tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43822192998908124952024-03-13T12:41:10.903-04:00All The Write StuffAll you need to know about The Write Stuff, the annual conference of the Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group. Next conference: March 20 -22, 2014 in Allentown, PA.The Write Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149323461780516280noreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382219299890812495.post-12828326701272592592015-02-20T09:15:00.000-05:002015-02-20T09:15:03.337-05:00Until recently, this site had been hacked as in any visitor would be bounced to a bogus business page. It looks like it IS operational again. As the 2015 conference is just around the corner and interviews needed to go up, a new All The Write Stuff blog was created in January.
Please visit glvwgwritestuffblog[dot]wordpress[dot]com to get all your conference information. And recently The Write Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149323461780516280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382219299890812495.post-40659028827031823632014-03-17T21:23:00.002-04:002014-03-18T07:30:29.945-04:00Meet Karen E. Quinones Miller, Essence best selling author!
by Tammy Burke
Hi Karen,
What an indomitable spirit you must have and what an impressive journey you’ve traveled: Staff writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer to self-published author to experiencing a literary auction with major publishing houses competing over your work to national bestselling author! Our attendees have so much to gain from your insight.
According to your bio, youThe Write Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149323461780516280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382219299890812495.post-15644886282586425312014-03-17T20:06:00.001-04:002014-03-17T20:23:55.360-04:00Meet Kathleen Zakhar, associate agent at Harold Ober Associates!
by Tammy Burke
Hi Kathleen,
What a delight having you join us at this year's conference! And what an intriguing combination of things you have dabbled in. I was wondering if I could ask about missile engineering? It's not something you see everyday in a bio. :-)
Kathleen Zakhar: Thank you, I’m very much looking forward to the conference! I suppose I do have a bit of a colorful The Write Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149323461780516280noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382219299890812495.post-20122874281948903092014-03-14T13:26:00.001-04:002014-03-14T13:37:51.297-04:00Meet Deborah Emin, owner of Sullivan Street Press!
by Tammy Burke
Hi Deborah,
It is delightful that you will be joining us for the "Write Stuff" conference this year. May I say what a fascinating way to differentiate from other publishers by going green and focusing on saving the planet!
I recently had a conversation with colleague about your company and it's intentions of going green. It made her pause before she admitted she The Write Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149323461780516280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382219299890812495.post-45455863211217810642014-03-12T20:14:00.003-04:002014-03-13T08:02:36.626-04:00Meet Agent David Forrer from Inkwell Management!
by Tammy Burke
Hi David,
It is a delight to have you join this year's GLVWG "Write Stuff" Conference. The breadth of experience you bring...working as an assistance at Charlotte Sheedy Literary Agency, a small boutique agency to becoming an agent for one of the world's leading literary agencies...is sure to be a wonderful boon for our conferees. Welcome!
I am wondering...didThe Write Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149323461780516280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382219299890812495.post-63007173482904179902014-03-10T10:44:00.000-04:002014-03-10T10:47:26.542-04:00Meet Sunbury Press' Owner Lawrence Knorr!
by Tammy Burke
How delightful having you back at the "Write Stuff" conference again! And wow! Is it coming up fast. Anything new and exciting you can share regarding you and/or the Sunbury Press?
Lawrence Knorr: Yes! It is an honor to be asked back. It is hard to believe two years have passed since the last time! Sunbury Press just completed its best year ever from a sales The Write Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149323461780516280noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382219299890812495.post-9420150370453575052014-03-03T17:36:00.001-05:002014-03-10T10:46:00.226-04:00Meet Paranormal and SF Author Phil Giunta!
by Tammy Burke
Hi Phil,
How exciting to have one of our own teaching at this year's "Write Stuff" Conference and what intriguing sessions you're teaching!
I have to admit, the description for your "Time Management for Writers" session gave me a sheepish moment because...well...I admit it, sometimes I'm terrible about getting off FaceBook! I'm wondering if we might get more of a The Write Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149323461780516280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382219299890812495.post-55968814898871871592014-03-03T11:02:00.000-05:002014-03-03T11:26:56.650-05:00Meet Sarah LaPolla, associate agent from the Bradford Literary Agency!
by Tammy Burke
Hi Sarah,
How delightful we have the good fortune of having you back at the GLVWG "Write Stuff" Conference! I believe last time you were out I was the co-conference chair for Kathryn Craft and James N. Frey was our keynote. How are you?
