Willamette Writers member Kate Ristau is proud to announce the release of the second book in her Clockbreakers series, “Morrigan’s Revenge.” Charlie’s dad is gone, and she’s on a magic adventure to get him back! But first – fifth grade. She rolls her wheelchair into her classroom and then straight into an Ancient Irish battle. But this is…
Each year, the Alzheimer’s Association hosts a fundraiser on the longest day of the year. People raise funds by walking, running, etc., and asking friends for donations. We’ve started a team of writers who will write from dawn to dusk (with lots of breaks for snacks and social media posting) on June 21st. Please consider…
Are you a writer who wants to become more skilled at using Search Engine Optimization (SEO)? A writer who wants to glide through the maze of self-publishing, while avoiding its pitfalls? Or, do you desire a heart-to-heart with an attorney who can cut through the gobbledygook of contract language? Then Caroline Miller’s third season of…
WW member Franklin Posner’s second novel, Suburban Vampire Ragnarok, received First in Category for the 2018 Chanticleer International Book Awards in the Paranormal/Supernatural fiction category, which was awarded on April 27th in Bellingham, Washington. The CIBAs are awarded to independent authors, whether published through small press publishers or self-published. Suburban Vampire Ragnarok was among a…
Dede Montgomery, author of MY MUSIC MAN, releases her Oregon-based novel, BEYOND THE RIPPLES. Montgomery’s inspiration for the book was a note she launched in a bottle in the Willamette as a child in Wilsonville decades ago, and the return letter she received. The book, however, is a fictionalized story filled with synchronicity and interconnectedness.…
Nadene LeCheminant recently published her debut novel, The Gates of Eden. The historical novel was inspired by her great-great-grandmother, who immigrated from Victorian England and became the child bride of a 54-year-old Mormon polygamist. The author is happy to visit your book club! Plan to attend the reading at the Book Bin on September 6,…
The Bay City Arts Center announces a call for entries for its 1st Annual One-Act Play Writing Competition which will culminate in a special “reader’s theater” performance and dinner on June 22, 2019. Rules for submission:1. These must be amateur plays that have not yet been performed2. Each play should be one act in length-…
Topic: Process Discover your optimal process as a writer. Creative writing is about generating the atmosphere of a specific time and place. To take the reader there, the author must enter the story. For every writer the process is different. This workshop delves into how different writers find their groove. Includes a short FELDENKRAIS© movement…
I’m looking for a Portland-based author to review my novel, “Treasure of the Blue Whale.” It’s set to be published by Regal House in 2020, but I need a review from which to glean a jacket blurb. Deadline: May 15, 2019. Respond with a list of published works, please. Email: cabodolphin [at] gmail.com
Congratulations to Film Lab alum, Shaun Radecki, for his short screenplay GRACIAS being an Official Selection at the Richmond International Film Festival. A local story inspired by the hardship and plight of Oregon migrant farmers, Shaun is excited to try and bring this timely and heartfelt drama to life soon with a production shot here…
