Tsunami Books, 2585 Willamette, in Eugene Oregon

6:30-7:00 PM - Social Time
7:00 - 8:30 PM - Speaker
8:30- 9:00 PM - Questions and book signing

COST: FREE for members of Willamette Writers and full tme college students & $10.00 for non-members

For a full schedule of speakers or more information, go to: www.willamettewriters.com or contact JoJo Jensen at jojo.jensen@yahoo.com

Mid-Valley Willamette Writers 2010 calendar dates:

October 7, 2010
Melissa Hart
"Money for Your Life Story? Write Memoir that Sells."

Learn the secrets and skills of writing a memoir that will captivate and sell.

Melissa Hart is the author of the memoir Gringa: A Contradictory Girlhood (Seal Press, 2009). Her short memoir has appeared in The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Woman's Day, The Advocate, and various other publications. She teaches journalism at the University of Oregon and contributing editor to The Writer Magazine with a blog for emerging writers at www.butt2chair.wordpress.com.

November 4, 2010
Elizabeth Lyon
"Legacy work; to self-publish or not"
Makeover: Revision Techniques No Fiction Writers Can Afford to Ignore is Elizabeth's final and most comprehensive book for writers. Other books, all in print, include A Writer's Guide to Fiction, A Writer's Guide to Nonfiction, The Sell Your Novel Tool Kit, National Directory of Editors & Writers, and her bestseller, Nonfiction Book Proposals Anybody Can Write. Elizabeth speaks about writing query letters on this video posted on YouTube.