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Pen in
Hand Mini-Conference
Saturday,
March 6, 2010
Location
Midwest Writing Center
Bucktown Center (3rd floor)
225 E. 2nd St.
Davenport, Iowa 52801
563-324-1410
Schedule - Doors Open at 8:00 a.m., Light refreshments
will be served.
8:30 - 10:15 a.m.
“The Page as Visual Art”
with poet, Kristin Abraham
This workshop will explore writing visually (writing that
attempts to enact on the page—visually, spatially, viscerally,
aurally—strategies used in visual art). We will focus on what exists in the “white space” of a text, and how spatial
arrangement can contribute visually to the meaning of the text.
Participants will be
asked to create “altered” texts
and experiment with the visual aspects of the
page in their own writing.
10:15 – 10:30 a.m.
BREAK
10:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
“Fiction as Dream”
with Matt VanderMeulen
Do
you like writing that has a “surreal” quality? Ever wonder how you can
make your dreams seem real on the page?
Writers have a knack formaking the strange seem plausible and creating vivid, illusory worlds in which
their readers
can become lost. The same sensual intensity present
in dreams can exist in the real lives of your characters.
After all, the
most intense dreams are the ones that seem the most real. This
workshop
will explore how to
make the surreal seem like reality, and practice making
reality as brilliant and vivacious as dream.
12:15 – 1:15 p.m.
LUNCH (on your own)
1:15 – 3:00 p.m.
“Big Profits on a Shoestring Budget”
with Jane Reinhardt-Martin and Michael Martin
Author Jane Reinhardt-Martin and her husband
Michael share their self-publishing story and marketing secrets
that have helped
them sell over
100,000 copies of their two books, Flax Your Way to Better Health and The
Amazing
Flax Cookbook. Tips shared will include:
How to self publish – Tricks of the trade
Pricing Guidelines
Distributors /Wholesalers and Retailers
Get it in Print, Editors, Typesetters and Printers
Amazon – Friend or Foe
This husband and wife team
offers up practical, hands on advice, drawing from their 9 years in the
publishing business.
1:15 – 3:00 p.m.
"Building the Image”
with
poet, Ryan Collins
*For middle school students only*
Most good writing of any kind starts with an
image. How we build images in our work is often the most direct way
writers
begin to develop their style or voice. In this workshop we will look at
different ways poets build images in their work, what
effects are achieved by these different approaches and how we can translate
those techniques into our own work.
Click here for youth scholarship
form
3:00 – 3:15 p.m.
BREAK
3:15 – 5:00 p.m.
“Publishing, Self-publishing and Otherwise”
with publisher Bruce Carlson
Get tips from a writer/self –publisher/ publisher /consultant
on what to do, why to do it and how to do it… along with
recommendations on what not to do.
Register by February 28
for an early bird discount:
$20 per, or $60 for
all four workshops.
After February 28
the fee is $25 per, or $75
for all four workshops.
Extra goodies
With your registration, you’ll receive light refreshments,
free parking and a great learning experience.
To register
Call 563-324-1410 or email
mwc@midwestwritingcenter.org
Pen-in-Hand Faculty Bios
Kristin Abraham is the author of
two poetry chapbooks:
Little Red Riding Hood Missed the Bus (Subito Press, 2008),
and
Orange Reminds You of Listening
(Elixir Press, 2006); her poem “Little Red Riding Hood Missed the Bus” was
selected for
Best New Poets 2005.
Additional poetry, lyric essays, and critical essays have been
published in such
places as
Court Green,
Columbia Poetry Review,
LIT,
Quarter After
Eight, and
The Journal. She currently teaches
English at Ashford University in Iowa.
Matt VanderMeulen
received his Bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing from Bowling Green State
University and
his Master’s degree in Fiction Writing from West Virginia University. His
stories and poems have appeared in
literary journals such as
The Cream City Review,
Another
Chicago Magazine,
The Tusculum
Review,
Pank Magazine,
and
55 Words. He has
taught English and Creative Writing at several colleges and universities and
currently works
and teaches for Ashford University in Clinton, Iowa.
Jane Reinhardt-Martin,
a Registered and Licensed Dietitian, author of Flax Your Way to Better Health
and The
Amazing Flax Cookbook. She maintains a thriving practice in Moline, Illinois
where she lives with her husband
Michael and her three sons, TJ, Sam, and Alex.
Ryan Collins is the author of a
chapbook, COMPLICATED WEATHER (Rocktown Press 2009). His poems have
appeared in many journals and magazines, most recently GREATCOAT, SENTENCE, and
THIRD COAST. He
has lead writing workshops for Quad City Arts, the Moline and Bettendorf Public
Libraries, and the Midwest Writing
Center. In October 2009, he served as the Quad City Arts
Poet-in-Residence. He lives in Rock Island, IL.
Bruce Carlson
is a chemist turned author/publisher. He has written 100 plus books.
He has published 200 plus
books written by others. He does consulting for self-publishers. He
assists fundraising organizations in creating
a salable product. While Bruce sells books to a number of bookstores, he
functions primarily outside of the normal book trade.
Click here for
registration form.
Conference is sponsored by the Illinois Arts
Council, a state agency.
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