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May Meeting: Open Mic Night!Because Memorial Day falls on our regular meeting date, the next monthly meeting will be on Monday, May 19 at 7:00 -- a week early, so please make sure to note it on your calendars! We'll be meeting at Ukazoo Books, 730 Dulaney Valley Road, Towson. Directions are available on the Ukazoo website. Because of the irregular date, and the fact that we're just coming off the chapter elections and the Annual Conference, the meeting will be an open mic night, which we're about due for anyway! Bring something from your work in progress or your latest published work to share with your friends and fellow writers! There will be a sign-up sheet for readings next to the sign-in form, first come first read. We'll plan on giving everyone ten minutes to make sure we have enough time -- longer if there aren't that many people reading (which has never been a problem at past open mics). Plus we'll have the latest news and gossip from MWAB and MWA, and the latest on upcoming chapter-related events including Baltimore Book Fest, Baltimore Writers Conference, Balticon 42, and Bouchercon (volunteers needed for all!). As you can see, we're only doing events beginning with "B" this year . . . :-D 2008-2009 MWAB Officer Election ResultsAt the start of MWAB's April monthly meeting, attendees voted for the chapter oficers to serve through April 2009. Three slots were open: President, VP, and Treasurer. Prior to the election, M. Katherine Spath, who was previously elected to complete Howard Stiefel's term as Secretary, agreed to continue through the current term. Nominations were closed at midnight Friday, April 25. As none of positions were contested (i.e., each slot had only one nominee), Chapter President Paul Lagasse called for a yea-nay voice vote for the entire slate. The proposal was approved and duly enacted. And so, the 2008-09 officers for the Baltimore Chapter are: President: Paul Lagasse Thanks, everyone! We're looking forward to making great things happen for, and with, the chapter in the coming year. Cheers, Calling all Artists!The Maryland Writers' Association is holding a contest for a piece of Maryland-themed art to grace the cover of its first anthology, scheduled for a late summer publication. The anthology is not yet titled, but it may be helpful to know that it will contain work from a variety of genres, including fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. There is no overall theme to the work beyond the fact that all authors are members of the MWA. The winning art earns a prize of $200 and credit in the book. Participants need not be MWA members, but we encourage MWA members in good standing to submit an entry. Requirements:
Deadline: May 15So put down your writing pens, and take up pastels or paints and let your creative juices flow! MWAB Co-Sponsors Poetry Reading by MWA Members!In celebration of National Poetry Month, the Enoch Pratt Free Library, the Maryland Writers' Association Baltimore Chapter, and the Friends of the Canton Library are co-sponsoring A Reason for Rhyme: Readings by Baltimore Poets, a free evening of poetry by MWA members:
For more information, e-mail MWAB President Paul Lagasse. April Meeting: Angela Render on "Building Your Web Platform"This month's meeting is going to be another popular one, so plan to get to Clayton Fine Books & Cyber Cafe, 317 N. Charles Street, in downtown Baltimore early. Their phone number is (410) 752-6800. There's a parking garage about half a block away from the bookstore. The meeting date is Monday, April 28 at 7:00 p.m. The owner of Clayton Fine Books has graciously offered to extend the store hours to accommodate our meeting, and will even be providing food and drinks (those of you who attended in February will fondly recall the cookies and fudge). In exchange, they have asked that each person please consider contributing $5. It's a bargain, folks! Two big things happening at the meeting: first, officer elections. As you know, we have open slots for President, VP, and Treasurer. I posted summaries of the duties of each position a while back; e-mail me (off-list, please) if you'd like me to mail them to you. If you're interested in serving or know someone who is, please nominate yourself or that person on the MWAB list. Include a brief description of why you'd like the job and what some of your major selling points. One thing: Nominations will close Friday, April 25 at midnight. There will be no last-minute nominations allowed at the meeting! I want all our members to have a chance to know who's interested in serving the chapter as officers, not just the people who can make it to the meeting. So if you're thinking about running, don't wait too long to decide to announce, OK? The second big thing is, of course, our featured speaker -- web designer and MWAB member Angela Render, continuing our popular series on marketing and promotion by talking about Building Your Web Platform. Do you want to be published? Do you want people to read your work? Do you know you need a platform, but don't know how to start? Angela will talk about clever tricks and easy steps you can take to build your web platform. She'll also tell you the 5 dirty secrets to SEO (search engine optimization). Angela has been designing and maintaining web sites for over a decade. She was the Web Editorial Assistant for Smithsonian Magazine for two years before she was promoted to Web Developer and has articles published in Smithsonian Magazine online. Her historical fiction, Forged By Lightning: A Novel of Hannibal and Scipio, was published in 2002. She has a column in Writers' Journal called "Computer Business," and she regularly teaches writers how to build a web presence at the Bethesda Writers' Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Her website is www.angelarender.com. Her Blog is at marketingwebdesign.wordpress.com. Plus, Angela is working on a redesign of the MWAB website -- and needs your contributions! More details at the meeting. Don't miss out on the food, the fun, the facts, or the franchise -- come to the April MWAB meeting!
