K S W R I T E R S I N K    JUNE 2008

KS Writers, Inc.

Check out our web site at www.kswritersinc.com.

 

 

IN THIS ISSUE

 

Slate of Officers for vote(deadline has passed)

This Month’s Meeting

Minutes 

Kudos and Author’s Releases

In The News

Tanzey’s Spot

Upcoming Program Information

Future Meeting Dates

Officers and Committee Chairs

Editor’s Notes

 

 

Published per bylaws
 
Good day KWI members. Here's the slate of KWI 2009 officers for your
vote. Please note that we have two names for newsletter. 
You will need to delete one name and forward your vote to the following
email by June 17th.:
 
sawbeansx10@juno.com
 
Thank you. Shayne
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KWI 2009 SLATE OF OFFICERS
 
President  - Tish Glasson
 
Vice President - Morgan Rothenberger
 
Treasurer - Tanzey Cutter
 
Secretary - Lynne Dillon
 
Membership - Paula Myers
 
Newsletter - Sabrina Marino  or  Anne Barringer
 
Advisor to the President - Shayne Sawyer

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THIS MONTH’S MEETING

 

               WHEN:      Saturday, June 28, 2008

 

               WHERE:    Topeka Library

 

               WHO:       Estelle Gay, MB Piland Advertising Agency

 

 

Estelle Gay from the MB Piland Advertising Agency will be speaking to us about marketing yourself. This agency is one of the best in town and has won numerous awards for its creative campaigns.

 

Estelle will talk about achieving name recognition, learning to speak and present yourself to the media and other marketing subjects. I told her about what Leah Hultenschmidt said about how tight the publishing industry is and that authors who have already thought out taglines and marketing for their books stand a better chance of being published.

 

I would really like to see a good turnout, so I hope you can make it. The June meeting is June 28.

 

 

MINUTES -- LAST MONTH’S MEETING

 

KS Writers Inc.

 

Meeting:  May 24, 2008

 

Members Present: Cheryl Swain, Tish Glasson, Morgan Rothenberger, Angela Johnson, Ian Hall, Tanzey Cutter, Shayne Sawyer, Lynne Dillon, Dianne Lawson and Toastmaster guests.

 

Minutes: Pyeland group spelled incorrectly.  Minutes corrected and changed to Piland.

 

Treasurer’s Report:  Expenses for the month of April were $25.00.  Income for the month of April was $.54.  Total cash balance at the end of April was $3, 241.38.  The CD plus interest totaled $2.779.44.

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Committee Reports:

            Tanzey will reserve the rooms for the next 4 meetings.  That will bring us to December as it can only be done for 6 months in advance.

 

Next Meeting: June 28, 2008, Estelle Gay for the MB Piland group will present on marketing yourself and talking to media etc.

 

Newsletter:  Items due to Sabrina by June 10th.

 

Program Write Up:  Dianne Lawson.

Door Prizes:  Dianne and Cheryl.

 

New Business:

            The group decided to raise the honorarium to $50.

            A new slate of officers will be presented for voting next month.

A $100 donation will be made to the American Cancer Society on behalf of Tammy Ard’s husband, Tom, who passed away on May 21.  The group will also send a plant.  Our condolences go out to Tammy and her family.

 

Announcements & Kudos: 

            Congratulations Morgan.  She had ghost written a book to go with a movie on stem cell research, by a Doctor living in Kansas.  The book, Life Invitro”, made the L.A. Times and the movie is being presented at the Canne Film festival.

 

 

Kudo and Author Releases

Happy Birthday to our members with June birthdays:

Sally Paige Kahle — 5th

Morgan Rothenberger – 6th

Elizabeth Mulanax –14th

Eleanor Liu – 14th

Tom Mach – 16th

 

Email your good news to Sabrina Mariño at resongon@aol.com

~ Find Tanzey’s column at freshfiction.com.

 

 

In The News

by Shayne Sawyer

 
 
Adbusters (http://www.adbusters.org/magazine/77) According to their website, " 
We relish all truly political materials, whether they be scholarly probes into 
the decline of civilization, environmental forays into the forests, sci-fi 
carpet rides into cyberspace or humorous spoofs about commercial culture. More 
than anything, we seek compelling ideas that further the critical perspective 
and offer activist solutions." Pieces should be up to 2000 words and payment is 
up to 50 cents a word. More guidelines are available at http://www.adbusters.org/about/submissions
 
 
 
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Funny Times(http://www.funnytimes.com)  is another politically-oriented 
publication looking for humor. As the name indicates, everything in the magazine 
is meant to be funny. They pay $50 for humor pieces of 500-750 words.
 
