| A Writer's Weekend 2010 |
[Jul. 2nd, 2009|01:43 pm] |
Writer's Weekend, also known as the Iron Springs Writers' Retreat, is going back to being called A Writer's Weekend.
Our next event will be held July 22-25, 2010 at the Ocean Crest Resort on the beautiful Washington coast, just north of Pacific Beach.
Jay Lake and Hugo award winner David Levine have graciously agreed to being the Writer Gurus for the workshops. The Thursday through Sunday event will include manuscript critique and other classes, as well as plenty of free time for writing in the oceanfront setting. Registration will be $106 per person, including potluck meals. Hotel rooms must be reserved separately by calling the resort at 1-800-684-8439.
Seating is limited to 15 writers. Many of our attendees are published, but the event is open to pre-published writers as well.
You can find out more about the event by emailing Karen at writersweekend at hotmail dot com. |
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| A Writer's Weekend cancelled |
[Oct. 8th, 2007|10:18 pm] |
We are sad to announce we will have to cancel next year's A Writer's Weekend conference. Something has come up that makes it impossible for us to proceed at this point.
Some of us have decided to do a little get-together at some cabins on the beach for the same weekend - June 27-29, 2008. If you are interested, there is no charge for the weekend - it's just a bunch of us getting together to write and hang out. Jay Lake has agreed to be the Writer Guru for those of us who are lucky enough to soak up a little of his good writer mojo. If you'd like to join us, please email me at writersweekend at hotmail dot com and we can talk about the details.
I'll be starting a new lj account with a different name, for personal use. If you want to be on my new lj friends list, email me at writersweekend at hotmail dot com and let me know! |
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| Foolscap alert |
[Sep. 17th, 2007|06:09 pm] |
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This coming weekend is Foolscap, at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Bellevue. Charles DeLint will be there. We'll be there, too, handing out candy. I hope to see you there! |
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| (no subject) |
[Aug. 27th, 2007|03:39 pm] |
Hello, Everyone!
I hope you’re all having a wonderful summer!
Just a quick note to remind you we are currently accepting early registrations for the June 27-29, 2008 A Writer’s Weekend event. The conference will be held at the beautiful Roosevelt Hotel in downtown Seattle. After August 31, 2007, our rates will go up, so be sure to register early!
You can find our registration form online by going to http://www.writersweekend.com/2008-WW/2008-AWW-Registration.htm We’ve added agents Jenny Rappaport and Spencer Ellsworth from the Lori Perkins Agency to our speaker list. We’re also getting former EMT and police officer Lisa Preston to tell us the Top Ten Mistakes Made by Writers: Medical and Law Enforcement.
We’d also like to tell you about the new MJ Rose book, The Reincarnationist, due to be released September 1st. If you liked The DaVinci Code, you’re sure to be a fan of Rose’s new book. Take care, Karen Junker, Exec. Director |
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| Booksigning |
[Aug. 9th, 2007|12:53 pm] |
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Matt Ruff will be at Elliott Bay Books tonight at 7:30, reading/signing Bad Monkeys. We'll be there! |
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[Jul. 25th, 2007|11:23 am] |
We came home from writing group last night to a dark apartment. The lights were on outside, on the outside of the building, but the power was out in all of the apartments in our building. They weren't out in the buildings immediately surrounding us, but there was one other building with no lights on inside.
After losing lj for so long yesterday, it was kinda frustrating. But we found some candles and flashlights and managed to make it through the rest of the evening. The lights all came on in the middle of the night, of course. |
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| (no subject) |
[Jul. 22nd, 2007|03:02 pm] |
We spent the morning at Medfest, watching dance! What wonderful people we get to meet at A Writer's Weekend!![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) xlana |
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| LJ issues? |
[Jul. 2nd, 2007|02:32 pm] |
Obviously, my posting skills are not up to snuff -
I'd like to thank David Levine and Scott Hungerford, too...as well as all the other non-lj speakers:
Mary Louse Schwartz, Kate Austin, John Trombold, Kevin Trombold, Bill Branley, Chris Pramaas, Roslyn Duffy, Candy Somoza, Denny and Gayle Brandon-Behrend, Ray Rhamey, Darcy Carson and Nancy Burkhalter.
I'd especially like to thank Eilis Flynn for her help filling in for the Query, Synopsis workshop - she stepped in at the last minute when one of our other guests was unable to attend due to flight problems. |
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| Blake's posse hates our cats |
[May. 11th, 2007|07:11 pm] |
Okay, I'm joking. But today, after sitting in traffic for 1.5 hours, I finally got to the vet with our two cats. There was no place to park. Naturally, I double-parked behind a mini-van. It turns out the whole city of Bothell was under seige by Blake fans, who were there for a parade and rally in his honor.
Oh, yeah...I did get to see him, waving from atop his convertible like the royalty he is, followed by literally thousands of screaming girls.
Getting out of the parking lot was a whole 'nother story.