March Meeting: Ally Peltier on "Your Authors' Platform"The March meeting of MWAB will be Monday March 24 at 7:00 p. m. at Ukazoo Books, 730 Dulaney Valley Road, Towson. Directions are available on the Ukazoo website. Remember, we meet on the fourth Mondays of the month, not the last Mondays, so don't show up on March 31 and lament the low turnout! Our speaker will be Ally Peltier, MWAB regular, co-leader of the Columbia critique group, editor of the forthcoming MWA anthology, publishing consultant, writer, editor, and much more. She will be speaking about "Your Authors' Platform: Why Background Matters, and How to Get the Right One:" "In today's highly saturated book market, a strong publicity and marketing campaign requires that authors have a solid platform to get the kind of media attention necessary for sales. But what is a platform, what is it used for, and how do you acquire one? This course will introduce you to the thinking process of acquiring editors and agents and give you the edge you need to get your book published and sold. We will also discuss the difference between a fiction and nonfiction platform and the role each plays in developing your book proposal (and why you should write a proposal even if you're a novelist)." Here's Ally's dust-jacket bio: Ally E. Peltier is a writer, editor, and publishing consultant who regularly works with businesses and individuals in need of editorial or writing services. Ally has been an editorial staff member at both small and large book publishers, including Simon & Schuster, where she spent several years acquiring and editing fiction and nonfiction titles. She has also worked as a freelance writer for nearly a decade. Her ever-expanding client list includes such companies as Simon & Schuster, Penguin Group USA, F&W Publications, Warner Books, Harcourt Trade Publishers, iUniverse, and more. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate and Master of Arts in English and Creative Writing, Ally's work has appeared in a variety of places, including Writer's Digest, Writers' Journal, Circle magazine, and J3tlag.com. She is also the ghostauthor of High Style (Chronicle Books, 10/08). Learn more at www.ambitiousenterprises.com. Come early because this one's going to be packed! Treasurer By-ElectionI'm bummed to report that our treasurer, Edith Goldman, has decided to step down due to the press of many commitments in her busy life. The good news is that Edith will still be active behind the scenes, and in fact is busy setting up an exciting MWAB event for April. Thanks, Edith, for answering the call when the chapter needed you! So we need to hold an election to find a new treasurer. Because our regular elections (President, VP, Secretary, and Treasurer) will be in April anyway, I'd like to ask that we elect someone at the March meeting (because I need a treasurer ASAP!) to serve a "baker's year" until April 2009 (as Ian Hochberg delightfully called it at the February meeting). Here's the deal according to the official chapter guidelines from the MWA Board. The Treasurer shall account for all funds of the chapter; deposit chapter funds in a bank approved by the chapter officers and MWA Board; pay expenses and debts incurred by the chapter, advise the chapter officers and MWA Board on financial decisions and control of expenses, present a financial report to the chapter officers and MWA Board upon request, and submit an annual financial report for presentation to the membership. On top of that, I'm also looking for someone who can take on the added responsibility of helping us develop and run a fundraising campaign and manage the funds raised through it. This year is going to be one of growth and expansion for the chapter, and we need officers who can continue to guide and sustain that development. Sound interesting? Up for the challenge? Got the chops? Know someone who does? Then please announce your candidacy or nomination on the MWAB list! Tell us about your interests and skills that would make you a good treasurer. Then we'll have a "by-election" (as they say in the UK) at the March meeting. On a more somber note: according to the chapter by-laws, we need a full suite of officers in order to be a recognized and supported chapter of MWA. If no one runs, the chapter would technically be in violation of its charter and the state board could potentially disband us. So this is not just for kicks, folks . . . February Meeting: Ben Roca on Copyright and WritersWe're meeting on the usual date and time, and in an exciting new place: Monday, February 25 at 7:00 pm at the Clayton Fine Books & Cyber Cafe, 317 N. Charles Street, in downtown Baltimore. Their phone number is (410) 752-6800. There's a parking garage about half a block away from the bookstore (more info coming soon). Many thanks to MWA