Milwaukee Writers Workshop

On Monday the 24th, Boone offered up some general information about the work a writer needs to do once his or her novel is ready for submission: creating a platform, finding appropriate agents, writing queries and synopses, etc. He also went into a history of the publishing industry and where it is today, including P.O.D. and e-Books. At the very least, I think everyone who attended found it informative and beneficial.

As for what’s up next, with Labor Day looming, we’ll be meeting 6:30 this Monday, Aug. 31st at the Wauwatosa Library at which time we’ll review the first 72 pages of Ziggarut, a 50K word novel from Eric Thelen. For anyone interested in reviewing the novel, please contact Eric directly via email: erikthelen@gmail.com.

Also, while I think reviewing novels in three segments makes a ton of sense, with about 20K words down and 30K words remaining, it seems silly to break this novel up into two 15K-word pieces for review. So, if Ami can be ready to post her first 50K words by September 14th, I think it would make more sense to finish up Eric’s novel in two sessions and move straight into Ami’s. We’ll discuss this further at the next meeting.

Hope to see you there.

(Rev. 8/26) http://blog.nathanbransford.com/ had two great posts back-to-back on Monday August 24th and Tuesday August 25th...extremely pertinent to Boone's discussion. A good read for all MWW members.