Scribbler's Writers Conference
St. Simon's Island, Georgia
May 13 - 16, 2010
www.scribblersretreatwritersconference.com

Subject:
YES, YOU CAN MAKE A LIVING WITH WORDS!

Do you dream of writing or editing for a living? You can do it! Bobbie Christmas has made her living with words for four decades, and she gives you tips, ideas and inside secrets about how you can follow your passion.

Find out

• The benefits of making a living with words
• How to get started
• How to build a portfolio
• How to get freelance work
• The inside secret about magazines that will give you tips about what to send and when to send it
• Markets you probably haven't considered
• Style guides, which ones you need, where to find them, and how they help you get repeat business
• Ghostwriting: is it for you?
• Potholes to avoid while on your road to success

Selected List of Previous Speaking Engagements

"Write in Style and You Write to Win"
Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 6:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time

Learn the basis of Write In Style, Bobbie's award-winning textbook on creative writing. Discover how to make your writing stand head and shoulders above the rest, so it wins the attention of agents and editors. Write in style, and you are much more likely to achieve the success you deserve.

To register for these and other classes, go to www.WriteWellU.com.

BEST NEWS: Whether or not you actually call in for the event, AuthorSmart and Write Well University will send you all the handouts and an MP3 recording of the event, so sign up, and you'll get all the information, even if you forget to listen in.

April 19, 2009
Pasco/New Port Richey (Florida) Mini Conference
One full day: April 19, 2009

For complete information and online registration (save money by registering early) see http://mysite.verizon.net/resockeb/id26.html

March 29, 2008
Spring Book Show

Three seminars for writers and self-publishers are being offered in conjunction with the Spring Book Show in downtown Atlanta. All seminars are being held in Hall B classrooms at the Georgia World Congress Center on March 28-29.

• Seminar 1: "Writing, Editing, Publishing and Marketing Your Book" - two days, emphasis on marketing. Eighteen presenters, including Ed Nawotka, southern correspondent, Publishers Weekly and Bloomberg, book columnist; Ahmad Meradji, CEO, Apex Book Manufacturing (digital book manufacturer); Chris Staros, award-winning graphic novels publisher; and John Shableski, Diamond Book Distributors.
• Seminar 2: "How To Prepare Your Book for the Market: Writing a Killer Proposal and Editing the Manuscript for Maximum Marketability" - one day of intensive instruction by Patricia Fry, executive director, Small Publishers, Artists and Writers Network, and author of twent-seven books; and award-winning book doctor Bobbie Christmas.
• Seminar 3: "Earning a Comfortable Living through Freelance Writing and Self-Publishing" - one day of intensive instruction by Peter Bowerman, author of the best-selling "Well-Fed Writer" and "Well-Fed Self-Publisher" books, and Angela Durden, children's book author and business consultant.

For more information click here: anvilpub.net/spring_seminars.htm

For complete information and to register go to http://www.southeasternwriters.com/

• Southeastern Writers Conference Faculty
• Brian Jay Corrigan Novel Writing
• Bobbie Christmas, Book Doctor from Zebra Communications, will share with us the Fundamentals of Writing, including editing and marketability
• Cappy Hall Rearick will give us her southern spin on humor--tornado warning!
• Charlotte Babb, Webmaster, will share some ins and outs of blogging for writers.
• Dennis "Doc" Hensley returns to teach inspirational writing.
• Dorothy Fletcher joins us for nonfiction
• Emily Carmain explains how to avoid 10 common writing mistakes--and they are not grammar!
• Marjory Wentworth, SC Poet Laureate, will teach poetry.
• Harry Rubin will teach the art and science of the limerick.