Authors for Authors Hosts 10th Writers' Conference at Melbourne's Hilton

Authors for Authors will have their tenth annual Writers' Conference on April 28, 2019, at the Hilton Rialto Melbourne FL, from 9:00 Am to 5:00 PM. Contact Valerie Allen at VAllenWriter@gmail.com. Find more information at AuthorsForAuthors.com

There are two frugal opportunities for authors across the US to participate and reach more readers!

1) Book Display Only for those who cannot attend the conference. Mail your book(s) and business cards for only $5.00 per book and have them on display at the main entrance all day. Books with a SASE will be returned. 

2) Register and attend the conference. Listen and learn how to improve your writing, market effectively and sell more books! Genre discussion groups, breakout sessions, author interviews, meet the vendors and listen to the award-winning Keynote Speaker, John Torres, an award-winning investigative journalist with Florida Today.  His series, "Murder on the Space Coast" appears across various podcasts, as he works with the Innocence Project for those wrongly convicted. John's presentation will be "The Power of Words."


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John A. Torres is an award-winning columnist and author as well as the creator, host, and reporter of the popular podcast “Murder on the Space Coast.” John was born in the Bronx, N.Y. and earned his B.A. from Fordham University. His first reporting job was at a small weekly newspaper in Dobbs Ferry, NY called The Enterprise. John later worked as a sports writer for United Press International and Westchester Gannett Newspapers. In 1998, John was hired as the education reporter at the Poughkeepsie Journal and before long was the assistant city editor. Tired of the cold and snow of the Hudson Valley, John moved to Brevard County in 2001 where he was hired by a former editor at Florida Today. There John has covered a wide variety of topics but has made his mark writing about social and criminal justice issues. The last few years he has worked primarily reporting and writing his podcast.
John has written more than 65 books. The majority are middle-school books on a variety of topics. His 2014 book, "Soccer Star Leo Messi," was recognized by the Junior Library Guild. His most recent books have been," Famous Immigrant Athletes," "The People Behind Mass Shootings," and "Joined by Fate," the intertwined biographies of Hernan Cortes and La Malinche.” John is married and he and his wife have five children between them. JTorres@FloridaToday.com

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~  Valerie Allen  ~

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Summer School for Smarties

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 Howard-Johnson is the multi award-wining author of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. She is also a marketing consultant, editor, and author of the multi award-winning HowToDoItFrugally Series of books for writers including the award-winning second editions of The Frugal Book Promoter and The Frugal Editor. Her latest is in the series is How to Get Great Book Reviews Frugally and Ethically. Learn more on her Amazon profile page, http://bit.ly/CarolynsAmznProfile. Great Little Last Minute Editing Tips for Writers is one of her booklets--perfect for inexpensive gift giving--and, another booklet, The Great First Impression Book Proposal helps writers who want to be traditionally published. She has three FRUGAL books for retailers including one she encourages authors to read because it will help them convince retailers to host their workshops, presentations, and signings. It is A Retailer’s Guide to Frugal In-Store Promotions: How To Increase Profits and Spit in the Eyes of Economic Downturns with Thrifty Events and Sales Techniques (http://bit.ly/RetailersGuide). In addition to this blog, she helps writers extend the exposure of their favorite reviews at TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com. She also blogs at all things editing--grammar, formatting and more--at The Frugal, Smart, and Tuned-In Editor (http://TheFrugalEditor.blogspot.com)

Conference Opportunities for All Genres

Only 85 days left to participate in a live in the conference I hoped to do a keynote for. That isn’t possible , but I hope my #SharingwithWriters subscribers and visitors will go. So many benefits! Notice: I was unable to keynote because of a foot injury, but hope those who attended found much to love!   What is this event? You've heard that if the first paragraph of your novel isn't strong enough, agents and publishers won't read the first page, let alone the first fifty. Now you can learn how to separate fact from fiction and remain true to your story. Learn to draft a first line that will grab an acquisition editor and announce your authority as an author.  Now you can take advantage of a live read and critique at "Great Beginnings of Your Novel – Your First Line, First Pages." This live workshop will cover first pages, first chapters, and first characters. This is a unique opportunity for you to learn how pros consider the merits of the material and the intent of the author, then offer improvements covering everything from glaring grammar errors to story-structure flaws to the overall storytelling and more Bring six (6) copies of your first 2 pages. Selected works will be read aloud, so the audience can follow along and learn how an agent or publisher reviews a manuscript. Time permitting, they may suggest improving the samples. The Panel of Experts A panel of literary professionals, agents and professional editors will include: Howard Hendrix, Whitney Davis, Helga Schier, Marlan Warren, M. Todd Gallowglas, Marco Subias (M) Where is it being held? This live interactive workshop is being held at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles - Westside. Third Floor, 6161 West Centinela Avenue, Culver City, California, 90230-6306 When? This two hour workshop will be held in association with the GenreLA Writers Conference on Sunday March 31st, 10 am - 12 noon (door opens at 9:30am) And it's Free or very Low-cost The workshop is free to GenreLA Conference attendees; Non-registered authors may participate for only a $10 donation at the 9:30 am registration.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌RSVP‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ West Coast Writers Conferences 310.379.2650 info@wcwriters.com http://www.wcwriters.com/genrela/

