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July 20th Meeting – Unforgettable Antagonists
Saturday 4pm-6pm Marshall Public Library At July’s meeting we will discuss how to create memorable antagonists, villains and bad guys—think nurse Ratched and Hannibal Lecter. If you think your hero is...
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Handout from July 20th Meeting
UNFORGETTABLE ANTAGONISTS If you think your hero is the most important part of your book, think again. Your story is only as good as your antagonist—the character standing in the way of your hero and...
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Add your name, genre and link to our members list. Click on the Members tab at top of this page.
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August 17th Meeting – Open Forum
Writers’ Get-Together Saturday 4pm-6pm Marshall Public Library It’s been a busy week, and nobody has had time to research or prepare a topic for the Saturday meeting. Unless we get a last-minute guest...
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September 21st Meeting – Build Your Platform
Marshall Public Library Saturday, 4-6pm Juergen (John) Roscher has volunteered to lead us in a class about building your author platform. Please join us to hear John talk about ways to get noticed in...
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September Meeting Update
At the Sept meeting, Juergen (John) Roscher covered Part 1 of an excellent presentation on building a writer’s platform. The subject is rather vast, and we had time to cover only: What is a writer’s...
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How to Build a Writer’s Platform (parts 1&2)
How to Build a Writer’s Platform (Part 1) presentation by Juergen Roscher What is a Writer’s Platform ♦ Conventional Definition of a Platform - The thing you stand on to get noticed or heard - Stage...
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October 19th Meeting – Building a Platform (part 2)
Marshall Public Library 4-6pm At last month’s meeting, Juergen (John) Roscher covered the first half of an excellent presentation on building a writer’s platform. The subject is rather vast, and we had...
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FYI – Upcoming Meetings
I thought we should give everyone a heads-up on the Pocatello Writers agenda for the rest of this year. Volunteers and ideas for the new year are welcome, as always. Just click on the Agenda tab at the...
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November 16th Meeting Agenda
HOLIDAY SOCIAL Marshall Public Library Saturday, November 16th, 4-6pm Readings over Snacks & Treats Greetings Fellow Authors! Our December meeting is cancelled for falling too close to busy...
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January 18th Meeting Topic
Marshall Public Library Saturday, January 18, 2014, 4pm-6pm New Year’s Resolutions Welcome back for a brand new year of writing, fellow authors. Hope you had a great holiday season with family and...
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Need meeting topics
We had a great meeting Saturday, with three new guests and a couple old faces we’ve been missing of late. We talked about book fairs and writer conventions, literary contests, collecting blurbs,...
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February 15th Meeting – LITERARY CONTESTS
Marshall Public Library Saturday, February 15, 2014 4pm-6pm Literary Contests & Grants Greetings fellow writers: We had a couple people ask where or how they can find legitimate writing and poetry...
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February Meeting Notes
The Pocatello Writers had a good meeting last week on the topic of Literary Contests. We discussed the two kinds of contests: those for unpublished manuscripts and those for recently published books....
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MARCH MEETING – A Writer’s Business Plan
Marshall Public Library Saturday, March 15, 2014 4pm-6pm Be sure to join us this coming Saturday. Tammy Godfrey has agreed to teach us how to create a business plan to guide our writing careers....
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April 19th Meeting – Publishing
Marshall Public Library Saturday, April 19, 2014, 4pm-6pm We’ve had requests to cover the topic of publishing in some of our upcoming meetings. So join us next Saturday, and we’ll get started....
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April Meeting Notes
We had a good meeting on Saturday about today’s publishing climate. An overview of the 4 basic publishing methods is posted here on our website. Click on the above menu tab labeled Publishing or on...
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May Meeting – Author Websites
Marshall Public Library May 17, 2014 4pm-6pm Greetings writers: We’ve had a request to cover websites as our next meeting topic, so I will do my best to share what I know about the basic essentials...
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June 21st – Open Meeting
Our third Saturday in June will be a casual workshop and/or open discussion of whatever comes up, along with readings and critiques, no special topic. If you have something on which you would like...
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Book Release
LaRaine Larsen had a good article in the newspaper this morning, announcing the release of her new book Betrayals of the Heart. She also gave a shout out of appreciation to our writers’ group. Thanks...
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