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White County Creative Writers
will host their 13th Annual Writers' Conference in the American Heritage Conference Center at Harding University on August
30, 2008. The program will feature four speakers on various aspects of writing and publishing. Please join us
for a day of sharing and learning.
Mail registration to W.C.C.W., P.O.Box 9122, Searcy, AR 72145.
Deadline is August 25, 2008. Registration fee of $25.00 will include the luncheon, but DOES
NOT INCLUDE CONTEST FEES.
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Linda Apple, whose first novel is currently being circulated by an agent,
makes her home in Fayetteville, AR. Much in demand as an inspirational speaker, Linda has nine creative nonfiction pieces
published in the inspirational Chicken Soup book series. Her presentation, "Building Your Platform",
will help conference attendees understand the necessity of selling not only their work, but also themselves, as dependable
writers. This creative nonfiction session will encourage group participation.
Dr. Fred Pfister, Editor of The Ozarks Mountaineer, lives in Branson,
Missouri, where he spends his non-editing time writing, teaching, and lecturing. With an M.A. from the University of
Arkansas and a doctorate from the University of Mississippi, he taught at College of the Ozarks. A charter member of
Ozarks Writers' League, Dr. Pfister has authored two books and numerous magazine and newspaper articles. His session,
"Turning Your Past into Cash" will focus on memoir writing. He will also share information about
what magazine editors expect from writers and about how to sell the the magazine market.
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Velda Brotherton lives in the Ozark National Forest and writes historical
articles and books. Her latest nonfiction book, Fly with the Mourning Dove, tells of a young
girl who grew up on a homestead in New Mexico. Ms. Brotherton's work to preserve Arkansas history was featured on PBS,
and Arcadia Publishing included two of her works for the Making America series. Her biography of Maud
Duncan of Wnslow appeared in Arkansas Biographies from the University of Arkansas Press. In the mid-90's, she
published six historical romances under pen names Samantha Lee and Elizabeth Gregg. Velda's session for the conference
will focus on "The Romance Market of Today".
Dr. Terry Engel earned his PH.D. in Creative Writing from the University
of Southern Missippi, and now teaches creative writing, composition, and literature at Harding University in Searcy, AR.
He has received the Transatlantic Review Award and has won the Hemingway Days Festival Short Story Contest,
as well as an honorable mention in Pushcart Prize XVII. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in Buffalo
Spree, Open City, Cream City Review, Georgetown Review, and Missippi Review Web.
Dr. Engel's session for our conference, "How to Read Like a Writer", will focus on writing
for publication, including everything from finding an agent to submitting a manuscript and keeping records.
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Conference Schedule
8:00-8:30 Registration
8:30 - 8:45 Welcome and Introductions
8:45 - 10:00 Linda Apple
Building your Platform
Daily experience often inspires human growth. The desire to share through inspirational
creative nonfiction requires us to learn not only to write well, to sell our work, but also to market ourselves as dependable
professionals.
10:00 - BREAK - 10:15
10:15 - 11:30 Dr. Fred Pfister
Turning Your Past into Cash
We harbor personal histories rife with memories of family, friends, teachers, preachers, lean
times, laments, last laughts. How do we capture the moments of our greatest intensity in words we can sell as memoir?
How do we sell to the magazine market? What do magazine editors expect from writers?
11:30 a.m.. - 1:00 p.m.
Luncheon and Contest Awards Ceremony
1:00 - 2:30 Velda Brotherton
The Romance Market of Today
From the intersection of Romance with History comes one successful in the marketplace.
Romance intersects also with fantasy, mystery, or science fiction. What does today's market dictate? Let us hear
of Mammon and the Archer.
2:30 - BREAK - 2:45
2:45 - 4:00 Dr. Terry Engel
How to Read Like a Writer
How does a writer read differently from anyone else? Does a writer learn the craft in
part through reading? Let's learn to read like a writer as we learn to write for publication. Finding an agent,
submitting work, keeping records for each piece we send off - all will be covered in this session.
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