Conferences & Workshops
2008 ITINERARY
Elizabeth Lyon's travels presently take her throughout the United States and to British Columbia. Listed below are her 2008 conferences, workshops, and speaking engagements. Would you like to have workshops brought to you? In her "I'll Come to You" service, she will create a set of customized workshops to your writing group's needs. An inspirational yet down-to-earth speaker, she is also available to speak to your group or organization. Email for more information.
WORKSHOP & CONFERENCE ITINERARY '08
April 25–26. Federal Way Arts Commission: Writers Retreat at Dumas Bay Centre, WA.
Keynote speech: "The Three Blind Mice: Doubt, Distraction, and Perfectionism." Roundtable, Friday, 2-5pm: "Novel Writing From Beginning to End."
Contact: Mary.Faber@cityoffederalway.com or 253-835-6900.
May 3. Southern Oregon Chapter Willamette Writers, Medford, OR.
Speech: "Add Personality to Your Prose." Afternoon workshop: "Movement, Movement, Movement."
Contact Lori Patch: loripatch@oigp.net
May 24–25. Shuswap Lake International Writer's Festival, Salmon Arm, British Columbia, at Prestige Harbourfront Resort.
Keynote speech: "What Your Mother Never Told You About the Writer's Life." Workshops: Friday Preconference—"Creating Sound Structure for Your Novel or Memoir." Saturday: "Quick Fixes for Your Fiction and Memoir Writing." Contact Ineke Hughes: inekeh@telus.net. See www.shuswapwritersfest.ca
July 17–20. Pacific Northwest Writers' Association Conference, Seattle, WA.
Friday: "The New Expectations for Nonfiction Books and Proposals." Saturday:
"Manuscript Makeover: Revision Techniques for Novels."www.pnwa.org
August 1–3. Willamette Writers Conference, Portland, OR.
Friday: "Writing and Revising Your Novel's Query, Synopsis, and Two Pages." Saturday: "Fiction Manuscript Makeover-Revision, Revision, Revision (Part I and II)." Sunday: "Finding the Form for Facts, Essays, Self Help, & How To." www.willamettewriters.com.
August 23. Coeur d'Alene Chapter of Idaho Writers League
Half-day workshop. "Manuscript Makeover: Revision Techniques for Fiction and Memoirs." Afternoon one-on-ones: 20 minutes @ $20/each with up to 5 pages sent in advance.
September 11–13. League of Utah Writers 2008 Roundup, Ogden, UT.
Workshops: Pre-conference Friday: "Revision Techniques for Fiction and Memoir Writing" (six hours). Saturday: "Nonfiction Book Proposals-From Idea to Contract" and "Query Letters and E-Queries for Novels: Getting the 'Yes, Send More.'" www.luwrite.com
September 26–27. Central Coast Writers Conference, San Luis Obispo, CA.
Workshops TBA. www.communityprograms.net/wc/wcinfo.htm
October 4–6. Edmonds Arts Commission, Write on the Sound, Edmonds, WA.
2008 Manuscript Evaluator. Workshops TBA. Contact: email: wots@ci.edmonds.wa.us.
October 24-27. Surrey International Writers Conference, Surrey, British Columbia.
Workshops TBA. www.siwc.ca
December 6. Cover to Cover Bookstore, Vancouver, WA.
"Writer's Mixer." Speech TBA. Contact: bubba99@comcast.net
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