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Member winners of the 2011 Poetry Society of Virginia contest:
First Place: Category 17: Anne H. Flythe "Slow Food"
First Place:
Category 19: Larry Turner "Shape Up, Sylvia"
Third Place: Category 14: Madalin
Bickel "Collapse of the Silver Bridge"
First Honorable Mention: Category 1: Joe
Metz "What's That You Say"
Second Honorable Mention: Category 22: Larry Turner
"On A Side Street In Wuhan"
On April 7th, Diane Parkinson, writing as Diane Scott
Lewis, announces the release of her historical novel, ELYSIUM, desire and murder on a remote island.
Could Napoleon have escaped his final exile?
The ebook version is available at: www.eternalpress.biz
or Kindle
version and paperback on amazon:
Amazon-Elysium
http://www.dianescottlewis.com
John Wills met with Fredericksburg Police Department Chaplain
Paul Peterson and donated a case of books to the men and women of FPD. He contributed three stories to a daily devotional
entitled, Cops On The Street, which has just been released by AMG publishing. Two years ago FPD lost one of their
officers in the line of duty—this was John's attempt to assist in their healing from such a traumatic event.
Diane Parkinson, writing as Diane Scott Lewis, is interviewed,
Feb. 1st, on Eerie Digest with news about her current release, The False Light, and upcoming release: Elysium.
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Children’s author and new member Candice Ransom shared several recent publications
and discussed challenges associated with editors, illustrators and long publishing timelines. Jim Gaines reported several
successes: his translation of a French story was accepted for publication, the previously published poem Cajun Halloween
will be re-published by the Massachusetts State Poetry Society and his poetry collection Downriver Waltz has
been accepted by a Virginia based publisher.
At
Nov. 13th meeting: Madalin Bickel, was elected President of Riverside
Writers for the 2011-2012 term.
Norma Redfern will continue as Treasurer.
Diane Parkinson, writing as Diane Scott Lewis, received a contract for her historical novel,
ELYSIUM. Murder and desire on the remote island of St. Helena during Napoleon's exile.
http://www.dianescottlewis.com
Michele O’Hearn was recognized in four categories of the annual National Poetry Day Contest
of the Massachusetts State Poetry Society: Once Built in America, 3d Place, Dorothy Grizio Memorial Award;
Yogurt Whips, 3d Place, Miranda Grizio Food Poetry Prize; Jade, 2d Place, Trader Rat Press Autumn Gothic;
and Bumble Bees and Shadows, 3d Place, The Bushey Brothers Memorial Award.
Jim Gaines’ book Moliere in Paradise was released
in Germany on August 19. John Wills has a contract for
an eBook collection of law enforcement articles Larry Turner's poem "Garden Gifts"
appeared in the Summer 2011 issue of
The Lyric. In the 2011 Poets and Patrons Chicagoland
Poetry Contest, his poem "While I Wasn't Paying Attention" won first Prize
in the Miniature Poem Division. Larry's poem "The Romantic and the Realist" won
third prize in the Social Conscience Division, and finally "On the Rocks" won second honorable mention
in the Humorous Poem Division. Larry was also chosen to judge on of the Poets and Patrons categories open to Chicagoland
residents only. Larry's poem "Shape Up Sylvia" appeared in the December
2011 issue of The Lyric. His two poems "Abiding in the Fields"
and "We Are..." will appear in the January 1, 2012 issue of the online publication Voices
On the Wind. Congratulations Larry!
 Social media for writers – links and other
helpful information Facebook If you’re not a member and want to join, go to www.facebook.com to register. While there, look up your favorite writers. Chances are they will have a page. For example, Michael
Connelly and John Scalzi are among my “Facebook Friends”. Twitter www.twitter.com to join. Once you’re a member, go to “Find People” , then “Browse Suggestions”,
then choose “Books”.
Writers On Twitter you can “follow” other writers (during my talk I gave examples of Joe Hill and Susan Orlean
as two well known writers you can connect with. That doesn’t necessarily mean they will follow you. In fact, chances
are you will only be able to follow them, not respond to their “Tweets”. Agents Besides
writers, you can also follow literary agents. I follow Rachelle Gardner and “CincindyPat” . Unlike writers or
other famous people, literary agents will likely follow you if you call yourself a writer in your bio.
Publishers, Writing Groups, Book Stores, etc. Also on Twitter, you can follow organizations of specific
interest to writers, such as: Writers Digest, Publishers Weekly, Penguin Books, Little Brown Publishing, Borders, and many
well known independent book stores, such as Politics and Prose in DC, Vromans in California and Powells in Oregon. LinkedIn www.linkedin.com John sent out an informative message after my presentation. Worth reading. Mashable www.mashable.com A new social media site I discovered after my presentation. They are a great resource if you want to take social
media to the next level. Once you get comfortable with Twitter, check out “tlists-writing” -
you can put this on your twitter page and it will connect you with all kinds of writers who are spewing off about whatever
their muse wants. Mashable has much more to offer, but I’m still finding my way through their site.
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