I am a Maine native and graduate of Portland High School (Salutatorian, Class of 1984). I was a Wall Street executive for a dozen years who decided to pursue writing full-time in 2008. I just released my first book about my experiences as a divorced father living and dating in New York City. My book is titled HONEYMOON JUNKIE: Everything but the Girl and can be reviewed at my website www.shaunchawkins.com
My novel, FreeK Camp: Psychic Teens in a Paranormal Thriller, has just won 2 gold Mom's Choice Awards for fiction. Earlier this summer it won the NY Beach Book Festival Award for Best Teen and was runner-up for the Hollywood Book Festival Award for Best Teen Fiction. Now available on Kindle, too.
I wondered if in October I could organize a discussion regarding weird variants of cancer and their after-effects. I wrote a memoir NOWISH: A LIFE OUT Of TIME. too many pink ribbons, not enough research.
are there any new writing groups starting up in the Lewiston/Auburn area?
Dear Maine Authors,
My name is Channary Prak. I am seeking for an author to help me write my story. The story would be based on my history in Cambodia and my experiences in the USA. I am very much appreciated and look forward to hear back from you.
Best Regards,
Channary
Greetings all. I am a metal fabrication supervisor with a construction company here in NewEngland. Having worked successfully in this position for about 4 years now, and for over 20 in the craft, I have developed a fairly unorthodox management style. I say unorthodox because the conclusions drawn in most of the books I've read on the subject are, in my experience, full of conventional wisdom and therefore incorrect. I am looking for a writer interested in helping me to produce a book. My number is 207-590-9644. Thank you.
My name is Channary Prak. I am seeking for an author to help me write my story. The story would be based on my history in Cambodia and my experiences in the USA. If you could direct me to an author I would very much appreciated. I look forward to hear back from you.
Best Regards,
Channary
The public is invited to the day-long, 6-event readings happening from sunrise to sunset on October 7th. We are celebrating the first national Dead Poets Remembrance Day by reading 36 of Maine's dead poets. Here's the blog for the event:
http://deadpoets.typepad.com/mainedprd/
Interested in hearing about any fiction/nonfiction writing groups/workshops in my area that meet one or two times per month. I live in Gray, ME. email is joehessert@yahoo.com. I teach in the area. Thank you.
Please join me for my workshop What Every Writer Needs to Know About Writing and Publishing on August 19 at 9:30 a.m. and August 26 at 7:00 p.m. at the York Art Association, York , ME.
Marjory D. Lyons
Fantastic site! Thank you for your support and dedication to the arts and reading.
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I would like to find a beginner writers group in the Midcoast area of Maine. Thank you.
GW
The website for my new book, "For the Love of Peaks, Island Portraits & Stories: A Collection" is up and running! Please check it out at: http://www.fortheloveofpeaks.com. My facebook page is almost there!
Hi, .. I am a volunteer coordinator with Beacon Hospice and I strive to build the relationships with volunteers and those in the last stages of their life. A different relationship but entirely human. I am seeking to find willing people to read some of their work as it relates to life, living and of course the end of life. This reading would be to apreciate the caring work done by hospice volunteers. Please let me know if this migh be something of intrest to you. I coordinate in the Androscoggin,Oxford northern Cumberland Counties. jliudvinaitis@beaconhospice.com
I'm a Maine resident and long-time writing teacher who now offers free writing lessons for beginning and blocked writers at www.wherewriterslearn.com. My book, "How To Be a Writer: building your creative skills through practice and play" (Writer's Digest, September 2010) can be pre-ordered at your local bookstore or through Amazon and other online retailers.
Looking for experimental writers here in Maine.
Are you an ESTABLISHED author in the Lewiston-Auburn area looking for an evening opportunity to share the passion of your craft? L/A WritersNetwork invites you to learn more about our invitation. Please email Shannon.blake@yahoo.com
York Art Association, Rt. 1A in York Harbor, Maine will be holding a workshop, "What Every Writer Needs to Know about Writing and Publishing" given by Professor Marjory D. Lyons, Ph.D. on August 19 at 9:00 a.m. and on August 26 at 7:00 p.m. e-mail artannie@maine.rr.com for more information or to register. Cost is $35.00.
