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Randall Platt’s novel sold to Skyhorse

August 27, 2015 By Jan Leave a Comment

Randall Platt announces that her novel, “The Arab of Warsaw,” the searchadventures of a teenage Jewish girl posing as a boy and living on the streets of Nazi occupied Warsaw, has been sold to Julie Matysik at Skyhorse, for publication in Spring 2017.

“I am so proud of this book and can’t wait to start working with my fantastic editor to knock it out of the ball park,” Platt says. “Thank you to my agent, Andy Ross, for believing in this story of survival, courage, and stepping up!”

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Library Writers Project solicits self-published material

August 27, 2015 By Jan Leave a Comment

LWP_webpageThe Multnomah County Library is embarking on a new project to build a collection of self-published works by local authors. They are soliciting self-published authors who are also library members to submit their work for consideration.

The Library Writers Project is an opportunity for writers of fiction to get their self-published books into the hands of the most avid readers around – library patrons.

Self-publish your work through Smashwords for free. (You must hold all the rights to the work.) Library staff readers will review submissions and choose a number of e-books to purchase from Smashwords and make available to library patrons through the Overdrive e-book platform.

Still need to build your writing chops? Multnomah County Library will offer a wide range of free classes and workshops through the fall. Get inspired. Learn and practice the craft of writing. And get your books into the hands of your future fans. Find more details about how to submit and the class offerings here.

Filed Under: Member News Tagged With: Workshops

Constructing A Story – An Author’s Method

August 22, 2015 By Jan Leave a Comment

Aug-15Oregonian George Byron Wright will use his sixth novel, “In the Wake of our Misdeed,” to describe how he goes about creating a work of fiction at 7 p.m. Aug. 31 in Conversations with Writers at the Hillsboro Library Main Branch, 2850 NE Brookwood Parkway.

Wright began fulfilling his boyhood desire to write When he retired. His novels are set in the towns of his youth: “Baker City 1948,” his first novel, was followed by “Tillamook 1952,” and “Roseburg 1959.” Wright then moved on to contemporary fiction with the novels, “Driving to Vernonia,” “Newport Blues,” and “A Salesman’s Lament.”

Host Fred Melden says that dissecting the seemingly mysterious creative process seems illusory, and maybe it is, but Wright will tell how arriving at that floating island of creativity requires him to first deal in a host absolutes, and how these free him to swim with the figures of his imagination.

Conversations With Writers invites authors to read and tell us about their work and their writing methods. Not just a reading, but an event for audience members to interact and ask questions about word choices, styles, or the writer’s development of his art. It’s an informal atmosphere to help us better understand the craft of writing.

 

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Exhibitors’ Tables Available for Stumptown Lit

August 18, 2015 By Jan 1 Comment

We want small presses, booksellers, writers’ organizations, editors, book designers, cover artists, indexers, website designers, and other literary or arts groups to be part of the celebration of the literary community at Stumptown Lit, October 19, 2014, in the World Forestry Center.

During the book fair portion of the day, from noon to 5 p.m. exhibitors at tables around the hall will be able to meet and share their message with fair-goers. Oregon writers will be reading throughout the afternoon, and coffee and snacks will be available for purchase.

The book fair is part of a full day of activities, beginning with a publishing workshop and children’s story hour in the morning and ending with a gala reception honoring Jean Auel in the evening.

You may rent one of a limited number of tables for your organization. They will be available until Sept. 24, if they aren’t all reserved before that.

Thanks for Your Interest

Registration is closed for the OWC exhibitors’ tables at Stumptown Lit 2014.

But be sure to come by and browse the tables and exhibits, listen to our Oregon authors reading their works, and enjoy a fall afternoon of literary camaraderie.

See you there.

Filed Under: OWC News Tagged With: Stumptown Lit

New Releases: “Between Heartbeats”

August 18, 2015 By Jan Leave a Comment

DK_betweenheartbeats03_frontDonelle Knudsen announces the release of her new Young Adult and Contemporary Woman novel, “Between Heartbeats.” The paperback will be available in mid-September and the ebook on Aug. 31.

“Diana awakens on her seventeenth birthday in a joyful mood. But at breakfast she is told by her mother that the man she has loved as her father is not her father at all. Diana decides to unravel the mystery of her childhood and the reason for their secrets and travels across the country to visit her stepfather. And so, Diana begins a journey where she discovers shocking truths hidden just beneath the surface. She learns family is more than shared DNA and discovers who will help her when it appears all hope is gone.”

Publisher is Booktrope.

Filed Under: Member News Tagged With: Donelle Knudsen

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