member Nancy Greene for arranging the venue! Our guest speaker will be attorney Ben Roca, who will be speaking about copyright issues of concern to writers. I'll have more information about Mr. Roca and his presentation soon, which I will put up here. Many thanks to MWA member Lauren Davis for suggesting the speaker and topic! The owner of the bookstore has graciously offered to extend his store hours to accommodate our meeting, and will even be providing food and drinks. In order to make it worth his time to stay open and provide staff to cover our meeting, he's asked that people please consider buying something to eat and drink while you're there. Judging from their menu, I don't think much arm-twisting will be required! We'll also have an update on our membership survey and news about upcoming volunteer opportunities of interest to MWA members. It should be a very informative evening all around. Looking forward to seeing everyone at our February meeting! January Meeting: Roundtable Member Discussion on 2008 Plans!Happy New Year! MWAB's first meeting of 2008 will be on Monday, January 28 from 7-9 pm at Ukazoo Books, 730 Dulaney Valley Road. Directions are available on the Ukazoo website. Regulars will remember this as the popular venue for our October meeting. We're not having a guest speaker this time -- instead, we're inaugurating what I hope will become an annual tradition, a roundtable member discussion to map out where we'd like the organization to go in the coming year. Topics up for discussion will include:
Plus, other subjects that you'd like to bring up and discuss. We'll be taking notes! In addition to the discussion, chapter cosponsor Chris Stewart and Pen in Hand editor Sonia Linebaugh are preparing a short survey to fill out (I'll also have it on the website for the people who can't make the meeting), which will augment the discussion. High Mountain Signs, and its president, chapter member Ian "the sign guy" Hochberg, have agreed to produce some handsome signs for us to use at various events and readings. We need to raise money to help pay for them, so if you can spare a few extra dollars to throw into the hat, please bring them along! I'll have more details -- and even maybe the signs themselves -- at the meeting. Thanks, Ian, for your time and generosity on behalf of MWAB! So please come on out to Ukazoo Books and chat with us about where we've come from, where we are, and where we ought to go. This chapter is great because we have so many members like you who are willing to show up, pitch in, and make things happen. The results have been very exciting, and I can't wait to see what we accomplish this year! November Meeting: Geoffrey M. Gluckman and Secretary Elections at Barnes and Noble!MWAB, in conjunction with our co-sponsors CityLit Project and the Write Here, Write Now workshops, is wrapping up the year with an action-packed November meeting that you won't want to miss! (Remember, we won't be meeting in December -- so happy holidays to all in advance.) We'll be meeting Monday, November 26 at 7:00 at the Barnes and Noble in the Power Plant, 601 E. Pratt Street, in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. Many public thanks to chapter treasurer Edith Goldman for arranging this venue! Directions and map are available here. Check out this list of parking garages in and around the Inner Harbor. We're hoping to launch some exciting new activities with Barnes and Noble -- they've expressed interest in having a reading/signing event with us, and more! All the juicy details at the meeting... Our guest speaker this month is Geoffrey M. Gluckman, author of the spy thriller Deadly Exchange and whose nonfiction, fiction, and poetry have appeared in many magazines. Geoff will be speaking about "Authenticity: Facts in Fiction" -- how to use research to add authenticity to your fiction, including where to find resources and how to cultivate them. This is a topic of interest to many members, so I hope we can get a big turnout to welcome Geoff. You can find out more about Geoff and his multifaceted career at his website. We're also holding an election for a new secretary to fill out Howard's term through next April. The secretary's primary role is to take brief minutes of our monthly meetings, and also to help out with various meeting planning duties. If you're interested and are a current member of the Maryland Writers' Association, please send a brief announcement to the MWAB announcements list with your name and a brief statement about why you're interested in running along with any qualifications or prior experience you can bring to the job. So far we've had one candidacy announcement (MWAB regular Kathy Spath), anyone else out there want to throw their pen into the ring? We're also toying with plans for a small social event