPVo0wIRwxow/" width="255" /></a><br /><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Join me and we can support each other through the tough times ahead.</span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYJwd2OxLKB2phL3fVEkdlPoZLp_0RwfI7PTARBm1u7Ts4r3mCJS0Zy1A1lmbdrVviT09wwMnOPF46TrkQ2rCz5b-8FsnRLX20yHggFsfoo554Q1xSxvDIwRlWmAKDC1zHxoyCy1zVymHj/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYJwd2OxLKB2phL3fVEkdlPoZLp_0RwfI7PTARBm1u7Ts4r3mCJS0Zy1A1lmbdrVviT09wwMnOPF46TrkQ2rCz5b-8FsnRLX20yHggFsfoo554Q1xSxvDIwRlWmAKDC1zHxoyCy1zVymHj/" width="320" /></a><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><br /></span><br /></span></h1><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I know it's my year. As God is my witness, I'm going to find an agent and get on with the work of getting my manuscript out there in the world. No amount of loneliness, rejection, silence can stop me.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZHI08fpfcwiURpGt0Dyc-wpZWqsQo-K2Nez0_jnL_JItlFqc-qlCSx_vkVu7cOaUWtgDP-1lMFbDMioNFw4CgKfIiyv6bdjDjvIjV4DImgyLU2BtvvvNHas0BwiGs6yLqQO4qSI0aP8tY/" width="240" /></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So if you are thinking of entering the slush pile this year, or just considering self publishing,</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;">come and get support from the Pub Club.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); clear: both; font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1C4fj03FVEO6FWiTfaBQvIwIlvy_LRlph0jIVEs-WCz6QNL4wRwLAC0XoaThI8EVXoSIcNOmKfeC6RtddJzOtri19_OmtbApaq0WfkBXJcoxivglGSwPOKobCHv0ZBu5kiStrFbmXdEd6/s250/PubClub.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="151" data-original-width="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1C4fj03FVEO6FWiTfaBQvIwIlvy_LRlph0jIVEs-WCz6QNL4wRwLAC0XoaThI8EVXoSIcNOmKfeC6RtddJzOtri19_OmtbApaq0WfkBXJcoxivglGSwPOKobCHv0ZBu5kiStrFbmXdEd6/s0/PubClub.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); clear: both; font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); clear: both; font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); clear: both; font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); clear: both; font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">Check our Interactive Calendars for Times and Dates.</span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); clear: both; font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); clear: both; font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Itinerary:</b></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><br /></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;">1. Introductions.</span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><br /></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;">2. Discussion of Publishing Topic with Handouts.</span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><br /></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;">3. Accountability Moment: State your plan for the next month to move toward publication.</span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp4vxXQWOiHxgClx5YYlM55D8Uam1Vg6NaPM2OqNGmr1l5h85wAK2qoxszULYYVoLO2cI5h9VsIgJfVGgewC2UE3nK7JcifT8C_fwTclglY7XXrfkeHKc_ZO0BXysYKq17xUVceVcfgEiG/s238/PubClub2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp4vxXQWOiHxgClx5YYlM55D8Uam1Vg6NaPM2OqNGmr1l5h85wAK2qoxszULYYVoLO2cI5h9VsIgJfVGgewC2UE3nK7JcifT8C_fwTclglY7XXrfkeHKc_ZO0BXysYKq17xUVceVcfgEiG/s0/PubClub2.jpeg" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Become a member at </span><a href="mailto:PubClub@FlagWriter.com">PubClub@FlagWriter.com</a></div></span></div></div>C. Alex Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15736706018911079572noreply@blogger.com12515 E Butler Ave, Flagstaff, AZ 86004, USA35.1906435 -111.61981456.8804096638211547 -146.77606450000002 63.500877336178846 -76.4635645