Instructors
and the information they will cover:
Mickey Goodman,
freelance writer and author, "Ghost Busters: Meeting the Challenges of
Ghost-writing and Co-authoring"
Mickey Goodman
is an award-winning freelance writer with more than 500 bylined articles in
Thomson-Reuters, People Magazine, Veranda, Southern Living
,
Pink Magazine, Canadian Architecture & Design, Holmes, Atlanta Magazine, The
Huffington Post and more. As a result of her reporting, she has appeared
on CNN and CNN radio. She also contributed to an anthology, Loss is
Inevitable, Grief is Natural, Healing is Gradual.
Authors are often called upon to ghost-write a book for another author, or to
co-author a book with someone who has a story to tell but is not an
experienced writer. That's the challenge that Mickey (and Eva Friedlander)
will discuss. Mickey’s book with Holocaust survivor Eva Friedlander, Nine
Lives of a Marriage - A Curious Journey, debuted Aug. 29, 2010, at the
Breman Heritage & Holocaust Museum to an audience of nearly 300. To bring the
book to life, Mickey had to inhabit the persona of a woman who survived both
the Holocaust and her husband’s 45-year affair with another woman. She and her
co-author will share the secrets of that successful collaboration.
Lynda Fitzgerald, a multi-genre author with a
flair for writing mystery, "Developing Characterization and Writing Dialogue in
the novel genre."
Lynda Fitzgerald has done presentations on
"Making Rejection Work for You," "Characterization," "Dialogue" and a host of
other subjects in workshops. She's a multi-genre author, but one whose true
love is writing mystery. Her latest book, the first in a mystery series
entitled LIVE Ringer, was released in April 2010 by Multi-Media Publications.
Eric and Robin Gagnon are a published husband
and wife author team whose presentation is entitled
“Have Expertise? Get
Published! How to Pitch and Publish your Non-fiction Book.”
Eric Gagnon is co-author of Appetite for
Acquisition. He is the founder and preside
nt
of We Sell Restaurants and wesellrestaurants.com. Prior to the launch of We
Sell Restaurants, Eric worked in the financial services industry for Bank of America, Bank of New York and big-five
accounting firm KPMG as director of business development. He is a graduate of
Francis Marion University and the University of Montreal. Eric is a weekly
contributor to the Atlanta radio show "Dishing with Donna," where he hosts a
segment on the restaurant and business brokerage industry. Eric is also the
president of the Georgia Association of Business Brokers, the state’s only
association of business brokers. He is licensed as a broker in both Georgia
and Florida.
Robin Gagnon, co-author of Appetite for
Acquisition and co-founder of We Sell Restaurants has 20 years of
marketing experience for Fortune 100 compani
es. She
most recently served as vice president of marketing for Macy's South, a $4
billion division of Federated Department Stores, where she was in charge of
advertising, direct mail and credit services. Robin also served as director of
advertising, director of merchandising and
director of new business development for Meldisco Corp., a billion-dollar
footwear company. Robin holds an undergraduate degree in communications from
Appalachian State University. She also holds a master's in business
administration from the Walker College of Business, ASU, where she graduated
first in her class and was named "Outstanding MBA." Robin has served for more
than a decade as a member of the ASU Business Advisory Council. Robin is a
licensed real estate salesperson in both Georgia and Florida. She is a member
of the Business Brokers of Florida. She is a weekly contributor to the Atlanta
radio show "Dishing with Donna," where she and Eric host a regular segment on
the restaurant and business brokerage industry.
Eric and Robin will share
their story of taking industry knowledge from hands-on experience to the
written page. Thousands of writers have a “book” within them. What’s your
specialty? Are you a gourmet cook or a great closet organizer? Industry
experts come from all walks of life. If you can write about your expertise in
a clear and intriguing way, you may have a winning book proposition. Do you
complete the book, or do a few chapters first? Eric and Robin will tell you
what we learned. Who (if anyone) do you allow to read your book along the
way? Do you start with an outline or just begin writing? Once you have a
contract, then what? They will share the steps in their one-year journey from
the first written word to a published title. Follow these steps to writing and
ultimately selling your non-fiction book.
Noel Griese, Anvil Publishers, "Crash
Publishing - Is It Your Gateway to Big Bucks?"
Noel Griese began his career as a newspaper
reporter and editor and radio newscaster
in the Chicago market. He is the autho
r of
widely published articles and 17 books on topics such as cancer treatment
and prevention; biography; public relations and crisis communication; and books to movies. He taught English and journalism
at the Universities of Wisconsin and Georgia
for more than a dozen years, and spent more than 25 years as a corporate public
relations executive. Currently the editor of the daily Energy Pipeline
News newsletter, he is a book and newsletter publisher as well as
author. He holds three degrees in English and journalism (Phi Beta Kappa, Phi
Kappa Phi) from the University of Wisconsin.
The term "crash publishing" refers to quickly
publishing e-book and print on demand books about topical subjects in which
interest is high right now, but may fade if the book doesn't get published until
a year or two from now. In his presentation, Noel will discuss two cases, the
crash-publishing of a horror novel by four authors wanting to take advantage of
the Halloween market, and the crash-publishing of a biography about the
notorious White house gate-crashers, Tarik and Michaele Salahi written by
"Entertainment Tonight" commentator Diane Dimond and published by uber-agent
Charlene Harris.