Sarah LaPolla: Thanks so much for having me back! I've been doing very well since the last time I was at Write Stuff. A lot of The Write Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149323461780516280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382219299890812495.post-77963747983642773222014-02-28T10:16:00.002-05:002014-03-03T11:02:22.047-05:00Meet Monica Odom, associate agent from Liza Dawson Associates!
by Tammy Burke
Hi Monica,
We are delighted you will be joining us at this year's GLVWG "Write Stuff" Conference! Looking over your information, I can't help but think what a well-rounded and fascinating background you have. Not only a firm education (English, Publishing, Film Studies and Journalism) but a wide range of practical experiences including finance, social The Write Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149323461780516280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382219299890812495.post-15907626447254592752014-02-26T17:26:00.000-05:002014-03-03T17:29:21.761-05:00Meet Mary Shafer the Indie Navigator, Indie Publisher, Award-WinningAuthor, and More!
by Tammy Burke
Hi Mary,
Can I just say wow! How impressive the number of "hats you've worn!" From award-winning author to marketing consultant to indie publisher and professional speaker (and illustrator, freelance graphic designer, art director, etc.) ...everything in the publishing industry from what I understand except distribution. I'm so glad you are taking part in this year's The Write Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149323461780516280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382219299890812495.post-74662820852398912492014-02-24T12:51:00.001-05:002014-02-24T14:16:13.905-05:00Meet Melba Tolliver, GLVWG president & Founders Panel moderator!
by Tammy Burke
Pictures from November 2013 GLVWG morning program "Founders Panel"
GLVWG "Write Stuff" Conference always offers so many varied choices. It's sometimes hard to pick which thing to do and this year is no different. One of the new items on this year's docket is Friday night's Founders Panel hosted by GLVWG President Melba Tolliver.
Not only will you "meet the The Write Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149323461780516280noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382219299890812495.post-19782609515888297572014-02-22T18:10:00.000-05:002014-02-24T13:37:14.183-05:00Meet Don Lafferty, Chief Marketing Officer of Mingl Marketing Group andsocial media guru!
by Tammy Burke
Hi Don,
I am delighted to hear you will teaching a pre-conference workshop THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF EVERY AUTHOR’S ONLINE MARKETING STRATEGY. Our attendees are sure to gain so much insight! I remember leaving one of the monthly Liars Club Coffeehouse for Writers meetings with my head spinning with the wealth of good information after hearing you talk about the optimal The Write Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149323461780516280noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382219299890812495.post-39891714196924847112014-02-18T17:05:00.001-05:002014-02-19T07:27:37.190-05:00Meet Sally Apokedak, Associate Agent with the Leslie H. Stobbe Literary
Agency!by Tammy BurkeHi Sally,We are so excited to have you as one of this year's conference faculty! Not only do we get to benefit from your intriguing pre-conference workshop Making Your Plodding Prose Prance and Your Plot Dance and your expertise as an agent but we also get to interact with someone who has spent years helping children's literature reach happy readers and (based on some of The Write Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149323461780516280noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382219299890812495.post-31411124957464497712014-02-17T15:30:00.001-05:002014-02-24T14:03:36.638-05:00Meet Jennifer R. Hubbard, YA author!
by Tammy Burke
Hi Jennifer,
It is such a pleasure having you join us as one of our conference faculty this year. With three YA novels, submissions in Willow Review and North American Review, and a short story in the 2011 anthology Truth & Dare under your belt, our conferees are sure to gain wonderful insight from you.
Jennifer R. Hubbard: Thank you! I’m looking forward to The Write Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149323461780516280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382219299890812495.post-90485179320890975922014-02-15T10:43:00.007-05:002014-02-21T10:37:50.491-05:00IT'S THE STORY!!
By now, you have seen the title of Hank Phillippi Ryan’s
keynote speech for The Write Stuff 2014: It’s all about the Story. She told Tammy Burke in her
recent interview:
It’s all about telling a story,
right? Whether you’re making it up or not. I am well aware, as a TV reporter,
that if a viewer isn’t interested, entertained, informed, and riveted, they can
simply zap me away with the Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16827394527013179172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382219299890812495.post-46727460659396281532014-02-11T22:57:00.001-05:002014-02-24T14:01:24.268-05:00Meet "The Art of Falling" Author Kathryn Craft!
Hi Kathryn,
What an exciting year for you with having your first book THE ART OF FALLING recently released and already going into its second printing, and having a second book WHILE THE LEAVES STOOD STILL due to be released next year. Congratulations! It is indeed a special pleasure to see “one of our own,” who has been a GLVWG “Write Stuff” Conference Chair herself, experience such The Write Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149323461780516280noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382219299890812495.post-26683644750334809952014-02-10T14:05:00.000-05:002014-02-24T14:18:06.249-05:00Meet Hank Phillippi Ryan, Award Winning Investigative Journalist andBestselling Award Winning Author!
by Tammy Burke
With award-winning Hank Phillippi Ryan as this year's GLVWG "Write Stuff" keynote speaker, things are sure to be exciting! Her impressive dual-career accomplishments -- award-winning investigative reporter for Boston's NBC affiliate and bestselling award-winning crime fiction author -- gives her an exceptional insight on what it takes to be an engagingThe Write Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149323461780516280noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382219299890812495.post-83058161414560779832014-02-07T17:14:00.000-05:002014-02-10T08:31:24.602-05:00Meet International Best Selling Author Scott Nicholson!by Tammy Burke
Whether you are just starting out as a writer or successfully published and in the field for some time, this year's talent at GLVWG's "Write Stuff" Conference is sure to help inspire, educate and enhance your writing life. During the next few weeks we will be posting a new interview with one of our very talented VIPs.