Interested in a new website at cost.
I'm a graphic/web designer interested in building a portfolio of author websites. Check out my design work and sites at www.ericsonmitchell.com and contact me if you'd like to discuss lynn@ericsonmitchell.com.
I'm a newcomer to the writing scene. My dream is to write a guide to local businesses in the Portland area. How do I get this dream to publishing fruition? Is there a mentoring group in the Portland area that can help?
Steve Burt's thriller FreeK Camp, set in Bridgton, Maine, has been named Runner-up for Best Teen Book at the 2010 Hollywood Book Festival. In June it won the NY Beach Book Festival Award for Best Teen Beach Book.
"Our 100 Books of Summer" I host a humble and populist book review show, "What Are You Reading?" on cable tv in western Maine. Our summer blog is www.our100list.com. Hopefully, someone might find it mildly interesting.
Katie, I am also interested in joining a writing group in the mid-coast area.
I would really like to find a writing coach/mentor as well to help me with my novels. Does anyone have any information on where I might find one in Maine?
Join the Kismet Inn and the Wife of Bath at our first co-sponsored Book Author's Tea as we welcome San Francisco Bay-area author, Kathy Briccetti to the City of Ships. Kathy will read from her recently-published memoir BLOOD STRANGERS as you enjoy aromatic tea and light refreshments. Books will be available for purchase, and signed by the author. Tickets for this event are $12 at the door, or in advance by calling 207-751-2414, or by visiting www.wifeofbath.net.
Words of praise for Blood Strangers - “Blood Strangers reads like a novel and spins from the heart, examining three generations of children fatherless by choice or chance with a mother's loving eye and a writer's chiseled prose.” —Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Deep End of the Ocean
"Blood Strangers" is a story of hard earned wisdom, forgiveness, and the unending search for self. In our culture of absent fathers, it fills in a vivid spot in the mosaic."—Mark Matousek, author of The Boy He Left Behind
“Abortion and adoption, stepfathers and sperm donors, birth mothers, marriage and divorce - it's all here in BLOOD STRANGERS, a fine and fascinating memoir about the complicated love between parents and children in a modern American family.”—Beth Harpaz, author of Finding Annie Farrell and The Girls in the Van
Katherine A. Briccetti s work has appeared in literary magazines and anthologies. She was awarded a residency at the Vermont Studio Center in 2009. She earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the Wright Institute in Berkeley and an M.F.A. in creative writing from the Stonecoast program of the University of Southern Maine. She works as a school psychologist and writer/editor in the San Francisco Bay Area. An excerpt from Blood Strangers was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2007. She can be reached at kathybriccetti.com.
Internationally acclaimed Winslow, Maine authors Sharon Lee and Steve Miller are celebrating the publication of the 13th novel in their award-winning Liaden Universe® science fiction series with a drawing for free copy of The Dragon Variation, a collection of their first three Liaden novels in ebook format for those who have never read a Liaden novel. Details:
http://sharonleewriter.com/2010/07/expanding-universe-contest/ Lee & Millers' novels have been published in English, German, Polish, and Russian and have led to numerous Guest Of Honor appearances for the pair in the US and Canada.
Laura or anyone else, I am also looking for a writing group in the mid-coast area. Please let me know if you've found one. I'm also open to starting something informal if there don't seem to be any in existence with room for newbies. Feel free to email me: katehall@msln.net
Steve Burt's novel, FreeK Camp: Psychic Teens in a Paranormal Thriller, has won the Best Beach Book Award for Teens (www.beachbookfestival.com) at the NY Book Festival. The story is set in and around Bridgton, Maine. Burt was a member of MWPA through the 1980s and 1990s, then moved to Connecticut. In 2004 he won the world's top dark fiction prize, The Bram Stoker Award, for his collection of (mostly) Maine weird tales, Oddest Yet. Last year the Rev. Dr. Burt, a Bangor Seminary graduate, was profiled in a Connecticut Magazine piece, "The Sinister Minister."
