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Writers’ Mill Minutes Nov 2020

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Writers’ Mill minutes November 15th 2020

It was a Journey through Chaos, well-fitting for 2020, and well-moderated and recorded by Laura, as we brought our “Journey through Chaos” anthology to Amazon print and kindle. (Look, it’s already there! But no “look inside” feature yet. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08NHWDJ6F/ ) Here’s a link to view the recording so you can catch up on what you missed if you weren’t there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjTluD345A4

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Book design, marketing, Minutes, publishers, publishing, query letters, Writing

Writers’ Mill Minutes October 2020

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Writers’ Mill Minutes October 18 2020

Our speaker this month was Joe Biel, a self-made autistic publisher and filmmaker, the founder and CEO of Microcosm Publishing https://microcosmpublishing.com/, and the co-founder of the Portland Zine Symposium. He has been featured in Time Magazine, Publisher’s Weekly, Art of Autism, Utne Reader, Oregonian, Broken Pencil, Punk Planet, Bulletproof Radio, Spectator (Japan), G33K (Korea), and Maximum Rocknroll. He is the author of many books, director of five feature films and hundreds of short films, and he lives in Portland, Ore and his work can be found at joebiel.net

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Writers’ Mill Minutes September 2020

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September’s Writers’ Mill meeting was well-attended with around 24 members sharing space in the Zoom Room provided by Laura at Cedar Mill library. We enjoyed a particularly good speaker, Erick Mertz, announced contests, discussed the anthology, and generally had a very successful time. If you missed the meeting, do try to join next time.

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Graphic Novels, Inspiration, Creation, Publication and Marketing with Erik Nebel, August 2020

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Did you miss the talk? You missed a fantastic presentation from Erik Nebel, but now you can watch it again in the comfort of your living room. Just go to https://wccls.bibliocommons.com/list/share/1251989147_cedarmill_markr/1707540549_local_cartoonist_erik_nebel and find a links to the video, and to all Erik’s books, including the beautiful Well Come.

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Writers’ Mill Minutes August 2020

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This month’s speaker was Erik Nebel, whose first book of comics was published in 2014 by Yeti Press. Erik’s work has appeared in Best American Comics 2015 and Best American Comics 2019. Most recently, Erik finished work on a graphic novel adaptation of Tolstoy’s novel, WAR AND PEACE. Find Erik at OUR LIBRARY at https://wccls.bibliocommons.com/v2/search?query=erik+nebel&searchType=smart

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Critiquing, Editing, Minutes, mystery, plot, story structure, Writing

Writers’ Mill minutes July 19th 2020

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25 people attended the Writers’ Mill Zoom meeting this month, and enjoyed a very informative, inspirational and encouraging talk from Cindy Brown, author of the Ivy Meadows mysteries. Cindy’s handout can be downloaded from https://www.portlandwritersmill.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Mysteries-handout-from-Cindy-Brown.docx and I’ll include the edited version with notes from our session at the end of this email.

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Writers’ Mill Minutes 202004 April 2020

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Twenty-one people attended the first ever online Writers’ Mill meeting this month, including Sheila’s Mum, from England, and Laura (our wonderful host) from the library. We owe a huge thank you to Laura for providing and monitoring the online Zoom room for us.

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March Meeting Cancelled

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March Meeting Cancelled.

Speaker, Tim Applegate, rescheduled for 3rd Sunday in June, June 21st, Fathers’ Day. Mark your calendars and don’t miss Tim’s presentation on the importance of place in fiction and poetry.

Meanwhile, why not start writing your next contest entry. See “contests” above and click on “upcoming contests” for more details. (If you’re reading this on a phone, click on “menu” and scroll down for contests>upcoming contests.)