 
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The Wittenburg Door (http://www.wittenburgdoor.com) is a magazine that publishes 
satire and humor about religion from an insider's perspective. Check out their 
guidelines at http://www.wittenburgdoor.com/writers-guidelines
 
 
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Maybe you have an idea for a humor book. Andrews McMeel http://www.andrewsmcmeel.com/ 
is the largest publisher of humor books in the US. They publish everything from 
Calvin and Hobbs to the "You Might Be A Redneck" series. You don't have to be an 
agent to submit to them. They have detailed submission guidelines at 
http://www.andrewsmcmeel.com/submissions.html#_submissions
 
 
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Per Contra (http://www.percontra.net) is a literary magazine interested in 
fiction up to 3000 words. They pay 7 cents per word. They also publish something 
called Nano-fiction -- stories of either exactly 55 words or exactly 69 words. 
There are very specific guidelines for these, so be sure to check them out. 
Payment for nano-fiction is $5. All the guidelines are available at

http://www.percontra.net/11guidelines.htm

 

Tanzey’s Spot

 

UNDEAD AND UNWORTHY (Queen Betsy series, book 7) - MaryJanice Davidson – Berkley Sensation – 9780425221624 – 304 pgs – OSD 6/24/08 – paranormal fiction - reviewed by Paula Myers for Fresh Fiction.com                          

Being Queen of the Vampires just never gets any easier for Betsy.    

Recently returned from her honeymoon, Betsy’s life is slowly returning to what could be considered normal. The house is still full of her much-loved roommates, but things start to go downhill when a new tenant shows up: her much-hated, thankfully departed step-monster, The Ant, has decided to haunt her. Not only that, but the Ant refuses to tell Betsy what she wants from her. The situation quickly escalates from bad to worse when the household is attacked by the Fiends, a group of rogue vampires who have slowly regained their senses and now blame Betsy for their downfall. The hunt is on for the unholy group before they can do further damage to Betsy or mankind.

 

When Jessica’s boyfriend, Nick, asks Betsy and Sinclair for their assistance in solving some unusual murders and assaults around town, they fear the recent attacks might be related to their Fiends. As their investigation continues, clues point to the mastermind behind the attacks as someone closer than any of them realize.

 

MaryJanice Davidson’s UNDEAD AND UNWORTHY is a fun visit with familiar friends. Chockfull of Ms. Davidson’s irreverent humor and twisting plot lines, Betsy and Sinclair’s adventures are laugh-out-loud entertainment. Readers learn a little bit more about this cast of much-loved characters and are introduced to new and intriguing ones with each story. There’s a hint of a new direction in UNDEAD AND UNWORTHY, and it will be fun to see where Ms. Davidson’s goes with this. Queen Betsy is back and kicking some serious, and not so serious, butt in this latest installment of the ever-popular Undead series. Fans are going to love this one!

 

 

 

Upcoming Program Info

 

 Not available at press time

 

 

Upcoming Meeting Dates

 

7/26/2008    12:30 PM   Menninger Room 206  @  Library 
8/23/2008    12:30 PM   Menninger Room 206  @  Library 
9/27/2008    12:30 PM   Menninger Room 206  @  Library 
10/25/2008   12:30 PM  Menninger Room 206  @  Library 

11/22/2008   12 noon    First Congregational Church, 1701 SW Collins 

December - no meeting

 

 

 

Officers:

President: Tish Glasson

Vice-President/Program: Morgan Rothenberger

Secretary: Lynne Dillon

Treasurer: Tanzey Cutter

Newsletter Editor: Sabrina Mariño

Membership: Diane Lawson

Special Advisor to the President: Shayne Sawyer

 

Committee Chairs:

Web site: Sabrina Mariño

Tape Librarian: Angela Johnson

 

Editor’s Notes:

 

“Write without pay until somebody offers to pay”  -Mark Twain

 

Newsletter items should be sent to Sabrina Marino at resongon@aol.com