Discovery!
I have a book to publish, but I don't want to go through the self-publishing companies. I'm seeking a printer in the Bangor area who will print a small run (100) of my book. I appreciate any leads in my search for a local printer.
http://www.facebook.com/missusmoon
Thanks!
I have written the first draft of my first novel. I need some comments and objectivity about the project. I live in Hallowell and would enjoy being in a group of other writers. Writers benefit other writers. Meeting a couple of times a months sounds productive
The Perfect Marriage, a women's fiction novel, will be coming out in November!
Go to www.theperfectmarriagebook.blogspot.com
to check it out and give feedback on the synopsis.
Thanks!
Re: starting a writers group in the Wells area. Please e-mail me at: suefretwell2003@yahoo.com if you are interested in such. (To meet 2X a month, maybe on Wednesdays... or whatever suits the group.)
I am looking to find someone with a little more experience than I have. I have been interested in writing my whole life and, because of a sudden life change, I have decided to become a romance novelist. I need someone unbiased that I can talk to about my ideas so that I may fairly judge my own work. I am willing to provide the same for someone else. Please e-mail me.
Hi everyone, I am a "newbie" in the writers world but have just returned from a great conference in Chicago on writing children's books. I have written many picture books but have never "dared" to send them anywhere, I was in hopes that there was a writers group in the Bangor/Brewer area that I could join, if not I would love to start one if you are interested. Please let me know through e-mail. Thanks
Forgot to include my e-address for anyone interested in a writers group in Wells area:
suefretwell2003@yahoo.com
Would like to find or start a writers group in the Wells/Ogunquit/Kennebunk area ASAP. Please e-mail if you know of any... or are interested in starting one.
Is there a Mid-Coast writers' group that might be open to a new member with some publishing experience (non-fiction articles and books)? I am very serious about improving my writing skills, and want honest feedback from other passionately committed writers. Thanks!
Writers of all ages and experience levels are invited to share their particular interests at Roscohegan: An Island Workshop for Writers, a one-day event on Saturday, July 17 from 10AM to 3:30 PM at the Georgetown Historical Society. For more than a century, Georgetown (known as Roscohegan to the Native Americans who hunted and fished here) has drawn artists, photographers, and writers to its shores. Its natural beauty inspires creativity and its history and island culture provide a sense of solitude and deep connection to people and place. The first part of the day includes an inspirational, leisurely stroll along Robinhood Cove led by keeper-of-local history and storyteller Gene Reynolds and lunch with artist and author of over 30 books, Dahlov Ipcar. After lunch, author Eve LaPlante (American Jezebel, Salem Witch Judge) will share her journey from journalism to historical non-fiction. Participants will then have a choice from three workshops: editor Lynn Betlock discusses writing family history articles; authors Jane Freeberg (A Scallop Christmas) and Emily Herman (Hubknuckles) share their experiences about writing for children; and poet Nancy Arbuthnot leads a session for writers of poetry. Attendees have the option to participate in all or only some of the day's activities.
Space is limited. Pre-registration is requested by Wednesday, June 30, 2010. A fee of $10 includes lunch and other refreshments.
For more information, call 207-371-9200, send an email to info@georgetownhistoricalsociety.org, or consult the GHS website at www.georgetownhistoricalsociety.org for a registration form and details about the workshop.
We are happy to announce that Shermans Books & Gift has ordered over 18 title from our Maine Authors Publishing cooperative catalog this spring. Including all Shermans locations in Maine. Authors recieve 100% of the roylaties.
I should have added, check out my website at http//dianne-russell.com. (No www but yes a hyphen.) Thank you.
