Oklahoma Writers & Authors: July 2015

7/28/15

Rose State Writer's Conference Set

Writer’s Conference at Rose State College Set for September 18-20, 2015

A three-day intensive writing workshop, where you will experience writing fiction, poetry and non-fiction. Organized by New York Times-bestselling author William Bernhardt, this conference will bring some of the nation’s most successful writers and industry experts to Oklahoma.

To Enroll online please go to: Rosestate.augusoft.net

In person: Go to Rose State College, 6191 Tinker Diagonal, The Tom Steed Bldg. Midwest City, OK. 73110

Telephone: 405-733-7392 to reserve your spot with a credit card

Course Fee: $129.00 on or before 8/31/15

$149.00 on or after 9/1/15

Lodging:

There are many hotels in the Midwest City and Oklahoma city area, including the Sheraton at the Reed Center and the Holiday Inn in Midwest City, Ok.

Visit our website for more information: rose.edu/writing-short-course

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7/7/15

Conquer Writing and its Obstacles

After many requests for such helpful tips, Oklahoma Writers is happy to share a new page on "Editing." A list of possible sources for help in this crucial area will be posted there.

To get you started in the right direction, however, here is an editing resource for you to explore. " Did you know you only need to write 547 words a day for six months to get a 100,000-word novel? " The Curiouser Crusade will show you how.

7/1/15

Authors Charley Swanda and Amber Daniels

An exciting new Science-Fiction Fantasy work is the product of a brother and sister writing team from Mountain View, Oklahoma. Authors Charley Swanda and Amber Daniels had written individually most of their lives and when they finally teamed up, THE ASGARDIAN PROPHECIES: THE BLACK QUASAR, is the exciting result.

The work, inspired by Norse Mythology, crafts a saga of one young man coming to terms with his heritage and his own place in a much larger world than the small Oklahoma town of his childhood roots.

The authors bring an exciting new energy and direction to a mythic frame known to many only through the work of the Marvel multi-verse. Targeted to Young adults and Adult audiences it will be sure to find a strong following. Readers are already clamoring for more since its February appearance.

$10.99 / Perfectbound

ISBN: 9781457535437
224 pages

Amazon Listing

Webpage: http://www.thefatkidsbooks.com/book.php

The Asgardian Prophecies: The Black Prophecy is published by Dog Ear Press.

THREE RULES FOR BETTER MARKETING

1. Develop a vibrant blurb to describe your book to someone in a couple of sentences. If you can't do that - revisit your work. The writer unable to do this often has a problem with their book - so see how well you can define (in selling terms) your work.
2. Establish "talking points" about your book: what sets it apart? what sets you apart? why should someone buy your work?
3. "Lattice" your work to other venues and events. Do a web of your book and identify all the parts and how you might market the book to those sub-sections.

NOTE:
Not just self-publishing authors are faced with the need to become better at marketing their own work - surveying the recent edition of WRITER'S MARKET shows even some "big name" houses are expecting their authors to be their own best promoters.

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