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SUMMARY:Publishing Your Book for Children
DESCRIPTION:The insider tips you’ll need to write a marketable first book.\nHaving a children’s book published in today’s tough market may seem like an impossible dream. But\, in reality\, getting your book idea into shape and into print can hinge on just the right advice from a pro. Do you need an agent? Should you connect with an artist? What about self-publishing? In a one-session workshop\, nationally-known author Peter Mandel will pass on the insider’s tips writers need to know in order to create a marketable first book and get it into the hands of exactly the right gatekeepers in the publishing world. \n\nLive video conference: This workshop will be held via our online video conferencing platform\, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using the platform here. On the start date or the day before\, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t see it). \n\nIn this workshop you’ll learn:\n\nHow to turn your book idea into a marketable manuscript;\nHow to get your book seen by the right agents and publishers;\nHow to work with illustrators and editors;\nHow to self-publish a children’s book.\n\nTime requirements\n\nNo time required outside of class.\n\nMaterials\n\nAll reading materials will be provided.\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nThis workshop is designed for all levels. In addition to conveying ‘insider’ tips and information\, Peter Mandel’s seminars are always interactive and open to audience questions and comments. Bring your opinions\, experiences\, and ideas along with your notepad.\n\n\nIf you need an accommodation for this workshop\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services.
URL:https://writer.org/event/publishing-your-book-for-children-4/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:Travel Storytelling in Words and Pictures
DESCRIPTION:The insider tips you need to make your articles\, blogs and photos stand out from the crowd!\nTravel isn’t about mileage. It’s about the personal experiences and stories that bring a journey alive. Don’t keep these to yourself. Peter Mandel\, a nationally-known Lowell Thomas Award-winning travel journalist\, will show you easy ways to use words and photography to bring the ‘afterglow’ of a trip to readers and editors — and make your articles\, blogs and pictures stand out from the crowd. \n\nLive video conference: This workshop will be held via our online video conferencing platform\, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using the platform here. On the start date or the day before\, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t see it). \n\nIn this workshop you’ll learn:\n\nHow to personalize your writing so you’re the story’s main character;\nHow to use light and color to bring destination photos alive;\nHow to hook readers and editors with your very first sentence;\nHow to market and promote a travel article\, photo essay\, or blog.\n\nTime requirements\n\nNo time required outside of class.\n\nMaterials\n\nAll reading materials will be provided.\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nThis workshop is designed for all levels: from experienced travel writers and photographers to beginners who are new to the craft.\n\n\nIf you need an accommodation for this workshop\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services.
URL:https://writer.org/event/travel-storytelling-in-words-and-pictures-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:1 Session,All Levels,Nonfiction,Workshop,Zoom
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SUMMARY:Publishing Your Book for Children
DESCRIPTION:The insider tips you’ll need to write a marketable first book and get it into the hands of exactly the right gatekeepers in the publishing world!\nHaving a children’s book published in today’s tough market may seem like an impossible dream. But\, in reality\, getting your book idea into shape and into print can hinge on just the right advice from a pro. Do you need an agent? Should you connect with an artist? What about self-publishing? In a DC-area exclusive one-session workshop\, nationally-known author Peter Mandel will pass on the insider’s tips writers need to know in order to create a marketable first book and get it into the hands of exactly the right gatekeepers in the publishing world. \n\nLive video conference: This workshop will be held via our online video conferencing platform\, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using the platform here. On the start date or the day before\, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t see it). \n\nIn this workshop you’ll learn:\n\nHow to turn your book idea into a marketable manuscript\nHow to get your book seen by the right agents and publishers\nHow to work with illustrators and editors\nHow to self-publish a children’s book\n\nTime requirements\n\nNo time required outside of class.\n\nMaterials\n\nAll reading materials will be provided.\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nThis workshop is designed to accommodate all levels.\n\n\nIf you need an accommodation for this workshop\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services.
URL:https://writer.org/event/publishing-your-book-for-children-3/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:1 Session,All Levels,Kid Lit,Workshop,Zoom
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SUMMARY:Travel Storytelling in Words and Pictures
DESCRIPTION:The insider tips you need to make your articles\, blogs\, and photos stand out from the crowd!\nTravel isn’t about mileage\, it’s about the personal experiences and stories that bring a journey alive. Don’t keep these to yourself. Peter Mandel\, a nationally-known Lowell Thomas Award-winning travel journalist for The Washington Post\, National Geographic\, and The Los Angeles Times\, will show you easy ways to use words and photography to bring the ‘afterglow’ of a trip to readers and editors — and make your articles\, blogs and pictures stand out from the crowd. \n\nLive video conference: This workshop will be held via our online video conferencing platform\, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using the platform here. On the start date or the day before\, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t see it). \n\nIn this workshop you’ll learn:\n\nHow to personalize your writing so you’re the story’s main character\nHow to use light and color to bring destination photos alive\nHow to hook readers and editors with your very first sentence\nHow to market and promote a travel article\, photo essay\, or blog\n\nTime requirements\n\nNo time required outside of class.\n\nMaterials\n\nAll reading materials will be provided.\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nThis workshop is designed to accommodate all levels.\n\n\nIf you need an accommodation for this workshop\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services.
