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The Writing Journey: Goals, process, craft, featuring Nancy Lane

February 20, 2021 By Jan

Nancy Lane Workshop

Nancy Lane will present a virtual workshop titled The Writing Journey: Goals, process, craft. The workshop happens at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 13, 2021, at 01:00 pm. The Writing Journey: Goals, process, craft happens at the Josephine Community Library, 200 NW C Street,, Grants Pass, OR 97526.

Nancy Lane of Southern Oregon, author of Pretty Chrysanthemum and Other Stories, will present a workshop about goal setting, the process, and the craft of both writing and publishing. Join Nancy at this free, two-hour Zoom event. To register, email info@josephinelibrary.org. The Zoom link will be sent out the week prior to the event.

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Colonyhouse Electrical Fund

February 10, 2021 By Jan

Electricity

Attention Lovers of Colonyhouse!

OWC needs your help to keep our beach retreat operating. The electrical panel must be replaced immediately. The estimate indicates the cost could be over $2,000. Please help by donating what you can to reach this goal. No amount is too small or too large.

Use the Paypal button to donate


Or you may send a check to OWC at
P.O. Box 15200
Portland, Oregon, 97293

Thank you for any help you can provide.

Filed Under: OWC News

Last Harvest, by G.M. Barnard

January 25, 2021 By Jan

Last HarvestG.M. Barnard is the author of a new book, Last Harvest, a suspense mystery published by Kindle Direct Publishing.

Melody Corbbet is called home by her sister, Samantha, after the accidental death of her father. Upon arriving back in the small Oregon town of Sheridan where she grew up, she finds the farm house and orchard of her childhood in ruins. Not only are Mel and Sammy left with a property in shambles but the place is infested with the troubled spirits of those whose lives were cut short due to unexplained accidents and unfortunate deaths, and they must confront their own reasons for having stayed away.

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Target Marketing for Authors, 2nd edition, by Jan Bear

January 7, 2021 By Jan

Jan BearJan Bear is the author of a new book, Target Marketing for Authors, second edition, a work of book marketing nonfiction published by Author Impact Publishing.

Learn how to sell your book by talking to the people who already want to buy it. Target marketing is the foundation of every good marketing plan. Target Marketing for Authors takes you step by step through the process of defining and understanding the ideal reader of your book.

Target Marketing for AuthorsBuy Target Marketing for Authors

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Pretty Chrysanthemum and Other Stories, by Nancy Lane

December 3, 2020 By Jan

Nancy LaneNancy Lane is the author of a new book, Pretty Chrysanthemum and Other Stories, a mainstream collection of short stories published by Open Books Publishing.

These 16 short stories remind readers how family is at the core of human experience and how relationships, especially those between parent and child, rely on the power of love to overcome challenges. Five stories feature historical content, touching on issues still relevant today. Eleven contemporary stories also pose challenging situations, including a father and daughter on the run with an AMBER alert issued about them and a woman’s adult son missing after crashing his car in the desert.

Pretty ChrysanthemumBuy Pretty Chrysanthemum and Other Stories

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