First up is Scott Nicholson, international bestselling authorThe Write Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149323461780516280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382219299890812495.post-57299386749130874782014-02-06T11:50:00.001-05:002014-02-06T11:50:24.177-05:00HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN'S LATEST BOOK NOMINATED for a 2014 AGATHA AWARD!
Hank Phillippi Ryan, Keynote for The Write Stuff 2014, May 21-22 in Allentown, PA
The Wrong Girl, Hank Phillippi Ryan's latest mystery novel, was nominated this week for the most prestigious mystery writers' award, the Agatha. Ryan, Boston NBC investigative reporter, and author of six novels, is slated as the keynote speaker at The Write Stuff 2014.
Named in honor Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16827394527013179172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382219299890812495.post-45036828108205575222014-02-02T16:12:00.004-05:002014-02-03T15:27:18.917-05:00Scott Nicholson and the Sensitive ViewerI'm not a horror lover. Rather, I'm one of those sensitive viewers referred to on the TV disclaimer.
And as far as horror novels--forget it. I never read a Steven King book in my life. For one thing, I have always chosen not to put those creepy, bloody images in my brain. But, I've approached the genre with snobbery as well. I am a lover of literature, don't you know, not of cheap, Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16827394527013179172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382219299890812495.post-42669564242964429982014-01-11T17:46:00.001-05:002014-02-03T15:28:03.694-05:00Write Stuff registration opens
Retiring from full-time teaching has allowed me to take a
journey through new paths, and it’s been an exciting ride. I like to
think of it as a learning a new language.
Now that I’m getting fluent in the world of writers, I know,
as you undoubtedly do, that there are mystery, thriller, romance, children’s,
young adult, Christian, horror and erotic writers’ conferences. But many of us
write, or Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16827394527013179172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382219299890812495.post-1915937731252139072013-03-21T20:30:00.000-04:002013-03-21T20:30:02.140-04:00Interview with Emily Gref
by Tammy Burke
Emily Gref is an Associate Agent at Lowenstein Associates, as well as their foreign rights manager. Prior to Lowenstein Associates, she interned with the Donald Maass Literar Agency, Serendipity Literary Agency, Arthur A. Levine Books, Tor Books, and Penguin Young Readers.
GLVWG member Tammy Burke contacted Emily to ask her a few questions about being an agentDonna Brennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06834413457080381432noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382219299890812495.post-51548208626893652792013-03-20T20:30:00.000-04:002013-03-20T20:30:00.947-04:00Interview with Emily Keyes
by Bernadette Sukley
Emily Keyes is an agent with the L. Perkins Agency. Emily is the Contracts & Foreign Rights Manager. She’s very passionate about YA and teen novels and is looking to acquire in that area. Previously, she was a Contracts Administrator at Simon & Schuster, Inc. and a writer for “The World Almanac for Kids.” She is a graduate of the NYU Publishing program andDonna Brennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06834413457080381432noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382219299890812495.post-83724230157737866842013-03-20T01:06:00.000-04:002013-03-20T01:06:14.691-04:00Interview with Bonnie S. Calhoun
by Jerry Waxler
Bonnie
Calhoun is the owner of Christian Fiction Blog Alliance and publisher of
Christian
Fiction Online Magazine.
Her
first novel with Abingdon Press is Cooking
the Books. She is an Author member of International Thriller Writers, and an industry professional member and the President of Christian Authors Network.
GLVWG member Jerry Waxler contacted Bonnie Donna Brennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06834413457080381432noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382219299890812495.post-21182897103167950472013-03-18T21:58:00.000-04:002013-03-18T21:58:59.634-04:00Interview with Jeanette Windle
by Bernadette Sukley
Daughter of missionary parents, Jeanette grew up in the mountains of Colombia, subsequently has lived in 6 countries and traveled in more than 30 on five continents (she's now based in Lancaster). But her unique experiences gave birth to 16 international intrigue titles, including bestselling Tyndale House Publishers release: Veiled Freedom, a 2010 ECPA Christian Donna Brennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06834413457080381432noreply@blogger.com1