On Monday 14 January we met for our first meeting of 2013. Attendance was
excellent – clearly members were anxious to beat the January blues and get their
creative writing brains into gear.
One of our resident star authors, Kate
O’Hearn, author of a number of best-selling novels for young people including
the ‘Pegasus’ series, led a workshop on how to present our work to a publisher.
Kate used her own latest book, ‘Valkyrie’ as an
example, showing us the different stages from submission of initial synopsis to
readying the work for publication. Most important, she highlighted key success
factors and warned us of potential pitfalls.
We very much appreciated Kate’s efforts, and her
honesty in sharing the ups and downs of a writer’s life with us. Hopefully, we
all gained some valuable insights.
In addition to the workshop, the group heard a
short presentation on progress towards our new website, from our Publicity
Officer, Stephanie Gaunt, and also discussed a possible reciprocal arrangement
with another Writers’ Group, initiated by member Richard Holdsworth.
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