in December at someone's house in lieu of a regular meeting, so start thinking about dates and stuff... Hope to see everyone at the Power Plant in a couple weeks. In the meantime, Happy Turkey Day! October Meeting: Open Mic Night at Ukazoo Books!The October meeting of the MWA Baltimore Chapter will be on Monday, October 22 at 7pm, at the new Ukazoo Books, 730 Dulaney Valley Road, in the shopping center across from Towson Town Center. Directions are available on the Ukazoo website. (What does "Ukazoo" (YOU-kuh-zoo) mean anyway?) This month's meeting will be Open Mic Night! Please bring along something you're proud of or working on (shoot for around 10-15 minutes). There will be a sign up sheet at the door, and we'll just keep a-going until everyone's had a chance to read. Many of you will remember we did this at XandO a while back and it was an absolute blast. There was laughter, tears, and lots of writerly bonding. I sure get hooked on feeling that love, and I hope you do too. :-) One bit of business we need to attend to at the meeting is electing a new secretary. Howard Stiefel, our stalwart secretary, is stepping down to work on his bowling game ;-) . I have Howard's assurance that he'll still be a regular, though; I can't imagine MWAB without him. Howard, I and the whole chapter thank you for all your help! The duties of the secretary primarily involve writing up the "minutes" of each meeting for submission to the main MWA board every month. I send you the names of the attendees, you write up a couple paragraphs on the chapter business and the evening's presentation. You would also be a member of the Meeting Planning Committee (the only committee we have!) helping to find locations and speakers, arrange for refreshments, etc. So if you are interested in running for chapter secretary and you are a paid-up member of the Maryland Writers' Association, please send an announcement to the list with your name and a brief summary of your interests, skills, and why you want to be secretary. Then we'll vote on the nominees at the October meeting before the open mic. Please consider running! What keeps this chapter going is member power! MWAB "Works in Progress" at the Baltimore Book Festival!On Sunday, September 30 from 11:00 am to 12:15 pm, ten MWAB members will be reading from their works in progress at the CityLit Tent at the Baltimore Book Festival, at Mount Vernon Square. Come on out and cheer your fellow writers on: we'll be hearing from:
Then after the readings, plan on hanging around for the Festival's many other literary, musical, and culinary treats. The CityLit Tent has a smashing lineup all weekend long, and there are used book dealers, authors signing their works (including Mat Gill and Paul Lagasse), poetry readings, activities for the kids, and more. C-SPAN usually sends a camera crew to cover the event, so who knows, you might even have your big break too! (And as we all know, cable access is TV's YouTube.) For times, directions, and a calendar of events, visit the Baltimore Book Festival's website.Many thanks to Gregg Wilhelm of the CityLit Project for offering us prime time on his very in-demand stage. Better yet, come to the September meeting (see below) and thank him in person! Pictures from the CityLit Stage event are now posted on the Event Photos page! September Meeting: Gregg Wilhelm on "The Publishing Matrix" -- NEW LOCATION!!Due to a scheduling error at BlueHouse, we had to move the meeting to the WATERFRONT HOTEL, 1710 Thames Street in Fells Point (directions here). This is where we had our kickoff meeting back in March. We'll be in the upstairs dining room, so look for the sign for the stairs or ask one of the friendly staff. We'll have our own bartender! School's back in session, and our September meeting is a perfect time for us to get schooled in how to get published. This month's guest speaker is Gregg Wilhelm, President and CEO of the CityLit Project, one of our chapter's co-sponsors. He'll be speaking to us about how to navigate "The Publishing Matrix" and find the best avenues for getting your work before a deserving audience. MWAB Presents: Gregg Wilhelm on "The Publishing Matrix" -- NEW LOCATION!! Gregg is a very in-demand speaker and he has a lot of experience with the literary and publishing scenes, so this is a terrific opportunity to gain some valuable information about how to get published. But I drone on. Here's Gregg to introduce his presentation himself: # # # Mr. Anderson.... "While I was visiting family in Indiana last month we spent Saturday evening watching "Lord of the Rings: Episode One or the Fellowship of the Meal or whatever it was called" synced with something called Riffttrax (www.rifftrax.com), which is sort of like the old crew from Mystery Science Theater 3000 cracking jokes in sync with more