Garrison Keillor's website

@Garrison Keillor of Prairie Home Companion & Lake Wobegon fame offers poems, prose, literary history, & commentary on his website http://writersalmanac.org/  . What might we learn from this very successful author/broadcaster?

 

Elma (Martens) Schemenauer http://elmams.wix.com/elma . CONSIDER THE SUNFLOWERS: 1940s-era novel about love, Mennonites, faith, & family. Set in Vancouver & rural Saskatchewan. Order from Chapters online http://tinyurl.com/ny8smwk or Borealis Press http://tinyurl.com/lfdo9pf  . More info at http://elmams.wix.com/sflwrs  . Book trailer https://youtu.be/sBRuhh1xX7Y .

 

children's book week May 7-14

Announcement from Cara Graden via Sylvia Olson. Thanks, Cara & Sylvia

 

From: cgraden@kamloops.ca

Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 10:03 AM

To: Sylvia Olson

Subject: writer's group

 

Hi Sylvia

would you be able to help me get the word out about the TD Children's Book Read that is coming up May 7 - 14

 

We are hosting an author at the Kamloops Museum on Saturday May 7 from 11 - 12 noon

last few years we got a few people out and most were adults wanting to learn more about publishing etc.  I thought through the Kamloops writer's group we can get the word out 

 

attached is the media release that went out today

let me know if you can assist me with getting the word out

 

Cara

 

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Thursday, April 28, 2016

TD Canadian Children’s Book Week 2016

 

Kamloops, BC –Saturday, May 7^th to Saturday, May 14^th is TD Canadian’s Children’s Book Week. This program celebrates the magic of books and reading to children across Canada.  Twenty-nine Canadian children’s authors, illustrator and storytellers will be visiting schools, libraries, community centres and bookstores across Canada throughout the week.

 

To celebrate Book Week in Kamloops, the City is proud to host a presentation by Lisa Darlrymple, author of the novel Skink on the Brink, who recently won the Crystal Kite Award for Canada.

 

Saturday, May 7, 2016

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Kamloops Museum & Archives

 

Come meet award winning author Lisa Dalrymple. This will be Lisa’s first tour to BC and she is looking forward to sharing her picture books with younger audiences and with older groups to discuss the craft of writing or to expand upon the themes in her books.

 

This presentation is free and participants of all ages are welcome.

 

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Media Contact:

Cara Graden, Arts, Culture & Heritage Coordinator
City of Kamloops
250-828-3611

cgraden@kamloops.ca

 

 

Elma (Martens) Schemenauer http://elmams.wix.com/elma . CONSIDER THE SUNFLOWERS: 1940s-era novel about love, Mennonites, faith, & family. Set in Vancouver & rural Saskatchewan. Order from Chapters online http://tinyurl.com/ny8smwk or Borealis Press http://tinyurl.com/lfdo9pf  . More info at http://elmams.wix.com/sflwrs  . Book trailer https://youtu.be/sBRuhh1xX7Y .

 

FW: what kind of editing do you need?

What type of editing is most appropriate for your manuscript at which stage in its life? Good article here:

http://tinyurl.com/zdvcgdm .

 

Elma (Martens) Schemenauer http://elmams.wix.com/elma . CONSIDER THE SUNFLOWERS: 1940s-era novel about love, Mennonites, faith, & family. Set in Vancouver & rural Saskatchewan. Order from Chapters online http://tinyurl.com/ny8smwk or Borealis Press http://tinyurl.com/lfdo9pf  . More info at http://elmams.wix.com/sflwrs  . Book trailer https://youtu.be/sBRuhh1xX7Y .

 

using Twitter to promote

Tips on using Twitter to promote your writing and/or for other purposes: http://www.molly-greene.com/how-to-twitter-tips-for-newbies/

 

 

Elma (Martens) Schemenauer http://elmams.wix.com/elma . CONSIDER THE SUNFLOWERS: 1940s-era novel about love, Mennonites, faith, & family. Set in Vancouver & rural Saskatchewan. Order from Chapters online http://tinyurl.com/ny8smwk or Borealis Press http://tinyurl.com/lfdo9pf  . More info at http://elmams.wix.com/sflwrs  . Book trailer https://youtu.be/sBRuhh1xX7Y .

