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WRITE IN THE VALLEY

CHAPTER 4

 

September 29, 2012

10 am - 2 pm

Sumner Senior Center

15506 62nd Street Court East, Sumner, WA 98390   Map 

 

Join the discussion as local authors answer questions about writing and publishing.

 

$10 at the door
Seating is limited, so come early!

 

This year's guest authors include

Jason Black, editing and manuscript revisions

Megan Bostic, YA fiction

Jeanne Matthews, Dinah Pelerin mystery series

Rebecca Morris, adult nonfiction

Mike Lawson, the DeMarco political thrillers, a Seattle Times top-ten author

Karen Robbins, children’s picture books

Susan Schreyer, Thea Campbell mystery series and co-president of the Puget Sound Chapter of Sisters in Crime

 

Get feedback on your writing. Submit up to 10 pages for critique.

Deadline for submission has been extended to Friday, September 21, 2012.

 

E-mail to: richnjudy_7@msn.com, Subject: WITV4
Or mail: Sumner Arts Commission, Attn:  Sally Abrams/Critiques 2012,
City of Sumner, 1104 Maple Street, Suite 250, Sumner, WA 98390

 

Critiqued works are reviewed in one-on-one appointments during the event

 

Enter this year’s writing contest -- Word limit: up to 750 words

Deadline for submission has been extended to Friday, September 21, 2012.

 

This year’s stories must be:

·         written in first person

·         have a main character plus two other characters in story

·         include dialogue

 

Setting: your character is at a book signing in a large book store.  The author is well-known (but may write under a pseudonym).  The bookstore is crowded; music plays in the background. Your character has been waiting most of the evening to have his book signed; the store is about to close. It's vital your character gets this book signed/meets the author because . . .???

 

Genre is open: (mystery, romance, comedy, suspense, thriller, fantasy, paranormal, etc.).

 

Winner to be announced at the event on September 29, 2012.

 

CONTACT US
Sally Abrams

Å 253-299-5520                           *  sallya@ci.sumner.wa.us

 

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