I had a monthly column in the Sun Journal in Lewiston, Maine for 2 1/2 years, and now have written a book and am on my second one. I definitely need to join your group. Thank you.
As a Maine writer I am interested in joining your group.
Looking for Poetry Group. Living in Sanford and willing to travel. Have no writing friends. Only mechanical engineers.
Always following a dream, I finally made it happen this past winter when I became a writer full time. I am currently in Topsham through the fall. After that I'll be in Chile into May 2011 filling in the research gaps for my current novel.
I am looking to network with people in the writing industry.
I'm an author of 5 historical fiction books. The first 4 are a series set in Maine in the early 1900s. Recently offered a May special for the sereis to Maine school libraries and had some takers. My most recent book is set in Georgia during reconstruction days. I'm presently taking a marketing course. Check out my webstie and blogs: www.authorterrywebb.com.
As a freelance writer trying to grow a business, I felt that membership in the MWPA would speak to my passion for writing and look good on resumes and in portfolios. I was a member years ago, but life took me down a different path for awhile. I'm glad to say that I'm back and happy to be "home!"
I am pleased to announce the winner of the book title contest that I sponsored a few months ago. The contest came to an end on May 1 as stated in the rules. I was pleased wiht the number of people who requested the package and sent in submissions. The winner is Kennetha Guffey and her wining tttle is: Sex Education For Adults. Secrets to Amazing Sex and Happily Ever After Too.
Maine naturalist Tom Seymour presents a “Walk on the Wild Side” wild plants, that is, on Friday, May 14 at the Curtis Memorial Library at 7:00 pm. The evening event includes a film on Maine's useful, wild plants, as well as ample time for questions about the edible wild foods that can be found in the region.
A journalist, columnist, and author of a number of popular guide books, Seymour’s interesting evening program reflects the title of his newest book, Wild Plants of Maine, A Useful Guide with detailed descriptions of edible plants and tips on finding, preparing, and using foraged foods.
This free event is of the 25th anniversary celebrations of the Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust. Since 1985, the Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust has preserved more than 1,100 acres in an effort to protect properties with true ecological, agricultural and aesthetic importance.
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I have five books that i have writen. I had one published with Publish America. I could use some help if this is something you can do.
I am looking for publications in Maine which might be interested in articles for the 50+ age group, and in particular for parents of 20-somethings. I am a psychologist and aspiring writer, interested in some freelance work. Thanks for any leads.
I am looking for some advice about possibly publishing a children's book I have written and begun to illustrate. I'm looking for someone with a seasoned, critical eye to tell me if my creation has what it takes to make it in the competitive world of picture book publishing. Many thanks! afno12345@hotmail.com
Are there any writers groups anywhere in the Houlton / Lincoln / Millinocket area ? I am serious need to an objective '3rd eye'' reviewer. Any replies will be very helpful.
Help: this needs to be anonymous for good reason. post reply here if you know anything please... I will check back often.
Does anyone remember seeing a story like this on the local TV news, somewhere between 2000-2006? (landshark threatens to evict citing “not to carry on any business...” against a writer)
It was an argument about the meaning of a phrase in many leases:
"not to carry on any business, profession, or trade of any kind."
It is usually not enforced without a good reason, but one company chose to use this legalism against a writer, implying that having a product available on a web site violated this verse, and threatened to sue for eviction and payment of the rest of the year's rent. The name [removed, because I need to know for sure] seems familiar, but I'm not really sure why. I remember a comment on the show something like: this was a foolish thing to do even if it succeeds in court, because people would find out what happened here, and nobody would want to rent an apartment from that company*. (at least anyone who is a novelist, songwriter, poet, etc.)
She (the writer) ended up removing her book from the website, finish out the term of her lease without the freedom to have her work available, because she did not want to risk eviction and ruined credit, if she might lose the case. (heard this on the show)
At least I hope this kind of zero tolerance policy is extremely rare. If it were common practice, I would have found a story like that on Google by now (literally spent all-night sessions rephrasing this dispute over 100 different ways!). I believe this is a form of predatory lending, and infringement on the freedom of speech and press.
