The Muse Online Writers Conference
The ONLY online conference of its kind!
Meet some of our Presenters.
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Here is a list of some of our distinguished presenters and the workshops they will be offering.
They have all gathered to answer questions on how to improve your craft, and how to better understand the writing world.
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Below are Presenters T - Z
Alan ... a man with endearing dreams ... has reached the young age of 67, but has lived a lifetime. He was born in
His work published in Shadow poetry’s anthology, Literati journal, and Passages in Time anthology by JMW Publishing Co., on Apollo’s Lyre. Com and
Thoughtcafe.com, just to name a few. At this time, Alan is also working on a full-length novel, a romance-suspense story. His inspiration is, and has been, his charming, adorable wife Mary. Alan is a very caring, sensitive, loving man. He writes in free verse style because the words come straight from his heart.
Alan has now moved on also, to writing some flash fiction as well as some religious poetry.
MARIE DELGADO TRAVIS
MARIE
DELGADO TRAVIS is proud of her Nuyorican (Puerto Rican New Yorker) roots. She has earned Masters Degrees in Literature
and Law and worked in Marketing / Advertising on behalf of top international
companies for over twenty years.
Though
relatively new to the literary scene, Marie has won numerous awards for her
poetry and prose in English and Spanish.
She was named Juried Poet, 2007 Houston Poetry Fest. Her bilingual poetry collection LA VENTANA /
THE WINDOW obtained Honorable Mention, Ninth Annual International Latino Book
Awards (2007). The title poem "The
Window" won
Marie's
work has appeared in ACROSS THE LONG BRIDGE: An Anthology of Award-Winning
Poetry (2006), CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE LATINO SOUL (2005) and its Spanish
translation, SOPA DE POLLO PARA EL ALMA LATINA (2008), as well as in
prestigious
She has
been featured as an author in the press, radio and television. Her readings at
bookstores, fairs and other literary venues are very popular. Marie is married
to Edmunds, a retired attorney, and lives in
BETTY JO TUCKER
Betty Jo Tucker serves as Lead Film Critic for ReelTalkReviews.com and is the author of two movie-related books: CONFESSIONS OF A MOVIE ADDICT and SUSAN SARANDON: A TRUE MAVERICK. She writes monthly film commentary for The Colorado Senior Beacon, and her movie reviews also appear on Real Movie News in the
WRITING MOVIE REVIEWS
This workshop will offer tips on how to write insightful and entertaining movie reviews.
MARSHALL TURNER
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President, Turner Technology, Inc.
Creator of WebforAuthors.com
His approach is grounded in his education and business experience. After earning an undergraduate degree in business, he joined Burroughs Corporation (now Unisys), one of the world’s leading technology companies. In 1997 he founded Turner Technology, a technology consulting company that manages enterprise projects and develops websites. Along the way he earned a MBA from the Goizueta Business School of Emory University.
In 2004,
His expertise in the internet and websites is often shared as a speaker at writer’s conference and in articles. He has presented at conferences such as WriteStuff Writers’ Conference, Yosemite Writers Conference, SCWW Writer’s Workshop Conference and the Indianapolis Book Fest. He has written articles for authors that appear on WebforAuthors and Backspace.
When not working on WebforAuthors, Marshall enjoys reading books on early American life, kayaking, camping and running.
Contact
Office : 678-753-0043
Email : mturner@webforauthors.com
Website : http://www.WebforAuthors.com
Mail : 1720 Epps Bridge Pkwy, Suite 108, Athens, GA 30606
Patrika Vaughn Write Better-Get Published
with your Author's Advocate
A Cappela Publishing
http://www.acappela.com
Her 25 years of experience include every aspect of the trade:
Awards:
Order of Excellence, Who's Who in the 21st Century,
Also listed in Outstanding People of the 21st Century
Professional Writer Columnist and feature writer.
Articles published in more than 100 national journals and magazines.
Listed in The International Authors and Writers Who’s Who
Ghostwriter: Books of both fact and fiction for industrialists,
psychiatrists and psychotherapists, world travelers and international
executives
Editor: Editor for national trade and consumer publications
Publisher: President of A Cappela Publishing
Literary Agent: Placed writers with Prentice-Hall (Simon & Schuster),
McGraw Hill Publications, Harcourt Brace Jovanovitch,
Cahners Publications, Conover Mast Publications,
Advisory Enterprises, Inc., Larkin Publications and others.
Public Relations & Marketing Consultant
To business, industry and non-profit corporations;
former media coordinator for Habitat for Humanity in
San Diego / Tijuana
Lecturer, Seminar leader,
On-line instructor University and community college levels.
Also online courses on www.acappela.com
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JAN VERHOEFF
Author of EASTER MENU & RECIPE COOKBOOK,REAL AUTO MAINTENANCE FOR REAL PEOPLE
Lights, camera, action! Focus on life, as Jan Verhoeff, creator of the Breken Ridge Adventure Series does and you�ve got all the action you need to fill up three or four books. Inspired by her not-yet-teenaged boys, Jan began to understand the need for books that related to children of single parent homes when her own sons delved into the Hardy Boys Mystery Books and came up wondering how it would be if their father were a Detective. With big sis, criminal justice major, Brenna Verhoeff in the mix, it wasn�t a big jump to move directly into writing the mystery-detective style novel the boys loved.
