Connecticut Authors and Publishers - A Literary Community Learning from One Another

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Interesting article on publishing trend.

Hi,

I thought that you might enjoy this analysis of the battle between the Romance Writers of America and Harlequin. It is very educational and warns the innocent to tread with care. http://www.jackiekessler.com/blog/
gives a good hard look at a new trend in publishing that DOES NOT benefit authors.

Peggy

Created by Peggy Gaffney Nov 19, 2009 at 12:36pm. Last updated by Peggy Gaffney Nov. 19, 2009.

Peggy Gaffney at Stitches East

Peggy will be signing all seven of her knitting books at Stitches East in the Conference Center in Hartford this weekend. She'll also be autographing some of her 100 breed specific knitting patterns as well. So if you would like to knit a sweater with a Lab, Beagle, Golden, Poodle, Springer Spaniel, Irish Setter, or any of the other breeds on it, come visit Peggy in Booth 1014 at Stitches East.

Created by Peggy Gaffney Oct 21, 2009 at 7:35pm. Last updated by Peggy Gaffney Oct. 21, 2009.

My Freind Kathleen teaches How to Be an Amazon Bestseller!

Turn You and Your Books into
Amazon.com Bestsellers while
Increasing Your Visibility,
Credi

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Created by Peggy Gaffney Feb 28, 2009 at 3:08pm. Last updated by Peggy Gaffney Oct. 8, 2009.

Jerry Labriiola/Brian Jud Annual Writing Contest

Hi Everyone,

I have just posted the rules and regulations for this year's Annual Writing Competition up on the CAPA Website. This is a great and inexpensive way to show off your writing skills. Just go to http://www.aboutcapa.com/writing_contest.htm and you will be able to download the rules and application. The awards will be given at t… Continue

Created by Peggy Gaffney Aug 22, 2009 at 10:36am. Last updated by Peggy Gaffney Oct. 8, 2009.

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Created by Peggy Gaffney Feb 22, 2009 at 10:05am. Last updated by Peggy Gaffney Oct. 8, 2009.

Meeting tomorrow night

Hi,

Just a reminder to those in the southwest part of the state that there is a meeting tomorrow night at the Plum Library in Shelton at 6:30. Now that the snow has melted and the time changed, it's time to get out and visit. Susanne Davis is speaking and you can go to the CAPA site to get more information. See you there.
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Created by Peggy Gaffney Mar 8, 2009 at 2:54pm. Last updated by Peggy Gaffney Oct. 8, 2009.

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Proofreading & Editing Services

Hello everyone!

As writers, we know how hard it is to give our work over to someone else for critique. We fall in love with our words, cherish them as if they are children, and fight like animals when someone tells us to change our words or, heaven forbid, throw them away. Yet, as writers, we also know that when we finish a project we become very close to it, often too close to see the errors or omissions that may serve to undermine our masterpiece. We do the best we can, reading and

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Taking the Labor out of Writing a Novel: A Creative Writing Workshop!

Hello Fellow Writers!

Have you always wanted to write that great story locked inside your head but you don't know where to start? This one-day workshop will help you not only unlock that story, but make the writing experience fun and exciting! Join me on Saturday, March 6, 2010 for a three-hour, hands-on workshop that will set you on your way to writing your novel. Here we will begin at the very beginning of the process of writing your novel, that is, the inception of your idea. Then w…

TRAVELING

I have just returned from a month's trip to see my daughter and grandchildren in Singapore. We had a side visit to Bali, and five days sailing in Thailand. It was a wonderful trip, but I am worn out by the 32 hour plane trip. I will write some more about this, meanwhile enjoy the photos. Ames

Two New Stories by Award-Winning Writer

Award-winning writer Adele Annesi has two short stories published in literary magazines. "Entertain Strangers," about lost opportunities, appears in Issue 9 of 34th Parallel and is available at Lula. "All the Pretty Places," about the cost of second chances, appears in Tertulia Magazine and can be viewed at…

Increasing book exposure

According to a few books I have read on the subject of increasing book exposure and sales including in the book "The Step - By Step Guide to Self-Publishing for Profit" by C. Pinheiro , a great technique is to get book reviews. It can even be more cost efficient than paid advertisement. Especially if you are marketing your books / books with Amazon.com there is allot of support for book reviews and reviewers. I myself place a review on every book I read with Amazon.com. As I just published a new…

CAPA Homepage

Welcome to all the new members who have joined and are going to be part of CAPA's Bookstore at the Big E. This is a wonderful event. If you look above, you will see that there is now a tab labeled "Forum - Big E" This is where all the information about who's who on the committee, whom to contact, when each piece of paperwork & money is due, how to get your books to the bookstore, etc. will be found. This is a much more efficient way than calling Debbie who is working so hard to make this a great experience for you.

Once the schedules are posted, carpools can be formed to save gas and parking passes.

This is going to be your place to ask all the questions you have, especially if this is your first time as part of the Big E. Peggy will be posting instructions on how you get your book listed on the Big E Blog beginning next week so stay tuned.

Members Book Page

If you look at the members book page, the books have all disappeared. This is not something I have done, but, as I have been told, an adjustment on the ning. site. I have been told to wait till this is fixed and the books will come back. So please be patient.

Peggy

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Eileen Albrizio Register now for the writing workshop, Taking the Labor out of Writing a Novel! 3/6/2010 from 1-4 in Middletown. Email me: EileenRai@aol.com

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Dzanc Book Day

Hello writers---I am a writer who is sort of new to the area, living in New Haven. I have volunteered to teach a local workshop for Dzanc Books, an innovative independent press and publisher of literary fiction. They are holding a series of nationw…

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