current movies. No wait, it IS the old crew from MST3K only just you download the file and sync it up with your DVD and you are golden for smart-alec commentary on more current cinematic features. (Hey, Saturday night in the midwest in the gawdaful heat...what else are you going to do?) Whatever, point is that whenever Hugo Weaving as "Elrond" appeared on screen the boys from Rifftrax would utter a guttural, often self-indulgent and exasperated, "Mr. Anderson...." When an author walks into the office of an agent, a small press editor, a large publishing house, or even turns to herself...the reality hits you in the face..."Mr. Author-son." Who do you think you are? The One? Where are you to turn? The Matrix? So step into the Publishing Matrix with me, Keanu Reeves, and Hugo Weaving ... and maybe even Max Perkins!...to figure out what your best option is to getting published. There can be only one (no wait, that's a Jet Li movie). # # # Welcome your writing selves back from summer -- come to MWAB's September meeting! I look forward to seeing you and hearing how you spent your summer vacations (hopefully writing a lot!). August Showcase and Meeting DetailsMWA Baltimore Authors ShowcaseNew! See pictures from the Showcase here!Saturday, August 18 from 1:30-4:30 pm at the Canton Branch Library, 1030 S. Ellwood Ave., Baltimore. Free! Baltimore book lovers will have a unique opportunity to meet six up-and-coming local fiction authors and hear them read from their recent works at the premiere Baltimore Authors Showcase. Co-sponsored by the Baltimore Chapter of the Maryland Writers' Association (MWAB) and the Enoch Pratt Free Library with the support of the CityLit Project, Write Here, Write Now, and the Friends of the Canton Library, the Baltimore Authors Showcase is the first in a series highlighting Baltimore's contemporary literary talent as represented by MWA members. The featured authors are:
August Chapter Meeting: "Writing Out Loud"August 27 at 7:00 pm, Catonsville Library, 1100 Frederick Rd., Catonsville. Free for members and first-time non-members, $5 for returning non-members. A panel discussion on writing for broadcast media, featuring Van Williamson, writer and host of "Radio from Downtown" live radio theater program; Tamara Keurejian, a long-time Baltimore news writer and traffic reporter; Jill Earl, script writer and editor and voice artist for an Internet radio drama; and Shirl Hayes, who transcribes novels into audiobooks. July Meeting AnnouncedThe July meeting of the Baltimore chapter will be Monday 7/23 @ 7 pm at BlueHouse Cafe, 1407 Fleet Street, in Fells Point. Map and directions are here. Our speaker is Christine Stewart, poet, writer in residence at the Creative Alliance, instructor of the Write Here, Write Now workshops there, and a founding co-sponsor of the Baltimore chapter of MWA. Chris will be speaking about how to pitch your writing to agents and editors. Many of you have asked us to bring in speakers who address issues related to the business side of the writing craft. Pitching is one of the most important business skills a writer can develop, and Chris has a lot of experience to share! Hope to see you there. Refreshments and food will be available for purchase from BlueHouse. Please be aware that BlueHouse closes at 8:30, so we will be starting right at 7 to get the most out of the time available! Many thanks to Nancy Greene and Secretary Howard Stiefel of the meeting planning committee for pulling the July meeting together! Announcing the MWA Baltimore Authors Showcase!As I mentioned (tantalizingly) at the last MWAB meeting, I am working with the Canton branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library to put together a "Maryland Writers' Association Baltimore Authors Showcase" on the afternoon of Saturday, August 18. In what we hope will be the first of a series devoted to each of the writing genres, this first event will feature Baltimore-area MWA members who write fiction and who have had their fiction published in a magazine, online journal, or book (self- or traditionally-published). The event will feature readings/open mike, and also tables for selling and signing your books. Yes, we are allowed to sell at the library! Please note that the MWA exhibit space guidelines will apply. I need to know how many Baltimore-area MWA members are interested in participating in this event so that we can plan the details accordingly. If you're currently a non-member but would like to participate, you must join MWA sometime between now and August 18. Please RSVP to Paul Lagasse by Friday, July 13. The MWA Baltimore Authors Showcase is sponsored by the MWA Baltimore Chapter and its co-sponsors the CityLit Project and Write Here, Write Now; the Friends of the Canton Branch Library; and the Enoch Pratt Free Library.
