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June 2022 Writers Roundtable
“Endings: The Good, The Bad, The Sequel” – This month’s meeting will look at our favorite and not so favorite endings in an effort to better understand what works, what doesn’t work and how an ending can be used to finish telling one story and at the same time set the stage for a sequel. Moderated by Las Vegas authors Eric James Miller and Greg Blake Miller. Continue reading
Find out more »May 2022 Writers Roundtable
“It’s All About You!” – join us for our May Writers Roundtable as we give you the floor to discuss or ask about whatever topic is on your mind, or use your 10-15 minutes to read from new work and get feedback from the group. Is it therapy? Is it support? Is it critique? You decide! Continue reading
Find out more »April 2022 Writers Roundtable
Tuesday, April 12, 2022 from 6-7:30PM Writers Roundtable (A monthly, informal discussion where we talk about topics relevant to today’s working author.) April’s topic: “The Hazards of Narrative Thinking” Narrative imposes necessary and compelling form on reality, but it can often lead to oversimplification in literature, media, and everyday discourse. Figures are easily slotted into traditional narrative roles, conflicts are simplified and heightened, and emotional responses, rather than being evoked, are provoked as if by a sort of narrative algorithm. This can…
Find out more »March 2022 Writers Roundtable
Learning By Doing – Las Vegas authors will be sharing and discussing the hard lessons they’ve learned in their writing careers and strategies they plan to use in their future marketing and publishing endeavors. Continue reading
Find out more »January 2022 Writers Roundtable
How to plan for you success in 2022. Setting goals, guardrails and measurable milestones for working authors with discussion afterwards. Presented by Eric James Miller. Continue reading
Find out more »Writers Roundtable – October 2021
Giving our characters a past worthy of telling is a trick many authors of successful and long running series use to add to the understanding of their character’s actions and motivations. We will be exploring our own intersections of memory and creativity to find those inciting incidents and launching points for story. This will be an open discussion hosted by Eric James Miller and Greg Blake Miller. Continue reading
Find out more »Writers Roundtable – March 2021
“Doubles Partners: the Editor and Writer as a Creative Team” – join award-winning writer and editor Greg Blake Miller for a discussion on the art of editing, being edited, and the nature of editing as a mutually creative process. Continue reading
Find out more »Writers Roundtable – February 2021
“Facts of Life – Putting Research Into Autobiography” – Terry and Ann Marshall are interviewed by Diane Taylor about their new book “Rendezvous To Remember”. Continue reading
Find out more »Writers Roundtable – January 2021
“Your Author Business: Tips for Project Planning, Goal Setting and Success” – looking at writing as a business from a project manager’s perspective. Looking past the blank page to three months, six months and a year ahead.
Presented by WSN President and former business project manager Eric James Miller. Continue reading
Writers Roundtable – December 2020
“Publishing During The Pandemic” #2 – with authors Paul Papa and Wayne Trumel. Come hear their challenges and successes publishing both fiction and non-fiction during this most auspicious time. Learn how they’ve turned adversity into opportunity! Continue reading
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