Jan's history of business writing, psychology, and techno-jargon set the stage while she continued to pursue goals of business development and promotion. Power-driven action based writing continues to be her direct style. A copywriter with more than 20 years of experience marketing business prototypes, Jan's understanding of life as a single parent and children presents fascinating reading.
Many of their adventures found resources in education as Jan taught her children about life and living through home schooling. Tatia, Sean, and Kenton weave their webs of intrigue daily inspiring their mother's latest tales.
Jan's work promotes family, achievement, and integrity with strong family relationships as a foundation. You won't want to miss a thrilling moment of her version of life on the Ridge.
Currently available books can be found at http://lulu.com/janverhoeff. Visit her website at http://janverhoeff.com for more information and business interests.
DAVE WEBB
Judith K. Ivie, Author
Waiting for Armando
http://www.judithivie.com/
Visit http://www.jdwebb.com/ for more information and a free read of chapter one. And while you're there download some free e-books. I'll even tell you how to get more.
Multi-published Author
Multi-published Author and Instructor at Long Story Short Writing School Janet Wellington is an award-winning author, writing teacher, line-editor, and writing coach. Her most recent books are large print reissues of SWEET ON YOU and BACHELOR FOR SALE (both are short contemporaries); also available currently is DREAMQUEST (a time travel historical with paranormal elements). Janet started learning the art of pitching stories in 1995 when she attended her first Romance Writers of America national conference, and hasn’t stopped since! She has presented workshops on the art of pitching both regionally and nationally, and teaches privately as well as through the online school: Long Story Short School of Writing. In addition to her own writing, Janet also enjoys assisting other writers in critiquing and line-editing their unpublished manuscripts, and she also does some one-on-one coaching of other writers through her business "Wellington Word." More information about Janet’s writing and interests can be found at her website: http://www.janetwellington.com/.
TERRY WHALIN
As an editor and a writer, W. Terry Whalin understands both sides of the editorial desk--as an editor and a writer. He worked as an editor for Decision and In Other Words. His magazine articles have appeared in more than 50 publications including Writer's Digest, The Writer and Christianity Today. He is the creator and webmaster for Right-Writing.com.
As a literary agent, Terry champions his authors in the same manner he helped them as an acquisitions editor except working with many different publishers. He handles a wide range of adult nonfiction and fiction projects for the Christian and the general market.
Terry has written more than 60 nonfiction books and his latest is Book Proposals That Sell, 21 Secrets To Speed Your Success (Write Now Publications). This book helps new and seasoned writers to shape their proposals to locate the best publisher. Another recent book is Running On Ice: The Overcoming Faith of Vonetta Flowers (New Hope Publishers). See more about his writing and purchase books at: Terry Whalin's Bookstore.
For more than 12 years Terry was an ECPA Gold Medallion judge in the fiction category. He has written extensively about Christian fiction and reviewed numerous fiction books in publications such as Faithful Reader.com and BookPage. He worked as an acquisitions editor in the book divisions of Cook Communications and Howard Books for over five years. On a regular basis, he writes about issues and insights about publishing called the Writing Life which includes over 580 searchable entries. Terry and his wife, Christine, live in
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JAMIESON WOLF
Jamieson Wolf has often viewed the world with a different eye than most people. Anything can be a story; a conversation, a flight of birds, a song. Words come from inspiration. Jamieson often feels he has too many words. "I guess I have a lot of Muses." He says, "If I don't write, I go crazy."
Jamieson is the author of the bestselling novels ELECTRIC PINK, ELECTRIC BLUE and GARDEN CITY, a book of collected fiction. He has also written two non-fiction books: FINDING THE MUSE, a book for aspiring writers and WATCHING THE ROSE BLOOM, a collection of essays focusing on Stephen King’s Dark Tower Series.
Currently his work is available at: The Dark Krypt, Clean Sheet's Erotica, Mytholog, The House of Pain, Twilight Times, Slow Trains Literary Journal, SunPiper Press, A Long Story Short, the Everyman’s Journal, Ran Tiger and others.
He is currently a Senior Reviewer at Linear Reflections, where he has written over a hundred book, movie and music reviews. One of his reviews, for the movie The Witches of Eastwick, was published in Susan Sarandon: A True Maverick by Betty Jo Tucker.
He is also going to be teaching an online course for A Long Story Short School of Writing entitled The Muse based off of his book. It will focus on writing from inspiration and finding the inspiration to write.
"I just love what I do." He says. "I'm going to be telling stories for a long time to come. It's like I can tap into the world around me and hear the tattoo under the ground. It's quite the feeling."
More information about Jamieson's work is available at his web site:
Jamieson Wolf
http://jamiesonwolf.tripod.com/
Jamieson currently resides with his husband and his cat Mave in