I am definitely interested in finding a copy of this broadcast if possible. I can understand if the footage is lost... in that case I am searching for someone who remembers the show well enough to reliably identify the parties involved. I figure my chances are better asking now than later.
It's also quite unbelievable and sad that even in the Tivo age, information that was on broadcast TV can become forgotten and disappear, when it effects something this important.
I may be interested in talking to the writer that was threatened. Maybe a petition could be named after her. - if something like that ever happens again.
(“13 on your side” seems most likely, yet Ms. Ichton claims not to remember this- maybe a similar series on another station?)
* - I intend to help make this prediction happen.
Anyone out there interested in working (for pay of course) with several high school kids to improve creative and expository writing skills this summer? Thinking of several weeks, one or two sessions per week, whatever works best, flexible schedule. Please contact Spike at shaible@gwi.net or 721-3819.
Hello, Wendy!
Thank you for responding to my request about a writers' critique group in Aroostook County. I would enjoy sitting in on one of your Saturday meetings, if you would send me information about location/time, etc..
Please contact me at martha@pwless.net
Thanks, again. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Martha, The Struggling Writer
We are proud of one of our cooperative authors from our catalog for winning a Maine Literary Award in the self-publishing division- Betsy Connor Bowen for "Spring Bear". Her book is featured in our catalog. Entry is free to self-publishing authors. Nice going Betsy and thanks MWPA.
I just want to personally thank MWPA writer Bill Bushnell for giving my novel The Ghost Trap, a thoroughly insightful and dead-on review in this weekend's The Morning Sentinel. "Debut Novel Is Convincing To The End" http://www.onlinesentinel.com/reallife/debut-novel-is-convincing-to-the-end_2010-04-03.html
In this age of scrambling to constantly be your own PR and marketing team, reviewers like Bill are literally a gift. You took the time to throughly examine all angles of the novel and I thank you!!
More on Bill--
-William Bushnell has been a professional book reviewer and freelance writer for thirteen years. He has more than 1,350 published pieces in thirty magazines and newspapers including Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Civil War Times, Military Officer Magazine and many others. He is professionally affiliated with the National Book Critics Circle and the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, and he teaches a class on book reviewing at the University of Southern Maine.
TOO COLD FOR THE PORCH
local poets read their work
Sunday, April 11, 4pm
Fare Share Commons
443 Main Street
Norway, ME
FMI: Lisa 743-9808
or m3d@megalink.net
We have a serious writers' group in Presque Isle meeting every other Saturday. Next meeting: April 10th. Visitors welcome!
Maine Festival of the Book: April 9-11
Opening Night
Friday, April 9
7:30 pm Opening Night: Tess Gerritsen and Anita Shreve
Abromson Center, University of Southern Maine
Hosted by Governor John E. Baldacci and First Lady Karen M. Baldacci
Tess Gerritsen will talk about her “Rizzoli and Isles” suspense novels being made into a TV series by TNT. Anita Shreve will read from her work and discuss the writer’s life. Seating is limited. Tickets $10 advance at www.mainereads.org /$15 on April 9. Doors open at 7 pm.
Additional programming April 10 and 11! Programs designed for a range of interests and ages. Get inspired! Most events are free!
www.mainereads.org 871-9100
I have completed a creative non-fiction work on an Iraqi girl born in 1880 in Mosual, who decides she wants to become a French sister, prompting a journey that takes her across the Syrian Desert in a camel caravan, then over the mountain of Lebanon to Beirut where she boards a steamship for Marseille. After training as a herbalist, a crisis in France forces her and three other Femme de la Sagesse sisters to leave for the wilds of southern Africa and a mission in Malawi where they find plenty of surprises.
I am looking for a mentor, versed in fiction narrative, to review "Mother of Fire," with a critical eye. I will be in Maine, beginning May 18th - Oct. and can be reached at 207-326-4272 in Brooksville. My number here is: 512-389-0595.
