May Newsletter

WRITE ON!

Write On Online’s May virtual meeting will be Wednesday, May 14, from 1-1:30pm, on BlogTalkRadio. Our guest is Lee Jessup, author of Getting it Write: A Insider’s Guide to a Screenwriting Career. Call in (646-381-4910) or listen online. RSVP on Facebook.

Also, join us on Wednesday, May 21, from 1 – 3pm for our May Write On!/Guided Goals Hangout at Capital One 360 – Los Angeles Café, 11175 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles. Swing by the cafe for coffee and conversation. RSVP on Facebook. (Parking is free in the building. Space is now limited to 6 cafe spots, so get there early. There is also metered parking nearby.) Love the Café? Write a  review on Yelp!

Post your June Goals on Write On Online or Facebook and be entered in a drawing to win a book from Michael Wiese Productions. Congratulations to our May goal-posting winner Daniel Escurel Occeno, who won a copy of Forensic Speak: How to Write Realistic Crime Dramas by Jennifer Dornbush.

Write On Online has regular, ongoing content, including Q&As; Write On! Wednesdays; Guest Columns; Reviews; and more.

NEWS

DS Kane’s techno-thriller, Bloodridge, is available now in soft-launch (hard launch is on June 14). Anyone who buys a copy of Bloodridge and posts a review on both Goodreads and Amazon, and sends review links to the author, will receive a free copy of the second book in the series, DeathByte, before its hard launch on July 12.

Write on member Cailin Harrison has a play opening at the Hollywood Fringe Fest in June. Get info on Waitless.

Nowster.com is now accepting submissions for content around technology, startups, and pop culture. Contact Steven for more information.

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EVENTS

May 14: May virtual meeting on BlogTalkRadio. Our guest is author Lee Jessup, Getting it Write: A Insider’s Guide to a Screenwriting Career. Call in (646-381-4910) or listen online. RSVP on Facebook.

May 17: Pasadena LitFest Presents … LitFest on the Prowl, starting at 5pm in the Pasadena, CA, Playhouse District. Details and author info here.

May 20: Social Media Club LA panel on Social Media & Education, at NextSpace in Culver City, 6:30 – 9pm.

May 21: May Write On!/Guided Goals Hangout at Capital One 360 – Los Angeles Café, 11175 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles. Swing by the cafe for coffee and conversation. RSVP on Facebook. (Parking is free in the building. Space is now limited to 6 cafe spots, so get there early. There is also metered parking nearby.) Love the Café? Write a  review on Yelp!

May 30 – June 1: America’s Startup Live Entrepreneurial Expo at Barker Hanger in the Santa Monica Airport. Note: I will be speaking on the women entrepreneur’s panel on June 1. Get details and tickets here.

June 7: Harvardwood Publishing presents: The Mystery Thriller Seminar at Blank Spaces-Los Angeles, 10am – 2pm, with bestselling author and former intelligence officer Kyle C. Fitzharris. This introductory seminar explores how to write compelling geopolitical suspense novels.

June 20 – 22: Join MWP authors at Great American Pitchfest in Burbank, CA. Use code FBGAPF to get 10% discount  if you register through May 31.

Write On! Members: Let me know if you have a book being released or some awesome news, so we can include it in the next newsletter. Also, check out the Write On Online Facebook Page for regular opportunities to share your books and blogs: Tuesdays: Boast your Blog, Thursdays: Share your Twitter, and Fridays: Flaunt your Fan Page.

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