NW WORDSMITHS MARCH 2015
NW’s Mar 10th Meeting In This Issue... Chasing the Heat Page 2 - President’s Message Page 3- Sunshine Reporter With Leonard Gentieu Page 3- The NW Blog Page 4 - NW round Tables Chef, restauranteur and teacher with decades of experience, Chef Gentieu’s professional record is both Page 4 - Members, Sell Your Books! varied and deep. It was a 50-year journey, beginning as Page 5 - Kudos a dishwasher, past Army mess tents, through a “day Page 5 - Book Launch! from hell” at one of his successful restaurants, to his Page 6- Tolosa Submissions successful dinner cruise business. Page 7 Membership Minute On Tuesday, March 10, Chef Gentieu will give us - an insider’s view of the challenges and triumphs of life Page 8 - Get the Most out of a Book in the kitchen—told with humor, frankness and Signing optimism, all traits found in his fun, inspiring memoir, Page 9-10 - Critique Groups Chasing the Heat. Page 11 - 6 Steps to Flash Fiction For all of us who are looking to tell our life story, Page 12 - Word and Quote this session will help us understand what we need to engage readers and keep them laughing and crying Page 12 - E-Exchange with us. Come learn how he wrote the book that has Page 13 - Wednesday’s Child been touted as Page 14 - The Business of Banning “entertaining, Page 15-16 - Review of Jan Meeting informative and Page 17 Call for Submissions inspiring.” And maybe - Chef Gentieu will even Page 17 - Have Ebooks Killed Print? share a recipe or Page 18-20 - A Writer’s Process two! Page 21 - Killer Covers Boost Sales Come early for Page 22 23 How Long Is Too Long? our Round Tables at 5:15 - - p.m., then enjoy the Page 24 - Writers and Their Habits general meeting at 6:30 Page 25 - Great Beginnings: 6 Trend- p.m. See you all there on Savvy Strategies Tuesday the 10th! Page 26 - About NW Page 27-30 - Critique Groups
1 NW WORDSMITHS MARCH 2015 President’s Message: All In A Day’s Work