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Don’t you tell anybody, the whole place slippin’ away.
Literati!
My book tour for The Boy with a Torn Hat will soon take me from Mexico to Canada along the Pacific Coast. Before I make the trek, however, I will be making some satellite trips within [...]
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Literati!
A few brief announcements:
TONIGHT, Friday, the 29th, is our first movie night here at A Word with You Press. If you are local, come join us at 6:45. Check out the Calender for details. We are showing one of the Editor-in-Chief’s favorite films “Basquiat”.
Check out the calender also [...]
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Oh, Literati!
We are fortunate in that at HQ we now have a projector and screen. Although its main purpose is to help with our presentations at workshops, there is no reason we can’t have some fun with it, too!.
So, Friday night, July 29th, show up at 6:45 pm and [...]
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OOOHHHH LITERATI!
The San Diego chapter of Romance Writers of America, Barnes and Noble , and Kid Expression have a very special relationship.
On Tuesday, August 2nd from 6 to 8 pm, Romance Writers is presenting a book signing by authoress Christine Cody, hosted by Barnes and Noble at 2615 Vista [...]
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Literati!
Yesterday, Sunday the 17th, we had a high powered workshop that showed the way to success, as measured by sales of your books. Nesta Aharoni and David Wogahn mapped out a proven strategy, so this is your call to arms!
Join your fellow writers at 802 So. Tremont St. this [...]
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Literati!
The plan was that a year ago I was to take off and sell copies of The Boy with a Torn Hat.
But all of THIS got in the way. With your help, this website has taken off, and it has needed constant attention, posting contests, hosting events, feeding the [...]
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Apparently so…
And they can be found on Sunday, July 24th between 1:00 and 4:00 at the Oceanside Public Library, 330 North Coast Highway, Oceanside.
Write on! is the name of the event sponsored by the Oceanside Cultural Arts Foundation (and you thought all we did was surf in Oceanside!) 20 [...]
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AAhhhh, Literati!
Tis Bastille Day! Storming the Bastille is the vision A Word with You Press has inappropriated to serve as metaphor for challenging traditional publishing houses, and getting you in print without their permission!
And so, is it such a stretch that I would publish you without your permission? What [...]
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Local Literati!
As you know, storming the Bastille is the metaphor A Word with You Press has used to depict our struggle with traditional presses and publishing houses. Liberate stories and publish them yourself or through non-traditional sources!
But artist, writer, Kid Expression board member and one of the founding [...]
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Literati!
Will somebody explain to Gary Clark that he ain’t got no exclusive on cowboy metaphors?
SADDLE UP!
You can’t be part of the publishing revolution without arming yourself. A Word with You Press is doing its damndest (swear word allowed because of the alliteration value of pairing “doing” and [...]
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Literati
A Word with You Press exists to serve. We are dedicated (in addition to Putting Gravitas on a lo-carb Diet) to promote all writers who land upon our shores, here in incredibly sunny Southern California. Steve Prosapio is a writer who occasions our digs (and, we presume, digs [...]
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Good evening.
We will not be posting anything until tomorrow morning, not for site maintenance, but for Editor-in-Chief maintentance! Details shall titillate! Winners announced late tomorrow.
best
thorn
ps–thank you all (50?)who attended our Second Annual Editor in Chief Surprise Birthday Party, and thank you all who sent me a birthday [...]
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Hi folks
We are having tech issues posting and responding. We’ll try it again in the morning, to see that all finalists get posted. Hopefully the blog nazis will be gone by then
thanks!
thorn
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Happy Fathers’ Day to one and all.
Peggy Dobbs has sent this original poem. The plan is that those of you who have forgotten this momentous day but would never forget to check out our website will suddenly be prompted to make a quick run down to the mall before Hallmark [...]
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Literati
You can’t have a revolution without guns! The Publishing Revolution, in which we are partisans, requires weaponry!
One piece of artillery is a Kindle device, and we aim to give one away. We are holding a workshop on June 26th at HQ led by professional life-long journalist Russ [...]
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Literati and Friends
Many of you who write are familiar with the ad ovum approach to novel writing, ad ovum being Latin for from the egg. You start at the beginning and develop your hatching story.
I like my eggs scrambled.
So I am going to start this announcement with parts [...]
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Literati!
Just because you may not live near HQ, does not mean you can’t take advantage of the workshops and resources we have to offer.
We are first and foremost a writer’s community! And we exist to help you with your own writing ambitions.
David Wogahn, who along with Nesta Aharoni [...]
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Literati!
Our first workshop of the summer left’em begging for more!
Superstars Nesta Aharoni and David Wogahn did such a fabulous job yesterday that the sequel has been signed up, and A Word with You Press owns the rights!
So, playing in that theater near you, a.k.a. HQ at 802 South [...]
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Good Morning, oh patient ones!
We endeavo(u)r to keep this a FREE on-line workshop and will continue to do so. You will have noticed we were in idle mode the last few days. Let’s blame it on my landlord! He has an insatiable appetite for rent, and every time I think [...]
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That is the number of un-responded to emails at the moment in my in-box this morning. Most of them are junk, and I try to recognize your own important emails as they come in, but I don’t always succeed. So this is an explanation/apology if you have sent me something and [...]
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