Spring Book Show Announces Two Atlanta Workshops for Writers

Atlanta, GA, March 01, 2010 -- The Southern Review of Books newsletter has announced that seven outstanding authors and book professionals will teach two day-long seminars on writing on Friday-Saturday, March 26-27, at Atlanta’s Cobb Galleria Centre.

The workshops, entitled “Authorship 101” and “Authorship 201” will focus on writing, getting published and marketing fiction and nonfiction. The classes will be held in conjunction with the Spring Book Show being held at the same location.

Authorship 101, “How To Become a Successful Author – The Basics,” is scheduled for Friday, March 26. Featured presenters include:
Peter Bowerman, author of several books on making a living as an author and publisher, speaking on “The Well-Fed Self-Publisher: How to Turn One Book into a Full-Time Living.”

Ahmad Meradji, president, Apex Book Manufacturing, covering "How To Get Your Self-Published Book Manufactured."

David Fulmer, author of several mysteries published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and a Shamus award winner, now creating a new publishing house in Atlanta, speaking on "New Games in Town - The Shift in the Publishing Paradigm,” and Angela K. Durden, author of children’s books, editor of a new anthology of business essays, publisher and businesswoman, covering “Problems of self-editing, level of quality to seek, benefits of hiring an editor, different types of editing.”

Authorship 201, “How To Become a Successful Author - Getting Down to Business," is scheduled for Saturday, March 27. Featured presenters include:
Chris Roerden, author of several books on editing and how to get published, including “Don’t Murder Your Mystery” and “Don’t Sabotage Your Submission.” Topics: "Secrets of Surviving the Manuscript Submission Process;" "How to Make a Good Living as a Ghost-writer;" and "Become the Master of Dialogue, Description, and Show v. Tell."

Tony Burton, publisher and author who resides in Ranger, Ga. Topic: "Conflict as the Foundation," about using conflict as the driving force to build a good story and keep readers interested, and Dr. David Ryback, author of five books on various aspects of psychology, sixth due out shortly. Topic: “The Six Important Steps to Getting Published Despite All Obstacles: Conceptualizing, Scheduling, Writing, Titling, Agenting and Re-writing.”

Noel Griese of Atlanta-based Anvil Publishers, and editor of the Southern Review of Books newsletter, said that people attending the workshop get free admission to the Spring Book Show.

Additional details about the class are available at the Anvil Publishers Web site at http://anvilpub.net/spring_seminars.htm

NOTE: Photos and additional information about workshop instructors are available from Anvil Publishers, phone 770-938-0289 or 1-800-500-FLAG; fax 770-493-7232, email custserv@anvilpub.com
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