I have completed a creative non-fiction work on an Iraqi girl born in 1880 in Mosual, who decides she wants to become a French sister, prompting a journey that takes her across the Syrian Desert in a camel caravan, then over the mountain of Lebanon to Beirut where she boards a steamship for Marseille. After training as a herbalist, a crisis in France forces her and three other Femme de la Sagesse sisters to leave for the wilds of southern Africa and a mission in Malawi where they find plenty of surprises.
I am looking for a mentor, versed in fiction narrative, to review "Mother of Fire," with a critical eye. I will be in Maine, beginning May 18th - Oct. and can be reached at 207-326-4272 in Brooksville. My number here is: 512-389-0595.
Many ups and downs in completing my first book but Mystery of the Dancing FireWalker will be available from AuthorHouse.com within two weeks. This is the first of at least four fictional/mystery novels I have called the Emily Jacobs Mysteries. Book 1 is about two children kidnapped and taken to a cabin in western Maine. Involving an ancient stone circle, a shaman, and several really neat bad guys, the children must partake in several healing ceremonies. In the meantime the two mothers must visit several sacred sites throughout Maine to collect the four elements. Must reality of my own experiences withing natural history, mythology, archeology, and healing circles is included throughout this wonderful read... and the Coyote Stories will keep you guessing.
You are cordially invited to the annual Poets' Tea held each year at Blaine House, the governor's mansion in Augusta, Maine. The date is Thursday, April 15, 2:30-4 p.m.
Maine's poet laureate Betsy Sholl is organizing the event, and First Lady Karen Baldacci will be hosting it. I'll be one of three poets reading that afternoon.
Everyone is welcome to attend, but please R.S.V.P. to Blaine House at the address below.
Hope to see you there!
Blaine House
192 State Street
Augusta, ME 04330-6406
(207) 287-2121
info@BlaineHouse.org
im am 16 and hope to publish my book. But I know when I send my submition to a literary agent they will notice mistakes. How would I find an agent who would consider my work?
I've noticed the mwpa blog is not very well maintained. I would be happy to volunteeer my services. check out my blog if interested and email me: marcy@tidewater.net
I, along with two other writers, would like to invite all to join our new site Inkwell. It's a community of writers sharing, chatting, and growing together on our journey to publication and beyond. Published and unpublished writers are welcome. Those who are published, your experience and wisdom would be well appreciated. For those who aren't yet, our forum is safe and inviting to help you hone your craft. You can find us at: http://inkwell.ning.com/
Hope to see you there.
Sheri
Love your website.I am visiting Maine next month to give a lecture and book signing on Scotch- Irish history and was browsing in preparation when I came on your site.I wish we had something as useful as this in Northern Ireland.
Maine Festival of the Book
April 9-11, Portland
Please note that the location for the Poetry Party on Saturday, April 10 at 7 pm has changed to:
Constellation gallery, 511 Congress St. Portland (across from MECA). Free event/cash bar. Presented by Port Veritas.
Hi, out there! I'm looking to start or join a writers' critque group in the Aroostook County area, preferably not too far a drive from Houlton. As an, as yet, unpublished writer of short stories, I would value the support and sharing of expertise. Please contact me by post or martha@pwless.net Thanks!
Our Young Writers Conference will be Monday, April 26th. Twenty-four middle school students will spend the afternoon writing and sharing with professional writers and Colby writing mentors before traveling to Augusta to hear Maya Angelou.
A Creative Writing Group for writers around Franklin County continues to meet, but is looking to expand our membership. The group is open to writers from all genres and is
free to join. The next meeting will be held on Monday, April 5. The group will meet from 7 - 9 PM at the UMF library. For more information, please contact Caroline King at 491-9810 or by email at caroline@maineword.com.
New L/A Creative Writers Group Initiative 2010 will begin on Thursday, April 1st from 6-8pm in the Auburn Public Library Conference Room.
