News From The Michigan Literary Network Nov 10, 2009| Register For Conference Early!

Written on November 10th, 2009 by Sylvia Hubbard

REMINDER:

Register early for great benefits @ the Essence of Motown Literary Jam & Conference!!!

Such as:

Performance Priority
5 minute Publisher Pitches

& more!!!

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Schedule of Events for Conference Posted at end of this Daily or click here to see it online! Thank you!

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If you have trouble accessing any links or titles, please go directly to our blog @ http://motownwriters.blogspot.com

Visit our new website: http://MotownWriters.com | http://MichiganLiteraryNetwork.com

If you can’t see the pictures and links, please go to:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motownwriters

Schedule of Events for The Essence of Motown Literary Jam & Conference

November 13 – 15, 2009

@ Various Locations Around Detroit!!!

Join Us!!

Date: Friday November 13, 2009 – FREE TO PUBLIC

Event: Essence of Motown Literary Recognition & Poetry Extravaganza Party

Location: Virgil Carr Center, Paradise Valley (formerly Harmonie Park) 311 E Grand River

Time: 6pm to 10pm

Poetry Performances, Literary Awards, Networking and More!

Date: Saturday November 14, 2009 (Some events are free to public)

Event: Essence of Motown Literary Jam & Conference

Location: Northwest Activity Center 11800 Meyers (Ballroom)

Time: 8am to 5pm

Writing, Publishing, Marketing & Promoting Workshops, Book Club Mix and Mingle

Workshops

9am Workshop Set 1

A. How to start your writing journey – plotting your way to write a great book and maintaining a writing career. Jacqueline D. Moore/Monica Marie Jones

B. Poetry Publishing and Marketing *Ber-henda Williams of Poetry Pages and Scribe

10:15am Workshop Set 2

A. Finding Agent or publisher for your work. Book proposals, queries and understand tradition publishing. Tonya Sherelle with Infinite Xpressions

B. The Business of Independent Publishing Sylvia McClain

11:30pm Working Lunch – Guest Speaker: Marketing and Promoting Effectively Online and Offline – Jillian Blackwell of www.jillianblackwellagency.com

Literary Marketplace will open at Noon – FREE TO THE PUBLIC

12:40pm Workshop Set 3

A. The Basics of Public Relations: What to do when you must do it on your own! Stephanie L. Jones

B. Building an Effective Website Easily for Writers. Sponsored by WordPress.com

1:30pm Workshop Set 4

A. Ebook 101 Versandra Kennebrew

B. Screenwriting with Zel Bothic

1:00 pm Author Genre Panels (30 mins each – FREE TO PUBLIC)

1:00pm Murder Mystery and Mayhem

1:30pm Non-Fiction, Inspirational and Poetry

2:00pm Romance – Mild to Wild

2:30pm Science Fiction and other oddities