ROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLISHING PROFESSIONALS GUILD

FREELANCING TODAY: How to Maintain Clients While Keeping a Firm Grip on Your Own Standards & Sanity

Saturday, March 20, 2010 - 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

East Boulder Community Center, 5660 Sioux Drive, Boulder, CO

Moderator: Rosemary Carstens

Panelists: Doug Easton, Linda Bevard, Jennifer Ballentine, Shelly Rondeau Heller, and Alice Levine

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2009's NONFICTION BOOK PROPOSAL AND QUERY LETTER WORKSHOP sold out and participants felt it was very productive and useful. If you would like to attend the NEXT ONE on this topic, please send us an EMAIL.

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The Women's Voices series continues in 2010!

WATCH FOR THE DATES FOR THE NEXT PANEL, "NEW MEDIA MARKETING FOR WRITERS"

This event will cover major components of Internet marketing and name branding such as websites, blogs, eZines, podcasts, videos, and many others. It will give you an overview to help you know where to go next with your marketing efforts.

THE FOLLOWING PRESENTATIONS/WORKSHOPS ARE AVAILABLE FOR CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS:
Versions of the following workshops have been presented at such venues as the Women Writing the West conference and the San Diego State University Writers Conference with great success.

• NONFICTION BOOK PROPOSAL AND QUERY LETTER WORKSHOP - Learn the purpose of queries and book proposals, their components, how to maximize their effectiveness and increase your chances of attracting an agent's attention and selling your book!
  
• WEBSITE BASICS PLUS A FEW GOOD FRILLS - Want to develop a dynamic, unforgettable website or improve the one you have? This is a nontechnical presentation that will show you what you need to know to get started, how to save money on professional design, how to choose a host provider, a domain name, handle sales, develop content, track visitors, and maximize your readership.
  
• BLOGS, BLETTERS, AND BLOOKTOURS—WHAT COULD BE BETTER? Have you been wondering about these topics and what they can do for you? There are now over 55 million web logs worldwide with more popping up each day. Find out what they are, how they can help build name recognition and lend credibility to your platform. Impress your readers, prospective agents, and publishers with your cyberspace savvy! We will also discuss podcasts, RSS feeds, blog carnivals, and other new arrivals on the tech horizon as time permits.
  
• SUPER IN CYBERSPACE – Have a website but want to move your online marketing efforts up a level? The Internet is the greatest promotional tool available to writers today! Learn how to increase your web presence, showcase your work, create networks that will drive readers back again and again to your website, capture new fans, and build your mailing lists. You will come away with a ton of practical and exciting tips on how to do all this and more. Forum participation, guest blogging, and search engine optimization will be discussed as time permits.

WOULD YOUR CONFERENCE OR BUSINESS BENEFIT FROM A PRESENTATION ON INTERNET MARKETING? Please email us for details.

PREVIOUS EVENTS:

60th annual CONFERENCE ON WORLD AFFAIRS, panel on "Foreign Policy, the Shape of Things to Come," moderated by Rosemary Carstens. Panelists: Mel Gurtov, Mike Moore, and Peter Pringle.

Producer and moderator for "So, You Want to Write a Book," presented to a FULL HOUSE at Boulder Bookstore:

Kim Reid and Michelle Dally, two local authors, discuss their process from idea to finding an agent or publisher. Literary agent Kristin Nelson, with more than 65 sales to major publishing houses since 2002, discloses just what goes on behind the scenes when she represents an author. Jennifer Coffee, acquisitions editor for Sounds True, a multimedia publisher, gives us the inside scoop on what it takes to get a book on the shelf—and publicist Bella Stander winds things up by talking about how to get those books to fly off the shelves and sell, sell, sell!

Moderator for “Taking the Challenge,” a panel of women authors share their views and their writing on contemporary topics. Part of the “Women’s Voices” series sponsored by the American Association of University Women.

SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY WRITER'S ONFERENCE - teaching three workshops on Internet marketing.

Moderator for “Oh That Lovin’ Feeling,” a panel of women authors speaking about love of place, men, and other passions. Part of the “Women’s Voices” series sponsored by the American Association of University Women.

Presenter for CELEBRATE MOLLY IVINS, at the Boulder Bookstore, 3-5 pm. Panelists will read from Molly's columnsand share memories of this extraordinary writer. Please come and join in the fun!

CONFERENCE ON WORLD AFFAIRS. Moderator, for a panel on immigration, to be held from 11-12:30 pm. More details soon!

Moderator for “Who Dunit? Mystery and True Crime,” a panel of women fiction and nonfiction authors speaking about the intrigue and challenges of writing in these two bestselling genres. Part of the “Women’s Voices” series sponsored by the American Association of University Women. 3-5pm, Meadows branch of the Boulder library.

Moderator for “War and Peace,” a panel of women authors share their views and their writing on contemporary topics. Part of the “Women’s Voices” series sponsored by the American Association of University Women. 3-5pm, Meadows branch of the Boulder library.