Please RSVP to Shannon.Blake@yahoo.com.
WRITERS!!!! I'm looking to start or join an existing writers' critique group in the Aroostook County area (Houlton and beyond). If you are as serious about your "dream" as I am, and crave the input of other struggling, like-minded scribes, PLEASE contact me.
THE INDEPENDENT; SRENGTH IN NUMBERS
Looking for independent / self-published authors interested in joining forces for a marketing campaign.
Let’s get together and share marketing ideas / funds / time/energy / skills /talents.
I am looking for authors who can help put together a campaign we can all market in our different areas.
Lets brain storm a way to make this work. A few ideas include: catalog creation and distribution to various independent book stores and businesses in our areas, time allotment and reporting, cost distribution, website or blog creation and so on.
If interested contact Ben at benedictus1972_2000@yahoo.com.
We will need 10-25 members to get this going.
Let’s get together and form THE INDEPENDENT.
Mark you calendars!
Maine Festival of the Book 2010
April 9-11, Portland
Lots of free parties, programs and performances. Readings, dicussions, singings galore. All genres. Lots of writers -- Anita Shreve, Tess Gerritsen, Wes McNair, on and on.
Full schedule at www.mainereads.org
Desparate for someone to teach me how to work in tracking mode for manuscript exchanges..foolishly accepted as ghost writing job w/out a ghost of an idea what I am doing..need immediate tutor in the New Harbor-Damariscotta area..or Brunswick, perhaps..help help..a small but pleasant job for the right person of humor and patience..Falcon1@tidewater.net
Writers’ Workshop in Italy, July 18 – 25, 2010, held in conjunction with the Amalfi Coast Music & Arts Festival in Vietri sul Mare. Exciting opportunity to study creative writing with Robert Bausch; poetry writing with Jane Shore; or memoir and the personal narrative with Joyce Maynard. Opportunities for other cultural experiences during the week. More information at: www.amalfi-festival.org; by phone at 301.587.6189.
To Rick Morris re: Jan. 10th post....and other eager L/A Writers: We have established a perfect location for our sprouting membership and all we need is a qualified facilitator who can donate their availability on Thursdays from 6-8pm. FMI contact 712-2232
EDITOR FOR HIRE
Need an EDITOR for your book manuscript? I'm a 23-year veteran editor specializing in academic books, but also with plenty of experience in non-fiction professional and general audience books and dissertation editing. See www.ulrikeguthrie.com for more information.
Also, seeking good literary fiction and poetry mss for Eugene, OR publisher--new line with Wipf and Stock called Emerald City Books. --Ulrike
I am looking for poets SERIOUS about writing and REVISING their work. So many groups I've joined just want an "atta boy" clap on the back and don't want to dig in and LEARN what to do after the poem is written. I crave others who want to critique. I am sick of groups with a lack of guts to revise.
I am in the Midcoast. Find me online at www.heartsoundspressliterary.com
submissions now being accepted for the Larry Kramer Memorial Chapbook and the William Dunbar Full-Length Book awards. Visit www.heartsoundpressliterary.com for details at "Announcements"
Didn't see this posted the first time so I'm posting it again. I finally started a writer's blog! Yay! My name is Sheri and I'm from central Maine. I'd love to have you join me on my daily ramblings--joys & struggles--of writing and juggling motherhood. Here's the blog: http://writersally.blogspot.com/ I'm looking for feedback (comments), and to network with like-minded writers serious about getting published. You can also email me at salarsen71@gmail.com. I, along with a fellow Maine writer, have started a writing group via a private online link. It's on my blog. Excited to hear from you. ";-)
Those of you who have already posted your needs--any success? Like Pamela, am looking for writers' group in Portland area but will travel the distance, if necessary! Look forward to your response--my genre: commercial fiction. email: penmewse@yahoo.com
I finally started a writer's blog. Yay! I'm encouraging you to check it out and even become my follower. I have weekly writing exercises, and tools and links galore. A private writers' critique group is in the works with my fellow Maine writer, Marcy. I'm still in the process of building the site, so please be patient. The writers group should be ready within the next couple of weeks. Looking forward to hearing from you. http://writersally.blogspot.com/
I'm looking for a publisher to turn my artwork of brightly colored, stylized trees into a book of colors for children.
