Writing Critique Groups Panel--Chattanooga Writers Guild Monthly Meeting--Tuesday, August 11, 7 p.m.
Meets at Chattanooga Downtown Library. Moderated by group leader Marcia Swearingen, critique group leaders and members discuss how current groups can enhance their experience and how new groups can be started, as well as the possibilites for online critique groups.
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Flicks Cafe--Gold Diggers of 1933--August 4, 2009--Chattanooga Downtown Library
Busby Berkeley addresses social change and the Depression head on with laughter, singing, and incredible dance routines in the best of three great musicals. 98 minutes
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Open Mic Friday 7:30 - 9 p.m. Friday, July 31st at Barnes and Noble Hamilton Place
Meet in the reference section near the huge picture of James Joyce. Bring something by you or your favorite author to read. -- K.B. Ballentine
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Possible or Probable?
Want to know what the future holds for the writing world? Here is a video on YouTube done that might give you an idea of how writers will write, editors will edit and booksellers will sell. It is in French, but don't let that stop you, you will understand enough to see the future. .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK75RSQBZYs&eurl=http%3A%2F%2F
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10 Things Successful Suspense Novelist Brandilyn Collins Has Learned:
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Advice for the Would-Be Published by a Successful Author
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Publishing and Writing News from MediaBistro
You Just Graduated From Journalism School. What Were You Thinking? (Village Voice)
Mike Ventura: Conventional wisdom has it that planning for a future in journalism makes as much sense as signing up for a career as a Pontiac dealer. But that's not how members of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism's just-graduated class of 2009 see it.
The deadline for opting out of the Google Books settlement is fast approaching -- Sept. 4 -- and apparently there's a lot of confusion among rights holders (authors and publishers) about what it means to opt out of the class. Some panelists in an online Webinar tried to clarify the options.
Editors' New Role as 'Talk Show Hosts' (Folio:)As comment sections continue to gain traction, is it the job of editors and reporters to moderate and lead discussions? "Reporters aren't trained to be talk show hosts, but that's what a forum is all about," said custom publisher Hammock Inc. CEO Rex Hammock.
Lysandra Ohrstrom: We all know the euphemisms for getting dumped, but rejection in the job market for reporters and writers is less obvious. Here's a list of the brush-offs journalists should expect to encounter.
