The Travelers’ Tales Eighteenth Annual Solas Awards for Best Travel Story of the Year awarded the Grand Prize to Sue Parman for her story, “You Can’t Get There from Here,” described as a “wondrous tale about connecting with others in the Outer Hebrides.” Follow Sue at website.
MEMBER NEWS: New Release – Long Journey Home by Michael R. Lane
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From “Case 121” and “Silver Anniversary” to “Coma,” “The Last Serious Man,” and “Fogbound,” Long Journey Home takes the reader on distinctive, eclectic, winding journeys through the astonishing complexities of devotion, relationships, longing, lust, and love with a dash of detective mysteries tossed in for additional spice. Follow Michael at his website.
MEMBER NEWS: New Book Contract – Tangled Darkness by MM Desch
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Thanks to the Willamette Writers community and so many others, I’m thrilled to announce my first book contract. As the COVID lockdown took hold in 2020, I launched into crime fiction writing. Many drafts later my psychological thriller, TANGLED DARKNESS, will be published by Rowan Prose Publishing in the middle of 2025. The story in…
MEMBER NEWS: New Book Release – Misbehaving at Cactus Lanes by Patricia Santos Marcantonio
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Margaret Adams just buried her late husband but was widowed long before he dropped dead on the ninth hole at his beloved golf club. Now with children grown and her unhappy marriage over, Margaret goes in search of something, anything. Enter Las Vegas bowling alley, Cactus Lanes. With its beautiful neon sign, legendary chili fries…
Member News: New Publication – La Hermana del Alcalde (The Mayor’s Sister) by Tom Larsen
Member News: Listen Up! A New Local Radio Program – NW Book Talk
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A new radio program, NW Book Talk, will be airing on KXRW.FM a local, independent radio station in Vancouver, WA starting February 14th, 2024. The show will feature local authors (fiction and nonfiction), book coaches, publishers, educators, bookstores, book events and all things book related. It’s a great opportunity for book promotion for published authors…
Member News: Editor’s Choice – The Village Healer’s Book of Cures
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Willamette Writers member Jennifer Sherman Roberts’ debut novel, The Village Healer’s Book of Cures (Lake Union), has been named an Editor’s Choice by the Historical Novel Society. Set in 17th-century England, the novel follows a female healer who enflames the fury of a witchfinder–who sees not healing but the devil in her work. Find out…
Member News: Book Release – Brighter Than Her Fears
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Lisa Ard’s debut adult historical fiction novel, Brighter Than Her Fears, publishes Jan 16, 2024. MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW says “Historical fiction readers interested in stories of post-Civil-War America … and the changing status of women who rose to new power in the war’s aftermath … will find this story of thirty-year-old Alice Harris … compelling,”…
Member News: Event- Book Marketing for the Humble Salon
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Join writers in Portland, New Orleans, and London among other communities around the world for this month’s Writing for the Soul of the World salon when Dr. Hazel hosts Cristina Deptula, founder of the book publicity agency Authors Large and Small. Christina is a publicist, writer, and magazine editor who is experienced in both academic…
Member News: Seeking Play Submissions
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Oregon and Washington playwrights are invited to submit new plays to the 2024 Majestic 8 Ten-Minute Play Festival. Eight winning plays will be performed at the Majestic Theatre in Corvallis on June 14 and June 15. Submission Deadline: February 25, 2024. Guidelines: 2-5 characters max, running time: 10 minutes max, minimal sound/light requirements, simple set.…