Man Martin, author and comic strip artist,
"Self-Promotion 101."
For seven years, Man Martin wrote and drew
the comic strip "Sibling
Revelry"
for Universal Press Syndicate. His first novel, Days of the Endless
Corvette, was the winner of a Georgia Author of the Year Award in 2008.
His second novel, Paradise Dogs, is due out this June from Thomas Dunne
Books. Look for him on the web at
http://manmartin.blogspot.com.
Man will discuss the critical need for authors to
publicize and market their books whether they are-self-published or published
by one of the New York traditional publishers. Once you sell your book to a
publisher, your work is only beginning, he notes. Statistics show it is
actually harder to sell a second book than a first. With readership declining,
bookstores closing and more competition than ever from video and other media,
promoting your own work is a must.
Patricia Patterson, author of Uncertain
Choices and many short stories, essays and poetry, "On the Importance of
Networking."
Patricia Patterson is
the author of Uncertain Choices, published in 2008. She
has published
her poetry, short stories, and essays in newspapers, magazines, books and
online. She has written articles for Loft Life Magazine and
facilitated critique groups. She has studied at various workshops including
the Paris Writers Workshop in France and earned her Certificate of Creative
Writing from Kennesaw State University. She was a guest speaker at the 2009
Scribblers Writers Conference, St. Simons Island, Ga. She is a member of the
Georgia Romance Writers and the Atlanta Writers Club, where she served as VP
of Publicity. She resides in Atlanta.
Mara Shalhoup, editor, Creative Loafing,
"Stranger than Fiction: True Stories that Read Like Novels"
Mara is a national-award-winning journalist and the current
editor-in-chief of Creative Loafing, the pre-eminent alternative
newsweekly serving the South. For her first book, she spent four years
researching national cocaine syndicate the Black Mafia Family before unveiling
the organization, its major players and their ties to hip-hop's elite in BMF:
The Rise and Fall of the Black Mafia Famil
y (St. Martin's Press). BMF
was named the best general nonfiction book of 2011 by Atlanta Magazine,
and in a starred review, Publisher's Weekly praised the author's
investigative reporting : "With superb pacing and a thorough handle on her
extensive cast, Shalhoup's true crime debut makes a highly addictive read."
She will cover the spectrum from true crime to
immersion-style journalism, noting that some of the best real-life narratives
are as good as anything you can make up. The key to writing startlingly good
non-fiction is to know how to capture even the smallest, most telling detail -
and spin those bits and pieces into well-developed characters and a gripping
plot. Get tips on how to dig up the facts and tune in to the observations that
elevate journalism to art. This workshop will delve into a diverse set of
skills, everything from organizing your notebook to searching courthouse
documents, writing a book proposal to structuring long-form narrative.
Haywood Smith, award-winning historical fiction novelist, "How to Create Characters
That Jump Off the Page."
Award-winning author and Atlanta native Haywood
Smith didn’t start writing until she was 40, but since her first
historical novel was published by St. Martin’s Press in 1996, she has
published five more critically accl
aimed,
award-winning historicals set in England and Scotland about “kick-ass women,
men who are men, great love scenes, and accurate istory.” After losing
everything in a traumatic divorce, Haywood switched to “hell-hath-no-fury”
humorous hardback Southern women’s fiction with Queen Bee of Mimosa
Branch, The Red Hat Club, The Red Hat Club Rides Again, Wedding Belles,
Ladies of the Lake, and Waking Up in Dixie, making the New
York Times Best seller list and USA Today’s Top 50. Belle Books is
currently offering her fun, funny non-fiction handbook titled The 12 Sacred
Traditions of Magnificent Mothers-in-Law. Haywood’s next book,
Wife-In-Law, goes on sale in Sept. of 2011, and she’s currently working on
Out of Warranty for release in fall of 2012. (And she's also going to
college full-time.)
Moderators:
Classroom 1: Noel Griese, author, book and newsletter publisher.
Noel Griese is the CEO of Anvil
Publishers/Anvil Brokers, Inc. See additional biographical details above.
Classroom 2: Mickey Goodman,
freelance writer and book author.
Mickey Goodman has written more than 500
bylined articles in publications such as
Reuters International,
People Magazine,
Veranda,
Pink,
Southern Living,
Atlanta Magazine,
Atlanta Woman,
Points North,
Atlanta Style & Design, Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles, Women’s Wear Daily,
Divine Caroline.com, and blogs for the
Huffington Post. She is president, Southeast Chapter, American Society of
Journalists & Authors (ASJA) and a board member. Her new book, "Nine
Lives of a Marriage -- A Curious Journey," is a biography of Holocaust
survivor Eva Friedlander. The book debuted in August 2010.
Seminar attendees receive free admission to
the Spring Book Show - normally $75 per person.
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classes after March 18, the registration fee is $110.
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classes after March 18, the registration fee is $65.
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