Submission event Sunday! Q&A rescheduled, Vote for the book club

I hope you are enjoying the summer and your writing is going well.

Here’s what you can find in this newsletter:

• Author Q&A with Alison Wearing
• Vote for the next Book Club Choice
• Let’s Get Published Event
• Upcoming Events

Alison had a family emergency and had to reschedule for September 29. 

We’re very excited to welcome Alison Wearing, author of Confessions of a Fairy’s Daughter, for an author Q&A session on September 29. Christina will start off the interview and there will be time after for participant questions.

Kristie Robin Johnson has been published in many prestigious literary journals – her biggest tip to us to do the same?

SUBMIT, SUBMIT, SUBMIT!

She got us fired up to do just that. Thea Pueschel challenged me to make five submissions a month and I challenge you to do the same. If you’re unsure where to start, Thea will be hosting an event to show us how on Sunday, August 28. Join here:

https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/creative-questers/events/287422403/

Do you have a poem/ short story/ essay/ creative nonfiction piece that the world needs to see? Would you like to see your name in print but don’t know where to start? Do you want to get your name out there as an author but don’t know how?

This session is not about getting book length writing published, but focuses on the importance and process of publishing shorter length pieces.

Join us for an informational session where we share our knowledge and resources to give you the confidence and know-how to submit your writing to literary journals. There will be plenty of time for your questions.

After the informational session, we will allow time for you to put what you’ve learned into practice and make your first submission. Bring a piece or two along and let’s get it out into the world!

I have put together a guide with some tips on how to submit: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jUdbaCXXMvvOIUEBCLHO6U7kFX7bLjEHnS1JN36eN9U/edit?usp=sharing

My friend Stefka Spiegel and I have started a new group that is non-genre specific where we will be hosting the 100 word story project that some of you participate in, as well as fun events like collaborative story building and more. You can join us here: https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/creative-questers/

 If you have any classes or event ideas that you would like to add or lead, please email us at creativequesters@gmail.com

I’d prefer that you sign up through Meetup so I know who to expect and so that you know what the agenda is for the week, but if that’s too problematic, you can go directly to the Zoom link that we use every week:
https://zoom.us/j/4400465879?pwd=R0Y0RUp4YjAvdnJCODV0MkhNMXlmdz09

August 25: Speaking Your Story: https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/memoir-mentors/events/zndcrsydclbhc/
August 29: How to Get Published: https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/creative-questers/events/287422403/
September 1: Write then Read: https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/memoir-mentors/events/bzsxssydcmbcb/
September 8: Write then Read: https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/memoir-mentors/events/wndcrsydcmblb/
September 15: Write then Read: https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/memoir-mentors/events/xndcrsydcmbtb/
September 22: NO MEETING – My cousin will be visiting Europe for the first time! 🙂
September 29: Book Club (Confessions of a Fairy’s Daughter): https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/memoir-mentors/events/288004120/
October 6: NO MEETING – I’ll be in Spain
October 13: Write then Read: https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/memoir-mentors/events/wndcrsydcnbrb/
October 20: Write then Read: https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/memoir-mentors/events/xndcrsydcnbbc/
October 27: Speaking Your Story: https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/memoir-mentors/events/zndcrsydcnbkc/