 

Elma & Kelowna-Penticton-Vernon Area writing workshops June 4

I’m scheduled to give two writing workshops in Kelowna on June 4. If you know people who might be interested, could you please pass this information along to them? Thank you.

 

Two Kelowna-Penticton-Vernon Area Writing Workshops

With Elma (Martens) Schemenauer, author, editor, and publishing consultant

 

8:30 am-12 pm, Sat June 4, Evangel Church, 3261 Gordon Drive (and Harvey), Kelowna, V1W 3N4. Are you a Christian who writes? Don’t miss these inspiring workshops! Pick up some new skills, polish your craft, and move on with completing your next novel.

                        

WORKSHOP 1: Nonfiction Writers Toolkit - What are the advantages of writing nonfiction, what writing opportunities are available, and how can we communicate faith in secular nonfiction?

 

WORKSHOP 2: Fictionalizing Real Life - Why and when might we decide to fictionalize real life experiences rather than write them as fact? This workshop will consider reasons and explore ways of transforming real life into fiction.

 

The event is hosted by the BC chapters of The Word Guild, a national ministry which supports writers and editors who are Christian.

 

Fee $20 plus HST and up including coffee break. Early bird rate available until May 13. Register today at: www.TheWordGuild.com/Kelowna .  Special thanks to: The Light Magazine for their support.

 

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY

Born into a Saskatchewan Mennonite family, Elma (Martens) Schemenauer is the author of 76 published books including Salmon, Breadspeed, Language Connections, What It Means to Be Responsible, and Special Canadian Communities. Her latest, the 1940s Mennonite novel Consider the Sunflowers, is about love, faith, and family in Vancouver and rural Saskatchewan during the Second World War and after.

 

Elma has also edited many books including Mice at Centre Ice, The Writing Programme, Pope John Paul II, and To the Ends of the Earth: A History of the Canadian Bible Society. She worked in publishing in Toronto for many years and now lives with her husband on a sagebrush-dotted hillside in Kamloops. Her website is http://elmams.wix.com/elma .

 

 

Elma (Martens) Schemenauer http://elmams.wix.com/elma . CONSIDER THE SUNFLOWERS: 1940s-era novel about love, Mennonites, faith, & family. Set in Vancouver & rural Saskatchewan. Order from Chapters online http://tinyurl.com/ny8smwk or Borealis Press http://tinyurl.com/lfdo9pf  . More info at http://elmams.wix.com/sflwrs  . Book trailer https://youtu.be/sBRuhh1xX7Y .

 

marketing your book

Do you have a book out or coming soon and wish someone would market it for you? You can hire people to do that. Your publisher may help if you have one. However, you as the author still need to do your part. Good thoughts on that in the following article by Terry Whalin, a multi-published author and acquisitions editor: http://terrywhalin.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-constant-wish-of-every-author.html .

 

 

 

Elma (Martens) Schemenauer http://elmams.wix.com/elma . CONSIDER THE SUNFLOWERS: 1940s-era novel about love, Mennonites, faith, & family. Set in Vancouver & rural Saskatchewan. Order from Chapters online http://tinyurl.com/ny8smwk or Borealis Press http://tinyurl.com/lfdo9pf  . More info at http://elmams.wix.com/sflwrs  . Book trailer https://youtu.be/sBRuhh1xX7Y .

 

Silver Bow, Vancouver-based publisher: poetry & nonfiction

I don’t know anything about Silver Bow, a Vancouver-based publisher but they evidently publish poetry books. More information here: http://www.silverbowpublishing.com/home.html . They’re also running a contest for non-fiction. If interested, e-mail them at info@silverbowpublishing.com for submissions guidelines.

 

 

Elma (Martens) Schemenauer http://elmams.wix.com/elma . CONSIDER THE SUNFLOWERS: 1940s-era novel about love, Mennonites, faith, & family. Set in Vancouver & rural Saskatchewan. Order from Chapters online http://tinyurl.com/ny8smwk or Borealis Press http://tinyurl.com/lfdo9pf  . More info at http://elmams.wix.com/sflwrs  . Book trailer https://youtu.be/sBRuhh1xX7Y .