If you'd like me to include your link, please drop me a line.
Onto the news.
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KUDOS AGAIN!
Les Boston reports that Hawk, the novel by Bill Wallis that his Stone and Scott company published, won the 2006 Benjamin Franklin Award in Fiction. "Order from the website, and anyone on Claudia's list can get a discount." Go to www.StoneandScott.com and click on Lone Wolf Editions to read John Zounes’s excellent descriptive essay.
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WAIT FOR IT …
My long-awaited course, Professional Editing, will be ready for synchronous e-learning by the end of August. The first module will be “Conquer Word XP.” Future modules – Evaluating Manuscripts, Principles of Editing, Ghostwriting Simplified, Freelancing Fundamentals, and 21st Century Publishing – will be available this fall.Watch this space for further details.
I will be presenting “7 Reasons Why You’re Not Published Yet” twice this fall: in September for PEN Orange County and in November for California Writers Club (CWC-OC). Details to follow in the coming months.
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COMING SOON
Olympia Dukakis will speak on "The Richness of Life after Fifty" at the 3rd annual WomanSage conference.
When: September 30, 2006, 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Where: Sheraton Park Hotel at the Anaheim Resort, Anaheim, CA
Cost: $120 for WomanSage members, $150 for non-members
Info & reservations: http://www.womansage.com
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The next Orange County Ragtime Society (OCRS) performance, always a fun event, is coming up.
When: August 26, 1-4:30 p.m.
Where: Steamers on Commonwealth in Fullerton
Cost: FREE
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For those of you who’d like to hear OCRS’s premier ragtime pianist, Eric Marchese, he’s doing a solo concert the previous week to benefit the Sunshine Books Theatre.
When: August 19, 8 p.m.
Where: Sunshine Brooks Theater, 217 N. Coast Highway, Oceanside
Cost: $10
Info & reservations: www.sunshinebrookstheatre.org or 760-529-9140
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AVAILABLE FOR GIGS
Elaine Bellucci, a statistics researcher is now accepting statistician work for non-fiction, research, and industrial texts. Contact her at (951) 691-9586 or info@elainebellucci.com
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HELP!!
From Sonja Struthers: “Do you know anyone who can take a look at the latest incarnation of my kid poet and advise on storyline? We agree there is something missing but I'm not a kid lit person and he can't quite figure out what needs to be tweaked.” Contact her at The Word Works, (951)696.5631 or info@mywriter.net.
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P.R TIPS FROM A P.R. PRO
Cara Good, president of WunderWords offers this advice for maximizing your Public Relations budget:
- Compare wire serves for your news releases and tailor your distribution to your needs, not their offer.
- Ditch your printed press kit and replace it with a searchable online version.
- Speak everywhere you can, even – in fact, especially – for free. Opportunities abound and the visibility is invaluable.
- Submit articles summarizing your talks to no-cost Web sites, industry journals, and trade outlets.
- Limit the number of trade shows where you exhibit. It might be more cost-effective to reserve a hospitality suite instead.
- Develop an expert platform and “introduce key company executives to the media as expert sources.” List yourself on Business Wire’s ExpertSource and PR Newswire’s ProfNet.
- Make sure everyone within your circle of influence knows about your media success via a simple email link or message.
- Remember that most business is local business. Focus on local trade and business publications before going national. The costs are lower and the results are better.
Cara will present “Communications: The Core Competency of Success” for the Orange County chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO-OC).
When: August 16 and 26, 6-9 p.m. (Two-part workshop)
Where: Hyatt Regency, 17900 Jamboree Road, Irvine, CA
Cost: $90 for NAWBO members, $120 for nonmembers
Info & Registration: http://www.nawbo-oc.org/index.html
For more insider info re: stretching your PR budget, sign up for WunderWords’ newsletter at www.wundermarx.com.
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HOT SUMMER, COOL STUFF
Tom & Diana still reign every weekend at Savannah's Chop House, 32441 Golden Lantern Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 (in the Ocean Ranch II Center) (949) 493-7107. For private-party bookings, benefit concerts, and company or corporate events, call Diana D’Itri at WMS, 949-643-9157.
Wambtac Communications still offers the best in Web Design, Digital Graphics, and Tom Stein Live! – an eclectic assortment! Go to www.wambtac.com or call 714-493-9103 (Web Design & Digital Graphics) or 714-493-9107 (Tom Stein Live!).
Claudia Suzanne Enterprises (a div. of Wambtac Communication) offers Ghostwriting, Manuscript Evaluation, Business and Book Editing, and Literary Consultation. Now formally affiliated with JLM Literary Agents. Go to www.claudiasuzanne.com or call 1-800-641-3936.
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THAT’S ALL
Thanks for reading. Please feel free to share this newsletter with others who may be interested and to send in anything you have to share. I receive nothing for the listings above except, of course, from those that pertain directly to me. On the other hand, I bribe easily and gratefully accept all non-deductible donations. Special thanks to Judy Semler for today's closer:
A win, win, win, solution:
Dig a moat the length of the Mexican border. Take the dirt, raise the levies in New Orleans, and put the Florida alligators in the moat.
Are there any other problems you would like for us to solve?
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Claudia Suzanne Enterprises
We handle the written word
http://www.claudiasuzane.com
714-954-0580 or 800-641-3936
Fax: 714-954-0793
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