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October 14, 6:30 pm, Janet Ann Collins

Janet Ann Collins (www.janetanncollins.com) will talk about writing for the religious market, Wednesday, October 14 at 6:30 pm in a free session at the Madelyn Helling Library community room in Nevada City. 
 

Collins, author of two books for children,  is a retired teacher who has taught workshops at many conferences.  She’ll speak from her own experience with Christian publishers and share information helpful to people of all religions.  In her “Peril of the Secret Scientist,” a middle school boy thinks he was cloned from blood on the Shroud of Turin, and a scientist is stalking him. In her picture book “In Secret Service” Nicholas does secret good deeds and comes to be known as Santa Claus.

 
 
When and Where
 
Typically, though not in December, Sierra Writers meets the second Wednesday of the month at 6:30pm in the Community Room of Madelyn Helling Library in Nevada City (980 Helling Way, Nevada City, next to the Rood Administration Center off of Highway 49).  
 
Upcoming
 
Nov 11: 2nd "Open Read" of the year
 
Previously
 
2009
Jul, Aug: summer hiatus
Jun: Kathi Keville
Apr:  Open Read
Feb: Kim Culbertson (postponed due to snow)

2008

Dec: Holiday Shindig
Nov: Open Read
Oct:  Cindy Munoz
        "Loops, Groups, Blogs: Writers Enter Cyberspace"
Sep: Patricia Dove Miller
         "Gold in a Wild River: A Writing Practice Workshop"
Aug: Summer hiatus
Jul: Summer hiatus
Jun: Katey Coffing
        Measurable, Action-oriented, Realistic, Timely Writing Goals
May: Young Writers Contest Awards
        Celebrate the Winners; Hear their Stories Read Aloud
Apr: Molly Fisk
        The Best Words in the Best Order
Mar: Open Read
        Have a Few Pages of Your Writing Read Aloud & Critiqued
Feb: Eileen Rendahl
Jan: Elizabeth Appell
        Writing a Scene with Some Punch in It

2007

Dec: Holiday Shindig
Nov: John Lescroart
        Turning Creative Process into Lifestyle and into a Career
Oct: Open Read
Sep: Babette Donaldson
        Writing Children's Books
Aug: Summer hiatus
Jul: Summer hiatus
Jun: Alton Pryor
       Publish It Yourself: Getting Your Book into Print
May: Young Writers Contest Awards
Apr: Dahlynn & Ken McKowen
       Selling Your Nonfiction Stories: Chicken Soup Books
Mar: Open Read
Feb: Claudine Chalmers
       Art and the Gold Rush: Grass Valley in Time
Jan: Alison Jones-Pomatto
       The Workings of a Book Seller

2006

Dec: Holiday Shindig
Nov: Open Read
Oct: John Ramirez
        local high school teacher's Naida Quest trilogy
Sep: Kate Perry
        Writing a Query Letter to Publishers
Aug: Summer hiatus
Jul: Summer hiatus
Jun: Sands Hall
         Tools of the Writer's Craft
May:  Young Writers Contest Awards
Apr: Willma Gore
        Publishing 100s of magazine articles
Mar: Open Read
Feb: Susan Wooldridge
        Poem Crazy exercise
Jan: Todd Borg
        Marketing your own mystery series of books

2005

Dec: Holiday Shindig
Nov: Open Read
Oct: Louis B. Jones
Sep: David Comstock
        Running a small local publishing house
Aug: Summer hiatus
Jul: Summer hiatus
Jun: Steve Sanfield
       A career pumping out poetry and books for children
May: Young Writers Contest Awards
Apr: Pam Houston
       Best selling author's new book
Mar: Open Read
Feb: Molly Fisk
        Writing to Heal
Jan: Mardie Caldwell
       adoptingonline.com

2004

Dec: Holiday Shindig
Nov: Open Read
Oct: Karen Joy Fowler
        Jane Austen Book Club
Sep: Bud Gardner
        Chicken Soup for the Writer
Aug: Summer hiatus
Jul: Summer hiatus
Jun: Clint Walker
May: Suzanne Blaney and Arlene Evans
Apr: Open Read
Mar: Karen Newcomb
        Editing work for submission
Feb: Trudi Tracht
        Computer topics
Jan: Lynn Wenzel

2003

Dec: Holiday Shindig
Nov: Open Read
Oct: John Skinner
Sep: Brenda Novak
Aug: Summer hiatus
Jul: Summer hiatus
Jun: JoAnn Chartier and Chris Enss
May: Diane Dean-Epps
Apr: Open Read
Mar: Carmel Moody
Feb: Nik Coyler
Jan: Dixie Redfearn from The Union