MORE ABOUT THE BLOGGER Howard-Johnson is the multi award-wining author of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. She is also a marketing consultant, editor, and author of the multi award-winning HowToDoItFrugally Series of books for writers including the award-winning second editions of The Frugal Book Promoter and The Frugal Editor. Her latest is in the series is How to Get Great Book Reviews Frugally and Ethically. Learn more on her Amazon profile page, http://bit.ly/CarolynsAmznProfile. Great Little Last Minute Editing Tips for Writers is one of her booklets--perfect for inexpensive gift giving--and, another booklet, The Great First Impression Book Proposal helps writers who want to be traditionally published. She has three FRUGAL books for retailers including one she encourages authors to read because it will help them convince retailers to host their workshops, presentations, and signings. It is A Retailer’s Guide to Frugal In-Store Promotions: How To Increase Profits and Spit in the Eyes of Economic Downturns with Thrifty Events and Sales Techniques (http://bit.ly/RetailersGuide). In addition to this blog, she helps writers extend the exposure of their favorite reviews at TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com. She also blogs at all things editing--grammar, formatting and more--at The Frugal, Smart, and Tuned-In Editor (http://TheFrugalEditor.blogspot.com)

Canceled LA Area Writers’ Conference

IMPORTANT for anyone planning to attend GLAWS writers conference (see below): Tony N. Todaro has announced that the Conference that starts tomorrow has been postponed due to tragic circumstances. We are dealing with our issues this weekend and will work with the school next week for the date of our 22nd Conference. 

This is what you might expect when it is reinstated:

I will be giving a keynote Friday, Feb. 22, at Valley College, 2:30 pm. If you can't be there but know a writer who lives in the Los Angeles area, I hope you'll share with them. At the last presentation I did, one of my agent's 'babies' was near the restaurant where the Historical Novel group was meeting. She saw a mention on Facebook, came to introduce herself and stayed for the meeting! It was one of the joys of writing!  So, here my little pitch: 

I was once a precocious journalist who gave up too soon and for all the wrong reasons. I am excited to share my story and tons of tips for writers who suffer from Imposter Syndrome—psychology’s term for letting I’m-Not-Good-Enough and It’s-Too-Late thoughts to interfere with starting a project or launching a writing career. The subtitle could be “What I learned from Mom, Cancer, and Deepak Chopra.” 

You are invited to this writer's conference at Valley College in Los Angeles.  Planned by Tony N. Todaro of GLAWS’ (Greater Los Angeles Writers' Society), Genre-LA™ Creative Writing Conference starts Friday 2/22.  It is designed to  to assure writers that 2019 will count for something big. Tony offers segment  rates for those who can't be at the conference for the whole weekend and #greatHotelRates.  Come get your handout for 

Your Double-Duty Media Kit:

Your Go-To for Making Quick Work of Dull Jobs 

And Inspiring You to Greater Things

Find more information at  http://www.wcwriters.com/genrela/program.html

PS: Lots of panels after the keynote, a couple including publicist and editor Marlan Warren.  

MORE ABOUT THE BLOGGER

 Howard-Johnson is the multi award-wining author of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. She is also a marketing consultant, editor, and author of the multi award-winning HowToDoItFrugally Series of books for writers including the award-winning second editions of The Frugal Book Promoter and The Frugal Editor. Her latest is in the series is How to Get Great Book Reviews Frugally and Ethically. Learn more on her Amazon profile page, http://bit.ly/CarolynsAmznProfile. Great Little Last Minute Editing Tips for Writers is one of her booklets--perfect for inexpensive gift giving--and, another booklet, The Great First Impression Book Proposal helps writers who want to be traditionally published. She has three FRUGAL books for retailers including one she encourages authors to read because it will help them convince retailers to host their workshops, presentations, and signings. It is A Retailer’s Guide to Frugal In-Store Promotions: How To Increase Profits and Spit in the Eyes of Economic Downturns with Thrifty Events and Sales Techniques (http://bit.ly/RetailersGuide). In addition to this blog, she helps writers extend the exposure of their favorite reviews at TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com. She also blogs at all things editing--grammar, formatting and more--at The Frugal, Smart, and Tuned-In Editor (http://TheFrugalEditor.blogspot.com)