EVENTS

October 4, 2008, 5PM

Our next writers' mixer is Saturday, October 4, 5:00-6:30 PM! Come meet and greet other Northwest writers, network, and have a good time!

We're on hiatus for the summer, but we'll be back in the fall with exciting new guests. Don't forget to mark your calendars!

Writers' Mixers happen the first Saturday of each month, at 5PM. The events are free and do not require a reservation or RSVP. Light refreshments served. The Writers' Mixers are hosted at Cover to Cover Books by the Deadly Duo of Carolyn Rose and Mike Nettleton, local mystery authors and on-air personalities.

July 10, 2008, 7pm

Poetry Open Microphone hosted by Chris Luna. Come and share your favorite works by yourself, friends, or favorite poets. July's featured readers are two of our own, Kori Sayer and Kyle Congdon. Kyle and Kori are regulars here at Cover to Cover Books and have produced 'zines of their poetry and traveled up to Burning Word this spring to help represent the active poetry scene here in SW Washington. Come and explore the works of these young poets in depth.

Every second Thursday at 7PM after closing time, come on out to the Poetry Open Microphone, hosted by Chris Luna. Featured poets change each month, but there's always an open microphone for local poets. Come meet, greet, read and listen! All ages, uncensored.

April 23, 2008 6PM

Book Launch for Elizabeth Lyon!

Author and writing coach Elizabeth Lyon will launch her latest how-to book on writing craft with a discussion of revision techniques critical to fiction-writing success. Manuscript Makeover: Revision Techniques No Fiction Writer Can Afford to Ignore (Perigee Trade Paperback) provides 368 pages of the guidance and instruction writers need to create stories that will stand out from the competition and attract the eyes of agents and editors. Following the discussion, Lyon will field questions, and sign copies of the book.

With twenty years of experience as a teacher and book editor of first-time, experienced, and published writers, Elizabeth Lyon gives her readers the practical tools they need to become novelists who rise above the competition. Manuscript Makeover includes:

* Stand-out techniques, from accessing authentic voice to applying the “wordsmithing” that transforms prose
* Guidelines to match prose style and structure to genre
* Techniques to guarantee depth, dimensionality, and originality of
* characterization
* Strategies to strengthen story beginnings and endings
* Methods for increasing plot stakes, creating movement, and adjusting pace for maximum suspense
* Rules for grammar, punctuation, spelling, and format
* Model queries and tips for securing literary agent and editor attention
* Detailed revision checklists at every chapter’s end for easy reference
* Exemplary excerpts drawn from nearly every genre of writing and for every age level of reader, and representing contemporary and classic literature to show exactly how to revise well

This free event begins at 6 PM on Wednesday, April 23rd, at Cover to Cover Books, 1817 Main Street (Main and McLoughlin) in Vancouver. Refreshments will be served.

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