Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Something Free for College Students

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This week-end, the Kansas Authors Club State Convention is being held in Salina, Kansas at the Ramada Inn. On Saturday, there will be workshops covering several areas of writing. 

To promote interest by younger writers, the planning committee made a decision to allow all college students with a valid ID to attend the Saturday sessions for free. What a great deal! 

The workshops begin at 10 a.m and run through 3:45 p.m. The convention theme is "Encouraging Words" and that's exactly what those attending will receive from the following presenters:

Judy Entz        In the Know Concerning Self-Publishing

Kevin Rabas    Writing Flash Fiction and Narrative Poems

Jim Hoy          Serendipity, the Writer's Best Friend & Finding Gold in the Flint Hills Or Wherever                          
                      You Live

Ann Zimmerman  Songwriting Should Not Be Left To The Pros

Mark Bouton    Let's Write A Novel

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg  These are the Materials: the Transformative Power of Fiction

Nancy Julien Kopp  Creative Nonfiction & Writing for Anthologies

It's a good line-up with varied topics. Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg is the Poet Laureate of Kansas. I find it interesting that she also has a recently published novel (The Divorce Girl) to her credit.

I hope area students will take advantage of this offer. All the presenters are published or work in the publishing world. What a tremendous opportunity to learn more about the writing world and all for free.

Anyone not a college student can still show up on Saturday morning and pay the registration fee to attend the workshops, the Saturday evening banquet, the Sunday morning panel discussion and wards luncheon.  

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