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Las Cruces Writers at Artists’ Workshop Week

Posted on February 16, 2025February 16, 2025 by Mark Davis

Join Karen Ray, Elva Oesterreich, and others at the Artists’ Workshop Week organized by Ten O’clock Artists, March 15th through the 23rd.

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Learn, Read, and Write in Ruidoso!

Posted on March 12, 2024March 12, 2024 by Mark Davis
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First Meeting of 2024!

Posted on January 4, 2024January 4, 2024 by Mark Davis

Where

Good Samaritan Village in the Creative Arts Room, 3011 Buena Vida Circle. Enter through the main administrative building entrance (parking is to the east of the building) and turn left in the first hallway to reach the room.

When

1:30-3:30 pm January 11th, 2024
Executive staff will meet 30 minutes early.

Agenda

Call to order, welcome new members/ accomplishments
Membership and Financial/Report
Discuss the December Book Signing
Determine the format for future meetings.
Main Program: Writing exercise by Rosemary…

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Local Resources for Writers and Authors

Posted on January 4, 2023January 4, 2023 by Mark Davis

Please join writers from Las Cruces Writers and our very own Alice Davenport of Moonbow Alterations (and Booknook) at Thomas Branigan Memorial Library for Local Resources for Writers and Authors, Sunday, February 19th, 2023, from 2:00-4:00 PM in the Roadrunner Room.

The event is free and there will be tables for businesses, individuals, and organizations that support regional writers, including proofreading, editing, cover designs, formatting and layout, ghostwriting, book research, dialog, memoir writing, coaching, and book production. You can also learn about pitfalls and scams.…

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Seminar: Branding Your Writing Business

Posted on July 8, 2022July 24, 2022 by Mark Davis

Please join George Pintar, President Emeritus of Las Cruces Writers, for his upcoming seminar on branding your writing business. The seminar is Saturday, July 23rd from 2-4 PM at Good Samaritan Village, Building E (first floor West lounge), 3045 Buena Vida Circle.

Topics to be covered:

Takeaways:

  • Selecting your brand and voice
  • A planning calendar
  • Matching brand to content
  • Marketing tools
  • Questions  and information to share

What to Bring:

  • A 2022 calendar with room to write
  • Note paper and favorite pen or pencil
  • An open mind
  • Water if you get thirsty

This workshop has been designed for writers who want to go beyond just writing and also write as a business or to sell books. There is a difference.…

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Seminar: Online Marketing and Digital Platforms

Posted on May 24, 2022June 5, 2022 by Mark Davis

I (Mark Davis) will host a seminar on Saturday, May 28th 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).

Reaching audiences and selling books online is very 21st century, but don’t expect that if you build it they will come! In this seminar, I will give an overview of online marketing approaches and the idea of a “digital platform” that is designed to assemble an audience using a variety of tools.

This class is designed for writers of all skill levels who have an interest in marketing and promoting their books online. The goal will be to survey the available channels for reaching your audience and do a few deep dives on the technical aspects of those online systems. While some of the details may be technical, the presentation will provide both a primer for those hoping to do-it-yourself and options for those looking for assistance.

This seminar dovetails with George Pintar’s planned July seminar, Branding Your Business.

Topics to be covered:

  • The idea of a “digital platform”
    • Examples of platforms
    • Hybrid models: marketing online and in person
    • Goals of platforms
    • A zoo of possibilities: Twitter, websites, Goodreads, Instagram, Facebook, oh my!
    • Models:
      • No-cost
      • Low-cost
      • High-cost
    • Measuring stuff: conversions
  • Hiring a Service vs. Do-It-Yourself
    • Trade-offs: Costs vs. Learning Curve
  • Deep dives:
    • WordPress website creation
      • Registrars and URLs
      • Services
      • Creation and editing
    • The Facebook/Instagram ecosystem
    • Twitter
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Generations Writing Contest

Posted on April 10, 2022April 10, 2022 by Mark Davis

Pair up across generations to write something new and beautiful in the Generations Community Writing Project. Learn more in the Las Cruces Bulletin. Because writers can learn together.

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Self-Editing for Writers Seminar

Posted on March 30, 2022April 25, 2022 by Mark Davis

LCW’s own Efrem Carrasco will host a seminar on Saturday, April 23, 2022 from 2:00 pm – 4:00pm.

The goal of all writers is to continuously improve their writing

Before you submit your manuscript to the publisher, you want to make sure your work is concise, tight, structurally and grammatically correct, and meets the three criteria—Flow, Clarity, and Understandability.
This class is designed for writers of all skill levels who wish to advance to the next level.
Who Should Take This Class?

  • Unpublished novices who desire to become good fiction/nonfiction writers.
  • Published writers who desire to improve their writing craftsmanship.

You Will Learn:

  • The Concepts and Misconceptions of Editing and Writing
  • Proper Manuscript Format
  • Proper Formats of Writing
  • How to Write Stronger Sentences
  • Choosing the Right Words
  • Dos and Don’ts of Writing
  • Common Writer Mistakes—and how to avoid them.
  • Editing Marks

Efrem Carrasco, Instructor

Only 15 seats available.
This is a stress-free class. It’s neither a Workshop nor an English Grammar class.

REQUIREMENTS: Bring Paper and Pen—for notes and practice writing.

LOCATION: Good Sam, Building E, 3045 Buena Vida Circle

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Upcoming Seminar: How to do Internet Research

Posted on February 16, 2022February 18, 2022 by Mark Davis

Join Susan Brontly, DACC Instructional Librarian, to learn advanced methods in internet research on 26 February 2022 (2-4PM) at Good Samaritan Village, Building E. Note this seminar is for members only and you should RSVP with Bob Worthington. Here’s an overview:

· Where you find resources depends upon what type of writing you do
· Types of resources writers might need
· Internet safety
· Google Power Searching
· Databases available to NM residents
· Locations of information on the internet
· Success stories & challenges
· Q&A

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January Newsletter

Posted on January 28, 2022 by Mark Davis

Check out the newest LCW newsletter with a focus on author Susan Finlay who has published an astonishing fifteen novels!

Click to access LCW-Newsletter-January22.pdf

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