Month: June 2022

MIDSUMMER BOOK DREAMS BOOK SIGNING AND SALE

Posted on by Mark Davis

Sat, July 9th, 2022, 12-3 p.m., Mesilla Valley Mall

Dreaming of coolin’ off in the lazy, crazy, hazy days of summer? Join the Las Cruces Writers in the Mesilla Valley Mall and chill out at our book signing! Ten authors in the upcoming Las Cruces Writers July 9th, MIDSUMMER BOOK DREAMS book signing and sale will offer over 50 titles in various genres includ-ing fiction, non-fiction, children’s, memoirs, and coffee-table photography books.

From 12 – 3 p.m. at Mesilla Valley Mall, meet Susan Elaine Pfeiffer, Fenton Kay, Rosemary Matos, Judy Cicero, Mark William Davis, Bob Worthington, David Osterhout, Elaine S. LeVine, George Pintar, and Charmayne Samuelson.

Romance novels and memoirs are always two popular genres of books offered by the group, and two of the authors at the signing will be Susan Elaine Pfeiffer and David Osterhout.

Susan Pfeiffer will be signing her time-travel romance, The Dusty Attic – Where The Future Meets The Past. Susan worked as the Administrative Assistant at the Las Cruces International Airport for over 21 years before retiring in 2015. Her writing passion blossomed around 2012 and it hasn’t stopped yet. She is cur-rently writing her fourth book, a sequel to The Dusty Attic. She is a true romantic at heart and loves white-water rafting, bird watching, and living her own romantic adventure with her husband of almost 50 years. Look for her on Facebook.

Author David Osterhout, an army intelligence officer who was stationed …

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Seminar: Self-Publishing

Posted on by Mark Davis

Please join me for my upcoming seminar on self-publishing. The seminar is Saturday, June 25th from 2-4 PM at Good Samaritan Village, Building E, 3045 Buena Vida Circle. I will also stream the seminar via Zoom (invitation will go out to members email list a day before).

This class is designed for writers of all skill levels who have an interest self-publishing their books. The goal will be to discuss why a writer self-publishes and the skills that are be needed to do so. Next, I will survey different levels of self-publishing, from assisted services to full do-it-yourself. The primary focus of the seminar, however, will be self-publishing a book from soup to nuts, including obtaining ISBN codes, formatting a manuscript, creating cover art, ordering a sample, and sitting back and enjoying the small pleasure of success.

Topics to be covered:

  • Self-publishing versus publishing
  • Getting ready to self-publish
  • Skills and options
    • Software needs
    • Self-publishing assistance
    • Hiring and coordinating
  • Let’s self-publish
    • First steps
    • Bowker and ISBNs
    • Kindle KDP setup
      • Tax information
    • Softcover, hardcover, and digital only
    • Formatting the manuscript
    • Covers, art, templates, and finishing touches
    • Ordering a sample
  • Discussion and Q/A
  • Wrap-up
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LCW Meeting, June 9th 2022

Posted on by Mark Davis

Agenda for the 9 June 2022 Las Cruces Writers membership meeting

1:30 to 3:30 pm at the Creative Arts Room at Good Sam  at 3011 Buena Vida Circle.

Call to order by Bob Worthington, Acting Chair

Treasurer report: Judy Cicero

Membership report: Mark Davis

Web site/media report: Mark Davis

Education report: Bob Worthington

Need volunteer for Vice President position  Elections during July meeting

July book signing at the Mall: Charmayne Samuelson

Executive Board report: Bob Worthington

          Revised brochure/membership application

          Farmer’s Market report

          Membership in Dona Ana Arts Council

          Writing seminars for the public

          Future of LCW

Writers’ critique breakout session (for July meeting)

Other new business

Breakout session   LCW brainstorming

In July the current LCW administration will end.  On 1 August a new management team will take over.  This brainstorming session will attempt to elicit from the members what you want from LCW and what you want it to do for you.

Currently we have the executive board meet, once a month, a week before the membership meeting.  The membership meets once a month to hold a business meeting and to hold two breakout sessions (writing and marketing) and once a month we have a two-hour writing seminar.  We also host two book signings at the Mall.  Some of our writers have agreed to read any member’s work and provide feedback.  So we have a system for writers helping writers.

The brainstorming will try to assess what the members like and what they do not like.  Basically the board members want to …

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