A new Creative Writing Group for writers around Franklin County is being formed. The group is open to writers from all genres and is
free to join. The next meeting will be held on Monday, March 1. The group will meet from 7 - 9 PM at the UMF library. For more information, please contact Caroline King at 491-9810 or by email at caroline@maineword.com.
Hi,
Looking for a publisher in Maine. Writing the last book of a trilogy, catagory; fantasy-fiction.
Than you
I will be reading/signing Black Boat Black Water Black Sand at the Owl & Turtle in Camden on Feb. 26 at 6:30 pm - come join us!
The webpage for my newly published book, "There's a Moose Loose in the Hoose!" is now available! Please check it out at: http://www.mainemediawomen.org/meserve.html
CALL FOR STORIES: Åarhus Gallery seeks literary short stories for as if, an evening of stories by Maine writers read by Maine actors. Submit one or two stories of up to 5,000 words (double spaced/12 font/numbered pages) via snail mail or email (Word attachment) to the addresses below. Include your name, street address, phone number and email address on the first page of the manuscript. Complete, polished stories only, please; no drafts, exercises or excerpts! If your story is suitable for our program and actors, we will contact you for permission to perform it. Note: Manuscripts will not be returned -- they will be recycled or deleted – so please retain your original.
Snail mail:
Åarhus Gallery
attn: as if
50 Main Street
Belfast, ME 04915
Or, Email: asifstoriesgmail.com
Subject line: submission
What percentage of the U.S. population actually reads books anymore? What would you guess? I've always hovered around the 15% mark (grimly). But according to the latest Verso Ad Network's extensive 2009 Consumer Book Survey--28% of the US population are "avid readers,", spending 5+ hours a week with a book, and the 65+ age group is twice as avid as those who are 25-34.
The Maine Sunday Telegram calls THE GHOST TRAP a "good mid-winter read."
The Ghost Trap tells the story of a 27-year-old lobster fisherman faced with huge challenges. Jamie Eugley is the caretaker of his brain-injured girlfriend, Anja. He feels guilty because the accident that rendered her helpless happened on his boat. His life is further complicated when fellow lobstermen start cutting one another's traps in a territory dispute.
To read more of this review online at the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=310751&ac=Audience
I am looking for someone to proof-read and edit my memoir for publication. A complete manuscript should be ready in about three months. I plan to submit queries and proposals in about a month. If you are interested please let me know.
Sincerely,
Richard
207-899-5117
Looking for a writers group in South Portland/Cape/Portland, pjcragin@yahoo.com
looking for a writers group in South Portland/Cape/Portland area
We are a new non-profit 'independent think tank' in Maine that is producing major reports on the issues facing the state. Our first is in production now. We are looking for a partner/publisher to help us with production and distribution issues. If anyone is interested in exploring possibilities, please contact me.
Thank you,
Alan Caron at Envision Maine
looking for peer-run writing group (poetry) in midcoast. Thanks!
I have a couple of people interested in beginning a writers group in the Brunswick area, there are currently three of us one or two more would be great. We all write YA and middle-grade fantasy - magical realism. However, we have a wide range of what we like to read. Please contact me at maryea@maryea.com if you are interested in joining.
Please spread the word that we're a local business out of Bath, ME. We do typing from handwritten manuscripts and transcription from recordings. We do interview transcription as well as focus groups, panel discussions, and conferences. We also can type handwritten journals, memoirs, and collections of letters to preserve family history. We do most of our work over the internet, but it would be great to work with some local Maine writers!
Check out our web site at www.wordsworthcoop.com