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Grants for Fiction WritersJennie L. Deitz, MWA board member-at-large and MWA's grant coordinator, passed on the exciting news that the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation is offering individual grants for fiction writers. There will be a fellowship workshop for the grant in Baltimore City on July 11. The application deadline for individual grants is July 26. Here's the link: http://www.midatlanticarts.org/funding/artists_programs/fellowships/md.html June Meeting is Open Mike Night!A big thanks to Chris Stewart of WHWN who helped with the arrangements for the June meeting. The good news is that we have the perfect place. The bad news is that they've got something already scheduled on Monday, June 25 -- and also on Tuesday, June 26. So our meeting will be on Wednesday, June 27 at 7pm. But I think you'll agree that the wait will be worth it. The venue is XandO, a great coffee shop/restaurant in the heart of Baltimore. They're at 3003 N Charles St # 1, on the corner of 31st and Charles Streets right across from JHU. It's a non-smoking joint. Here's the location on Google Maps. The meeting will be an informal get-together over food and drinks, with readings by our members. Please bring a short piece that you've written -- a poem, a short story, a scene from your novel -- and share it with us! There will be a sign-up sheet at the door. Readings are first-come, first-read. To make sure that everyone has enough time to read, please be prepared to limit your reading to ten minutes. Practice beforehand to time yourself -- and to warm up that golden reading voice. (I'll be emceeing the event and will bring my shepherd's crook to haul you offstage if you go on for too long...) May Meeting Was Another Hit!Because of Memorial Day, the meeting was moved from our usual fourth Monday of the month to the following day, at the Baltimore County Public Library, Randallstown Branch, 8604 Liberty Road, Randallstown. After member announcements and news of interest (including a review of our table at Balticon), our guest speaker for the evening, Thomas F. Monteleone, spoke. Mr. Monteleone is the author and co-author of 20-plus science fiction and horror novels, as well as The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing a Novel. He has been a mentor to several MWAB members. Mr. Monteleone was a terrific speaker and many people commented afterwards that they would love to have him back in the future. He talked about how he got started as a writer, his successes and challenges, and his writing habits. His down-to-earth, engaging style warmed up the audience right away and kept us in rapt attention all the way through. Afterwards he sold and signed copies of his books, and it was hard to call it a night. If the Library didn't have to close the room, we could have hung out there all night! Many thanks to chapter members Mike Hughes for making the arrangements with Mr. Monteleone and Blanche Sachs for the BCPL contact information. Check back soon for details of our June meeting. We have some neat possibilities that we're throwing around. Have any ideas? Post them on the discussion list! April Meeting In ReviewOur most recent meeting of the MWA Baltimore chapter, in cooperation with the CityLit Project and the Write Here, Write Now workshop series, took place on Monday, April 30 at 7:00 in the theater of the Creative Alliance, which is located in the historic Patterson Theater, 3134 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD. Our guest speaker was Dr. David Lindley, an astrophysicist and science writer who makes his living by making complex scientific subjects understandable to non-scientific audiences. He is a former editor of three prestigious popular science magazines -- Nature, Science, and Science News -- and has written five books on the history of physics, including Where Does the Weirdness Go?, Boltzmann's Atom, Degrees Kelvin, and The End of Physics. His latest book, Uncertainty: Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr, and the Struggle for the Soul of Science, just came out a couple months ago and got a stellar review in the NY Times -- the first time I have ever seen the words "physics" and "sexy" appear in the same sentence (or at least the first time without the word "not" appearing in between). David was a terrific speaker and he had lots to say about how to approach complex subjects and make them understandable to readers, and how to find the threads of a story in complex jumbles of source materials. |
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