URL:https://writer.org/event/travel-storytelling-in-words-and-pictures/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:1 Session,All Levels,Nonfiction,Workshop,Zoom
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SUMMARY:Creating Your Book for Children
DESCRIPTION:The insider tips you’ll need to write a marketable first book and get it into the hands of exactly the right gatekeepers in the publishing world!\nHaving a children’s book published in today’s tough market may seem like an impossible dream. But\, in reality\, getting your book idea into shape and into print can hinge on just the right advice from a pro. Do you need an agent? Should you connect with an artist? What about self-publishing? In an exclusive one-session workshop\, nationally-known author Peter Mandel will pass on the insider’s tips writers need to know in order to create a marketable first book and get it into the hands of exactly the right gatekeepers in the publishing world. \n\nLive video conference: This workshop will be held via our online video conferencing platform\, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using the platform here. On the start date or the day before\, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t see it). \n\nIn this workshop you’ll learn:\n\nHow to turn your book idea into a marketable manuscript\nHow to get your book seen by the right agents and publishers\nHow to work with illustrators and editors\nHow to self-publish a children’s book\n\nTime requirements\n\nNo time required outside of class.\n\nMaterials\n\nAll reading materials will be provided.\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nThe workshop is designed for all levels\, including beginners.\n\n\nIf you need an accommodation for this workshop\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services.
URL:https://writer.org/event/creating-your-book-for-children/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:1 Session,Adults Write for Children,All Levels,Workshop,Zoom
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SUMMARY:Travel Writing for Fun and Profit
DESCRIPTION:The insider tips you’ll need to turn your own travel experiences into easy-to-compose blogs\, posts\, and articles that you can publish yourself—or sell to newspapers\, magazines and websites. \nEver wonder if your taste for interesting travel and off-the-beaten-track destinations could lead to publication — and maybe even a new career? Peter Mandel\, a nationally-known adventure travel journalist for The Washington Post\, The Los Angeles Times\, and National Geographic Kids\, will deliver the inside scoop on how to shape your own travel experiences into easy-to-compose blogs\, posts\, and articles that you can publish yourself—or sell to newspapers\, magazines and websites. The author of ten books\, Mandel will weave in instruction with slides of his most extreme travel assignments: surviving a coup in Ecuador\, visiting a ‘city’ of penguins at the South Pole\, fishing for piranha on Brazil’s Rio Negro\, floating in the Goodyear Blimp\, sailing on an Arctic icebreaker\, camping in the African bush\, and kayaking to the Statue of Liberty. \n\nLive video conference: This workshop will be held via our online video conferencing platform\, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using the platform here. On the start date or the day before\, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t see it). \n\nIn this workshop you’ll learn:\n\nHow to turn your travel experiences into cutting-edge prose.\nHow to market and promote a travel article or blog.\nHow to self-publish your travel writing and photos.\n\nTime requirements\n\nNo time required outside of class.\n\nMaterials\n\nAll reading materials will be provided.\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nThis workshop is suitable for all levels\, including those who are simply curious.\n\n\nIf you need an accommodation for this workshop\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services.
URL:https://writer.org/event/travel-writing-for-fun-and-profit/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:1 Session,All Levels,Nonfiction,Workshop,Zoom
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SUMMARY:Travel Writing
DESCRIPTION:The insider tips you’ll need to turn your own travel experiences into easy-to-compose blogs\, posts\, and articles that you can publish yourself—or sell to newspapers\, magazines and websites.\nEver wonder if your taste for interesting travel and off-the-beaten-track destinations could lead to publication—and maybe even a new career? Peter Mandel\, a nationally-known adventure travel journalist for The Washington Post\, The Los Angeles Times\, and National Geographic Kids\, will deliver the inside scoop on how to shape your own travel experiences into easy-to-compose blogs\, posts\, and articles that you can publish yourself\, or sell to newspapers\, magazines and websites. The author of ten books\, Mandel will weave in instruction with slides of his most extreme travel experiences: surviving a coup in Ecuador\, visiting a ‘city’ of penguins at the South Pole\, fishing for piranha on Brazil’s Rio Negro\, floating in the Goodyear Blimp\, sailing on an Arctic icebreaker\, camping in the African bush\, and kayaking to the Statue of Liberty. \n\nLive video conference: This workshop will be held via our online video conferencing platform\, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using the platform here. On the start date or the day before\, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t see it). \n\nIn this workshop you’ll learn:\n\nHow to turn your travel experiences into cutting-edge prose\nHow to market and promote a travel article or blog\nHow to self-publish your travel writing and photos.\n\n  \nTime requirements\n\nNo additional time required outside of class.\n\n  \nMaterials\n\nAll reading materials will be provided.\n\n  \nWho should take this workshop?\n\nSuitable for all levels.\n\nIf you need an accommodation for this workshop\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services.
URL:https://writer.org/event/travel-writing/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:1 Session,All Levels,Nonfiction,Workshop,Zoom
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SUMMARY:Publishing Your Book for Children
DESCRIPTION:The insider tips you’ll need to write a marketable first book and get it into the hands of exactly the right gatekeepers in the publishing world!\nHaving a children’s book published in today’s tough market may seem like an impossible dream. But\, in reality\, getting your book idea into shape and into print can hinge on just the right advice from a pro. Do you need an agent? Should you connect with an artist? What about self-publishing? In this one-session workshop\, nationally-known author Peter Mandel will pass on the insider’s tips writers need to know in order to create a marketable first book and get it into the hands of exactly the right gatekeepers in the publishing world. \n\nLive video conference: This workshop will be held via our online video conferencing platform\, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using the platform here. On the start date or the day before\, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t see it). \n\nIn this workshop you’ll learn:\n\nHow to turn your book idea into a marketable manuscript\nHow to get your book seen by the right agents and publishers\nHow to work with illustrators and editors\nHow to self-publish a children’s book\n\nTime requirements\n\nNo additional time required outside of class.\n\nMaterials\n\nAll reading materials will be provided.\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nAll experience levels are welcome.\n\nIf you need an accommodation for this workshop\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services.
URL:https://writer.org/event/publishing-your-book-for-children/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:1 Session,All Levels,Kid Lit,Workshop,Zoom
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