AIW Fiction Writing Seminar This Saturday

Speaking of getting in as much as one can, head over to the American Independent Writers’ Fiction Writing Seminar this Saturday (tomorrow, February 28), at the Johnson Center cinema from 8 am to 4:15 pm. Bill Miller and John Curry (of AIW) open the seminar, which includes plenary speaker Jeffrey Deaver; keynote speaker Marita Golden; and panel discussions on literary fiction versus genre fiction (with John Gilstrap, Donna Andrews, Alan Cheuse, and James Grady), novelists who write reviews and criticism (with Nandini Lal, Louis Bayard, Sudlip Bose, and Art Taylor); new media and publishing creative writing (with Reb Livingston, Mark Athitakis, Bernadette Geyer, and Laura Ellen Scott), and second novels (with Bill Miller, Andrew W. M. Beierle, Katharine Davis, Dallas Hudgens, and Alex MacLennan). A full program is available at AIW (it’s the third news item; click on “more”).

Members $119, Non-members $189, and Students $69.

Seminar: Writing in the Real World

The MFA alumni portion of GMU’s English Alumni Chapter is planning a seminar on publishing on Saturday, October 4. It’s open and free to all alumni; current students are welcome on a space-available basis. Register at engnews (a gmu.edu address). It will begin at 10 am with a book publishing panel that includes Scott Berg, Brian Brodeur, and Dallas Hudgens. Beginning at 12:30 pm, Ken Budd and Art Taylor will discuss breaking into freelance markets. Contact Bill Miller if you have questions. It was stressed that you please register.

Electronic Writing Seminar This Saturday

American Independent Writers is presenting, "Push the Electronic Envelope: Sharing Your Writing and Selling Your Work in Cyberspace" at GMU on Saturday September 6, in Research Building Room No. 163.

• 9:00–10:15 am: Writing for Online Audiences: Writing Web Copy, Selling to e-Markets, and Standing Out Online

• 10:30–11:45 am: Social Networking and Social Media: How to Pump Up Your Marketing Efforts and Get the Most Out of Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and More

• 1:00–2:15 pm: Breaking into the Blogosphere: Blogging, Vlogging, and Microblogging

• 2:30–3:45 pm: What Every Writer Needs to Know About Professional Websites

Free to GMU MFAers.