Why You Should Join SPAWN NOW
I don’t know if you’ve heard, but we’re raising the SPAWN dues. If you have been thinking about joining, join now at $45/year. As of January 1, dues will be $65. It’s the first raise in almost 14 years. To learn more about SPAWN and what’s in it for you as an author, freelance writer or artist, go to http://www.spawn.org.
I’m Traveling Again
My blog posts will be hit and miss this weekend. I’ll be out of town to a family wedding.
Want to Speak to Authors in Atlanta
In the meantime, I’m looking for some opportunities to speak about authorship in the Atlanta area in late February/early March. A friend is presenting her play, Who’s There in the Atlanta area and I want to go. When I travel, I always look for opportunities to meet other authors and share with them. So if you know of any groups that meet in that area or community programs seeking speakers on topics of interest to authors, let me know ASAP.
I already have one invitation to a small writers group in the Griffin area. Yeah! I’d like to meet up with one or two others while I’m there.
Give Books for Christmas
Are you giving books for Christmas? How about purchasing them from the authors you know from your writers’ group, through your publishing organization, from the writing conference you attended or that you meet throughout the course of your busy days. I’m giving books to seven people on my list from four authors I know—a spiritual story, a novel, a book of cat stories and a children’s book.
Support authors just like you want to be supported in your writing/publishing efforts.
If you know a budding author, present him or her with my book, The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book. http://www.matilijapress.com/rightway.html