Intro to Self-Publishing
Writer's Workshop
Interested in self-publishing? Come learn what it takes to publish your novel on your own terms from local author, Jeanette Watts.
About the presenter: Jeanette Watts is the author of Jane Austen Lied to Me, My Dearest Miss Fairfax, Wealth and Privilege, and Brains and Beauty. She has an honorable mention in the Rainbow Awards for her adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion. Jeanette also won the 2023 Firebird Awards in both Chick Lit and Romance for the latest novel, My Dearest Miss Fairfax. Besides writing historical fiction, satires, and LGBTQ+ romance, she has also written television commercials, one-act melodramas, Old West saloon shows, dance textbooks, and marketing newspapers. She has also written unproduced television and movie scripts and unpublished erotica. You could say she just likes words.
Registration is encouraged.
- Jan 6, Local Author Fair, 2 pm
- Jan 17, Writers Lounge, 7 pm
- Feb 7, Steps to Acquire a Literary Agent, 7 pm
- Feb 21, Intro to Self-Publishing, 7 pm
- Mar 6, Biblio Breakdown, 7 pm
- Mar 20, Open Mic Night, 7 pm
- Apr 3, The Power of Poetry, 7 pm
- Apr 17, Haiku 101: The Fundamentals of Haiku Poetry, 7 pm
- May 1, Story vs. Plot
- May 15, Writers Lounge
Registration is closed.
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