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This page lets editors and clients know what our CNW members are doing now. Follow the links to see their books, articles, and other accomplishments.
Members, please refer to our Guidelines for Member News listings.
(May 4, 2008) Ashira will appear at a book signing for her new book, "The Witches' Child," at Mystikal Scents in Thonotosassa, Florida, on Saturday, May 10, 11 am to 3 pm.
(April 23, 2008) Prudy Taylor Board will appear at a literary tea honoring local women mystery writers on August 21 at the Main Broward Library in Fort Lauderdale. She also has signed a contract with Donning Publishing Co. to do a book on the history of Belfair on Hilton Head, SC.
(April 22, 2008): Andi Reynolds has been appointed Executive Book Editor for the American Quilter's Society in Paducah, Kentucky.
(April 19, 2008) Kelly James-Enger's book, The Belated Baby: a Guide to Parenting after Infertility, is being published by Cumberland House in May. Kelly and her co-author, Jill S. Browning, are post-infertility moms; Belated Baby will help women make the transition from fertility treatment or adoption to parenthood. Actress Brenda Strong wrote the foreword. www.belatedbaby.com or Amazon.com.
(April 15, 2008) Catherine Rain has launched a new Web site: www.Midlifeventures.com - specifically for midlife women. Midlifeventures.com is a forum for women making and creating life transitions. At midlifeventures.com, explore the issues, expand your horizons, and embrace the unique and wonderful opportunities that lay ahead -- whether you describe yourself as "baby boomer," "middle-aged," or at the end of your rope. Forum opportunities include a Blog at http://midlifeventurescsblog.blogspot.com/ as well as The Three Rs (Recommended Reading & Resources). Readers can e-mail c3brain@gmail.com with book reviews or resources of interest to Web visitors. "We do not pay for submissions but will post your byline and a brief (50-word) bio. Contributors retain all rights. Acceptance of submission confirmed within two weeks via e-mail, so be sure you include your contact information. We will post periodic surveys so Web visitors can indicate subjects of interest we can tackle through the Blog or The Three Rs."
(April 9, 2008) Roberta Sandler guest spoke on April 2 about freelance writing at the annual Media on Demand event attended by journalism and public relations students in the School of Communications at Florida International University in Miami.
(April 8, 2008) Patricia Fry has a new e-book available: The Author's Repair Kit, designed to help you breathe new life into your faltering or failing book. Use her post-publication book proposal system and heal your publishing mistakes. 27 pages, $5.95, at www.matilijapress.com/author_repairkit.html
(April 7, 2008) Marcia Fine's third novel, Paper Children -- An Immigrant's Legacy, which won an Honorable Mention in our contest last year, is also a Finalist in the historical categories in two book contests this year: USA Book News and Foreward magazine's Book of the Year.
(April 3, 2008) Kelly James-Enger and Roberta Sandler have successful sample query letters included in The Writer's article, "How to Craft Winning Queries," May 2008 issue.
(April 2, 2008) Ron Chepesiuk's books, Drug Lords (the 2007 revised edition) and Gangsters of Harlem (see our Book Bag), have been selected finalists for Foreword Magazine's 2007 True Crime Book of the Year. The winner to be announced on May 29 at the Los Angeles BookExpo America.
(March 1, 2008) Roberta Sandler has won second place in the written category of the Jamestown Settlement Cash Prize Program. The $300 prize was for her published travel article, which helped promote Jamestown Settlement and America's 400th Anniversary in 2007.
(February 28, 2008) Atlantic Ave Magazine has a three-page story on Prudy Taylor Board and her new book, A Grave Injustice, in their March 2008 issue.
(February 25, 2008) Adele Woodyard, Tarpon Springs, has an article on the Benoist Airboat and the St. Petersburg Museum of History in the March/April Northern New England Journey, a AAA magazine.
Guidelines for Members —
E-mail your Member News to MemberNews@Writers-Editors.com, providing:
- book title, publisher. and launch date, if your announcement is a new book;
- award name, presenting organization, and date presented
- article title, magazine or newspaper in which it appears, date of issue;
- blog launch or other Internet announcement with appropriate URL;
- other - send it along for consideration.
Announcements will remain online for approximately 90 days. Books will then be moved to our Book Bag if not already posted there.
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