Just Write

New this week at the Logan Library:

Publicize Your Book! - An Insider's Guide to Getting Your Book the Attention It Deserves by Jacqueline Deval

From the publisher:  This indispensible guide from a book-publicity insider offers everything authors need to know to assist in publicizing, marketing, and promoting their books. From working alongside professional publicists on campaigns and marketing plans to innovative ways authors can generate their own publicity, Publicize Your Book provides essential information for the first time author or the seasoned professional including:

· Effective networking
· Defining your target readership
· Developing a press kit
· Creating pitches for talk shows
· Getting newspaper and magazine coverage
· Marketing on the Internet and in other outlets
· Preparing for interviews and touring
· Setting up bookstore appearances and signings
· Hiring an independent publicist

Includes online publicity strategies and updated resources.

The Logan Library Writers Group will welcome successful local author, John Bond, to their meeting on Wed., Sept.10, 2008 at 7 PM.  The public is invited to attend.

John's book, You Can Write and Publish a Book:  Essential Information on How to Get Your Book Published, provides detailed information on creating a proposal; finding an agent; finding a publisher; and marketing your book.  It includes valuable listings of publishing resources and suggested readings.  Copies of the book will be available for purchase.

John has over 20 years of experience on hundreds of publishing projects.  He has worked as an editor and now serves as vice-president for a medical publisher in New Jersey.  John is a proud member of PMA, the Independent Book Publisher Association; Small Publishers Association of North America; and the American Medical Publishers Association.

Whether you want to have a best-seller or just write as a hobby, join us for what is sure to be a fun and informative evening.

ATENDEES:  Bill Merritt, Muhammad Maruf, Leah Webb, Alexa and Karen

SCRIBE:  Leah Webb

BUSINESS: 

• Review of prior meeting notes
• Prior archives for blog/ Should it be both notes and submissions?
• Book Reccomendation: "Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold
• Discussion concerning education being only once a month

IN-MEETING WRITING: "Write a letter to yourself as if it were from someone you love or dislike"

WRITING SUBMISSIONS: Bill and Alexa shared their writing.  Bill is going to submit his paper "Cape May" to the Cape May Gazette

NEXT MEETING: No assignments

ATENDEES:  Muhammad Maruf, Cheryl Scott (new), Tom Lotito (new), Alexa Baliski, Karen Baliski, Leah Webb

SCRIBE:  Leah Webb

BUSINESS: 

• New blog categories needed for writing submissions (fiction, non-fiction, poetry).
• Introduction of new visitors.  Who they are and what style of writing they want to do.
• Two visiting authors coming to the library in September.  John Bond on Wed. Sept 10th at 7 PM and Kathleen Lindsey ("Run, Feredy, Run") on Sat. Sept. 27th at 11 AM.

IN-MEETING WRITING:  " Possibilities"

WRITING SUBMISSIONS:

• Alexa:  Continuation of "13 With Problems", and "Flowers on the Grave" (a poem).
• Muhammad:  Next segment on Geneology Study
• Leah:  Review of possible submission to the blog

NEXT MEETING:  Visiting author, John Bond  ("You Can Write and Publish a Book:  Essential Information on How to Get Your Book Published")

Possibilities. The word makes me feel free, open.  As if a chain has been removed.  In front of me is an open meadow of light that drowns out all the shadows that have been my constant companion.  I am happy.

But then I begin to wonder about all the possibilities.  Which ones are the right ones?  What direction should I go?  What if I make the wrong decisions?  Take the wrong steps?  Will I stumble?  Will I fall down?  I begin to tremble. That light doesn't seem so peaceful anymore.  It's glaring-blinding-burning!  I start to wish for the shadows again.  They hide my insecurities.  Before the possibilities I knew who I was.  I had no choices.  It was comfortable there in my little box.

LJW