We are offering two seminars in conjunction with the Spring Book Show at the Cobb Galleria Centre in North Atlanta. The Spring Book Show will be held March 25-27, 2011, and seminar attendees will be provided free admission to the show, a $75 value.

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The Southern Review of Books has once again organized an outstanding faculty that will inspire and inform you. This year, we're offering two one-day comprehensive seminars featuring 10 experts on the book business. Both seminars will be held in classrooms at the Cobb Galleria Centre just off Interstate 285 in North Atlanta (Cobb County). Attend either or both, and you get free admission to the Spring Book Show, a $75 value.

Theme of the first seminar, to be held Friday, March 25, is "Authorship 101: How To Become a Successful Author - The Basics." Instructors include Jennie Helderman, author of three books, "Tips on writing nonfiction for publication"; Rob Jenkins, nationally known columnist and professor of English, Georgia Perimeter College, "Write What You Know for Pleasure and Dough"; Ahmad Meradji, CEO, Booklogix Publishing Services and Apex Book Manufacturing, "Is Self-Publishing for You? What You Need to Know to Publish Your Book”; Peter Bowerman, author of the four award-winning “Well-Fed” titles on making a living as a writer, author and publisher, “The Well-Fed Self-Publisher: How to Turn One Book into a Full-Time Living"; Blane Bachelor, journalist, nationally syndicated columnist, author, "10 Pitfalls to Avoid on Your Way to Being Published"; Angela K. Durden, author of children’s books, editor of a new anthology of business essays, publisher, businesswoman. She will ask participants to discuss their unpublished works for critique; and Echo Garrett, award-winning journalist with Sam Bracken, "Finding Your Voice: Writing Inspirational Biography."

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 Authorship 101 Seminar

Saturday, March 26, is the date for the one-day seminar "How To Become a Successful Author - Getting Down to Business." Instructors include: Man Martin, award-winning novelist and comic strip artist, "Self-Promotion 101"; Mickey Goodman, freelance writer and author, "Ghost Busters: Meeting the Challenges of Ghost-writing and Co-authoring"; Lynda Fitzgerald, a multi-genre author, "Developing Characterization and Writing Dialogue in the Novel Genre"; Patricia Patterson, author of Uncertain Choices and many short stories, essays and poetry, "On the Importance of Networking"; Eric and Robin Gagnon, “Have Expertise? Get Published! How to Pitch and Publish your Non-fiction Book"; Mara Shalhoup, editor, Creative Loafing, "Stranger than Fiction: True Stories that Read Like Novels"; Noel Griese, Anvil Publishers, "Crash Publishing - Is It Your Gateway to Big Bucks?"; and Haywood Smith, award-winning historical fiction novelist, "How to Create Characters That Jump Off the Page."

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Authorship 201