The cats are fine, btw. |
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| online registration is up and running |
[May. 8th, 2007|09:38 pm] |
We're pleased to announce that you can now register online for the June 30 & July 1 A Writer's Weekend event. Just go here
We'd appreciate it if you'd tell your friends about the conference. It's small and cozy - we're the friendliest writers' conference on the planet! You can check out our current speaker lineup here
Thanks for all your help and support! |
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| new look for our website |
[May. 7th, 2007|06:24 pm] |
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We'd like to thank Todd Edwards for the past year's website for A Writer's Weekend. As one of our volunteers, he did a great job setting up the website.
For the upcoming year, we have a new volunteer, Connie McArthur, who is a professional web designer. We've already made some changes to the existing site and we'll be creating a new website in the next few weeks to add some features we've been hoping for, like an online registration form.
You can see more about Connie's websites at www.conniemacdesign.com Thanks to both of you for your outstanding service!
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| (no subject) |
[Apr. 24th, 2007|12:31 pm] |
I'm in the middle of reading Kate Austin's latest novel, The Gossip Queens, and I'm finding new meaning for the phrase 'character-driven novel'. I'm reading slower than usual, because I feel like the women in the book are my friends and I don't want the story to end!!!
In case you didn't know this: Kate is one of our Guest Speakers for the June event. She's been writing for twenty some years and she is one of the reasons we keep putting on A Writer's Weekend events. She met her agent at one of our conferences, signed with her and sold her first novel soon after. We love this kind of success story! But even more, we love her books... |
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| Above and beyond doesn't begin to cover it... |
[Apr. 22nd, 2007|05:23 pm] |
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We've added Vivian Beck of the Vivan Beck Agency. Although she's not taking new submissions through her normal channels, she's agreed to come to our conference and meet with us. She's looking for many varieties of romance, fantasy and espionage/thrillers. She agreed to join us on short notice and I can't begin to express my appreciation for her help and support. She's the kind of agent who will give a reason when she rejects someone - and she'll work with someone to bring the writing up to snuff, too. We had a great phone conversation the other day and I can't wait to meet her! |
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| (no subject) |
[Apr. 11th, 2007|09:01 pm] |
We received word today that Beth Meacham, the editor from Tor, will not be attending our June event due to a scheduling conflict. We will miss her, but these things happen...
We have added another agent, Vivian Beck of the Vivian Beck Agency. She is looking for Romance, Women's Fiction, Fantasy and Thriller/Espionage. Her website is at www.VivianBeck.com |
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| Spring Clean |
[Mar. 29th, 2007|04:41 pm] |
Now that Spring is officially here, it's time to get cracking on the plans for the June 30-July1 event at the Roosevelt Hotel in Seattle.
I'm feeling pretty smug, since we have already sent out our final confirmation emails to our speakers - and don't worry, we are still getting Beth Meacham from Tor and Nephele Tempest from the Knight Agency, as well as:
Chris Pramas, editor from Green Ronin games
Louise Marley/Toby Bishop
Bill Branley
David Levine
Eric James Stone
Roslyn Duffy
Candy Somoza
Wolfgang Baur
Caitlin Kitteredge (attended last year and is now a soon-to-be-pubbed author!)
Richelle Mead
Kevin Trombold
Denny Behrend (law enforcement)
Ray Rhamey (editorrr.com) - don't miss his workshop, it is always one of the biggest draws!
Now all I have left to do is get travel and hotel figured out for some folks and we'll be all set...well, practically all set...
you can see more about the program/schedule at www.Writersweekend.com
In personal news: we just took Miki to the vet and he had a ginormous cyst on his neck, which is benign and won't hurt him, but it looked pretty scarey. He also has an ear infection - and with Mastiffs, you don't use Q-tips, you use whole cotton balls...prolly TMI, but...this is a job for that Dirty Jobs guy, I think... |
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| Retreat |
[Mar. 24th, 2007|07:22 pm] |
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This weekend is the A Writer's Weekend Retreat in New Brunswick, NJ. We've had some good reports from the event - everyone seems to be having a good time, despite some late arriving flights and non-arriving luggage. Kristen Fife is the on site Program Manager for the event and she's handling things for us, as we couldn't be there this time.
In case you didn't hear about it, the Retreat is basically 20 people with three editors, two agents and several authors, doing intensive workshopping, classes and schmooze.
So far, I know of one manuscript request, and that was before the event even got started! To those of you lucky enough to be there: Have fun and take some pictures for me, will ya? |
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| I'm too lazy to do a poll, but... |
[Feb. 10th, 2007|07:22 pm] |
Should I spend my evening watching Season One of Battlestar Galactica? Or reading Emma? Or perhaps Northanger Abbey? Or one of Jo Beverley's books ( I just got two new ones, written years ago, but I haven't read them yet).
If you haven't yet ordered it, you should think about getting No Regrets by Shannon K. Butcher. It's a romantic suspense and I can vouch for both the romance and the suspense. Yikes! |
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