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May Write Brain: Critique Groups, The Care and Feeding Of
Tues., May 20, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

FREE for PPW Members!
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Hemingway and Steinbeck might not have belonged to critique groups, but today’s agents and editors agree that writers who belong to critique groups generally present more polished manuscripts. It shows a writer is serious about his or her work, willing to go that fabled extra mile.

What the agents and editors like, we want to give them. In spades.

On a personal level, what can a critique group do for you? How do you find this nirvana of suggestion and support? How do you choose the right critique group for you? What characteristics should you cherish, and which should make you run screaming from the room?

• Lise Fuller, On Danger's Edge & Cutting Loose.
• Ian Healy, The Milkman.
• Lynda Hilburn, The Vampire Shrink.
• Barbara Nickless, short stories in two DAW anthologies: Fate Fantastic & Something Magic This Way Comes.
• Sharon Silva, Spirit Dancer.

• A special treat!

 Laura Hayden, PPW founding board member, and former PPWC Queen of the Universe, is not able to attend in person.  However, we will have a supply of SIGNED BOOKPLATES for anyone who purchases Laura's new book from Tyndale, America the Beautiful.

June Write Brain: Writers and the Digital Frontier: Welcome to a New World of Storytelling!
With Carolyn Handler Miller
Tues., June 24, 6:30-8:30 p.m. - Note: this is the 4th Tuesday of the month.

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We writers in the 2lst century have unprecedented creative and professional opportunities available to us, thanks not only to television and films, but also to one of the most significant breakthroughs in the entire history of storytelling -- the development of interactive digital media.

This talk (with plenty of time for questions) will delve into these new opportunities and what they offer to fiction writers, particularly focusing on the fascinating variety of stories we can now tell, thanks to interactive media.  Fortunately, writing these new kinds of stories doesn’t mean reinventing the wheel -- they have roots in forms we are already familiar with, like novels, the theatre, and movies. And here’s some additional good news: being a computer geek is not a prerequisite!

Thank You!

To our outstanding faculty, enthusiastic attendees, dedicated volunteers, and our membership, who made the 2008 16th Annual Pikes Peak Writers Conference a resounding success!

Stand up and give yourselves a hand!

 Sincerely, 

Christine Mandeville, President; Kirsten Akens, Conference Director, Ron Heimbecher, Vice President of Operations and the entire staff of the 16th Annual Pikes Peak Writers Conference.