Yucaipa Writers' Gallery presents "Getting Published"
By Diane Mierzwik
Director
The Writers' Gallery
YUCAIPA - Make your book dreams a reality. On Saturday, June 6 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., award winning author Catherine Feher-Elston, of Penguin Books, will explain how to put pen to paper, how to research books and book markets, how to find an agent, how to negotiate contracts and how to promote books.
Included in the seminar are comparisions of self publishing and traditional publishing, and the importance of market research. An introduction to intellectual property rights and publishing law is included.
Dr. Feher-Elston is the published author of four books: The Navajo Cook Book (ONEO, 1982, 1983, 1984), Children of Sacred Ground (Northland, 1988), the Naturesong series--Ravensong: A Natural and Fabulous History of Ravens and Crows (Northland, 1992; Penguin 2005); and Wolfsong: A Natural and Fabulous History of Wolves (Penguin, 2006).
Ravensong was selected as Best Book in the West by the Rocky Mountain Publishers Association. She is a contributing author to the book Dog People (Adams Media, 2004). Dr. Feher-Elston is a degreed historian and archaeologist who has worked in the Mediterranean region, in Finland and among the tribes of the Western United States.
She spent years as a working journalist on the Colorado Plateau and has written thousands of articles for popular and academic audiences. Currently, she lives at the base of the Sierras in California, with her wolf Aurora and her family of Sacred Mountain Malamutes.
$40 for participants
$20 for members
Only 10 spots!
Please call or email for your spot for Saturday, June 6 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Writers' Gallery
Diane Mierzwik
Director
writersgallery@yahoo.com
(909) 953-9493
www.thewritersgallery.net
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